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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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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.
ARTICLE VIII. The DISCIPLINE with which the Churches are kept in their Faith and Order.
§. 1. THE Question has been considered in the Churches of New-England, Whether the Pastor of a Church may not occasionally dispense the Seals of the Covenant in another Church, upon the Peoples Desiring of it?
And it has been very publicly and practically answered, That they may.
And it has been very publickly and practically answered, That they may.
As a Minister of the Gospel, or one solemnly set apart for Evangelical Administrations, does retain his Character, when preaching in other Congregations, besides that which is his immediate Charge: The Words of Dr. Owen are certainly to be allowed of; Although' we have no Concern in the Figment of an Indelible Character accompanying Sacred Orders, yet we do not think, that the Pastoral Office is such a Thing as a Man must leave behind him every time he goeth from Home: For my own part, if I did not think my self bound to preach as a Minister Authorized in all Places, and on all Occasions,