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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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Wherefore I will add eight counterbalancing considerations to prove from 1 Cor. 5.* the first twelve verses thereof (all which Mr Prynne conceiveth can not prove Excommunication) compared with 2 Cor. 2. an Ecclesiastical jurisdiction or power of censures, and particularly of Excommunication.
Wherefore I will adde eight counterballancing considerations to prove from 1 Cor. 5.* the first twelve verses thereof (all which Mr Prynne conceiveth can not prove Excommunication) compared with 2 Cor. 2. an Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction or power of censures, and particularly of Excommunication.
- *The 13 verse he yieldeth to be a warrant for Excommunication: yet he […] concerning that also, in Diotre• catechised.The 13 verse he yeeldeth to be a warrant for Excommunication: yet he 〈…〉 concerning that also, in Diotre• catechised.
1. There was a censure inflicted upon the incestuous man by the Eldership of the Church of Corinth, being assembled together 1 Cor. 5. 4, 5. Where read we that ever the Church was intentionally gathered together, to cooperate with an Apostle in the exercise of his miraculous apostolical power? But we do read that this mans punishment or censure was inflicted upon him not by the Apostle alone but by Many,