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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 for that first rule of his, that arguments from the less t the greater are not conclusive, except in the same kind of action, its utterly untrue. For the holy Scripture it self hath divers arguments from the less to the greater, where the kind is no less different, if not more, than private civill eating together is from public eating together at the Table of the Lord, as Numb. 12. 14. If Miriam's father had spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? how much more when God hath smitten her with leprosy for speaking against his servant Moses? H•g. 1. 4. you have built to your selves ceiled houses, how much more ought ye to have built the house of the Lord? Joh. 3. 12. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of Heavenly things? 1 Cor. 6. 3. Know ye not that we shall judge Angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
And for that first rule of his, that arguments from the lesse t the greater are not conclusive, except in the same kind of action, its utterly untrue. For the holy Scripture it selfe hath divers arguments from the lesse to the greater, where the kind is no lesse different, if not more, than private civill eating together is from publique eating together at the Table of the Lord, as Numb. 12. 14. If Miriams father had spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven daies? how much more when God hath smitten her with leprosie for speaking against his servant Moses? H•g. 1. 4. you have built to your selves ceiled houses, how much more ought ye to have built the house of the Lord? Ioh. 3. 12. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of Heavenly things? 1 Cor. 6. 3. Know ye not that we shall judge Angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?