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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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Fifthly, and generally, the Heathens had no part or portion with Gods people, Nehem. 2. 20. they were not within but without the Church, being aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, Ephes. 2. 12. So that, Let him be as an Heathen must reach thus far, Let him no more partake in the Ordinances then an Heathen, have no more Church-communion with him then with an Heathen, let him be no more acknowledged for a Church member than an Heathen. And good reason; he hath made himself as an Heathen, yea worse than an Heathen, Rom. 2. 25. If thou be a breaker of the Law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Yea a scandalous and profane Church member is worse then an Infidel, 1 Tim. 5. 8. 1 Cor. 5. 1.
Fiftly, and generally, the Heathens had no part or portion with Gods people, Nehem. 2. 20. they were not within but without the Church, being aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, Ephes. 2. 12. So that, Let him be as an Heathen must reach thus farre, Let him no more partake in the Ordinances then an Heathen, have no more Church-communion with him then with an Heathen, let him be no more acknowledged for a Church member than an Heathen. And good reason; he hath made himselfe as an Heathen, yea worse than an Heathen, Rom. 2. 25. If thou be a breaker of the Law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Yea a scandalous and prophane Church member is worse then an Infidell, 1 Tim. 5. 8. 1 Cor. 5. 1