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Excerpt from Manual of Congregationalism: Prepared for the General Conference of the Congregational Churches of Maine, and Recommended by That Body to the Consideration of the Churches
IT has been made a question, whether there is any precise model of church organization and government laid down in the scriptures, 'to which Christians universally are under obliga tions to conform. By some it has been contend ed that this is the case; that nothing is left to the discretion Of the church that we are bound to follow, in every particular, the divine pattern which has been given us. By others it is assert ed that we have no divine pattern which is at all Obligatory that Christians are left to their own judgment in this matter; that it is not only their right, but their duty, to modify the government Of the church, according to the circumstances of the age and country in which they live. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
