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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 Elders are plainly distinguished from Judges, Rulers, and Princes, Jos. 8. 33. & 23. 2. Deut. 5. 23. Jud. 8. 14. 2 Kings 10. 1, 5. Ezra 10. 14. Acts 4. 5. T•status on Deut. 21. 2. & 22. 15, 16. observeth the same distinction of Judges and Elders. Pelargus on Deu•. 21. 2, 3, 4. observeth the like. That which I say concerning the distinction of Judges and Elders may be confirmed by Halichoth Olam Tract. 1. cap 3. The Judges of Soura, M. Houna, and D. Isaac. The Judges of Phoumbeditha M. Papa the son of Samuel, &c. The Elders of Soura M. Houna and M. Hisda. The Elders of Phoumbeditha Ena and Abimi the son of Rahba. And thus we are taught how to ⟨p. 28⟩under and th•se Gemarick phrases, of the Judges of such a place, and the Elders of such a place, that we may not mistake them as if they were one. 5. Some have also drawn a pattern for the constitution of Synods, from that Council, Acts 4. 5, 6. where we find assembled together Rulers, […], Elders, Scribes, according to which pattern we have in our Synods, 1. the civill […] to preside in the order of proceedings, for preventing tumults, injuries, disorders, and to assist and protect the Synod. 2. Pastors of Churches. 3. Doctors from universities, answering to the Scribes or Doctors of the Law. 4. Ruling Elders who assist in the Government of the Church. 6. After that Judea was redacted into a Province, and the Romans having kept in their own hands, not only the power of life and death