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A disquisition concerning ecclesiastical councils. Proving, that not only pastors, but brethren delegated by…
A disquisition concerning ecclesiastical councils. Proving, that not only pastors, but brethren delegated by the churches, have equally a right to a decisive vote in such assemblies. : To which is added, proposals concerning consociation of churches, agreed upon by a synod, which convened at Boston, in New-England. : With a preface, containing a further vindication of the Congregational discipline. / By Increase Mather. D.D. ; [Ten lines of quotations]
Boston: printed for N. Boone, 1716
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Children, that which I would say to you, is, that considering your Fathers came into this Wilderness, purely on the Account of Ecclesiastical Discipline, and that in Matters relating to Church Order and Government, they might practise all, and nothing more, than what there is Scripture-Warrant for; and that so they might assert the Authority of the Second Commandment, and fully observe it; therefore do you Labour to be well Studied in that Subject. And let me advise you to obtain (if possibly you can) the Books written by Mr. (w)Cotton, Mr. (x)Hooker, Mr. (y)Norton, on those Controversies, also ⟨p. xix⟩what has been published by Dr. Goodwin, Dr Owen, and by that Man of incomparable Reading and Learning, the Venerable (z)Robert Parker.
Children, that which I would say to you, is, that considering your Fathers came into this Wilderness, purely on the Account of Ecclesiastical Discipline, and that in Matters relating to Church Order and Government, they might practise all, and nothing more, than what there is Scripture-War•ant for; and that so they might assert the Authority of the Second Commandment, and fully observe it; therefore do you Labour to be well Studied in that Subject. And let me advise you to obtain (if possibly you can) the Books written by Mr. (w)Cotton, Mr. (x)Hooker, Mr. (y)Norton, on those Controversies, also ⟨p. xix⟩what has been published by Dr. Goodwin, Dr Owen, and by that Man of incomparable Reading and Learning, the Venerable