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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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And now I shall proceed for methods sake to examine other four Arguments from Scripture, upon which Mr. Hussey (though he doth not join them to the former six) afterward layeth no small weight for upholding that opinion, that the Magistrate holds his office of and under Christ, as he is Mediator.
And now I shall proceed for methods sake to examine other four Arguments from Scripture, upon which Mr. Hussey (though he doth not joyn them to the former six) afterward layeth no small weight for upholding that opinion, that the Magistrate holds his office of and under Christ, as he is Mediator.
The seventh argument therefore shall be that which he draweth from Matth. 28. 18. pag. 25. Whereunto I have two answers, according to two different applications of that Text. When Christ said All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth, it may be understood either as he is Mediator, or as he is the second person in the blessed Trinity, the eternal Son of God. So when the Ubiquitaries would prove from that place the real communication of Divine omnipotency to the humane nature of Christ, our Divines answer, the Text may ⟨p. 214⟩be understood either of Christs person, God-man, or as he is the natural Son of God. See Gomarus upon the place. Now take the Text either way, it proves not what Mr. Hussey would. Let it be understood of Christ as God-man, and as Mediator, (which is the most promising sense for him) yet it cannot prove that all power without exception, and all government as well without as within the Church, as well secular as Ecclesiastical, is put in Christs hand as he is Mediator, and that the civil Magistrate holds his office of and under Christ: but the sense must be rAll power which belongs to the Mediator, and all authority which belongs to the gathering and governing of the Church is given to me: for we must needs expound his meaning as himself hath taught us: