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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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The Apology eciteth, Acts 5. 13. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them, Greece, durst not be glued to them, a word of marriage covenant, Mat. 19. 5. & Acts 9. 26. Saul desired to be glued to them, the former word must note some voluntary act of joining to the visible Church, and that different from the act of conversion, for otherwise it is gross Arminianism, to say that our conversion dependeth upon our daring, or not daring, or that it is suspended upon an act of our freewill, for it dependeth upon the omnipotent working of the grace of God; and Saul Acts 9. 26. though converted, yea and baptized, yet was he not received into the Churchfellowship, until they were better satisfied of his spiritual estate, by Barnabas, hence it is an error, that to be added to the Church is only to be converted to the faith, Ergo, a covenant is requisite.
The Apology eciteth, Acts 5. 13. And of the rest durst no man joyne himselfe to them, Greece, durst not be glewed to them, a word of marriage covenant, Mat. 19. 5. & Acts 9. 26. Saul desired to be glewed to them, the former word must note some voluntrary act of joyning to the visible Church, and that different from the act of conversion, for otherwayes it is grosse Armimainsme, to say that our conversion dependeth upon our daring, or not daring, or that it is suspended upon an act of our freewill, for it dependeth upon the omnipotent working of the grace of God; and Saul Acts 9. 26. though converted, yea and baptized, yet was he not received into the Churchfellowship, untill they were better satisfied of his spirituall estate, by Barnabas, hence it is an error, that to be added to the Church is only to be converted to the faith, Ergo, a covenant is requisite.