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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.
To these I shall in the first place oppose the judgement of others who have taken very much pains in searching the Jewish antiquities, and are much esteemed for their skill therein. nD. Buxtors expoundeth [Greek or Hebrew] cherem to be a casting out of one from the holy assemblies, or an ejection from the Synagogue, and maketh it parallel to the Excommunicating of the incestuous man 1 Cor. 5. oMr Selden extendeth the Jewish Excommunication so far, as to comprehend an exclusion from fellowship in prayer and holy assemblies, and makes it parallel ⟨p. 39⟩to that which Tertullian tells us to have been used by the Primitive Church. Mr Brughton in his exposition of the Lords prayer page 14. makes a parallel between the Jewish and the Christian Church in many particulars, and among the rest, he saith they agree in the manner of Excommunication and absolution. pHenric. Vorstius in his late animadversions upon Pirke Rabbi Eliezer, wonders how any man can imagine that an Apostate, a blasphemer, or the like was admitted into the Temple. For his part, he thinks some excommunicate persons were absolutely excluded from the Temple, and that others for whom there were hopes of reconciliation, were admitted into it. qDrusius and rJohannes Coch hold, that there were such excommunicate persons among the Jews, as were removed from Church assemblies, and were not acknowledged for Church members. sSchindlerus describeth their excommunication to be a putting away of an impenitent obstinate sinner from the public assembly of the Church, and so a cutting him off from his people. tArias Montanus expounds their casting out of the Synagogue to be an excommunication (such as in the Christian Church) from religious fellowship.