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

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

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CItat•ons of sundry Protestant writers to this purpose. This truth hath extorted a confession from W•itgist, ⟨image 7⟩Saravia, Sultiffe, Camero, and M. Jo. Wemys of Craigtown.

CItat•ons of sundry Protestant writers to this purpose. This truth hath extorted a confession from W•itgist, ⟨image 7⟩Saravia, Sultiffe, Camero, and M. Io. Wemys of Craigtown.

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

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The book

Title as printed

Author

George Gillespie 1613–1648

Place

Edinburgh

Bookseller

James BrysonIames Bryson

Year

1641

Size

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

Words

56,679

Catalogue

Wing G745 · ESTC R16325

Text

EEBO-TCP A42758

Passages

369

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Title page

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

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.

CHAP. XIIII. Of the Ordination of ruling-Elders. Of the continuance of their Office, and of their maintenance.

The Contents of the second Part.

CHAP. I. Of Popular government in the Church.

CHAP. II. Of the independency of the Elderships of particular Congregations.

CHAP. II. Of the independencie of the Elderships of particular Congregations.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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.

CHAP. XIIII. Of the Ordination of ruling-Elders. Of the continuance of their Office, and of their maintenance.

The Contents of the second Part.

CHAP. I. Of Popular government in the Church.

CHAP. II. Of the independency of the Elderships of particular Congregations.

CHAP. II. Of the independencie of the Elderships of particular Congregations.

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