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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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An Appendix to the first Book.
An Appendix to the first Booke.
The Erastians misrepresent the Jewish Government. Their compliance with the Anabaptists in this particular. Their confounding of that which ⟨image 17⟩was extraordinary in the Jewish Church, with that which was the ordinary rule. Fourteen Objections answered. M. Prynne his great mistakes of Deut. 17. and 2 Chron. 19. The power and practice of the godly Kings of Judah in the reformation of Religion cleared. The Argument from Solomon his deposing of Abiathar, and putting Zadock in his place, answered four ways. The Priests were appointed to be as Judges in other cases, beside those of leprosy and jealousy. 2 Chro. 23. 19. further scanned. A scandalous person was an unclean person both in the Scripture phrase, and in the Jewish language. The sequestration of the unclean from the Sanctuary, no civill punishment. Of Laws and causes Civill and Ecclesiastical among the Jews. Of their Scribes and Lawyers. Some other observable passages of Maimonides concerning Excommunication. What meant by not entering into the Congregation of the Lord, Deut. 23. 1, 2, 3. and by separating the mixed multitude, Nehem. 13. 3. Five reasons to prove that the meaning of these places, is not in reference to civil dignities and places of government, nor yet in reference to unlawful marriages only, but in reference to Church-membership and communion. Two Objections to the contrary answered. One from