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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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Sixthly, we find a public penitential confession Ezra. 10. 10. 11. And Ezra the Priest stood up and said unto them, ye have transgressed ⟨p. 80⟩and have taken strange wives to increase the trespass of Israel. Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your Fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate your selves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. Mark here the forsaking of the sin could not suffice without confessing the sin. All Israel had sworn and covenanted to do the thing, to put away the strange wives vers. 5. But Ezra the Priest tells them they must also make confession of their sin; confession of their former trespass must be joined with Reformation for the future: All which the people promise to do as Ezra had said vers. 12. But what was this confession? was it only a private confession to God alone? or was it only a general confession made by the whole congregation of Israel at a solemn Fast and humiliation? Nay, that there was a third sort of Confession differing from both these, appeareth by vers. 13. neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing; yea, three Months are spent in the business, vers. 16, 17. during which space, all that had taken strange wives, came at appointed times out of every City, and were successively examined by Ezra the Priest and certain chief of the Fathers and Levites, (such of both, as were not themselves guilty) before whom such as were found guilty did make Confession: The Sons of the Priests made Confession as well as others, yea, with the first; and gave their hands, that they would put away their wives: and being guilty, they offered a Ram of the Flock for their trespass. With which trespass offering confession was ever joined, as hath been before showed from the Law.
Sixthly, we find a publike penitentiall confession Ezra. 10. 10. 11. And Ezra the Priest stood up and said unto them, ye have transgressed ⟨p. 80⟩and have taken strange wives to encrease the trespasse of Israel. Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your Fathers, and doe his pleasure, and separate your selves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. Marke here the foresaking of the sinne could not sufice without confessing the sinne. All Israel had sworne and covenanted to doe the thing, to put away the strange wives vers. 5. But Ezra the Priest tells them they must also make confession of their sinne; confession of their former trespasse must be joyned with Reformation for the future: All which the people promise to doe as Ezra had said vers. 12. But what was this confession? was it onely a private confession to God alone? or was it onely a generall confession made by the whole congregration of Israel at a solemne Fast and humiliation? Nay, that there was a third sort of Confession differing from both these, appeareth by vers. 13. neither is this a worke of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing; yea, three Moneths are spent in the businesse, vers. 16, 17. during which space, all that had taken strange wives, came at appointed times out of every City, and were successively examined by Ezra the Priest and certaine chiefe of the Fathers and Levites, (such of both, as were not themselves guilty) before whom such as were found guilty did make Confession: The Sons of the Priests made Confession as well as others, yea, with the first; and gave their hands, that they would put away their wives: and being guilty, they offerered a Ram of the Flock for their trespasse. With which trespasse offering confession was ever joyned, as hath been before shewed from the Law.