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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 2: The Contents of the second Part.

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The Contents of the second Part.

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CHAP. I. Of Popular government in the Church.

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That this question is necessary to be cl••red, before the question of the authority of Assemblies. That Jurisdiction ought not to be […] by all the Members of a Congregation, proved by […] reasons. Objections answered. The controversy […].

THat this question is necessary to be cl••red, before the question of the authority of Assemblies. That Jurisdiction ought not to be 〈…〉 by all the Members of a Congrega•ion, proved by 〈…〉 reasons. Objections answered. The controversie 〈…〉.

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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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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

Sections

Title page

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

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.

CHAP. III. Of great Presbyteries which some call Classes.

CHAP. IV. Of the authority of Sy••ds provincial, and National.

CHAP. IV. Of the authority of Sy••ds provinciall, and Nationall.

CHAP. V. The first argument for the authority of Synods, and the subordination of Presbyteries ••erto, taken from the light of nature.

CHAP. VI. The second argument taken from Christs Institution.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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.

CHAP. III. Of great Presbyteries which some call Classes.

CHAP. IV. Of the authority of Sy••ds provincial, and National.

CHAP. IV. Of the authority of Sy••ds provinciall, and Nationall.

CHAP. V. The first argument for the authority of Synods, and the subordination of Presbyteries ••erto, taken from the light of nature.

CHAP. VI. The second argument taken from Christs Institution.

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