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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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My second Argument I take from 1 Thes. 5. 12. And we beseech you brethren to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you. [Greek or Hebrew], qui praesunt vobis. Hence doth Calvin conclude ea Church Government distinct from civil government, for this is a spiritual Government, it is in the Lord, that is in the name of the Lord, or (as others) in things pertaining to God. Hence also Beza argueth against Episcopal Government; because the Elders in the Apostolic Churches did govern in common.
My second Argument I take from 1 Thes. 5. 12. And we beseech you brethren to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, qui praesunt vobis. Hence doth Calvin conclude ea Church Government distinct from civil government, for this is a spirituall Government, it is in the Lord, that is in the name of the Lord, or (as others) in things pertaining to God. Hence also Beza argueth against Episcopall Government; because the Elders in the Apostolique Churches did govern in common.
- ePraesunt in Domino. Hoc additum videtur ad notandum spirituale regimen. Tametsi enim Reges quoque & Magistrátus Dei ordinatione praesunt, quia tamen Ecclesiae gubernationem Dominus peculialiter vult suam agnosci, ideo nominatim praeesse in Domino dieuntur, qui Christi nomine & mandato Ecclesiam gu-bernant.
But saith Mr. Hussey pag. 18. Pasor telleth us that [Greek or Hebrew] with a genitive case signifieth praecedo, and then it signifieth no more but them that go before you, either by Doctrine or example. I answer first to the matter, next to the force of the Word. For the matter, certainly the [Greek or Hebrew] or ruling power of ministers, is not merely doctrinal or persuasive, as is manifest by