A Directory for church-government and ordination of ministers to be examined against the next Generall Assemblie.

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Title: A Directory for church-government and ordination of ministers to be examined against the next Generall Assemblie.
Publication: Edinburgh :: Printed by Evan Tyler ...,; 1647.
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Subject terms: Church of Scotland -- Government.; Presbyterian Church -- Government.
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Of the Church.

THere is one Generall Church visible held forth in the New Testament, unto which Generall Church visible, the Ministery, Oracles, and Ordinances of the New Testament, are given by Jesus Christ, for the ga∣thering and perfecting of the Saints in this life untill his second coming.

Particular visible Churches, members of the Generall Church, are also held forth in the New Testament: which particular Churches in the primitive times, were made up of visible Saints, viz. of such as being of age, professed Faith in Christ, and obedience unto Christ (ac∣cording to the rules of Faith and Life taught by him and his Apostles) and of their Children.