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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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A Table of the Contents of the ensuing Treatise▪
CHAP. 1. QUEST. 1. Whether the keys of the Kingdom of Christ be conferred by Christ Jesus upon the multitude of believers, as upon the first and proper subject, or upon the Church-guides only? p. 1.
CHAP. 1. QUEST. 1. WHether the keyes of the Kingdome of Christ be conferred by Christ Jesus upon the multitude of beleevers, as upon the first and proper subject, or upon the Church-guides only? p. 1.
CHAP. 2. QUEST. 2. Whether or no some do warrantably prove from Scripture, that the power of the keys is given to all the faithful? p. 20.
CHAP. 2. QVEST. 2. Whether or no some doe warrantably prove from Scripture, that the power of the keyes is given to all the faithfull? p. 20.
CHAP. 3. QUEST. 3. Whether or no the Church of believers in a Congregation be the first Church, having the highest power of jurisdiction within it self, and that independently, and a power above and over the Eldership, to constitute and ordain them, and to censure, depose and excommunicate them in the case of corruption of Doctrine, and scandals of life and conversation? p. 30.