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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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And whereas the Erastian take much hold of the words against thee. If thy Brother trespass against thee. I have before answered, that any sin against God which is committed in my sight, hearing, or knowledge, and so becometh a scandal or stumbling Block to me, is a trespass committed against me, because he that ought to edify me doth scandalize me. So that the words against thee are added, to signify, not a civill injury, but rather a spiritual injury or scandal. Augustine regul. 3. in fine Tom. 1. applieth the rule and method of proceeding mentioned Mat. 18. to lascivious or adulterous behaviour, which one Brother observing in another, ought to admonish him, first secretly, then to take witnesses, then to tell the Church, and if he be contumacious, de vestra societate projiciatur, let him ⟨p. 394⟩be cast out of your society saith he, and the context carrieth it to any scandal whereby one Brother scandalizeth another: whereof much was spoken in the preceding part of the Chapter. Erastus pag. 154. Scopus Christi est in hoc capite docere, quantum malum sit scandalum. The scope of Christ is in this Chapter to teach how great an evil scandal is. Wherefore I adhere to the resolution of Tostatus in Math. 18. quaest. 84, sive sit peccatum directè contra deum, sive contra proximum, si fit nobis scientibus, fit contra nos, cum nos scandalizet. Both Chrysostom and Theophilact upon Math. 18. 15. observe this cohesion, that Christ having before spoken against those that give scandal, now he gives a rule to the person scandalized.
And whereas the Erastian take much hold of the words against thee. If thy Brother trespasse against thee. I have before answered, that any sinne against God which is committed in my sight, hearing, or knowledge, and so becommeth a scandall or stumbling Block to me, is a trespasse committed against me, because he that ought to edifie me doth scandalize me. So that the words against thee are added, to signifie, not a civill injury, bnt rather a spirituall injury or scandall. Augustine regul. 3. in fine Tom. 1. applieth the rule and method of proceeding mentioned Mat. 18