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

He cannot think that the name, Ecclesia, Church, hath been used by any Greek Author before the Apostles times, or in their days, or in the age after them, for the assembly of sole Governors in the act of their government. I shall first give Instances ⟨p. 12⟩against him in the verb, because, he said, the Elders (as such) cannot be said to be called out. The Septuagint read, Deu. 31.28. [Greek or Hebrew], Gather unto me all the Elders. The like you may find, 1 King. 8.1. 1 Chron. 28.1. I shall next put him in mind that the Septuagint sometime turn Kahal by [Greek or Hebrew], as Prov. 26.26. His wickedness shall be showed before the whole Congregation, [Greek or Hebrew]. And it is plain that the name of the Congregation, or Church, is given to the Elders, for that which is said of the Elders, Deut. 19.12. Jos. 20.4. is said of the Congregation, Num. 35.24. Jos. 20.6. So Exod 12.3. compared with verse 21. This if he will not take well from us, with verse 21. This if he will not take well from us, let him take it from an Anti-presbyterian, who observeth from 1 Chron. 13.1, 2, 4. and 2. Chron. 1.3. that both Kahal and [Greek or Hebrew] are used for the Elders and Governors. Guide unto Zion, pag. 5. The place Deut. 23.1, 2, 3. is well worthy of observation. It is ordained that he who is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, or is a Bastard, or an Ammonite, or a Moabite, shall not enter into the Congregation the of Lord to the tenth generation. The word is Kahal in the Hebrew, and [Greek or Hebrew] in the version of the 70. yet Junius, Piscator, and Pelicanus on that place,