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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For the general, I hold with the large Confession of Faith of the Church of Scotland; Art. 25. Moreover to Kings, Princes, Rulers, and Magistrates, we affirm, that chiefly and most principally, the conservation and the purgation of the Religion appertains; so that not only they are appointed for civil Policy▪ but also for maintenance of the true Religion, and for suppressing of Idolatry and Superstition whatsoever. To the same purpose, Calvin, Instit. lib. 4. cap. 20. sect. 9. Hoc nomine maximè laudantnr sancti Reges, quòd Dei cultum corruptum vel eversum restituerint, vel curam gesserint Religionis, ut sub illis pura & incolumis s•oreret. The like see in Zanchius in 4. praec. pag. 791. and in Polanus Syntag. lib. 10. cap. 65. They hold that the Christian Magistrate his Office, as concerning Religion, is, diligently to take care that in his Dominion, or Kingdom, Religion from the pure Word of God, expounded by •he Word of God it self, and understood according to the Principles of Faith (which others call the Analogy of Faith) be either instituted, ⟨p. 260⟩or (being instituted) kept pure; or being corrupted, be restored and reformed: that false Doctrines, Abuses, Idols, and Superstitions be taken away, to the glory of God, and to his own and his Subjects salvation. Unto these things I do assent as unto safe and undoubted truths.
For the general, I hold with the large Consession of Faith of the Church of Scotland; Art. 25. Moreover to Kings, Princes, Rulers, and Magistrates, we affirm, that chiefly and most principally, the conservation and the purgation of the Religion appertains; so that not onely they are appointed for civil Policy▪ but also for maintenance of the true Religion, and for suppressing of Idolatry and Superstition whatsoever. To the same purpose, Calvin, Instit. lib. 4. cap. 20. sect. 9. Hoc nomine maximè laudantnr sancti Reges, quòd Dei cultum corruptum vel eversum restituerint, vel curam gesserint Religionis, ut sub illis pura & incolumis s•oreret. The like see in Zanchius in 4. praec. pag. 791. and in Polanus Syntag. lib. 10. cap. 65. They hold that the Christian Magistrate his Office, as concerning Religion, is, diligently to take care that in his Dominion, or Kingdom, Religion from the pure Word of God, expounded by he Word of God it self, and understood according to the Principles of Faith (which others call the Analogy of Faith) be either instituted,