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SECT. II.

Whether the Zuinglians and Calvinists separated from

the Church

. 371

374

SECT. III. Whether the principles of the foreign Reformation

were Subversion of Unity. .

SECT. IV. Whether the Lutherans, Zuinglians, and Calvinists,

were Churches of Christ

SECT. V. Whether it was lawful to hold any Religious Inter-

course with these Societies

OBJECTIONS

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389

. 392

CHAPTER XIII. On the Separatists from the British Churches. . 399

CHAPTER I. On the characters of the temporal promoters of the

CHAPTER II. On the abolition of the Papal Jurisdiction, and the

Schism.

CHAPTER III. On the Ecclesiastical Supremacy and acts of the

civil power during the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward

VI.

425

432

461

479

CHAPTER IV. On the proceedings in the reign of Mary.

CHAPTER V. On the proceedings in the reign of Elizabeth.

CHAPTER VI. On the Principles of the English Reformation

CHAPTER VII. On the Variations of the English Church

CHAPTER VIII. On the character and conduct of Archbishop

Cranmer

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CHAPTER IX. On the Reformation and Schism in Ireland.

A TREATISE

ON

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

PART I. CHAPTER I.

DEFINITIONS.THE PERPETUITY OF THE CHURCH.-SALVATION IN THE CHURCH ONLY.

THE term EKKAHZIA which we translate "Church," is

occasionally employed by the sacred writers in senses different from those which we connect with it; as for instance, to designate the people of God under the former dispensation, or even to express any public assembly: with these meanings I am not at present concerned. Its ordinary application in Scripture is to a society of Christians, or of those who believe in Christ. God Himself according to Scripture has "called" all such "out of darkness into his marvellous light";" so that, as it is said elsewhere, It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy." Thus the church of Christ is not formed by the mere voluntary association of indi

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* 1 Pet. ii. 9.

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b Rom. ix. 16.