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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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6. We find a Presbytery at Antioch of Prophets and teachers, Acts 13. 1. who laid hands on Paul and Barnabas, 2, 3. and ordained them to go and preach. And a Presbytery at Lystra, Acts 16. 1, 2, 3. where Timothy was recommended to Paul, and received in his company, and laid hands on by him: Now that this imposition of hands was not done by the collective body of the Church, but by the Elders and Presbytery is clear from,1 1 Tim. 4. 14. as Junius collecteth, for that the people laid on hands, there is no ground.
6. We finde a Presbyterie at Antioch of Prophets and teachers, Acts 13. 1. who laid hands on Paul and Barnabas, 2, 3. and ordained them to goe and preach. And a Presbytery at Lystra, Acts 16. 1, 2, 3. where Timothy was recommended to Paul, and received in his company, and laid hands on by him: Now that this imposition of hands was not done by the collective body of the Church, but by the Elders and Presbytery is cleare from,1 1 Tim. 4. 14. as Iunius collecteth, for that the people laid on hands, there is no ground.
- 1Jun. Eccles. l. 3. c. 1.Iun. Eccles. l. 3. c. 1.