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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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CHAP. V. The first argument for the authority of Synods, and the subordination of Presbyteries ••erto, taken from the light of nature.
That the Church is a certain kind of Republic, and in things which are common to her with other societies, is guided by the same light of nature which guideth them, Of this kind are her assemblies.
THat the Church is a certain kinde of Republike, and in things which are common to her with other societies, is guided by the same light of nature which guideth them, Of this kinde are her assemblies.
CHAP. VI. The second argument taken from Christs Institution.
The will of Christ for the authority of Synods is showed two ways. 1. Because else he hath not sufficiently provided for all the necessities of his Church. 2. He hath committed spiritual power and authority to the Assemblies and Courts of the Church in general, yet hath not determined in Scripture all the particular kinds, degrees, and bounds thereof, and that for three reasons. The particular kinds of Synods appointed by the Church according to the light of nature, and general warrant and rules of the word, are mixed, though not mere divine ordinances.