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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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And although in reference to God, and in respect of satisfaction to the Divine justice for our sins, his death was [Greek or Hebrew] a price of redemption, ⟨image 6⟩yet in reference to men who did persecute, accuse, and condemn him, his death was [Greek or Hebrew], a Martyrs Testimony to seal such a truth. This Kingly Office of Jesus Christ (as well as his Prophetical) is administered and exercised, not only inwardly and invisibly by the working of his Spirit in the souls of particular persons, but outwardly also and visibly in the Church, as a visible political ministerial body, in which he hath appointed his own proper Officers, Ambassadors, Courts, Laws, Ordinances, Censures, and all these administrations, to be in his own name, as the only King and Head of the Church. This was the thing which Herod and Pilate did, and many Princes, Potentates, and States do look upon, with so much fear and jealousy, as another Government coordinate with the civill. But what was dark upon the one side to them, hath been light upon the other side to those servants of Jesus Christ who have stood, contended, and sometime suffered much for the Ordinance of Church-Government and Discipline, which they looked upon as a part of Christs Kingdom. So eBucer. ⟨image 6⟩So fParker. So gM. Welsh my countryman of precious memory, who suffered much for the same truth, and was ready to seal it with his blood. Beside divers others who might be named, especially learned Didoclavius in his Altar Damascenum Cap. 1. and throughout.
And although in reference to God, and in respect of satisfaction to the Divine justice for our sinnes, his death was 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a price of redemption, ⟨image 6⟩yet in reference to men who did persecute, accuse, and condemne him, his death was 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a Martyrs Testimony to seale such a truth. This Kingly Office of Iesus Christ (as well as his Propheticall) is administred and exercised, not onely inwardly and invisibly by the working of his Spirit in the soules of particular persons, but outwardly also and visibly in the Church, as a visible politicall ministeriall body, in which he hath appointed his own proper Officers, Ambassadours, Courts, Laws, Ordinances, Censures, and all these administrations, to be in his own name, as the onely King and Head of the Church. This was the thing which Herod and Pilate did, and many Princes, Potentates, and States doe looke upon, with so much feare and jealousie, as another Government coordinate with the civill. But what was darke upon the one side to them, hath been light upon the other side to those servants of Iesus Christ who have stood, contended, and sometime suffered much for the Ordinance of Church-Government and Discipline, which they looked upon as a part of Christs Kingdome. So