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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 former part, with the admission of such as were morally unclean or profane, to such ordinances as were appointed only for the holy and clean.
the former part, with the admission of such as were morally uncleane or prophane, to such ordinances as were appointed onely for the holy and cleane.
Tenthly, Heathens or strangers who were not Proselytes of the covenant or of righteousness, were not permitted to eat of the ⟨p. 120⟩Passover. Now one that is by profession a Church member, but living in profaneness and scandalous wickedness, ought to be esteemed as an Heathen, Matth. 18. 17. yea as worse than an Infidel, 1 Tim. 5. 8. Hence was it that the word Heathen was used for an irreligious or wicked man, as is observed by Mathias Martinius in lexic. philol. pag. 717. 718. and as a discriminating name from believers; so Zonaras in Cone. Carthag. Can. 24. When David speaks of his persecuting wicked enemies, though Israelites, he calls them strangers and heathen, Psal. 54. 3. Psal. 59. 5. How then can it be supposed, that those who were esteemed as heathens, were admitted to all Church privileges, as well as the best Israelites?
Tenthly, Heathens or strangers who were not Proselytes of the covenant or of righteousnessè, were not permitted to eate of the ⟨p. 120⟩Passeover. Now one that is by profession a Church member, but living in prophanesse and scandalous wickednesse, ought to be esteemed as an Heathen,