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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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Therefore Henning, Amisaeus, do well distinguish between plebem & [Greek or Hebrew] populum, 1for indeed the multitude excluding the States,2 or the base of the people can hardly have an other Law against a Tyrant,3 then the Law of Nature,4 but the Common-wealth including the estates of a free kingdom, hath an authoritative.5 So Isidore, Origen, Aristotle, Plato, Tit. Livius, Plutarch, and that of the Council of Basil, 6Plus valet regnum, quam rex, the Kingdom is more worth than the King, (as Silvius citeth,) is approved by all: but the multitude of sole believers, have not the keys at all and therefore they can do no other thing,7 but use a necessary defence of their souls.8 And what Keckerman and Hottoman saith is not against us. Also Gerson in name of the Parisians, going to the Council of Pisan, saith a Council may be gathered without the Pope (without the guides) of the Church) two ways, Charitative, when Charity reigneth. 2. Authoritative, when the case of the Churches ruin requireth that a Council should be, and if the Pope (and Pastors) refuse to convene; and the necessary defence of souls is the like here.
Therefore Henning, Amisaeus, do well distinguish betweene plebem & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 populum, 1for indeed the multitude excluding the States,2 or the base of the people can hardly have an other Law against a Tyrant,