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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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4. What, shall we say the Church of Rome was only an independent single Congregation that met in one place, or house, seeing the faith and obedience of the Saints there, was heard through all the world, Rom. 1. 8. Rom. 16. 19. so that Tertullian in his time saith, half of the City was Christians. And Cornelius saith, beside himself there was forty and five Presbyters. Consider how many prime persons & families Paul saluteth, Rom. 16. Paul stileth them one Church, and one body that had jurisdiction common to all, Rom. 1•. 3, 4, 5, 6,
4. What, shall we say the Church of Rome was onely an independent single Congregation that met in one place, or house, seeing the faith and obedience of the Saints there, was heard through all the world, Rom. 1. 8. Rom. 16. 19. so that Tertullian in his time saith, halfe of the City was Christians. And Cornelius saith, beside himselfe there was forty and five Presbyters. Consider how many prime persons & families Paul saluteth, Rom. 16. Paul stileth them one Church, and one body that had jurisdiction common to all, Rom. 1•. 3, 4, 5, 6,
5. So Galatia is written too as to one Church, and had one government and discipline, Gal. 5. 9. A little leaven (of false doctrine) leaveneth the whole lump, as