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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.
Thirdly, The very name given to the Elders of the ⟨p. 299⟩Church, [Greek or Hebrew], is a name of authority, rule, and government, especially in the Christian and Ecclesiastical use of the Word. H. Stephanus in Thes. ling. Gr. in the word [Greek or Hebrew], saith that the Elders of the Church were called [Greek or Hebrew], seu [Greek or Hebrew], to wit saith he, those qui verbo & gubernationi praeera•t. Where he tells us also that the Magistrate or Praetor who was sent with a Judicial power into those Townes which were under the power of the Athenians, was called by the name of [Greek or Hebrew]. The Septuagints use the word Nehem. 11. 9. Joel the son of Zi•hri was their overseer ([Greek or Hebrew]) and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the City. He that had but the second place was a Ruler, how much more he that was in the first place. Lo here, the head and chief Ruler of the Benjamites called by the name of [Greek or Hebrew]. So Numb. 31. 14. 2 Kings 11. 15. the chief officers of the Host, the Captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, are called by the Septuagints [Greek or Hebrew]. The same Hebrew words which they render by [Greek or Hebrew], they render in other places by [Greek or Hebrew], praefectus, [Greek or Hebrew], Antistes [Greek or Hebrew], praepositus, [Greek or Hebrew], Princeps: Yea the name of God [Greek or Hebrew] they render by this word Job. 20. 29. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God, [Greek or Hebrew] saith the Greek, by the overseer, (even as the same name of Bishop is given to Christ, 1 Pet. 2. 25.) Conradus Kirch•rus in the word Pakad, tells us also that Gen. 41. 34. L•t Pharaoh do this and let him appoint Officers over the Land, where the 70. read [Greek or Hebrew], the Greek Scholia which he useth to cite hath [Greek or Hebrew]