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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.
1. Vindicat, pag. 17. he saith, the Confession of sin which was made at the Trespass offerings, was not to the Priest, Classis, or Congregation, but to God alone. | 1. In the very same page he saith, None were kept off from making their atonement by a trespass offering, if they did first confess their sins to God, though perchance his confession was not cordial, or such as the Priests approved, but external only in show. I beseech you how could it be at all judged of, whether it was external and only in show, if it was made to God alone? Nay, if it was made to God alone, how could it be known whether he had confessed any sin at all; and so whether he was to be admitted to the trespass offering or not? 2. Vindic. pag. 50. He freely granteth That ALL scandalous, obstinate, peremptory, incorrigible, notorious sinners, who desperately and professedly persevere in their gross scandalous fins, to the dishonour of Christian Religion, the scandal of the Congregation, the ill example and infection of others, after several solemn previous public admonitions, reprehensions, rebukes, contemned or neglected, and full conviction of their scandal and | 2. Vindic. pag. 57. Certainly the speediest, BEST and ONLY WAY to suppress ALL kind of sins, schisms, to reform and purge our Churches from ALL SCANDALOUS OFFENCES, will be for Ministers NOT to draw out the sword of Excommunication and suspension against them, which will do little good, but the sword of the Spirit, the powerful preaching of Gods Word, and the sword of the Civil Magistrate. ⟨p. 578⟩impenitency, may and OUGHT TO BE EXCOMMUNICATED, suspended, &c. | If this be the best and only way to suppress sin, and to reform and purge the Churches, How is it that some scandalous sinners may and ought to be excommunicated? 3. Vindic. pag. 50 Where the fact is notorious, the proofs […], the sentence of excommunication ready to be pronounced against them as persons impenitently scandalous and incorrigible, perchance the Presbytery or •l sis may order a suspension from the Sacrament, or any other Ordinances, before the sentence of excommunication solemnly denounced if they see just cause. | 3. Yet all along he disputes against the su pending from the Sacrament of a person unexcommunicated, and not suspended from all other public Ord nances and society of Gods people. And pag 50.
1. Vindicat, pag. 17. he saith, the Confession of sin which was made at the Trespasse offerings, was not to the Priest, Classis, or Congregation, but to God alone. | 1. In the very same page he saith, None were kept off from making their atonement by a trespasse offering, if they did first confesse their sins to God, though perchance his confession was not cordiall, or such as the Priests approved, but external onely in shew. I beseech you how could it be at all judged of, whether it was external and onely in shew, if it was made to God alone? Nay, if it was made to God alone, how could it be known whether he had confessed any sin at all; and so whether he was to be admitted to the trespasse offering or not? 2. Vindic. pag. 50. He freely granteth That ALL scandalous, obstinate, peremptory, incorrigible, notorious sinners, who desperately and professedly persevere in their grosse scandalous fins, to the dishonour of Christian Religion, the scandal of the Congregation, the ill example and infection of others, after several solemn previous publike admonitions, reprehensions, rebukes, contemned or neglected, and full conviction of their scandal and | 2. Vindic. pag. 57. Certainly the speediest, BEST and ONLY WAY to suppresse ALL kind of sins, schismes, to reform and purge our Churches from ALL SCANDALOUS OFFENCES, will be for Ministers NOT to draw out the sword of Excommunication and suspension against them, which will do little good, but the sword of the Spirit, the powerful preaching of Gods Word, and the sword of the Civil Magistrate.