A declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational Churches in England; agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers. Licensed and entred according to order.

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A declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational Churches in England; agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers. Licensed and entred according to order.
Author
Congregational Churches in England.
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London :: printed for Nath. Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry,
1688.
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Congregational churches -- Catechisms -- Early works to 1800.
Congregational churches -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800.
Congregational churches -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"A declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational Churches in England; agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers. Licensed and entred according to order." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52593.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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XIV.

However, they who are engaged in the Work of publick Preaching, and enjoy the publick Maintenance upon that account, are not thereby obliged to dispense the Seals to any other than such as (being Saints by Calling, and

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gathered according to the Order of the Gospel) they stand related to, as Pa∣tors or Teachers; yet ought they not o neglect others living within their Parochial Bounds, but besides their constant publick Preaching to them, hey ought to enquire after their profi∣ting by the Word, instructing them n, and pressing upon them (whether young or old) the great Doctrines of the Gospel, even personally and parti∣cularly, so far as their strength and time will admit.

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