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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.
I must not forget the Testimony of my Countryman Master Weemse in his Christian Synagogue lib. 1. cap. 6. sect. 3. paragr. 7. They had three sorts of Excommunication; first the lesser, then the middle sort, then the greatest. The lesser was called Niddui: and in the New Testament they were called [Greek or Hebrew], put out of the Synagogue: and they hold that Cain was excommunicated this way. The second was called Cherem or Anathema: with this sort of Excommunication was the Incestuous person censured 2 Cor. 2. The third Shammatha, they hold that Enoch instituted it, Jude v. 14. And after, these who were [Greek or Hebrew], put out of the Synagogue were not simply secluded ⟨p. 42⟩from the Temple, but suffered to stand in the Gate, &c. These who were Excommunicated by the second sort of Excommunication, were not permitted to come near the Temple. These who were Excommunicated after the third sort, were secluded out of the society of the people of God altogether.
I must not forget the Testimony of my Countreyman Master Weemse in his Christian Synagogue lib. 1. cap. 6. sect. 3. paragr. 7. They had three sorts of Excommunication; first the lesser, then the middle sort, then the greatest. The lesser was called Niddui: and in the New Testament they were called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, put out of the Synagogue: and they hold that Cain was excommunicated this way. The second was called Cherem or Anathema: with this sort of Excommunication was the Incestuous person censured 2 Cor. 2. The third Shammatha, they hold that Enoch instituted it, Jude v. 14. And after, these who were 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, put out of the Synagogue were not simply secluded ⟨p. 42⟩from the Temple, but suffered to stand in the Gate, &c. These who were Excommunicated by the second sort of Excommunication, were not permitted to come neer the Temple. These who were Excommunicated after the third sort, were secluded out of the society of the people of God altogether.