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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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6. Object. Schools of Divinity will advance learning and Religion, and get us an able Ministry more then Ecclesiastical Government can do. So Mr. Col man in his Sermon pag. •6. Yea Mr. Hussey calleth for Schools, that there may be unity found among the Preachers of the Gospel, together with more learning and knowledge, pag. 12, 13, 14, 15. (where by the way the Jesuits are much beholding to him, and Protestant Writers very little.) In his Epistle to the Parliament he desireth that Ministers would unbend their thought of Government, and think on ways to get knowledge. I should have thought multum scientiae, parum Cons•ientiae, might be as seasonable a complaint. Knowledge and learning are indeed most necessary, and I am confident shall flourish more under Presbyterial Government, then either under Popery or Prelacy. School-disputes need not hinder Ecclesiastical Government: that ought to be done, and this not to be left undone. There is a practical part which belongs to Presbyteries and Synods, as well as a contemplative part belonging to Schools: which made mthe Divines of Zealand to offer this among other Articles to be advised upon by the Synod of Dort, that they who are preparing for the Ministry, may (after their education at Schools, before their settling in the Ministry) be for some space present in Presbyteries, to learn Church-Government. That which a Minister must do, is work: and that work is labouring in the Word and Doctrine, in ruling and watching over the flock, in dispensing the Ordinances to them as a faithful Steward. But Mr. Hussey pag. 15. tells us the Minister must not be called from his study to examine notorious offences: which indeed suits his notion of Schools. The Grecians did not intend Schools for any such work; for to them [Greek or Hebrew] was rest from work, and [Greek or Hebrew] to be idle, to take a vacation from work, that is, from other affairs, and from a practical life, to attend reading and studies. If Schools be made to serve for all those necessary uses which Church-Government will serve for; then there is much said; but other wise nothing against us.
6. Object. Schools of Divinity will advance learning and Religion, and get us an able Ministery more then Ecclesiasticall Government can do. So Mr. Col man in his Sermon pag. •6. Yea Mr. Hussey calleth for Schools, that there may be unity found among the Preachers of the Gospel, together with more learning and knowledge, pag. 12, 13, 14, 15. (where by the way the Jesuits are much beholding to him, and Protestant Writers very little.) In his Epistle to the Parliament he desireth that Ministers would unbend their thought of Government, and think on wayes to get knowledge. I should have thought multum scientiae, parum Consientiae, might be as seasonable a complaint. Knowledge and learning are indeed most necessary, and I am confident shall flourish more under Presbyteriall Government, then either under Popery or Prelacy. School-disputes need not hinder Ecclesiastical Government: that ought to be done, and this not to be left undone. There is a practical part which belongs to Presbyteries and Synods, as well as a contemplative part belonging to Schools: which made