{"passage":["Matthew 18:18–20"],"results":[{"document":"lbcf1689","id":"26.5","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1689/paragraphs/26.5","segments":[{"text":"Churches, for their mutual Edification, and the due performance of that publick Worship, which he requireth of them in the World.","proofs":["Matthew 18:15–20"]}]},{"document":"lbcf1689","id":"26.7","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1689/paragraphs/26.7","segments":[{"text":"To each of these Churches thus gathered, according to his Mind, declared in his Word, he hath given all that Power and Authority, which is any way needful for their carrying on that Order in Worship and Discipline, which he hath instituted for them to observe, with Commands and Rules, for the due and right exerting, and executing of that Power.","proofs":["Matthew 18:17–18"]}]},{"document":"lbcf1689-modernized","id":"26.5","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1689-modernized/paragraphs/26.5","segments":[{"text":"Churches, for their mutual Edification, and the due performance of that public Worship, which he requires of them in the World.","proofs":["Matthew 18:15–20"]}]},{"document":"lbcf1689-modernized","id":"26.7","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1689-modernized/paragraphs/26.7","segments":[{"text":"To each of these Churches thus gathered, according to his Mind, declared in his Word, he has given all that Power and Authority, which is any way needful for their carrying on that Order in Worship and Discipline, which he has instituted for them to observe, with Commands and Rules, for the due and right exerting, and executing of that Power.","proofs":["Matthew 18:17–18"]}]},{"document":"lbcf1677","id":"26.5","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1677/paragraphs/26.5","segments":[{"text":"Churches, for their mutual edification; 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Positively, by the blessing of Christ,","proofs":["Matthew 18:20"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"98","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/98","segments":[{"text":"Not as to the quantity and perfection of forgiveness, but as to the sincerity and quality thereof,","proofs":["Matthew 18"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"6","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/6","segments":[{"text":"Omnipresence, Where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them.","proofs":["Matthew 18:20"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"91","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/91","segments":[{"text":"The Sacraments Positively are effectual means of Salvation. 1. By the Blessing and presence of Christ which doth accompany the Sacraments and other Ordinances of his own Institution, When two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them,","proofs":["Matthew 18:20"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"9","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/9","segments":[{"text":"Where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I,","proofs":["Matthew 18:20"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"(1) Because, the keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven, are for this end delivered to the Ministers of the Church, that with Censures, they may pursue Scandalous, and offending Persons, who will not obey admonition;","proofs":["Matthew 18:15, 17–18"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"21","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/21","segments":[{"text":"The promise of the power of the keyes, which promise was not limited to the Apostles, as Apostles, but was given to the Apostles, as Ministers of the Gospel, as is evident from","proofs":["Matthew 18:17–18"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"25","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/25","segments":[{"text":"(10) Because, the Lord commands, that we forsake not the assembling of our selves together: and hath promised to bless after a special manner, any that are gathered together in his name, any where, but our assembling for hearing the word of God, is done in the name of Christ;","proofs":["Matthew 18:20"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"Publick reading of the Word, Preching, and Expounding the same;","proofs":["Matthew 18:19–20"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"30","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/30","segments":[{"text":"(1) Because, Christ hath committed the keyes of the kingdom of Heaven to the Officers of his Church which are Governours distinct from the civil Magistrate;","proofs":["18:19"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"31","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/31","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Matthew 18:17–20"]}]},{"document":"bastingius1591","id":"83","url":"/api/v1/documents/bastingius1591/entries/83","segments":[{"text":"The preaching of the Gospell, and Ecclesiastical discipline, whereby heauen is opened to them that beleeue, and shut against vnbeleeuers.","proofs":["18:18"]}]},{"document":"ursinus1587","id":"95","url":"/api/v1/documents/ursinus1587/entries/95","segments":[{"text":"Preaching of the Gospell, and Ecclesiasticall Discipline: by which heauen is opened to the beleeuers, and is shutte against the vnbeleeuers.","proofs":["18:18"]}]}]}