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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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§. 5. How often Provincial Synods were held in Firmilian's Time, is evident from that Report of his, Per singulos Annos in unum conveniunt. The Churches of New-England can have no such thing reported of them. They have no Provincial Synods; and their Occasional Synods, on special Emergencies, and of smaller Dimensions, are but as the Occasions happen for them. The Thing among them that is the nearest thereunto, is a General Convention of Ministers, (which perhaps are not above half) belonging to the Province, at the Time of the Anniversary Solemnity, when the General Assembly of the Province meets, on the last Wednesday in the Month of May, to elect their Counsellors for the Year ensuing. Then the Ministers, choosing a Moderator, do propose Matters of public Importance, referring to the Interest of Religion in the Churches; and tho' they assume no Decisive Power, yet the Advice which they ⟨p. 177⟩give to the People of GOD, has proved of great Use unto the Country.
§. 5. How often Provincial Synods were held in Firmilian's Time, is evident from that Report of his, Per singulos Annos in unum conveniunt. The Churches of New-England can have no such thing reported of them. They have no Provincial Synods; and their Occasional Synods, on special Emergencies, and of smaller Dimensions, are but as the Occasions happen for them. The Thing among them that is the nearest thereunto, is a General Convention of Ministers, (which perhaps are not above half) belonging to the Province, at the Time of the Anniversary Solemnity, when the General Assembly of the Province meets, on the last Wednesday in the Month of May, to elect their Counsellors for the Year ensuing. Then the Ministers, chusing a Moderator, do propose Matters of public Importance, referring to the Interest of Religion in the Churches; and tho' they assume no Decisive Power, yet the Advice which they ⟨p. 177⟩give to the People of GOD, has proved of great Use unto the Country.
There is now taken up the Custom, for (Concio ad Clerum,) a Sermon to be Preached unto the Convention of Ministers, on the Day after the Election, by one of their Number, chosen to it by their Votes, at their Meeting in the preceding Year.