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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. Scriptures which relate to Gospel Times, intimate such a Covenant as is used in our Churches. Isa. 62.5. 'Tis said of the Churches, Thy Sons shall Marry thee, which implies a Covenant. Thus Isa. 44.5 One shall say I am the Lords, and another shall Subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and Surname himself by the name of Israel. This is Explicit Covenanting, to be in Gospel Times. So Isa. 56 4. They that choose the things that please me, and take hold of my Covenant.
2. Scriptures which relate to Gospel Times, intimate such a Covenant as is used in our Churches. Isa. 62.5. 'Tis said of the Churches, Thy Sons shall Marry thee, which implies a Covenant. Thus Isa. 44.5 One shall say I am the Lords, and another shall Subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and Surname himself by the name of Israel. This is Explicit Covenanting, to be in Gospel Times. So Isa. 56 4. They that chuse the things that please me, and take hold of my Covenant.
3. Members in particular Evangelical Churches are said to be Fellow Citizens. Eph. 2.19 Now there is no Admission into jus Civitatis, or City privileges, but by an Act which implies a Covenant. Citizens are in a Covenant together to keep the Laws, and maintain the Liberty of the City.
3. Members in particular Evangelical Churches are said to be Fellow Citizens.