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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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This Temple Herostratus saith, was built by all Asia, 1and was two hundred and twenty years in building, and had in it (as he saith) one hundred and twenty seven pillars, every one of them made by several Kings, and every one of them sixty foot high. Now ver. 19. Pauls miracles were known to all the Jews and Greeks at Ephesus, and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified, and many of them that believed, came and confessed, and showed their deeds. v. 19. And many that used curious arts brought their books, and burnt them before all men. And what wonder? it is said, ver. 20. so mightily grew the word of God. Paul fought with beasts at Ephesus, millions here were mad upon the Idol Diana: If the believers had not been the manyest, they durst not profess the burning of their books, nor durst Paul stay there two years. Hence if there was a settled Church here above two years, a constituted Presbytery in this City, Acts 20. 17, 28. that had power of jurisdiction to ordain teaching Elders, and reject hirelings, Rev. 2. 2. and so many thousands of Greeks and Jews, such an effectual door opened to the Gospel, against so many thousands opposing, there was not here one only single independent Church, that met in one house only but a Presbyterial Church. Now they could not all preach at one time to them, being a number of preachers, Acts 20. 36. Paul prayed with them all, and yet they ⟨p. 77⟩were set over that flock by the Holy-Ghost, Acts 20. 28. therefore they had each their own Church, and one cannot officiate or exercise Pastoral acts amongst the flock of another Pastor, as our brethren would prove from this same place, Acts 20.
This Temple Herostratus saith, was built by all Asia, 1