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The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in…
The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1700
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
QUESTION II. Whether there ought not to be a Trial of persons concerning their Qualifications and Fitness for Church Communion before they are Admitted thereunto?
QUESTION II. WHether there ought not to be a Tryal of persons concerning their Qualifications and Fitness for Church Communion before they are Admitted thereunto?
The Answer may be given in three Assertions.
The Answer may be given in three Ass•rtions.
1. We Affirm that Examination and Trial of the persons who offer themselves to our S•cr•d Communion whether they are duly qualified for it, is ordinarily necessary.
1. We Affirm that Examination and Tryal of the persons who offer themselves to our S•cr•d Communion whether they are duely qualified for it, is ordinarily necessary.