Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…

Name: Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726

[2], iv, 10, 207, [5] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo) · 57k words · Evans 2775

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We Proceed unto the Methods and Customs, IN THE CHURCHES OF New-Eng… › Article 9: ARTICLE IX. Of COUNCILS upon Emergencies.

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[ Earlier:460–475 of 557

:460p. 171–172

There are many Circumstantials in Church-Order, wherein the Churches do leave one another so Free, that the Councils never find it worth the while to infringe that Freedom; and they see no Inconvenience in that Indulgence, which the old African Synod in their Letter to the more imposing Stephen pleaded for; ^†That Pastors may without Offence to their Neighbours, or any ⟨p. 172⟩Breach upon Concord, have some things proper to themselves; in which they shall owe no Account of their Administration, but unto the Lord.

There are many Circumstantials in Church-Order, wherein the Churches do leave one another so Free, that the Councils never find it worth the while to infringe that Freedom; and they see no Inconvenience in that Indulgence, which the old Affricon Synod in their Letter to the more imposing Stephen pleaded for; ^†That Pastors may without Offence to their Neighbours, or any ⟨p. 172⟩Breach upon Concord, have some things proper to themselves; in which they shall owe no Account of their Administration, but unto the Lord.

†Scimus quosdam, quod semel imbiberint, nolle deponere, nec Propositum suum facile mutant: Sed salvo inter Collegas Pacis et Concordiae Vincul•, quaedam propris, quae apud se semel sunt usurpata, retinere; Qua in re, nec nos Vim cuiquam sacimus, aut Legem damus; cum habear in Ecclesiae Administration Voluntatis suae Arbitrium Liberum, unusquisqve Praep•situs, Rationem Actus sai Domino redditurus.Scimus quosdam, quod semel imbiberint, nolle deponere, nec Propositum suum facile mutant: Sed salvo inter Collegas Pacis et Concordiae Vincul•, quaedam propris, quae apud se semel sunt usurpata, retinere; Qua in re, nec nos Vim cuiquam sacimus, aut Legem damus; cum habear in Ecclesiae Administratione Voluntatis suae Arbitrium Liberum, unusquisqve Praepsitus, Rationem Actus sai Domino redditurus.

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