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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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CHAP. VII.
Q. 7. If there be no true visible Church in the New Testament, but only a congregation meeting in one place, and no Presbyterial or representative Church (as they call it) at all.
Q. 7. If there be no true visible Church in the New Testament, but onely a congregation meeting in one place, and no Presbyteriall or representative Church (as they call it) at all.
Our Brethren hold that the only true public visible Church in the New Testament is a Congregation of Believers joined together by a voluntary profession of Faith, and meeting in one place to worship God. They deny 1. That the word (Church) doth ever signify a Presbytery or Eldership. 2. They deny that there is any representative Church, properly so called, or that it hath the title of a Church in the New Testament. 3. They deny that there is any Provincial or National Church that can be called a visible politic body of Christ. 4. They deny any Church to have power of jurisdiction over a particular Congregation. For the decision of the present questions, these distinctions are to be observed,
OVr Brethren hold that the only true publick visible Church in the New Testament is a Congregation of Believers joyned together by a voluntary profession of Faith, and meeting in one place to worship God. They deny 1. That the word (Church) doth ever signifie a Presbytery or Eldership. 2. They deny that there is any representative Church, properly so called, or that it hath the title of a Church in the New Testament. 3. They deny that there is any Provinciall or Nationall Church that can be called a visible politique body of Christ. 4. They deny any Church to have power of jurisdiction over a particular Congregation. For the decision of the present questions, these distinctions are to be observed,