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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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3. The preached Word, with the seals, especially the Sacrament of the Lords Supper. The single and occasional preaching, or by concomitancy as to a people unconverted and unbelievers, and so it is not an essential note of the true Church, but a mean to gather a Church to God, and this they prove, and no more, and so do the Belgic, Arminians and Socinians ⟨p. 108⟩prove against our reformed Churches, that it is no mark of the Church;1 so Episcopius, the Remonstrants, 2the Catechise of Raccovia and Socinus, but this is as if one would say: the colours and arms of such a King in war are carried through the enemies fields,3 as well as through the King's land;4 therefore they are not the proper colours of such a King.
3. The preached Word, with the seales, especially the Sacrament of the Lords Supper. The single and occasionall preaching, or by concomitancy as to a people unconverted and unbelievers, and so it is not an essentiall note of the true Church, but a meane to gather a Church to God, and this they proove, and no more, and so doe the Belgicke, Arminians and Socinians ⟨p. 108⟩proove against our reformed Churches, that it is no marke of the Church;1 so Episcopius, the Remonstrants, 2the Catechise of Raccovia and Socinus, but this is as if one would say: the colours and armes of such a King in warre are carried through the enemies fields,3 as well as through the Kingsland;4