Sect. 3.
The end wby Christ signified unto them the receiving of this power, was, 1. To let them know that now in part he had re∣ceived
Magna Charta ecclesiæ universalis the grand charter issued out and granted by Jesus Christ for the plantation of the Christian faith in all nations ... / by George Lawson ...
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- Magna Charta ecclesiæ universalis the grand charter issued out and granted by Jesus Christ for the plantation of the Christian faith in all nations ... / by George Lawson ...
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- Lawson, George, d. 1678.
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- London :: Printed by T.M. for Jeremiah Lawson and are to be sold by Tho. Newborough,
- 1686.
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- Bible. -- N.T. -- Matthew XXVIII, 18-20 -- Commentaries.
- Christian life.
- Stewardship, Christian.
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"Magna Charta ecclesiæ universalis the grand charter issued out and granted by Jesus Christ for the plantation of the Christian faith in all nations ... / by George Lawson ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49797.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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his glorious reward for his deep hu∣miliation, and great service performed up∣on the Cross, and the time of his full glo∣rification was at hand; and that suffering was the way to glory. 2. That he had full power to grant them a large commission; and therefore as his Father sent him, so he sends them: and as he could, so he would make good whatsoever they did according to this patent: for upon this universal pow∣er received by Christ depends the ministry of the Gospel: and the efficacy of Word and Sacraments, which must continue unto the worlds end: and by vertue thereof, the Apostles and their successours, shut and open the gates of heaven; and what they bind or loose on earth, is ratified in hea∣ven: and this is the great comfort to the universal Church, and especially to the Mi∣nisters thereof, that the blessed Lord and Saviour who hath made so many and great promises, is enabled by this great power to make them all good.