A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
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A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
Author
Gillespie, George, 1613-1648.
Publication
London :: Printed for Robert Bostock, at the King's Head in Pauls Church-yard,
MDCXLVII. [1647]
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Subject terms
Church of Scotland -- Government -- Early works to 1800.
Church of Scotland -- Clergy -- Early works to 1800.
Ordination -- Church of Scotland -- Early works to 1800.
Liberty of conscience -- Early works to 1800.
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"A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A86000.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2025.
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35. (Book 35)
It is too too manifest (alas for it) that there are, which with
unwearied diligence doe most carefully labour that they may
oppresse the liberties and rights of Synods, and may take
away from them all liberty of consulting of things and mat∣ters
Ecclesiasticall, at least of determining thereof, (for they
well know how much the union and harmony of Churches
may make against their designes.) But so much the more it
concerneth the orthodox Churches to know, defend and pre∣serve
this excellent liberty granted to them by divine right,
and so to use it, that imminent dangers, approaching evils,
urging grievances, scandals growing up, schismes rising, he∣resies
creeping in, errours spreading, and strifes waxing hot,
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may be corrected and taken away, to the glory of God, the
edification and peace of the Church.
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