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A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey…
A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemn and public humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edinburgh.A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edenburgh.
London: printed by F. Neile for Robert Bostock, 1646
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And so much concerning his third Rule.
The fourth was this: A Christian Magistrate, as a Christian Magistrate, is a Governor in the Church. And who denieth this? The Question is, Whether there ought to be no other Government in the Church, beside that of the Christian Magistrate. That which he driveth at, is, That the Christian Magistrate should leave no power of Spiritual Censures to the Elderships. He would have the Magistrate to do like the rich man in the Parable, who had exceeding many Flocks and Herds, and yet did take away the little ewe-lamb from the poor man, who had nothing save that. The Brother saith, Of other Governments besides Magistracy, I find no institution; of them I d•, Rom. 13.1, 2. I am sorry he sought no better, else he had found more. Subjection and obedience is commanded, as due, not only to Civil, but to Spiritual Governors, to those that are over us in the Lord, 1 Thes. 5.12. So 1 Tim. 5.17. Let the Elders that ru•e well, be counted worthy of double honour. Heb. 13.7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken to you the Word of God. Vers. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit your selves; for they watch for your souls. And what understandeth he by him that ruleth, R•m. 12.8? ⟨p. 38⟩If the judgement of Gua•ther and Bullinger have any weight with him (as I suppose it hath) they do not there exclude, but take in, under that word, the ruling Officers of the Church.
The fourth was this: A Christian Magistrate, as a Christian Magistrate, is a Governor in the Church. And who denieth this? The Question is, Whether there ought to be no other Government in the Church, beside that of the Christian Magistrate. That which he driveth at, is, That the Christian Magistrate should leave no power of Spirituall Censures to the Elderships. He would have the Magistrate to do like the rich man in the Parable, who had exceeding many Flocks and Herds, and yet did take away the little ewe-lamb from the poor man, who had nothing save that. The Brother saith, Of other Governments besides Magistracie, I finde no institution; of them I d,