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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
Book 2 › Chapter 7: Arguments for the Negative of that Question formerly propounded.
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yet neither can that of the Deacons, nor this of the Elders, be understood otherwise, then of the right, power, and authority given them. See the like Heb. 7. 28. Luk. 12. 42. Matth. 24. 47. The scope therefore of Christs answer was this (as Aretius upon the place) non debeo aliena munia invader. I ought not to invade such Offices as belong to others, not to me.
yet neither can that of the Deacons, nor this of the Elders, be understood otherwise, then of the right, power, and authority given them. See the like Heb. 7. 28. Luk. 12. 42. Matth. 24. 47. The scope therefore of Christs answer was this (as Aretius upon the place) non debeo aliena munia invadere. I ought not to invade such Offices as belong to others, not to me.
Some of the Jesuits (as forward as they are to defend the Temporal Power of the Pope as Christs Vicar on earth, yet) cannot shut their eyes against the light of this Text, who made me a Judge or a divider over you? But they are forced to acknowledge ythat Christ denies that he had any right or authority to be a civil Judge. For how can he who is authorized to be a Judge say, Who made me a Judge?
Some of the Jesuits (as forward as they are to defend the Temporal Power of the Pope as Christs Vicar on earth, yet) cannot shut their eies against the light of this Text, who made me a Judge or a divider over you? But they are forced to acknowledge