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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 vice versa, there were no gifts of healings till after there had been miracles, no miracles till after there had been Teachers in the Church, &c. even as Mark. 4. 28. [Greek or Hebrew] first the blade [Greek or Hebrew] then the ear, [Greek or Hebrew] after that the full corn in the ear: the blade hath an existence before the ear, the ear before the full corn. So that taking [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] in his sense, he must either make out distinctly the order of time, or else confess he would make the Apostle speak as never Grecian in the world spake, or lastly be content to understand the Apostles words of the order of enumeration. If the word [Greek or Hebrew] had been in the Text▪ that had indeed carried it to posteriority of time as Heb. 12. 17. but [Greek or Hebrew] (though sometime it signifieth posteriority of time, yet) in this place having reference to such antecedents and consequents cannot bear his sense. I see it were no ill sport to examine his quint Arguments if a man had but so much leisure.
and vice versa, there were no gifts of healings till after there had been miracles, no miracles till after there had been Teachers in the Church, &c. even as Mark. 4. 28. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 first the blad 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 then the ear, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 after that the ful corn in the ear: the blade hath an existence before the eare, the eare before the full corne. So that taking 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in his sence, he must either make out distinctly the order of time, or else confesse he would make the Apostle speak as never Grecian in the world spake, or lastly be content to understand the Apostles words of the order of enumeration. If the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 had been in the Text▪ that had indeed carried it to posteriority of time as