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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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CHAP. IX. That by the Word of God there ought to be another Government besides Magistracy or civill Government, namely an Ecclesiastical Government (properly so called) in the hands of Church-officers.
CHAP. IX. That by the Word of God there ought to be another Government besides Magistracy or civill Government, namely an Ecclesiasticall Government (properly so called) in the hands of Church-officers.
The Question stated, and the Affirmative proved by one and twenty Scriptural Arguments. Who meant by the Elders that rule well, 1 Tim. 5. 17. [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] names of government. The words [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] Heb 13. 7, 17. examined. Of receiving an accusation against an Elder. Of rejecting an Heretic. Of the excommunication of the Incestuous Corinthian, and the sense of the word [Greek or Hebrew] ▪ Of the subjection of the spirits of the Prophets to the Prophets. The Angels of the Churches why reproved for having false Teachers in the Church? Note that man, 2 Thess. 3. 14. proved to be Church-censure. Of the Ruler, Rom. 12. 8. and Governments, 1 Cor. 12. 28. A pattern in the Jewish Church for a distinct Ecclesiastical government. What meant by cutting off,