Chapter XLII: Part II: CHAP. I.--A description of church government 45

CHAP. II.--The subject described, and the terms church government briefly defined 46

CHAP. III.--The general nature of church government, viz., power or authority 48

CHAP. IV.--The special difference of church government from other governments, as to the special rule of it, viz., the Holy 53 Scriptures

CHAP. V.--The proper fountain from which church government is derived, so as to constitute it of divine authority, viz., Jesus Christ our Mediator 55

CHAP. VI.--The peculiar nature of this power and authority 57

CHAP. VII.--The several acts about which this power and authority is exercised, viz., doctrine and discipline 61

CHAP. VIII.--The end and design of this government of the church 67

CHAP. IX.--The peculiar subject intrusted by Christ with this power, and the execution thereof according to the Scriptures 70

SECT. I.--The power granted to the civil magistrate about the 92 Church

SECT. II.--The power utterly refused him in church affairs 94

CHAP. X.--That the community of the faithful, or body of the people, are not the immediate subject of the power of church 97 government

CHAP. XI.--That Christ's own officers are the immediate subject of it; pastors and ruling elders 111

The divine right of the ruling elder at large 114

The divine right of the deacon 149

CHAP. XII.--The divine right of congregational elderships, or kirk sessions, for the government of the Church 172

CHAP. XIII.--The divine right of presbyteries, consisting of rulers from different neighboring congregations 177

CHAP. XIV.--The divine right of synods 197

CHAP. XV.--The subordination of particular congregations to greater assemblies, for their judicial determination of ecclesiastical causes, proved to be of divine right 210