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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. There never was any way of government, propounded by God and invented by Man, that hath prevailed to keep Corruption out of the Church. In a little while most Churches have sensibly declined. The Church of Israel, notwithstanding the order which they were put into by God himself, grew corrupt in a little time.
A. 1. There never was any way of government, propounded by God and invented by Man, that hath provailed to keep Corruption out of the Church. In a little while most Churches have sensibly declined. The Church of Israel, notwithstanding the order which they were put into by God himself, grew corrupt in a little time.
2. If the Rulers & Teachers of a People grow corrupt, […] of Brethren will be a poor defence against ⟨p. 16⟩Corruptions. If Magistrates & Ministers grow corrupt, the People are not like to hold their Integrity long. If the best sort of Men grow corrupt, they that are wont to be inferior to them in Piety, will join in the Corruption. Jer. 5.31. The Prophets prophesy falsely, and the Priests bear rule by their means, and my People love to have it so.
2. If the Rulers & Teachers of a People grow corrupt, 〈…〉 of Brethren will be a poor defence against ⟨p. 16⟩Corruptions. If Magistrates & Ministers grow corrupt, the People are not like to hold their Integrity long. If the best sort of Men grow corrupt, they that are wont to be inferiour to them in Piety, will joyn in the Corruption. Jer. 5.31. The Prophets prophesy falsely, and the Priests bear rule by their means, and my People love to have it so.