CHURCH GOVERNMENT:
Reading edition
WHEREIN IT IS PROVED
THAT THE PRESBYTERIAN GOVERNMENT, BY PREACHING AND RULING ELDERS, IN SESSIONAL, PRESBYTERIAL, AND SYNODICAL ASSEMBLIES, 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 IS 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. (1844)