The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the…

Name: The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the…
Author: Samuel Rutherford

The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the Church of Scotland ... by Samuel Rutherfurd ...

Samuel Rutherford 1600?–1661London: printed by E. Griffin for Richard Whittaker and Andrew Crook, 1644

[24], 468 [i.e. 768] p. · 318k words · Wing R2378 · ESTC R12822

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Of Deacons.

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WE conceive, according to Gods Word Acts 6. that Deacons be of divine institution, because when some poor widows were neglected in the daily ministration, the Apostles appointed seven men of good report, and full of the holy Ghost, to take care of Tables and provide for the poor, that the Apostles might give themselves to the Word and Prayer.

WE conceive, according to Gods VVord Acts 6. that Deacons be of divine institution, because when some poore widowes were neglected in the dayly ministration, the Apostles appointed seven men of good report, and full of the holy Ghost, to take care of Tables and provide for the poore, that the Apostles might give themselves to the Word and Prayer.

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Object. 1. There is not one word of Deacons, Acts 6. not one ⟨p. 160⟩word of the poverty of widows, and these seven were but civill curators and tutors of the widows, and not Church-officers, for any thing that can be collected from Gods Word.

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The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the…

Of Deacons.

Object. 1. There is not one word of Deacons, Acts 6. not one ⟨p. 160⟩word of the poverty of widows, and these seven were but civill curators and tutors of the widows, and not Church-officers, for any thing that can be collected from Gods Word.

Object. 5. But if there were a community of goods, and no man lacked any thing, Act. 5. 34. there were no poor at all, and so no need of Deacons.

Object. 5. But if there were a community of goods, and no man lacked any thing, Act. 5. 34. there were no poore at all, and so no need of Deacons.

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Of Deacons.

Object. 1. There is not one word of Deacons, Acts 6. not one ⟨p. 160⟩word of the poverty of widows, and these seven were but civill curators and tutors of the widows, and not Church-officers, for any thing that can be collected from Gods Word.

Object. 5. But if there were a community of goods, and no man lacked any thing, Act. 5. 34. there were no poor at all, and so no need of Deacons.

Object. 5. But if there were a community of goods, and no man lacked any thing, Act. 5. 34. there were no poore at all, and so no need of Deacons.