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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 first Argument shall be this. (which is hinted by Ursinus and Pareus Explic. catechit. Quest. 85. art. 2.) Whosoever by Gods appointment were excluded from the privileges of Church Members, and not to be reckoned among the Congregation of Israel, those were by Gods appointment excluded from the Passover. But whosoever committed any scandalous sin presumptuously, or with an high hand, were by Gods appointment excluded from the privileges of Church Members and not to be reckoned among the Congregation of Israel. Ergo. The Proposition hath this manifest reason for it. Those all who were commanded to eat the Passover, cannot be understood to be of a larger extent then the Church of Israel: Those therefore who were not to be acknowledged or used as ChurchMembers, were by Gods appointment excluded from the Passover. The Assumption is proved from Numb 15. 30. 31. But the soul that doth ought presumptuously (whether he be born in the land, or a stranger) the same reproacheth the Lord, and that soul shall ⟨p. 114⟩be cut off from among his people, Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off: his iniquity shall be upon him.
The first Argument shall be this. (which is hinted by Ursinus and Pareus Explic. catechit. Quest. 85. art. 2.) Whosoever by Gods appointment were excluded from the priviledges of Church Members, and not to be reckoned among the Congregation of Israel, those were by Gods appointment excluded from the Passeover. But whosoever committed any scandalous sinne presumptuously, or with an high hand, were by Gods appointment excluded from the priviledges of Church Members and not to be reckoned among the Congregation of Israel. Ergo. The Proposition hath this manifest reason for it. Those all who were commanded to eat the Passeover, cannot be understood to be of a larger extent then the Church of Israel: Those therefore who were not to be acknowledged or used as ChurchMembers, were by Gods appointment excluded from the Passeover. The Assumption is proved from Numb 15. 30. 31. But the soule that doth ought presumptuously (whether he be born in the land, or a stranger) the same reproacheth the Lord, and that soule shall ⟨p. 114⟩be cut off from among his people, Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandement, that soule shall utterly be cut off: his iniquity shall be upon him.