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1 The Divine Right of Church Government (New ed., corr.) 1 (1844)

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                        THE



            DIVINE RIGHT


                         OF



  CHURCH GOVERNMENT:


                  WHEREIN IT IS PROVED

THAT THE PRESBYTERIAN GOVERNMENT, BY PREACHING AND RULING
  ELDERS, IN SESSIONAL, PRESBYTERIAL, AND SYNODICAL ASSEM-
     BLIES, MAY LAY THE ONLY LAWFUL CLAIM TO A DIVINE
         RIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.


       A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED AND AMENDED.



 BY  SUNDRY   MINISTERS  OF  CHRIST  WITHIN   THE
                 CITY  OF LONDON.


                   TO WHICH I8 ADDED


             AN APPENDIX,

                      CONTAINING

 EXTRACTS FROM SOME OF THE BEST AUTHORS WHO HAVE WRITTEN
                ON CHURCH GOVERNMENT,

CONCERNING THE SCRIPTURAL QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF CHURCH MEMBERS;
    THE SOLE RIGHT OF GOSPEL MINISTERS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL ; THE
        PEOPLE'S DIVINE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN PASTORS;

                     TOGETHER WITH

   AN ABSTRACT OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE GREAT DR. OWEN
              (THOUGH A PROFESSED INDEPENDENT)
 IN FAVOUR OF THE DIVINE RIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF THE RULING ELDER.




                    NEW   YORK:

         R. MARTIN  & CO., 26 JOHN-STREET.

                     M.DCCC.XLIV.


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