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The church’s one foundation
     Is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is his new creation
     By water and the Word;
From heaven he came and sought her
     To be his holy bride;
With his own blood he bought her,
     And for her life he died.
Samuel John Stone

Nor is it enough to embrace the number of the elect in thought and intention merely. By the unity of the Church we must understand a unity into which we feel persuaded that we are truly engrafted. For unless we are united with all the other members under Christ our head, no hope of the future inheritance awaits us. Hence the Church is called Catholic or Universal (August. Ep. 48), for two or three cannot be invented without dividing Christ; and this is impossible. All the elect of God are so joined together in Christ, that as they depend on one head, so they are as it were compacted into one body, being knit together like its different members; made truly one by living together under the same Spirit of God in one faith, hope, and charity, called not only to the same inheritance of eternal life, but to participation in one God and Christ.
John Calvin Institutes of the Christian Religion (4.1.2)

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The Directory for the Publick Worship of God General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotlandicon
Of the Duties of the Member of a Church to each Other John Gillicon
Of the Duties of Members of Churches to Their Pastors John Gillicon
Christian Fellowship: The Church Member's Guide John Angell James (1822)icon
The Sunday School Teacher's Guide John Angell James (1816)icon
Christian Love, or the Influence of Religion upon Temper John Angell James (1828)icon
The Holy Catholic Church, Our Mother John Calvin - The External Means or Aims by Which God Invites Us Into the Society of Christ and Holds Us Therein. The Godly Must Keep Unity.icon
The Necessity of Reforming the Church John Calvinicon
The True Church J.C. Ryleicon
The Title: "The Church" John Calvinicon
Unity Diversity and Division R.B. Kuipericon
The Glory of the Redeemer in His People Octavius Winslowicon
Human Authority in Religion Condemned John Brownicon
An Inquiry into Principles of Church Fellowship John T. Presslyicon
The Church Richard Baxtericon
The Evil and Danger of Schism Thomas Boston (1708) - 1 Corinthians 1:10icon
A Sermon Against "Occasional Hearing" John Andersonicon
A Diagnosis Thomas Adamsicon
Against Separatism Samuel Rutherfordicon
The Holy Spirit and the One Church - Jude 1:19 C.H. Spurgeonicon
The Church Instituted William Amesicon
The Church Mystically Considered William Amesicon
The Church and the Truth R. B. Kuipericon
Sola Ecclesia: The Lost Reformation Doctrine Michael J. Glodoicon
God's Jewels A.W. Pinkicon
The New Temple: A Study of the Origins of the Catechetical 'Form' of the Church in the New Testament Alan Cole (pdf)icon
The Lord's Garden J. C. Ryleicon
The Outlook J. C. Ryle, 1886icon
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