{"id":"36.1","chapter":36,"number":1,"text":"Being thus Joyned, every Church hath power given them from Christ, for their wel-being to chuse among themselves meet persons for Elders and Deacons, being qualified according to the Word, as those which Christ hath appointed in his Testament, for the feeding, governing, serving, and building up of his Church, and that none have any power to impose on them either these or any other.","segments":[{"text":"Being thus Joyned, every Church hath power given them from Christ, for their wel-being to chuse among themselves meet persons for","proofs":["Acts 1:23, 26","6:3","15:22, 25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 1:23, 26","osis":["Acts.1.23","Acts.1.26"]},{"printed":"6:3","osis":["Acts.6.3"]},{"printed":"15:22, 25","osis":["Acts.15.22","Acts.15.25"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Elders and Deacons, being qualified according to the Word,","proofs":["Romans 12:7–8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 12:7–8","osis":["Rom.12.7-Rom.12.8"]}],"note":null},{"text":"as those which Christ hath appointed in his Testament, for the feeding, governing, serving, and building up of his Church, and that none have any power to","proofs":["1 Timothy 3:2, 6–8","1 Corinthians 12:8, 28","Hebrews 13:7, 17","1 Peter 5:1–3"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 3:2, 6–8","osis":["1Tim.3.2","1Tim.3.6-1Tim.3.8"]},{"printed":"1 Corinthians 12:8, 28","osis":["1Cor.12.8","1Cor.12.28"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 13:7, 17","osis":["Heb.13.7","Heb.13.17"]},{"printed":"1 Peter 5:1–3","osis":["1Pet.5.1-1Pet.5.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"impose on them either these or any other.","proofs":["1 Peter 4:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 4:15","osis":["1Pet.4.15"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"flcf1644":["36.1"]},"diffs":[{"source":"flcf1644","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"wel-being","position":null},{"text":"among","position":null},{"text":"for","position":2},{"text":"and","position":1},{"text":"any","position":1},{"text":"on","position":5}]}],"page":"C2r","leaf":22}