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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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2. The Scripture speaketh so to give us an example of the public meeting for public worship, where it is not needful, that all met in one place collectively, it is enough they meet all distributively.
2. The Scripture speaketh so to give us an example of the publick meeting for publick worship, where it is not needefull, that all met in one place collectively, it is enough they meet all distributively.
3. Neither doth the word Church always signify a meeting of one single Congregation,1 as Act: 12. Prayers was made by the Church, 2that is by all professors.3 Herod vexed the Church, Act: 8. Saul made havoc of the Church, 4I persecuted the Church. There is no necessity to expound these of people meeting ordinarily to worship God; for Herod and Saul persecuted all, whither Apostles or professors in houses, not respecting their meeting in one place; also it shall follow that prayers were not made in private, but only in the Church, that is, in the convened Congregation for Peter, which is absurd: And that they were a visible Church is clear, else Herod, and Saul could not persecute them.5 Parker answereth, The whole Nation of the Jews did meet at one meeting, 6and are called by Luke the Church, 7and there came innumerable multitudes to hear Christ. Answ. That is for us, the Church of the Jews contained six hundred thousand fighting men, beside women, children and aged