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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 3 › Chapter 2: Whether Matth. 18. 15, 16, 17. prove Excommunication.
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6. That passage Luke 18. 10. concerning the Publicans go ing up to the Temple to pray; first, it is expressly declared to be a parable Vers. 9. and therefore can not prove the reality of the thing according to the letter, no more than an audible conference between Abraham and the rich man in Hell can be proved from Luke 16. 24. to the end of the Chapter, (though I believe that be a History related parabolically, as V•ssius ⟨p. 364⟩proveth in his Theses:) far less can a parable properly so called prove an historical narration. The meaning may be no other but this, that if such a Publican and such a Pharisee should go up to the Temple to pray, then the one should depart justified, and the other not.
6. That passage Luke 18. 10. concerning the Publicans goe ing up to the Temple to pray; first, it is expressely declared to be a parable Vers. 9. and therefore can not prove the reality of the thing according to the letter, no more than an audible conference between Abraham and the rich man in Hell can be proved from Luke 16. 24. to the end of the Chapter, (though I believe that be a History related parabolically, as V•ssius ⟨p. 364⟩proveth in his Theses:) farre lesse can a parable properly so called prove an historicall narration. The meaning may be no other but this, that if such a Publican and such a Pharisee should goe up to the Temple to pray, then the one should depart justified, and the other not.