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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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10. Suppose we should grant a Presbyterial Church be not expressly in the Word,1 as we think it is, Mat. 18. as we shall prove, yet the thing it self cannot be denied: hence take away a Presbytery, whose it is to ordain and censure Pastors,2 of necessity the government and power of the keys must be in the hands of the people,3 against the arguments in the former Chapter,4 that cannot be answered, for the multitude of believers cannot ordain a Pastor, suppose we grant they are to choose and elect their own Pastor, yet it is not warranted by the Word that ruling Elders with one pastor should ordain pastors, seeing ordinations is given still to preaching Elders, Act: 14. 3. Tit: 1. 5. 1 Tim: 5. 22. 2 Tim. 2. 2. Rev: 2. 2. Act: 20. 29, 30. and to moe pastors then to one only.
10. Suppose we should grant a Presbyteriall Church be not expresly in the Word,1 as we thinke it is, Mat. 18. as we shall prove, yet the thing it self cannot be denied: hence take away a Presbytery, whose it is to ordaine and censure Pastours,2 of necessity the government and power of the keyes must be in the hands of the people,3 against the arguments in the former Chapter,4 that cannot be answered, for the multitude of believers cannot ordaine a Pastor, suppose we grant they are to chuse and elect their owne Pastor, yet it is not warranted by the Word that ruling Elders with one pastor should ordain pastors, seeing ordinations is given still to preaching Elders, Act: 14. 3. Tit: 1. 5. 1 Tim: 5. 22.