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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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goeth about to answer this Argument, which he confesseth to say something: and indeed it saith so much, that though he maketh an extravagant exception, (Doth it appear, saith he, that the Kingdom that he shall lay down to God his Father, is not over all the world?) yet he plainly yields the Point, which I was then proving. Christ, saith he, in the day of Judgement shall lay down all the Office of Mediatorship. I hope he will not say that Christ shall lay down at the day of Judgement that Kingdom which he hath as the eternal Son of God. So then I have what I was seeking, that Christ hath one Kingdom as Mediator, another as the eternal Son of God. And whereas Master Hussey holdeth that Christ as Mediator reigns over all things as the Vicar of his Father, we shall see anon the weakness of his Arguments brought to prove it. Mean while, I ask, What then is that Kingdom which belongs to Christ as the eternal Son of God, and which shall ⟨p. 198⟩not be laid down, but continued for ever? Let him think on this Argument, Whatsoever belongs to that Kingdom which shall be continued for ever, and shall not be laid down at the day of Judgement, doth belong to Christ, not as Mediator, but as the eternal Son of God. But the general Power and Dominion, by which Jesus Christ exerciseth Sovereignty over all creatures without exception, doing to them and fulfilling upon them all the good pleasure of his Will, belongs to that Kingdom which shall be continued for ever, and shall not be laid down at the day of Judgement. Ergo: That general Power and Dominion by which Jesus Christ exerciseth Sovereignty over all creatures without exception, doing to them and fulfilling upon them all the good pleasure of his Will; doth belong to Christ, not as Mediator, but as the eternal Son of God. And thus I make a transition to another Argument. Fourthly, He that hath a Kingdom administered by and in Evangelical Ordinances, and a Kingdom administered by his Divine Power, without Evangelical Ordinances, hath two different and distinct Kingdoms. But Jesus Christ hath a Kingdom administered by and in Evangelical Ordinances, and a Kingdom administered by his Divine power, without Evangelical Ordinances. Ergo: Doth not Jesus Christ reign over the Devils and damned Spirits by his Divine Power, reserving them in chains of darkness to the Judgement of the great day?
goeth about to answer this Argument, which he confesseth to say something: and indeed it saith so much, that though he maketh an extravagant exception, (Doth it appear, saith he, that the Kingdom that he shall lay down to God his Father, is not over all the world?) yet he plainly yeelds the Point, which I was then proving. Christ, saith he, in the day of Judgement shall lay down all the Office of Mediatorship. I hope he will not say that Christ shall lay down at the day of Judgement that Kingdom which he hath as the eternal Son of God. So then I have what I was seeking, that Christ hath one Kingdom as Mediator, another as the eternal Son of God. And whereas Master Hussey holdeth that Christ as Mediator raigns over all things as the Vicar of his Father, we shall see anon the weaknesse of his Arguments brought to prove it. Mean while, I ask, What then is that Kingdom which belongs to Christ as the eternal Son of God, and which shall