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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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A second Argument may be this, In the old Testament God did not command the Magistrates, but the Priests to put a difference betwixt the profane and the holy, the unclean and the clean: Levit. 10. 10. Ezech. 22. 26. Ezech. 44. 23, 24. Deut. 21. 5. 2 Chron. 23. 18, 19. And in the new Testament, the ⟨p. 249⟩keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are given to the Ministers of the Church: Matth. 16. 19. and 18. 18. John 20. 23. but no where to the civil Magistrate. It belongeth to Church-officers to censure false doctrine. Revel. 2. 2. 14. 15. to decide controversies, Acts 16. 4. and to examine and censure scandals, Ezech. 44 23, 24. which is a Prophecy concerning the ministry of the New Testament. And Elders judge an Elder, 1 Tim. 5. 19. or any other Church-member. 1 Cor. 5. 12.
A second Argument may be this, In the old Testament God did not command the Magistrates, but the Priests to put a difference betwixt the prophane and the holy, the unclean and the clean: Levit. 10. 10