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An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of…

Name: An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of…
Author: George Gillespie

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.

George Gillespie 1613–1648Edinburgh: printed for James Bryson, 1641Edinburgh: printed for Iames Bryson, 1641

[16], 212 [i.e. 214] p., [1], 40 p. · 57k words · Wing G745 · ESTC R16325

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Contents › Part 1 › Contents of chapter 7: The fi•st Argument taken from 1 Tim. 5.17.

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CHAP. VII. The fi•st Argument taken from 1 Tim. 5.17.

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Our Argument from this place vindicated against •en false glosses devised by our opposites.

OUr Argument from this place vindicated against •en false glosses devised by our opposites.

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CHAP. VIII. The testimony of Ambrose for Ruling-Elders vindicated.

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NO certain ground alleged against the authority of those Commentaries upon the Epistles ascribed to Ambrose. Other answers made by our opposites to the place upon 1 Tim. 5. confuted.

NO certain ground alledged against the authority of those Commentaries upon the Epistles ascribed to Ambrose. Other answers made by our opposites to the place upon

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Author

George Gillespie 1613–1648

Place

Edinburgh

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James BrysonIames Bryson

Year

1641

Size

[16], 212 [i.e. 214] p., [1], 40 p.

Words

56,679

Catalogue

Wing G745 · ESTC R16325

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EEBO-TCP A42758

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369

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An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of…

CHAP. VII. The fi•st Argument taken from 1 Tim. 5.17.

CHAP. VIII. The testimony of Ambrose for Ruling-Elders vindicated.

CHAP. IX. Other Testimonies of Antiquity.

CHAP. IX. Other Testimonies of Antiquitie.

CHAP. X. The consent of Protestant Writers, and the confession of our opposites for Ruling-Elders.

CHAP. XI. Dr. Fields five arguments against ruling-Elders, answered.

CHAP. XII. The extravagances of Whitegift, and Saravia, in the matter of ruling-Elders.

CHAP. XII. The extravagancies of Whitegift, and Saravia, in the matter of ruling-Elders.

CHAP. XIII. Whether ruling-Elders have the power of decisive voices when they they sit in Presbyteries and Synods.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. VII. The fi•st Argument taken from 1 Tim. 5.17.

CHAP. VIII. The testimony of Ambrose for Ruling-Elders vindicated.

CHAP. IX. Other Testimonies of Antiquity.

CHAP. IX. Other Testimonies of Antiquitie.

CHAP. X. The consent of Protestant Writers, and the confession of our opposites for Ruling-Elders.

CHAP. XI. Dr. Fields five arguments against ruling-Elders, answered.

CHAP. XII. The extravagances of Whitegift, and Saravia, in the matter of ruling-Elders.

CHAP. XII. The extravagancies of Whitegift, and Saravia, in the matter of ruling-Elders.

CHAP. XIII. Whether ruling-Elders have the power of decisive voices when they they sit in Presbyteries and Synods.

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