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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 eleventh place, which seemeth to hold forth unto us an Ecclesiastical Sanhedrin, is Ezech. 13. 9. where its said of the Prophets that did see vanity, and Divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they inter into the Land of Israel. Where (as Diodati and Grotius observe,) the speech riseth by degrees. 1. they shall not any more be admitted into the assembly or council to have any voice there, as Prophets in those ⟨p. 26⟩days had saith Diodati citing Jer. 26. 7. Secondly, they shall not so much as come into the computation or numbering of the people as members of the Church of Israel. 3. Nay they shall not be permitted to dwell in the holy Land, or to return thither from their captivity; they shall not have so much favour as strangers had, who might come into the holy Land and sojourn there.
The eleventh place, which seemeth to hold forth unto us an Ecclesiasticall Sanhedrin, is Ezech. 13. 9. where its said of the Prophets that did see vanity, and Divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they inter into the Land of Israel. Where (as Diodati and Grotius observe,) the speech riseth by degrees. 1. they shall not any more be admitted into the assembly or councell to have any voice there, as Prophets in those ⟨p. 26⟩daies had saith Diodati citing Ier. 26. 7. Secondly, they shall not so much as come into the computation or numbring of the people as members of the Church of Israel. 3. Nay they shall not be permitted to dwell in the holy Land, or to returne thither from their captivity; they shall not have so much favour as strangers had, who might come into the holy Land and sojourne there.