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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 ...
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Answ. Ministers may be thought the Churches servants two ways, 1. Subjectively, as if they had their authority from the Church, and were Pastors of men, ⟨p. 59⟩or from men.1 This is the questioned sense that we deny.2 2. finaliter, that is, they are servants not of the Church, but for the Church, as Christ is called our servant, Mat. 20. 28. And the Angels our ministering spirits; yet neither Christ nor the Angels have authority and a Calling from us to their service. It is as if one would say, The Physician hath skill from the sick person; which is false, because God gave him skill for the sick person, and not from the sick person.
Answ. Ministers may be thought the Churches servants two wayes, 1. Subiectively, as if they had their authority from the Church, and were Pastors of men, ⟨p. 59⟩or from men.1 This is the questioned sense that we deny.2 2. finaliter, that is, they are servants not of the Church, but for the Church, as Christ is called our servant, Mat. 20. 28. And the Angels our ministring spirits; yet neither Christ nor the Angels have authority and a Calling from us to their service. It is as if one would say, The Physitian hath skill from the sicke person; which is false, because God gave him skill for the sicke person, and not from the sicke person.
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