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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
Book 3 › Chapter 8: Whether Judas received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I begin with the matter of fact, whether Judas received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, as well as the other Apostles, which is the question by him stated. For decision whereof, I hold it necessary, first of all that these two things be premised, concerning the harmony of the Evangelists in that matter of Judas, the use whereof we shall see afterwards. Matthew and Mark tell us Christs discourse of the Traitor at Table, and the discovery of Judas, before the institution of the Sacrament. Luke hath the same thing after the institution and distribution of the Sacrament. So that either Matthew and Mark speak by anticipation, or Luke speaketh by a recapitulation; that is, either Matthew and Mark put before what was done after, or ⟨p. 437⟩Luke puts after what was done before. Now that there is in Luke an [Greek or Hebrew], a narration of that after the institution which was indeed before the institution of the Sacrament, may thus appear. 1. That very thing which Luke placeth after the institution and distribution of the Sacrament, Luk. 22. 21, 22, 23. Behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the Table. And truly the son of man goeth as it was determined, but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed. And they began to enquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing. The very same thing do Matthew and Mark record before the institution of the Sacrament, Matth. 26. 21. to 26. Mark 14. 18. to 22. and it is more credible that one of the Evangelists is to be reduced to the order of two, rather than two to the order of one.
I begin with the matter of fact, whether Iudas received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, as well as the other Apostles, which is the question by him stated. For decision whereof, I hold it necessary, first of all that these two things be premised, concerning the harmony of the Evangelists in that matter of Iudas, the use whereof we shall see afterwards. Matthew and Marke tell us Christs discourse of the Traytor at Table, and the discovery of Iudas, before the institution of the Sacrament. Luke hath the same thing after the institution and distribution of the Sacrament. So that either Matthew and Marke speak by anticipation, or Luke speaketh by a recapitulation; that is, either Matthew and Marke put before what was done after, or