A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state.
- Title
- A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state.
- Author
- Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
- Publication
- [Amsterdam :: Richt Right Press] Seene and allowed,
- Printed in the yeare, 1638.
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- Subject terms
- Authority (Religion) -- Early works to 1800.
- Church polity -- Early works to 1800.
- Link to this Item
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https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05460.0001.001
- Cite this Item
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"A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05460.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- The Epistle to the Reader,
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premises
- The First particular Handled. These haue each of them a King or Head over them.
- Secondly, these haue each of thē a Kingly state or power pollitique
- Thirdly, these haue each of them bookes and Chartors to declare their minds to their Subjects.
- Fourthly, by vertue of these Charters, these three states make Citties and Corporations, according to their proper & distinct state & power pollitique.
- Fiftly These haue each of them proper and distinct officers belonging to each pollitique State.
- These haue each of them proper and severall lawes, statutes, ordinances, and administrations for their severall offi∣cers to attend vpon.
- Seauentlhy, All these three haue their subjects or people which their pollitique Bodies consist of.
- differences
- The true definition of a true visible Church of Iesus Christ.