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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.
8. Object. The Kings of the Jews have purged the Land from Idolatry and Superstition, have broken down Altars, cut down Groves, destroyed high places, and such like Idolatrous Monuments.
8. Object. The Kings of the Jewes have purged the Land from Idolatry and Superstition, have broken downe Altars, cut down Groves, destroyed high places, and such like Idolatrous Monuments.
Ans. This was nothing but what was commanded in the Law of Moses, whereunto also the secular coercive power was necessary.
Ans. This was nothing but what was commanded in the Law of Moses, whereunto also the secular coercivepower was necessary.
Let it be remembered concerning those godly reforming Kings of […] 1. The case was extraordinary, no matter of ordinary Government. 2 Their reformation was Jure divino. The Law of God was the rule, and Jus Divinum was not then startled at, but embraced. 3. Sometime also the reformation was not without an assembly of the Prophets, Priests and Elders, as 2 Kings 23. 1.
Let it be remembled concerning those godly reforming Kings of 〈…〉 1. The case was extraordinary, no matter of ordinary Government. 2 Their reformation was Iure divino. The Law of God was the rule, and Ius Divinum was not then startled at, but embraced. 3. Sometime also the reformation was not without an assembly of the Prophets, Priests and Elders, as