Concerning a True and Orderly Gospel-Church.
pp. 5–87 passages
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Concerning a True and Orderly Gospel-Church.
Before there can be any Orderly Discipline among a Christian Assembly, they must be orderly and regularly constituted into a Church-state, according to the Institution of Christ in the Gospel.
BEfore there can be any Orderly Discipline among a Christian Assembly, they must be orderly and regularly constituted into a Church-state, according to the Institution of Christ in the Gospel.
1. A Church of Christ,1 according to the Gospel-Institution, is a Congregation of Godly Christians,2 who as a Stated-Assembly (being first baptized upon the Profession of Faith) do by mutual agreement and consent give themselves up to ⟨p. 6⟩the Lord,3 and one to another, according to the Will of God;4 and do ordinarily meet together in one Place,5 for the Public Service and Worship of God;6 among whom the Word of God and Sacraments are duly administered,7 according to Christ's Institution.