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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.
3. They differ in their forms. The power of Magistracy is [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew]. It is an authority or dominion exercised in the particulars above mentioned, and that in an immediate subordination to God: for which reason Magistrates are called gods. The Ecclesiastical power is [Greek or Hebrew], or [Greek or Hebrew], or [Greek or Hebrew] only. It is merely Ministerial and Steward-like, and exercised in an immediate subordination to Jesus Christ, as King of the Church, and in his name and authority.
3. They differ in their formes. The power of Magistracy is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. It is an authority or dominion exercised in the particulars above mentioned, and that in an immediate subordination to God: for which reason Magistrates are called gods. The Ecclesiastical power is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 onely. It is meerly Ministeriall and Steward-like, and exercised in an immediate subordination to Iesus Christ, as King of the Church, and in his name and authority.
4. They differ in their ends. The supreme end of Magistracy is only the glory of God, as King of Nations, and as exercising dominion over the inhabitants of the earth: And in that respect the Magistrate is appointed to keep his Subjects within the bounds of external obedience to the moral Law, the obligation where of lieth upon all Nations, and all men. The supreme end of the Ecclesiastical power, is either proximus or remotus. The nearest and immediate end is the glory of Jesus Christ, as Mediator and King of the Church. The more remote end is the glory of God, as having all power and authority ⟨p. 187⟩