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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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The second reason which I fetched from the Text, was from vers. 22. He hath put all things under his feet; that is, all things except the Church, saith Zanchius. But all things are not yet put under his feet, except in respect of Gods decree; It is not yet done actually. Heb. 2. 8. Now Christ reigns as Mediator before all things be put under his feet, not after all things are put under his feet, which is clear 1 Cor. 15. 25. Act. 2. 34, 35. Mr. Husseys reply pag. 41. 42. saith, that the Church is not here to be excepted, but Church and all is here put under Christs feet, which he proveth by Heb. 2. 8. He left nothing that is not put under him. But this cannot be understood to be actually done; for the next words say, But now we see not yet all things put under him: and if not done actually, but in respect of Gods decree and fore-knowledge, (according to the sense I gave out of Hierome on Eph. 1. 22.) how can it strengthen him in this particular? We see not yet. This yet shall not expire till the end, when Christ shall put down all authority and power. And now when it is said He hath put all things under his feet. Ephes. 1. 22. that the Church is not meant to be comprehended, but to be excepted in that place as Zanchius saith, may thus appear; the Apostle distinguisheth the all things from the Church, and calls the Church the body of Christ, and him the head to that body, but the all things are put under Christs feet (his body is not under his feet, but under the head) and he over all things: for so runs the Text, and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church, which is his body.
The second reason which I fetcht from the Text, was from vers. 22. He hath put all things under his feet; that is, all things except the Church, saith Zanchius. But all things are not yet put under his feet, except in respect of Gods decree; It is not yet done actually.