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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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5. Office-bearers have either a nearer and more ministerial power of the keys then believers,1 or only that same ministerial power; if the former be said, the ministry is but a naked act, that some exercise at the Churches direction sometimes, and no habitual power whereby Paul is made a Minister, Col. 1. 25. and Epaphroditus is denominated a faithful messenger, Phil. 2. 25. for so one shall not be a Minister of Christ; but when he is in the act of his ministry, against Scripture and reason. If office-bearers have only that same ministerial power that believers have, Then Ministers cannot ordain others to be Ministers, except they be believers, and a Minister shall not preach from an inward principle, proper to a Minister; but from a principle common to him with other believers, which maketh no difference betwixt a believer and a Minister, but in the naked acts; And this is all one, as to say a man doth walk naked, and yet he is void of life; he ⟨p. 62⟩preacheth, and hath no other inward power ministerial, then any believing woman or child hath.
5. Office-bearers have either a nearer and more ministeriall power of the keyes then beleevers,1 or onely that same ministeriall power; if the former be said, the ministery is but a naked act, that some exercise at the Churches direction sometimes, and no habituall power whereby Paul is made a Minister, Col. 1. 25. and Epaphroditus is denominated a faithfull messenger, Phil. 2. 25. for so one shall not be a Minister of Christ; but when he is in the act of his ministery, against Scripture and reason. If office-bearers have onely that same ministeriall power that beleevers have, Then Ministers cannot ordaine others to be Ministers, except they be beleevers, and a Minister shall not preach from an inward principle, proper to a Minister; but from a principle common to him with other beleevers, which maketh no diference betwixt a beleever and a Minister, but in the naked acts; And this is all one, as to say a man doth walke naked, and yet he is void of life; he