Table of Contents:
  • from t.p.) I. The subject matter of the church
  • II. The formal cause of a particular church
  • III. Of the policy, rule or discipline of the church in general
  • IV. The officers of the church
  • V. The duty of pastors of churches
  • VI. The office of teachers in the church
  • 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.