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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
THE CONTENTS. › Book 3 › Chapter 6: Of the power of binding and loosing, Matth. 18. 18.
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CHAP. VI. Of the power of binding and loosing, Matth. 18. 18.
Our Opposites extremely difficulted and divided in this point. Binding and loosing both among Hebrews & Grecians, authoritative & forensicall words. Antiquity for us, which is proved out of Augustine, Hierome, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Isidorus Pelusiota, Hilary, Theophylact. That this power of binding and loosing belongeth neither to private persons, nor to civill Magistrates, but to Church officers, and that in reference, 1. to the bonds of sin and iniquity. 2. To the dogmatical decision of controversies concerning the will of Christ. That this power of binding and loosing is not merely doctrinal but juridical or forensicall, and meant of inflicting or taking off Ecclesiastical censure. This cleared by the coherence and dependency between verse 17. and 18, (which is asserted against M. Prynne) and further confirmed by eleven reasons. In which the agreement of two on earth verse 19. the restriction of the rule to a brother or Church-member, also Matth▪ 16. 19. John 20. 23. Psalm 149. 6, 7, 8, 9. are explained. Another Interpretation of the binding and loosing, that it ⟨image 25⟩is not exercised about persons, but about things or Doctrines, confuted by •ive reasons. How binding and loosing are acts of the power of the Keys, as well as shutting and opening.
OUr Opposites extreamly difficulted and divided in this point. Binding and loosing both among Hebrews & Grecians, authoritative & forensicall words. Antiquity for us, which is proved out of Augustine, Hierome, Ambrose, Chrysostome, Isidorus Pelusiota, Hilary, Theophylact. That this power of binding and loosing belongeth neither to private persons, nor to civill Magistrates, but to Church officers, and that in reference, 1. to the bonds of sinne and iniquity. 2. To the dogmaticall decision of controversies concerning the will of Christ. That this power of binding and loosing is not meerely doctrinall but juridicall or forensicall, and meant of inflicting or taking off Ecclesiasticall censure. This cleared by the coherence and dependency between verse 17. and 18, (which is asserted against M. Prynne) and further confirmed by eleven reasons. In which the agreement of two on earth verse 19. the restriction of the rule to a brother or Church-member, also Matth 16. 19.