Conformity of the ecclesiastical discipline of the Reformed churches of France with that of the primitive Christians written by M. La Rocque ... ; render'd into English by Jos. Walker.

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Title: Conformity of the ecclesiastical discipline of the Reformed churches of France with that of the primitive Christians written by M. La Rocque ... ; render'd into English by Jos. Walker.
Author: Larroque, Matthieu de, 1619-1684.
Publication: London :: Printed for Tho. Cockbrill ...,; 1691.
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Subject terms: Huguenots -- France.; Church polity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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CONFORMITY.

St. Paul saith, Charity is the bond of perfectness; and all those of one Communion, being to be united by this Sacred Bond, they are bound in conscience, upon all occasions, to shew reciprocal marks of sincere and true love; and because there are none more sensible than those which have for their scope and aim, our in∣struction and consolation, they cannot be mutually re∣fus'd without violating the Laws of Christian Charity: It was by such a principle, that when there was among the Primitive Christians any Church destitute of a Pa∣stor, That next unto it, was obliged to take care, and visit it from time to time, to impart unto it Instructi∣ons and Consolations. There are several Prescriptions to this purpose in the Monuments of Ecclesiastical An∣tiquity, particularly in St. Gregory's Epistles; and all these Rules, in effect, amount to what's here prescrib'd in our Discipline.