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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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3. He objecteth, God 1 Cor. 12. 28. hath set officers in the Church; Ergo, the Church is before the Officers, as the setting of a Candle in a Candlestick. presupposeth a Candlestick. The Church is the candlestick. Rev. 1. The officers candles, lights, stars
Answ. God hath put and breathed in man a living soul. Ergo, he is a living man, before the soul be breathed in him: friend your logic is naught. The Church is the Candlestick, not simply without Candles and Lamps: the Church ministerial is the Candlestick, and the Ministers the Candles set in the Church ministerial, as Eyes and Ears are seated, and all the seals are seated in a living man; Ergo, he is a living man before the senses be seated in him, it followeth in no sort. Because by the candles seating in the Church, the Church becometh a ministerial and governing Church: It is as you would say the Lord giveth the wife to the husband; Ergo. He is an husband before God give him the wife.
Answ. God hath put and breathed in man a living soule. Ergo, he is a living man, before the soule be breathed in him: friend your logick is naught. The Church is the Candlestick, not simply without Candles and Lampes: the Church ministeriall is the Candlestick, and the Ministers the Candles set in the Church ministeriall, as Eyes and Eares are seated, and all the seales are seated in a living man; Ergo, he is a living man before the senses be seated in him, it followeth in no sort. Because by the candles seating in the Church, the Church becommeth a ministeriall and governing Church: It is as you would say the Lord giveth the wife to the husband; Ergo. He is an husband before God give him the wife.