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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 ...
London: printed for John Bartlet, 1642London: printed for Iohn Bartlet, 1642
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7. They reason thus: 1The leper by the Law was not to ⟨p. 118⟩remain in the camp, but behooved for so many days to be removed, and not re-admitted to come amongst the people of God, while he was cleansed; the uncircumcised must not be admitted to eat the Passover, the unclean and uncircumcised, the [Greek or Hebrew] the Heathen, the Moabites and Amorites were not suffered to enter into the Temple: And all these signified that no profane person should be mixed with the congregation of believers.
7. They reason thus: 1The leaper by the Law was not to ⟨p. 118⟩remaine in the campe, but behooved for so many dayes to be removed, and not re-admitted to come amongst the people of God, while he was cleansed; the uncircumcised must not be admitted to eat the Passeover, the uncleane and uncircumcised, the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the Heathen, the Moabites and Ammorites were not suffered to enter into the Temple: And all these signified that no profane person should be mixed with the congregation of beleevers.
- 17. Object.
I answer. The uncircumcised and the Heathen did sore-signify the excommunicated, who are to be reputed as Heathen and Publicans, Mat. 18. 17. and these are to be cast out of the Church being once sentenced and judged by the Church according to Christs order and Pauls; if the sin be public,