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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.
CHAP. III. What the Erastians yield unto us, and what we yield unto them?
CHAP. III. What the Erastians yeeld unto us, and what we yeeld unto them?
They yield that the Magistrate his power in Ecclesiasticis, is not arbitrary, but tied to the word. That there may be a distinct Church government under Heathen Magistrates. That the abuse takes not away the just power. They allow of Presbyteries, and that they have some jurisdiction. That the Ministry is Jure divino, and Magistracy distinct from it. We yield unto them▪ That none ought to be Rulers in the Church, but such against whom there is no just exception. That Presbyterial government is not a Dominion but a Service. That it hath for its object only the inward man. That Presbyterial government is not an Arbitrary government, cleared by sive considerations. That it is the most limited, and least Arbitrary government of any other, cleared by comparing▪ it with Popery, Prelacy, Independency, and with lawful Magistracy. That the civil Magistrate may and ought to do much in and for Religion, ordinarily, and yet more in extraordinary ⟨image 19⟩cases. That the civil Sanction is a free and voluntary act of the Magistrates favour. That Ministers owe as much subjection and honour to the Magistrate as other Subjects.
THey yeeld that the Magistrate his power in Ecclesiasticis, is not arbitrary, but tied to the word. That there may be a distinct Church government under Heathen Magistrates. That the abuse takes not away the just power. They allow of Presbyteries, and that they have some jurisdiction. That the Ministery is Iure divino, and Magistracy distinct from it. We yeeld unto them That none ought to be Rulers in the Church, but such against whom there is no just exception. That Presbyteriall government is not a Dominion but a Service. That it hath for its object onely the inward man. That Presbyteriall government is not an Arbitrary government, cleared by sive considerations. That it is the most limited, and least Arbitrary government of any other, cleared by comparing it with Popery, Prelacy, Independency, and with lawfull Magistracy. That the civil Magistrate may and ought to doe much in and for Religion, ordinarily, and yet more in extraordinary