Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Ma. Is this Church which thou speakest of, a visible or invisible Church?
Sch. Here in the Creed is properly entreated of the congregation of those, whom God by his secret election hath adopted to himself through Christ: which Church can neither be seen with eyes, nor can continually be known by signs. Yet there is a Church of God visible, or that may be seen, the tokens and marks whereof he doth show and open unto us.
Ma. What be those tokens?
Sch. Wheresoever the Gospel of Christ our Saviour is sincerely taught, God by prayer truly called upon in the name of Christ, the holy Sacraments are rightly administered, the discipline duly used, there the company of Christian men and women assembled, is a visible Church of Christ. ...
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Sch. Here in the Creed is properly entreated of the congregation of those, whom God by his secret election hath adopted to himself through Christ: which Church can neither be seen with eyes, nor can continually be known by signs. Yet there is a Church of God visible, or that may be seen, the tokens and marks whereof he doth show and open unto us.
Ma. What be those tokens?
Sch. Wheresoever the Gospel of Christ our Saviour is sincerely taught, God by prayer truly called upon in the name of Christ, the holy Sacraments are rightly administered, the discipline duly used, there the company of Christian men and women assembled, is a visible Church of Christ. ...
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Alexander Nowell on the visible church and its marks
Ma. Is this Church which thou speakest of, a visible or invisible Church? Sch. Here in the Creed is properly entreated of the congregation of those, whom God by his secret election hath adopted to …
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