 | John H. Leith - Religion - 1982 - 760 pages
...be admitted thereurjfo, CHAPTER XXX. Of Church Censures. I. The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the...Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. II. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have... | |
 | J. F. Maclear - Church and state - 1995 - 534 pages
...solemnly . . . resolve and agree on the following Claim, Declaration, and Protest: That is to say: — therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers distinct from the civil magistrate"; which government is ministerial, not lordly, and to be exercised in consonance with the laws of Christ,... | |
 | David Charles Douglas, George Malcolm Young, W. D. Handcock - Great Britain - 1996 - 1050 pages
...preservation of purity, peace, and unity in the Church, yet ' the Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers distinct from the * See pp. 28, 29 of Mr. Newman's letter to Or. Jclf; also the introduction of Dr. Pusey's letter to... | |
 | Gerald Lewis Bray - England - 2004 - 682 pages
...mysteries554 or be admitted thereunto.555 30. Of Church Censures 01. The Lord Jesus as King and Head of His Church hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.556 02. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof... | |
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The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. 
