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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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His last Argument is, that in this very place 1 Cor. 12. the Apostle, when he doth again enumerate the particulars vers. 29. 30. he leaveth out helps, Governments, for which, he saith, he knows no reason, but because there were none such at that time, and the Apostle in that induction was to deal with their experience. This (as many other things which he hath) was before answered to Mr. Coleman. I give this plain reason for the omission of these two. The Apostle speaketh to those, who were not well satisfied nor contented with their own station in the Church, but were aspiring to more eminent gifts and administrations, are all Apostles? saith he, are all Prophets? &c. and so he reckoneth out only those rare and singular gifts, which men did most covet: and for that cause it was neither necessary, ⟨p. 224⟩nor had it been agreeable to the scope of the Apostle to have added, are all helps? are all Governments? But now he purposely leaveth out these, thereby intimating to the ruling Elders and Deacons of the Church of Corinth, that they ought to be contented with their own station, though they be neither Apostles, nor Prophets. &c.
His last Argument is, that in this very place 1 Cor. 12. the Apostle, when he doth again enumerate the particulars vers. 29. 30. he leaveth out helps, Governments, for which, he saith, he knows no reason, but because there were none such at that time, and the Apostle in that induction was to deal with their experience. This (as many other things which he hath) was before answered to Mr. Coleman. I give this plain reason for the omission of these two. The Apostle speaketh to those, who were not well satisfied nor contented with their owne station in the Church, but were aspiring to more eminent gifts and administrations, are all Apostles? saith he, are all Prophets? &c. and so he reckoneth out onely those rare and singular gifts, which men did most covet: and for that cause it was neither necessary, ⟨p. 224⟩nor had it been agreeable to the scope of the Apostle to have added, are all helps? are all Governments? But now he purposely leaveth out these, thereby intimating to the ruling Elders and Deacons of the Church of Corinth, that they ought to be contented with their owne station, though they be neither Apostles, nor Prophets. &c.