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The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the…
The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the Church of Scotland ... by Samuel Rutherfurd ...
London: printed by E. Griffin for Richard Whittaker and Andrew Crook, 1644
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but if this professed subjection be a ground of a Church-covenant, the Corinthians extended this charity to the poor a• Jerusalem, as the Churches of Macedonia did also, then many particular congregations are Church-members in Church-fellowship, with the Church of Jerusalem; for they professed this subjection to the Gospel toward the distressed at Jerusalem, and so Corinth exercised Church-acts toward other Churches then their own; Independency by this must fall. Secondly, to relieve the poor is a duty of Christian charity, common to believers in Church-state, or not in Church-state, how then can it prove a duty of Church-state?
but if this professed subjection be a ground of a Church-covenant, the Corinthians extended this charity to the poore a• Hierusalem, as the Churches of Macedonia did also, then many particular congregations are Church-members in Church-fellowship, with the Church of Ierusalem; for they professed this subjection to the Gospell toward the distressed at Ierusalem, and so Corinth exercised Church-acts toward other Churches then their owne; Independencie by this must fall. Secondly, to relieve the poore is a duty of Christian charity, common to beleevers in Church-state, or not in Church-state, how then can it prove a duty of Church-state?
The bApology addeth, Hebr. 10. The Hebrews are commanded not to forsake the assembly of themselves together, as the manner of some is; Ergo, they convened by mutual consent, and so by covenant.
The bApology addeth, Hebr. 10. The Hebrews are commanded not to forsake the assembly of themselves together, as the manner of some is; Ergo, they convened by mutuall consent, and so by covenant.