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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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10. Object. The causes of Leprosy, Lev. 13. & 14. and jealousy Num. 5. are the only cases wherein the Priests were appointed to be as Judges in the Old Testament. So Mr. Prynne in his Diotrephes catechised quest. 3.
10. Object. The causes of Leprosy, Lev. 13. & 14. and jealousie Num. 5. are the onely cases wherein the Priests were appointed to be as Judges in the Old Testament. So Mr. Prynne in his Diotrephes catechised quest. 3.
Ans. 1. If the Priests were Judges in these cases, then (so far at least) there was a judging, decisive, binding sentence of the Priests, distinct from and not subordinate unto the civill Magistracy. 2. But that these two were the only cases wherein the Priests were appointed to be as Judges, is easily confuted, being an assertion contrary to diverse Texts of Scripture, as first Deut. 21. 5. in the trial of secret murder the Law appointeth thus: And the Priests the sons of Levi shall come near, &c. and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried, that is, every controversy which was to be ended by purgations or purifications, Oaths or confession, as Pelargus noteth upon the place. There is also a general comprehensive expression concerning the Priests their judging and deciding of controversies forensically,