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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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The proposition is so certain, that either it must be yielded, or a contradiction must be yielded: for that which worketh conversion and faith, cannot suppose that they are, but that they are not. Therefore that which supposeth conversion and faith, cannot work conversion and faith, because then the same thing should be supposed both to be and not to be. The Assumption I prove from Scripture. Mark. 16. 16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. Act. 2. 38. Repent and be baptized. vers. 41. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized. Act. 8. 36. 37. And the Eunuch said, See here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thin• heart […] mayest. Act. 10. 47. Can any man forbid water that ⟨p. 506⟩these should not be baptized which have received the holy Ghost as well as we?
The proposition is so certain, that either it must be yeelded, or a contradiction must be yeelded: for that which worketh conversion and faith, cannot suppose that they are, but that they are not. Therefore that which supposeth conversion and faith, cannot work conversion and faith, because then the same thing should be supposed both to be and not to be. The Assumption I prove from Scripture. Mark. 16. 16. He that beleeveth and is baptized shall be saved. Act. 2. 38. Repent and be baptized. vers. 41. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized. Act. 8. 36. 37. And the E•nuch said, See here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou beleevest with all thin• heart 〈…〉 mayest.