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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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I hope I have sufficiently answered the strongest objection which can be made against that which I did begin to prove, namely, that the Jews might and did keep civill company and fellowship with Heathens. Which that I may now further confirm, let it be observed with Schindlerus in lexic. pentaglo p. 297. that there were two sorts of Proselytes among the Jews. Some that were circumcised and received the Law of Moses; and such a one was even as a Jew, and was called Proselytus justitiae or faederis, a righteous or a true Proselyte, or a Proselyte of the Covenant. Others, that did only renounce ldolatry and keep the seven precepts given to the sons of Noah, not being circumcised nor keeping the Law of Moses, were permitted to dwell with the Jews, and therefore such a one was called Proselytus portae or Proselytus incola, a Proselyte of the Gate, or a Proselyte indweller, who dwelt within their Gates. See for the same thing L'Empereur de legibus Ebraeorum forensibus pag. 72 Buxtorflexic. Rabbin. p. 408. 409. Grotius de Jure belli acpacis lib. 1. cap. 1. Sect. 16. Henr. Vorstius observ. ad chronol. R. Ganz. pag. 279. Georgius Genzius in annot. ad Maimon. canon. Ethic. p. 91. 92. To the same purpose, Master Ainsworth annot. in Gen. 9. 4. and on Exod. 12. 45. and on Levit. 22. 10. hath noted out of the Hebrew writers: that such of the Heathens as did observe the seven precepts given to the Sons of Noah, though they were not circumcised, neither did observe the Ordinances of the ceremonial Law, nor were admitted to the holy things of the Children of Israel, yet they were permitted to cohabit and converse with the people of God in the holy Land. And ⟨p. 375⟩that it was so, may be proved from Levit. 25. 6. 45. 47. (where the Chaldee hath an uncircumcised indweller) Deut. 14. 21. yea, such a one might dwell in the Priests house Lev. 22. 10. The Jews receive no Proselyte now except one that undertakes to keep the whole Law to the least jot, as Doctor Buxtorf informs us in the place last cited: and so they are a great deal more strict in reference to the Gentiles then the Ancient Jews were. Notwithstanding they do without scruple familiarly converse and keep company with Gentiles who keep not the last of the seven precepts which bind (as they think) all the Sons of Noah, namely that concerning the not eating of blood.