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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. Conclusion, 1All the members of the visible Church de jure, and by right, or by moral obligation ought to be Saints effectually called. 1. Because the commandment of making to themselves a new heart, Ezech. 18. 31. ⟨p. 95⟩and to be renewed in the spirit of their mind, Eph. 4. 23. Rom 12. 2. and to be holy, as he who hath called them is holy, 1 Pet. 1. 15, 16. It doth lay an obligation moral upon all within the visible Church. 2. Because the preached Gospel is the grace of God appearing to all men teaching them to deny ungodliness, &c. Tit. 2. v. 11, 12.
2. Conclusion, 1All the members of the visible Church de jure, and by right, or by morall obligation ought to be Saints effectually called. 1. Because the commandement of making to themselves a new heart, Ezech. 18. 31. ⟨p. 95⟩and to be renewed in the spirit of their mind, Eph. 4. 23. Rom 12. 2. and to be holy, as he who hath called them is holy, 1 Pet. 1. 15, 16. It doth lay an obligation morall upon all within the visible Church. 2. Because the preached Gospell is the grace of God appearing to all men teaching them to deny ungodlinesse, &c. Tit. 2. v. 11, 12.
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