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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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Thirdly,1 Parker reasoneth thus from the dignity of the Church.2 If the Church be a Mistress, Spouse, and Mother, then her guides must be subject to her, 3as servants and sons. So Bergensis in the council of Basil, So Whittaker, proveth the Pope to be subject to the Church as his Mother. Answe. The Church of sole believers is not the Spouse and mother of the Church guides, but the ministerial Church of Pastors and elders is Queen Mother, that begetteth the sons of Zion to God, and so all the authoritative power that the mother hath it is from the Fathers and Pastors,4 that beget children to God; Other ways one private Christian that is a means of begetting a pastor to the faith of Christ hath power of jurisdiction over the Pastor, which no wise man will aver, when Divines subject the Pope to a general Council, they make him with good reason inferior to a ministerial Church.
Thirdly,1 Parker reasoneth thus from the dignitie of the Church.2 If the Church bee a Mistresse, Spouse, and Mother, then her guides must be subject to her, 3as servants and sonnes. So Bergensis in the councell of Basill, So Whittaker, proveth the Pope to be subject to the Church as his Mother. Answe. The Church of sole believers is not the Spouse and mother of the Church guides, but the ministeriall Church of Pastours and elders is Queene Mother, that begetteth the sonnes of Zion to God, and so all the authoritative power that the mother hath it is from the Fathers and Pastours,4 that beget children to God; Other wayes one private Christian that is a meanes of begeating a pastour to the faith of Christ hath power of jurisdiction over the Pastour, which no wise man will averre, when Divines subject the Pope to a generall Councell, they make him with good reason inferiour to a ministeriall Church.