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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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The Chaldee Paraphrase expoundeth the whole, of such as were thought worthy to be admitted into the house of the Lord, thus, Lord who is worthy to abide in thy […] […] and who shall be worthy to sojourn in the mountain of the house of thy holiness. So Psalm 24. 3. the Chaldee readeth thus, Who shall be worthy to ascend unto the mountain of the house of the Sanctuary of the Lord? So that the thing alluded unto in both these places, is that the Priests and Levites did admit […] to the Sanctuary, but such as had the marks or characters there enumerated, so far as men can •udge of these marks, that is so fa•e as they are external and discernible. 7. The same thing seemeth also to be alluded unto Psalm 50. 16. Unto the wicked (the Chaldee adds, that repenteth not, and prayeth in his transgression) God saith, what hast thou to do to declare ⟨p. 92⟩my Statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth. It is spoken to a scandalous profane man, Vers. 18, 19, 20. who yet will needs take upon him a form of godliness. eWhere Philo the Jew speaks of him that blasphemed the name of the Lord, he addeth, that it was not lawful for all men to name the name of God, no not for Honour or Religions sake, but only for good and holy men. And this gives me occasion to add in conclusion a further confirmation out of the Hebrew Doctors. They held that an Israelite turning an Heretic, (that is, denying any of their thirteen fundamental Articles) to be as an Heathen man, and did therefore permit a Jew to lend to him upon usury even as to an Heathen. M. Selden de Jure nat. & Gentium. lib. 6. cap. 10. They held that such a one, an heretical Israelite, had no communion with the Church of Israel. See Tzemach David translated by Hen. Vorstius pag. 67. Abrabanel de capite fidei cap. 3. dub. 5. & Ib. cap. 6. They esteemed an heretical Jew, more heretical then a Christian, and did excommunicate him, even summarily and without previous admonition. See Buxtorf. lexic. Chald. Talm. & Rabbin. pag. 195. Moses Maimonides de fundam. legis. cap. 6. sect. 10. tells us that if an Epicurean Israelite had written a copy of the book of the Law, it was to be burnt, with the name of that Epicurean wretch, because he had not done it holily, nor in the name of God.