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The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in…The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in…
The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green, 1718
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
A. 1. When the Apostle writes to a single Elder, he requires him to do acts of government. Tit 1.5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every City. And Chap. 3. v. 10. A man that is an Heretic, after the first & second admonition reject.
A. 1. When the Apostle writes to a single Elder, he requires him to do acts of government. Tit 1.5. For this cause left I thee in Creet, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain Elders in every City. And Chap. 3. v. 10. A man that is an Heretick, after the first & second admonition reject.
2. They that are acquainted with the style of the Prophets, may easily observe two things.
1. That they give the reproof to the People of Israel, in such cases, where the Rulers were the Persons in fault. Am 5 12. Ye afflict the just, ye take a bribe. Isai. 5 7 He looked for Judgment but behold Oppression, for Righteousness but behold a Cry. Jer. 6.6 It is a City to be visited, she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.