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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
Book 2 › Chapter 10: Some Objections m•de against Ecclesiastical Government a•d Discipline answered.
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But neither must the Argument go so, I have another thing to ask; what is that other work which will take up the whole man? Mr. Hussey pag. 12. expounds Mr. Colemans meaning, that the preaching of the Gospel would take up the whole man, especially in our time: our knowledge of the Scriptures is to be acquired by ordinary means &c. And in his Epistle to the Parliament he saith, I found the Minister charged only with preaching and baptizing, which being performed with such zeal and diligence as is needful, is abundantly a sufficient employment. And so he takes off the Minister not only from Government, but from visiting particular families, especially the sick; from catechising and examining those who are to be admitted to the Lords Supper, from the celebration of the Lords Supper it self, to say nothing of the solemnization of marriage, yea from disputations in Schools concerning the controversies of the time, which yet himself so much calls for. And why? the Minister hath other work to do, and such as will take up the whole man, which is to preach and baptize.
But neither must the Argument go so, I have another thing to ask; what is that other work which will take up the whole man? Mr. Hussey pag. 12. expounds Mr. Colemans meaning, that the preaching of the Gospel would take up the whole man, especially in our time: our knowledge of the Scriptures is to be acquired by ordinary means &c. And in his Epistle to the Parliament he saith, I found the Minister charged onely with preaching and baptizing, which being performed with such zeal and diligence as is needful, is aboundantly a sufficient employment. And so he takes off the Minister not onely from Government, but from visiting particular families, especially the sick; from catechising and examining those who are to be admitted to the Lords Supper, from the celebration of the Lords Supper it self, to say nothing of the solemnization of marriage, yea from disputations in Schools concerning the controversies of the time, which yet himself so much calls for. And why? the Minister hath other work to do, and such as will take up the whole man, which is to preach and baptize.
5. Object. If acts of Government be put in the hands of Church-Officers, there is fear of an ambitious ensnarement, which Mr. Coleman proved by an arguing from his own heart to the hearts of other men. Mr. Gillespie's answer to the matter of ambition saith Mr. Hussey, pag. 10. is only by involving the Civil Magistrate in the same danger of ambition. And here he falleth out into a concertation, professedly with my answer, but really with Mr. Colemans Argument: for the foundation of his