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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And first concerning Moses, it is objected that he being the supreme Magistrate did give Laws and Ordinances for ordering the Church in things pertaining to God.
And first concerning Moses, it is objected that he being the supreme Magistrate did give Lawes and Ordinances for ordering the Church in things pertaining to God.
Answ. This he did as a Prophet from the mouth of the Lord, yea as a type of Jesus Christ the great Prophet, Deut. 18. 15. 18. not as civill Magistrate.
Answ. This he did as a Prophet from the mouth of the Lord, yea as a type of Jesus Chri•t the great Prophet, Deut. 18. 15. 18. not as civill Magistrate.
2. Object. We read not of an Ecclesiastical Sanhedrin adjoined with Moses, but only of a civill Sanhedrin Num. 11. Neither doth the Talmud mention any supreme Sanhedrin but one.