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A peaceable and temperate plea for Pauls presbytery in Scotland, or, A modest and…A peaceable and temperate plea for Pauls presbyterie in Scotland, or, A modest and…
A peaceable and temperate plea for Pauls presbytery in Scotland, or, A modest and brotherly dispute of the government of the Church of Scotland wherein our discipline is demonstrated to be the true apostolic way of divine truth, and the arguments on the contrary are friendly dissolved, the grounds of separation and the independency [sic] of particular congregations, in defence of ecclesiastical presbyteries, synods, and assemblies, are examined and tried / by Samuel Rutherfurd ...A peaceable and temperate plea for Pauls presbyterie in Scotland, or, A modest and brotherly dispute of the government of the Church of Scotland wherein our discipline is demonstrated to be the true apostolick way of divine truth, and the arguments on the contrary are friendly dissolved, the grounds of separation and the indepencie [sic] of particular congregations, in defence of ecclesiasticall presbyteries, synods, and assemblies, are examined and tryed / by Samuell Rutherfurd ...
London: printed for John Bartlet, 1642London: printed for Iohn Bartlet, 1642
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5. That ever in a constitute Church, except where God calleth extraordinarily,1 pastors were ordained pastors by a multitude,2 that are not pastors nor Elders, but only believers and private Christians,3 is not to be read in the word of God;4 for every where in the word,5 where pastors and elders are created,6 there are they ordained by pastors;7 neither find we ever Apostles or pastors to be tried and found true or false,8 and not suffered to teach by the sole believers, but by the Angels of the Churches. If believers being only believers may ordain pastors, and may again depose and excommunicate, which are the highest acts of jurisdiction, then may they preach and baptize not being called Ministers, then may the Sacraments be administrate where there are no pastors, which is absurd to the Separatists themselves.
5. That ever in a constitute Church, except where God calleth extraordinarily,1 pastours were ordained pastours by a multitude,2 that are not pastors nor Elders, but only believers and private Christians,3 is not to be read in the word of God;4 for every where in the word,5