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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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CHAP. XIII. Master Prynnes Argument from 1 Cor. 10. (which he takes to be unanswerable) discussed and confuted.
Master Prynne in the 15. page of his Vindication endeavoureth to prove, that spiritual pollution by reason of gross and scandalous sins, did not debar them that were circumcised from the Passover. as Paul (saith he) expressly determines 1 Cor. 10. 1. to 10. (an unanswerable Text to this purpose) moreover Brethren I would not that ye should be ignorant that: (the Text saith how that) all our Fathers were under the Cloud, and all passed through the Sea, & were all Baptized unto Moses in the Cloud & in the Sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat (to wit the Passover and Manna) and did: all drink of the same spiritual drink, for they drank of the Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But perhaps all these Communicants were visible Saints, free from any legal pollution, at least not Tainted with any scandalous sin: The Apostle to take off this evasion, subjoins, in the very next words. But with many of them, God was not well pleased, &c. So that the Israelites being once circumcised, were all admitted to eat the Passover, though some of them were Idolaters, others lustres after evil things; others fornicators, others tempters of Christ; others murmurers against God and Moses. The same argument he hinteth pag. 9. to prove the like under the Gospel. It's one of Erastus his arguments, Confirm. Thes. pag. 118. 119. and as colourable as any other, yet not unanswerable as Master Prynne holds.
MAster Prynne in the 15. page of his Vindication endeavoureth to prove, that spirituall pollution by reason of grosse and scandalous sinnes, did not debaree them that were circumcised from the Passeover. as Paul (saith he) expressely determines