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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.
The difference between them is great; they differ in their causes, effects, objects, adjuncts, correlations, executions, and ultimate terminations.
1. In the efficient cause. The King of Nations hath instituted the Civil power; The King of Saints hath instituted the Ecclesiastical power. I mean the most high God, possessor of Heaven and Earth, who exerciseth Sovereignty over the workmanship of his own hands, and so over all mankind, hath instituted Magistrates to be in his stead, as gods upon Earth. But Jesus Christ as Mediator and King of the Church, whom his Father hath set upon his holy Hill of Zion, Psal. 2. 6. to reign over the House of Jacob for ever, Luke 1. 33. who hath the key of the House of David laid upon his shoulder, Isa. 22. 22. hath instituted an Ecclesiastical power and government in the hands of Church-Officers, whom in his name he sendeth forth.
1. In the efficient cause. The King of Nations hath instituted the Civil power; The King of Saints hath instituted the Ecclesiastical power. I mean the most high God, possessor of Heaven and Earth, who exerciseth Soverainty over the workmanship of his own hands, and so over all mankind, hath instituted Magistrates to be in his stead, as gods upon Earth. But Iesus Christ as Mediator and King of the Church, whom his Father hath set upon his holy Hill of Zion, Psal. 2. 6. to reigne over the House of Jacob for ever, Luke 1. 33. who hath the key of the House of David laid upon his shoulder, Isa. 22. 22. hath instituted an Ecclesiastical power and goverment in the hands of Church-Officers, whom in his name he sendeth forth.