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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.
xThe Council of Ancyra held about the year 308. Can. 16. appointeth some scandalous persons to show public signs of repentance for 15. years, before they be admitted to fellowship with the Church in prayer: and for 5. years thereafter to be kept off from the Sacrament.
xThe Councel of Ancyra held about the year 308. Can. 16. appointeth some scandalous persons to shew publike signes of repentance for 15. years, before they be admitted to fellowship with the Church in prayer: and for 5. years thereafter to be kept off from the Sacrament.
- xConc. Ancyr. Can. 16 De his qui irrationabiliter versati sunt sive versantur. Quotquot ante vicesimum ae•atis suae annum, tale crimen commiserint, quindecim annis exactis in poenitentia, communionem mereantur orati•num. Deinde quinquennio in hac communione durantes, tunc dentum oblationis Sacramenta contingant. Discutiatur autem vita eorum, quales tempore poenitudinis extiterint. &c.
yThe Council of Nice doth plainly intimate the same thing, That some were admitted to Prayer, but not to the Sacrament. The different steps of the reception of those that had fallen may be likewise proved from zthe Council of Arles.
yThe Councel of Nice doth plainly intimate the same thing, That some were admitted to Prayer, but not to the Sacrament. The different steps of the reception of those that had fallon may be likewise proved from z