A42763:171
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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82.
It is unlawful moreover to a Christian Magistrate to withstand the practise and execution of Ecclesiastical Discipline, (whether it be that which belongs to a particular Church, or the matter be carried to a Class or Synod) Now the Magistrate withstandeth the Ecclesiastic Discipline, either by prohibitions and unjust Laws, or by his evil example stirring up and inciting others to the contempt thereof, or to the trampling it under foot.
It is unlawfull moreover to a Christian Magistrate to withstand the practise and execution of Ecclesiasticall Discipline, (whether it be that which belongs to a particular Church, or the matter be carried to a Classe or Synode) Now the Magistrate withstandeth the Ecclesiastick Discipline, either by prohibitions and unjust Lawes, or by his evill example stirring up and inciting others to the contempt thereof, or to the trampling it under foot.
83.
Surely the Christian Magistrate (if at any time he give ⟨p. 33⟩