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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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2. In the 50. page of his vindication he professeth that his Antagonists do contend for that which he granteth them with advantage. They would have scandalous sinners suspended from the Sacrament. He will have them not only suspended from the Sacrament, but excommunicated from all other public Ordinances.
2. In the 50. page of his vindication he professeth that his Antagonists do contend for that which he granteth them with advantage. They would have scandalous sinners suspended from the Sacrament. He will have them not onely suspended from the Sacrament, but excommunicated from all other publike Ordinances.
3. He confesseth ibid. that in some cases a person not excommunicated may be suspended from the Sacrament.
But whatever his Concessions may seem to be, they are really as good as nothing. For 1. He will have none to be suspended from the Sacrament except such as are ripe for excommunication, and against whom the sentence of excommunication is ready to be pronounced as persons incorrigible. 2. He admitteth no suspension from the Sacrament till after several solemn previous public admonitions, reprehensions, rebukes contemned or neglected. See both these pag. 50. Whence you see that with Mr. Prynns consent all the votes of Parliament concerning several causes of suspension from the Lords Table, shall be of no use to Presbyteries, until after a long process of time, and after many previous public admonitions, So that if one in the Congregation ⟨p. 575⟩commit a notorious incest or murder a day or two, or a week before the celebration of the Sacrament, and the thing be undeniably certified and proved before the Eldership, yet the Eldership cannot suspend such an abominable scandalous sinner from the Sacrament, hac vice: but must first go through all those preparatory steps which are necessary and requisite before excommunication.