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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. did manifest that serious desires were wrought in their Souls to be delivered from their Sins, which lay upon their Consciences and pricked their hearts, and that they gladly received the word of promise. If this was publicly manifested by them before their Admittance to Baptism; why should not the like be done now by Christians before their Admission to the Lords Table? It is also recorded concerning the Converted Ephesians, that they not only believed, but Came and Confessed. Act. 19.18. which implies A Public Declaration of their Conversion ⟨p. 35⟩And we find that the Apostle Paul was ready upon all just occasions to relate the story of his Conversion. This does warrant Christians now to practice the like on just occasions. And consequently when a Church of Christ shall call for it. The great Austin in his Book of Confessions, relates the story of his Conversion: The like we find in the published lives of many Saints. Justin Martyr in his disputation with Tryphon the Jew giveth a Marvellous account of his Conversion, by means of a Reverend old man, that advised him to Read the Scriptures and to pray to God for illumination, and then departed out of his sight.
2. did manifest that serious desires were wrought in their Souls to be delivered from their Sins, which lay upon their Consciences and pricked their hearts, and that they gladly received the word of promise. If this was publickly manifested by them before their Admittance to Baptism; why should not the like be done now by Christians before their Admission to the Lords Table? It is also recorded concerning the Converted Ephesians, that they not only believed, but Came and Confessed. Act. 19.18. which implyes A Publick Declaration of their Conversion ⟨p. 35⟩And we find that the Apostle Paul was ready upon all just occasions to relate the story of his Conversion. This does warrant Christians now to practice the like on just occasions. And consequently when a Church of Christ shall call for it. The great Austin in his Book of Confessions, relates the story of his Conversion: The like we find in the published lives of many Saints. Justin Martyr in his disputation with Tryphon the Jew giveth a Marvellous account of his Conversion, by means of a Reverend old man, that advised him to Read the Scriptures and to pray to God for illumination, and then departed out of his sight.