Christians assembled for worship on the first day of the week, 210
Our Lord recognized the permanent obligation of the
    Fourth Commandment, 211
Worship of the Church resembled, not that of the Temple, but
    that of the Synagogue, 214
No Liturgies in the apostolic Church, 215
No instrumental music, 216
Scriptures read publicly, 217
Worship in the vulgar tongue, ib. 
Ministers had no official dress, 218
Baptism administered to infants, 219
Mode of Baptism, 220
The Lord’s Supper frequently administered, 221
The elements not believed to be transubstantiated, 222
Profane excluded from the Eucharist, ib. 
Cases of discipline decided by Church rulers, 223
Case of the Corinthian fornicator, ib. 
Share of the people in Church discipline, 226
Significance of excommunication in the apostolic Church, 228
Perversion of excommunication by the Church of Rome, 229

CHAPTER II.

The extraordinary teachers of the apostolic church; and its ordinary office-bearers, their appointment, and ordination.

Enumeration of ecclesiastical functionaries in Ephesians iv. 11, 12,
    and 1 Corinthians xii. 28, 230
Ordinary Church officers, teachers, rulers, and deacons, 232 Elders, or bishops, the same as pastors and teachers, ib.  Different duties of elders and deacons, 233 All the primitive elders did not preach, 234 The office of the teaching elder most honourable, 236 Even the Apostles considered preaching their highest function, 237 Timothy and Titus not diocesan bishops of Ephesus and Crete, 238 The Pastoral Epistles inculcate all the duties of ministers of the
    Word, 241
Ministers of the Word should exercise no lordship over each other, 243 The members of the apostolic Churches elected all their own
    office-bearers, 244
Church officers ordained by the presbytery, 245 The office of deaconess, ib.  All the members of the apostolic Churches taught to contribute
    to each other’s edification, 246