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An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of…
An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of ruling-elders and of the authority of presbyteries and synods with a postscript in answer to a treatise lately published against presbyterial government.An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of ruling-elders and of the authority of presbyteries and synods with a postscript in answer to a treatise lately published against presbyteriall government.
Edinburgh: printed for James Bryson, 1641Edinburgh: printed for Iames Bryson, 1641
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Having now described the power of particular Elderships (which we call Sessions) of Classical Presbyteries, and of Synods, Provincial and National, ⟨p. 154⟩it remaineth to confirm by Arguments the subordination and subjection of the particular Elderships, to the Classical or common Presbytery, of both to the Provincial Synod, and of all these to the National Assembly: So that every one may perceive what reason the Church of Scotland hath to give unto the higher Ecclesiastical Courts authority over the lower.
HAving now described the power of particular Elderships (which we call Sessions) of Classicall Presbyteries, and of Synods, Provinciall and Nationall, ⟨p. 154⟩it remaineth to confirme by Arguments the subordination and subjection of the particular Elderships, to the Classicall or common Presbytery, of both to the Provinciall Synod, and of all these to the Nationall Assembly: So that every one may perceive what reason the Church of Scotland hath to give unto the higher Ecclesiasticall Courts authority over the lower.
I might insist long enough both in the Testimonies of Protestant Writers, and in the examples of the reformed Churches abroad, as also in the examples of all the ancient Churches, all speaking for this authority of Synods. But these I shall pass, because I know Arguments from Scripture, and reason, are required, and such we have to give.
I might insist long enough both in the Testimonies of Protestant Writers, and in the examples of the reformed Churches abroad, as also in the examples of all the ancient Churches, all speaking for this authority of Synods. But these I shall passe, because I know Arguments from Scripture, and reason, are required, and such we have to give.