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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.
2. In the Old Testament there were persons set at the Gates of the Temple to see who they were that did Essay to enter, and to keep those out that were not duly qualified 2 Chron ▪ 23.19. And shall the New Testament Temple, i. e. the Church of God, have no persons to Examine such as would enter thereinto? If Ceremonial uncleanness made men […] to enter into the Material Temple, […] Uncleanness renders them uncapable of Admission into the Spiritual Temple. Wherefore an Examination is necessary.
2. In the Old Testament there were persons set at the Gates of the Temple to see who they were that did Essay to enter, and to keep those out that were not duely qualified 2 Chron ▪ 23.19. And shall the New Testament Temple, i. e. the Church of God, have no persons to Examine such as would enter thereinto? If Ceremonial uncleanness made men 〈…〉 to enter into the Material Temple, 〈…〉 Uncleanness renders them uncapable of Admission into the Spiritual Temple. Where•fore an Examination is necessary.
3. It is said of the Mystical Jerusalem, that Twelve Angels were at her Gates, Rev 21.1•. Which does not obscurely intimate, that there are Officers in the Christian Churches whose work▪ it i• to observe who they are that Es••y to enter thereinto, that so the ⟨p. 19⟩worthy or duly qualified may be admitted and others be debarred from Entrance.
3. It is said of the Mystical Jerusalem, that Twelve Angels were at her Gates, Rev 21.1. Which does not obscurely intimate, that there are Officers in the Christian Churches whose work it i to observe who they are that Esy to enter thereinto, that so the