A01760:892
A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded vpon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…
A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not only our own arguments [sic] against the same are strongly confirmed, but likewise the answers and defences of our opposites, such as Hooker, Morton ... Forbesse, &c. particularly confuted.A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded vpon the Church of Scotland Wherein not only our ovvne argumemts [sic] against the same are strongly confirmed, but likewise the ansvveres and defences of our opposites, such as Hooker, Mortoune ... Forbesse, &c. particularly confuted.
Leiden: printed by W. Christiaens, 1637
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And further, the Apostle addeth, that now they should not only forgive him and comfort him vers. 7. but also confirm, ([Greek or Hebrew]) their love towards him vers. 8. Now [Greek or Hebrew] signifieth to confirm or ratify by authority, and so bChemnitius, Bullinger, and Cartwright expound it in this place. It cometh from [Greek or Hebrew] Authority, whence cometh also [Greek or Hebrew] a Lord or one having authority, As therefore the Presbytery or company of Pastors and Elders, had 2by their authority established, that he was to be excommunicate, and determined to proceed to the execution of extreme Discipline 3against him, so now the Apostle would have them by the same authority, to ratify and establish the remission of this punishment unto 4him, and to decree that the Church should not deny her communion unto him. For this authority of binding and loosing, though it pertained to the whole Church, in actu primo sive in esse, yet it pertained to the Presbytery alone, in actu secun• sive in operari: and even as the act of speaking, pertaineth to a man, as Principium quod, but to the tongue alone, as Principium quo; so albeit the power of the Keys, doth primarily and principally belong to the Church collectively taken, yet the actual execution of this power, belongeth only to the Presbytery which representeth the Church, and unto which the Church hath committed her authority to bind and loose. Wherefore, since the Apostle writeth to the whole Church of Corinth, to confirm by authority their love to the penitent man, and since this authority in the actual execution of it (which the Apostle craveth) did not agree to that whole Church collectively taken, we must needs understand his meaning to be, that their love towards that man, & their forgiving of him, should be ratified & confirmed by the authority of those Church Governours, qui Ecclesiae nomen ad caetum repraesentant, totius nimirum Presbiterij authoritate atque consensu.
And further, the Apostle addeth, that now they should not onely forgive him and comfort him vers. 7. but also confirme, (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) their love towards him vers. 8. Now signifieth to confirme or ratify by auctority, and so