The true Ecclesiasticall State,
A Second disproportion is, betweene the true power and the false. The true power which Christ our King hath received of his
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.
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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.
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- Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
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- [Amsterdam :: Richt Right Press] Seene and allowed,
- Printed in the yeare, 1638.
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- Authority (Religion) -- Early works to 1800.
- Church polity -- Early works to 1800.
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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 June 14, 2024.
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Father Math. 28.18. and hath comunicated to his Saints 1 Cor. 5.4,12. and Psal. 119. and to them onely; This is that Dominion that the Antient of dayes hath giuen to his Saints Dan. 7..14. compared with ver 22 27 and with Revel. 5.10. & being lost hee will recover it againe vnto them as Daniell speakes, & in the New Testament is giuen to every Particuler visible Church or Assembly of Saints Math. 18.17.19.20. and 1 Cor. 5.12. In which point of Power, we are to note two things. First the Subject or place where it doth recide, that is in the Body or Assembly of the Saints, as the former scriptures largely declare. Secondly, that they were not forced nor compelled to submitt to theis power, but as the loue of God shed abroade in their hearts, & the Doctrine of the Apostles by the pow¦er of the spirit caused them freely and willingly to submit them∣selves unto it Acts 2.41. for Christ and his Apostles never used any means to bring his saints into his K••ngdome.