A42757:662
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.
and Christ hath made his Ministers (not the civil Magistrates) stewards of these mysteries, to receive unto, or to exclude from the Sacraments; and as they may not keep back any of the children ⟨p. 301⟩of the house, so they may not suffer dogs to eat at the children's Table.
and Christ hath made his Ministers (not the civil Magistrates) stewards of these mysteries, to receive unto, or to exclude from the Sacraments; and as they may not keep back any of the children ⟨p. 301⟩of the house, so they may not suffer dogs to eat at the childrens Table.
The one and twentieth Argument, which shall claudere agmen, shall be drawn from Act. 15. where we find an Ecclesiastical Assembly or Synod of the Apostles, Elders, and other choice brethren, such as Judas and Silas: These did so assemble themselves, and proceed with authority in a business highly concerning the truth of the Gospel, Christian liberty, the healing of scandal, and the preserving of peace in the Church, as that it is manifest they had, and executed a power of government distinct from Magistracy. Mr. Selden de Jure natur. & Gent. lib. 7. cap. 12. hath sufficiently expressed that which is the ground of my present Argument: and I rather choose to speak it in his words then in my own, Now a dispute being had of this thing at Antioch, Paul and Barnabas (who having used many Arguments against that Pharisaical opinion, yet could not end the controversy) are sent to Jerusalem that there the thing might be determined by the Apostles and Elders. It is agitated in a Synod. In it it is determined by the Apostles and Elders, that the Gentiles who had given their names to Christ, are not indeed bound by the Law of Moses or of the Hebrews, as it is Mosaical and prescribed to the Church or Common-wealth of the Jews, but that they ought to enjoy their Christian liberty. And so much for that which the Synod loosed them from. But what doth the Synod bind upon them? The Synod doth also impose certain things, namely abstinence from fornication, and from things offered to Idols, and from blood, and things strangled, UT QUAE NECESSARIO OBSERVANDA, EX AUTHORITATE SYNODI, saith Mr. Selden, BEING SUCH AS WERE NECESSARILY TO BE OBSERVED, IN REGARD OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE SYNOD, by those who giving their names to the Christian Religion, should live with the Jews (they also giving their names to the Christian Religion) and so enter into religious fellowship with them. I shall add two other Testimonies of Mr. Prynns; The first I shall take out of his twelve considerable serious Questions concerning Church-Government, pag. 5. where arguing against the Independency of particular Congregations, he asks, whether the Synodal