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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
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An Appendix to the second Book, containing a Collection of some Testimonies not cited before; And first a Testimony of King James in a Declaration of his, penned with his own hand, signed and delivered to the Commissioners of the Church of Scotland at Linlithgow, December 7. Anno 1585.
An Appendix to the second Book, containing a Collection of some Testimonies not cited before; And first a Testimony of King Iames in a Declaration of his, penned with his own hand, signed and delivered to the Commissioners of the Church of Scotland at Linlithgow, December 7. Anno 1585.
I For my part shall never, neither my posterity ought ever cite, summon, or apprehend any Pastor or preacher for matters of Doctrine, in Religion, Salvation, Heresies, or true Interpretation of the Scripture: but according to my first act which confirmeth the liberty of preaching the Word, ministration of the Sacraments, I avouch the same to be a matter mere Ecclesiastical, and altogether impertinent to my calling. Therefore never shall I, nor ever ought they, I mean my posterity, acclaim any power or Jurisdiction in the foresaids. His Majesties meaning was that he ought not to do this in prima instantiâ, that is, before the person be accused, convict, or judged in any Ecclesiastical Court. (which was the Question at that time, occasioned by Mr. Andrew Melvill his Case) Afterward in the same Declaration it followeth thus.
I For my part shall never, neither my posterity ought ever cite, summon, or apprehend any Pastor or preacher for matters of Doctrine, in Religion, Salvation, Heresies, or true Interpretation of the Scripture: but according to my first act which confirmeth the liberty of preaching the Word, ministration of the Sacraments, I avouch the same to be a matter meer Ecclesiastical, and altogether impertinent to my calling. Therefore never shall I, nor ever ought they, I mean my posterity, acclaim any power or Iurisdiction in the foresaids. His Majesties meaning was that he ought not to do this in prima instantiâ, that is, before the person be accused, convict, or judged in any Ecclesiastical Court. (which was the Question at that time, occasioned by Mr. Andrew Melvill his Case) Afterward in the same Declaration it followeth thus.