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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Vossius Disp. de Sacram. effic. part. poster. After he hath observed two respects in which the Sacraments do excel the Word. 1. That Infants who are not capable of hearing the Word, are capable of the Sacrament of Baptism, and are brought to the laver of regeneration. 2. That the Sacraments do visibly and clearly set before our eyes that which is invisible in the Word. He adds hThes. 49. other two respects in which the Word doth far excel the Sacraments. 1. That the Word can both beget & confirm faith: the Sacraments cannot beget faith in those that are come to age, but only conserve and increase it. 2. That without the word we cannot be saved, for he that believes not is condemned; now faith cometh by hearing: but the Sacraments though profitable means of grace, yet are not simply necessary.
Vossius Disp. de Sacram. effic. part. poster. After he hath observed two respects in which the Sacraments do excel the Word. 1. That Infants who are not capable of hearing the Word, are capable of the Sacrament of Baptisme, and are brought to the laver of regeneration. 2. That the Sacraments do visibly and clearly set before our eyes that which is invisible in the Word. He adds hThes. 49. other two respects in which the Word doth far excel the Sacraments. 1. That the Word can both beget & confirm faith: the Sacraments cannot beget faith in those that are come to age, but onely conserve and increase it. 2. That without the word we cannot be saved, for he that beleeves not is condemned; now faith commeth by hearing: but the Sacraments though profitable means of grace, yet are not simply necessary.
- hQuemadmodum autem Sacramenta duplici nomine praesiant verbo, itidem verbum duobus nominibus praferendum Sacramentis. Uno quod verbum in adultis & generet fidem, & genitam foveat atque alat: Sacramenta vero •am non gignant, sed tantum genitam conserve•t atque augeant. Altero quod absque verbo non salv• mur. &c.Quemadmodum autem Sacramenta duplici nomine praesiant verbo, itidem verbum duobus nominibus praferendum Sacramentis. Vno quod verbum in adultis & generet fidem, & genitam foveat atque alat: Sacramenta vero am non gignant, sed tantum genitam conservet atque augeant. Altero quod absque verbo non salv mur. &c.