A42763:164
CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1647
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Seeing then there are so many and so great differences of both Offices, and seeing also that the function of Ministers and Elders of the Church is not at all contained in the office of the Magistrate; neither on the other part, this is comprehended within that; Magistrates shall no less sin in usurping Ecclesiastical power, ministering holy things, ordaining Ministers, or exercising Discipline Ecclesiastical, then Ministers should ⟨p. 32⟩sin in rushing into the borders of the Magistrate, and in thrusting themselves into his calling.
Seeing then there are so many and so great differences of both Offices, and seeing also that the function of Ministers and Elders of the Church is not at all contained in the office of the Magistrate; neither on the other part, this is comprehended within that; Magistrates shall no lesse sin in usurping Ecclesiasticall power, ministring holy things, ordaining Ministers, or exercising Discipline Ecclesiasticall, then Ministers should ⟨p. 32⟩sin in rushing into the borders of the Magistrate, and in thrusting themselves into his calling.