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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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In the next place let us observe the causes, degrees, manner and rites how, the authority by which, the ends and effects of excommunication among the Jews, and see whether all these do not help to make their Excommunication a pattern for ours. For the causes, there were 24 causes, for which a man was Excommunicated among the Jews. You may read them in Buxtorf's Lexicon Chald▪ Talmud & Rabbin. p. 1304, 1305. M. Selden de jure nat. & Gentium. lib. 4. cap. 8. Jo. Coch Annot. in Excerp. Gem. Sanhedrin cap. 2. pag. 147. divers of these causes did not at all concern personal or civill injuries (for such injuries were not accounted causes of Excommunication, but were to be punished otherwise, as shall be proved afterward) but matters of scandal, by which God was dishonoured, and the stumbling-block of an evil example laid before others; One cause was the despising of any of the precepts of the Law of Moses, or Statutes of the Scribes. Another was the selling of Land to a Gentile. Another was, a Priest not separating the gifts of the oblation. Another, he that in captivity doth not iterate or observe the second time a holy day. Another, yhe that doth any servile work upon Easter eve. Another, he that mentioneth the name of God rashly, or by a vain oath. Another, he that induceth, or giveth occasion to others to profane the name of God. Another, he that makes others to •ate holy things without the holy Temple. Another, he that maketh computation of years and months without the Land of Israel: that is, (as Dr Buxtorf) writeth Calendars, or (as M. Selden) computeth years and months otherwise than their ⟨p. 43⟩fathers had done. Another, he that retardeth or hindereth others from doing the Law and Commandment. Another, he that maketh the offering profane (as Dr Buxtorf) or offereth a sickly beast, (as I. Coch.) Another, a Sacrificer that doth not show his Sacrificing Knife before a Wise man or a Rabbi, that it may be known to be a lawful Knife, and not faulty. Another, he that cannot be made to know or to learn. Another, he that having put away his wife, doth thereafter converse familiarly with her. Another, a Wise man (that is, a Rabbi or Doctor) infamous for an evil life. The other causes had also matter of scandal in them, namely, the despising of a Wise man or Rabbi, though it were after his death.