Faith Is Not A Blind,

The Right Of The People To A Substantive Part In The Government Of The Church Is Recognized And Sanctioned By The Apostles In Almost Every Conceivable Way.

The Independent Or Congregational Theory Includes Two Principles; First, That The Governing And Executive Power In The Church Is In The Brotherhood; And Secondly, That The Church Organization Is Complete In Each Worshipping Assembly, Which Is Independent Of Every Other.

He [man] Knows That When He Is Not What He Ought To Be; When He Does What He Ought Not To Do; Or Omits What He Ought To Do, He Is Chargeable With Sin

All Church Power Arises From The Indwelling Of The Spirit; Therefore Those In Whom The Spirit Dwells Are The Seat Of Church Power. But The Spirit Dwells In The Whole Church, And Therefore The Whole Church Is The Seat Of Church Power.

The Popish Theory, Which Assumes That Christ, The Apostles And Believers, Constituted The Church While Our Saviour Was On Earth, And This Organization Was Designed To Be Perpetual.