[Gutenberg 58014] • The Nature of a Gospel Church / a confession of Evangelical Principles

This Puritan classic on the doctrine of the church contains the following chapters:

Preface

I. The Subject-Matter of the Church

II. Of the Formal Cause of a Particular Church

III. Of the Polity, Rule, or Discipline of the Church in General

IV. The Officers of the Church

V. The Especial Duty of Pastors of Churches

VI. Of the Office of Teachers in the Church, or An Inquiry Into the State, Condition, and Work of Those Called Teachers in the Scripture

VII. Of the Rule of the Church, or of Ruling Elders

VIII. The Nature of Church Polity or Rule, With the Duty of Elders

IX. Of Deacons

X. Of Excommunication

XI. Of the Communion of Churches