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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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Husseys notion of Schools, that is by the Prophets disputing a man out of his error, and no more, no vote, no decision, no result, except he that hath taught an error do agree to the arguments of the other Prophets, and so all end in a brotherly accord, and in the unanimous consent of the whole Clergy (for so doth he advise the Parliament) so that he shall be no more subject to all the Prophets, then all the Prophets to him. Yea in Mr. Husseys sense the Pope will not refuse to be subject to a Council of Prophets, and then Protestant Writers have been far out of their way, who have disputed against the Pope from this Text, supposing it to hold forth a binding authoritative Judgement of the Prophets, whereunto any one Prophet is bound to be subject, the Judgement of his private discretion being always reserved to him, that he give not blind obedience.
Husseys notion of Schooles, that is by the Prophets disputing a man out of his error, and no more, no vote, no decision, no result, except he that hath taught an error do agree to the arguments of the other Prophets, and so all end in a brotherly accord, and in the unanimous consent of the whole Clergy (for so doth he advise the Parliament) so that he shall be no more subject to all the Prophets, then all the Prophets to him. Yea in Mr. Husseys sence the Pope will not refuse to be subject to a Councel of Prophets, and then Protestant Writers have been far out of their way, who have disputed against the Pope from this Text, supposing it to hold forth a binding authoritative Judgement of the Prophets, whereunto any one Prophet is bound to be subject, the Judgement of his private discretion being alwaies reserved to him, that he give not blind obedience.
Eighthly, I argue from Revel. 2. 14. 20. The Lord Jesus reproveth the Angel of the Church in Pergamus for suffering those that taught the doctrine of Balaam, and the Angel of the Church in Thyatira for suffering Jezebel which called her self a Prophetess, to seduce his people. The fault here reproved must be the neglect of Church-censures and corrective government, which is so manifest, that they who plead most for liberty of Conscience from the Magistrate, do acknowledge that the Angels of these Churches are reproved for not censuring Ecclesiastically those that did thus seduce Gods people. Neither is it said because thou art silent and dost not reprove nor convince; but because thou hast there them that hold the Doctrine of Balaam: that is, because thou dost not cast them out of the Church, that they may not hurt others. So the English Annotations upon the place, referring us also to