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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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5. And even where there is a private injury wrapped up in the bosom of the scandal, as in railing and extortion, yet the Apostle there looketh upon them not qua injuries, but qua scandals; and in that notion, he will have not only the party particularly interested and injured, but the other members of the Church also to withdraw communion from the offender; for he writeth to the whole Church of Corinth, not to keep company with such.
5. And even where there is a private injury wrapt up in the bosome of the scandall, as in railing and extortion, yet the Apostle there looketh upon them not qua injuries, but qua scandals; and in that notion, he will have not onely the party particularly interrested and injured, but the other members of the Church also to withdraw communion from the offender; for he writeth to the whole Church of Corinth, not to keepe company with such.
6. When he saith, with such a one no not to •ate, he intimates by No not some further and greater punishment than not eating with him, as hath been said before: If not so much as eating with him, then much less Church communion with him at the Lords Table.
6. When he saith, with such a one no not to •ate, he intimates by No not some further and greater punishment than not eating with him, as hath been said before: If not so much as eating with him, then muchlesse Church communion with him at the Lords Table.
7. He means not of that withdrawing whereby each Christian may and ought to withdraw familiarity and fellowship from such a notorious scandalous sinner, whose sin is manifest before hand, that he may keep himself pure, and not partake of another mans sin: In which case a member of one Church may withdraw familiar conversing with a scandalous member of another Church. But he speaks of such a withdrawing from and avoiding of the fellowship of a scandalous Brother, as is done not by one or some few private Christians, but by the whole Church (for he writeth to the whole Church of Corinth, not to company nor eat