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Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…Aarons rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…
Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present Erastian controversy concerning the distinction of civill and ecclesiastical government, excommunication, and suspension, is fully debated and discussed, from the holy scripture, from the Jewish and Christian antiquities, from the consent of latter writers, from the true nature and rights of magistracy, and from the groundlessness of the chief objections made against the Presbyterial government in point of a domineering arbitrary unlimited power / by George Gillespie ...Aarons rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present Erastian controversie concerning the distinction of civill and ecclesiasticall government, excommunication, and suspension, is fully debated and discussed, from the holy scripture, from the Jewish and Christian antiquities, from the consent of latter writers, from the true nature and rights of magistracy, and from the groundlesnesse of the chief objections made against the Presbyteriall government in point of a domineering arbitrary unlimited power / by George Gillespie ...
London: printed by E.G. for Richard Whitaker, 1646
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Answ. The first part of this reason is a fallacy ab ignoratione Elenchi: the point he had to prove was, that the administration of the Sacrament to a scandalous person, is a holy lawful action. The latter part doth not conclude. A good intention can not justify a sinful action.
Answ. The first part of this reason is a fallacy ab ignoratione Elenchi: the point he had to prove was, that the administration of the Sacrament to a scandalous person, is a holy lawfull action. The latter part doth not conclude. A good intention can not justifie a sinfull action.
Sixthly, saith he, because such a persons unworthy r•eiving is only contingent and casual▪ no Minister or creature being able infallibly to judge, wh•ther God at this instant, may not by the omnipotent working of his Spirit, &c. change both his heart▪ and his life.
Sixthly, saith he, because such a persons unworthy r•eiving is onely contingent and casuall▪ no Minister or creature being able infallibly to judge, wh•ther God at this instant, may not by the omnipotent working of his Spirit, &c. change both his •eart▪ and his life.
Answ. 1. By this principle the Minister shall become no way guilty, if he deliver the Sacrament to an Heathen, to an excommunicated person, for the same reason will have place in that case as much as in this, viz. God may at the very instant