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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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1. Because in a Church that is no Church, there cannot ⟨p. 129⟩be a true feel of Gods covenant, but in the Court of Rome there is true baptism; for we baptize not again children once baptized there; some of the Separation called it Idol-baptism, and no baptism, which is Anabaptism, for then all converted Papists must be baptized again, no less then converted Turks and Jews; But 1. The covenant is there, Come out of her my people: then their baptism confirmeth this covenant. 2. Circumcision even in apostate Israel is true circumcision, her barns the Lords barns, Ezech. 16. 21. he is Israels God, the holy one of Israel in the midst thereof. In Hezekiah's reformation the people ate the Passover, and yet all had corrupted their ways, and had been a long time worshipping Idols, and they are not, 2 Chro. 30. circumcised again, and yet Exod. 12. none but the circumcised might eat the `Passover.
1. Because in a Church that is no Church, there cannot ⟨p. 129⟩be a true feale of Gods covenant, but in the Court of Rome there is true baptisme; for we baptize not againe children once baptized there; some of the Separation called it Idoll-baptisme, and no baptisme, which is Anabaptisme, for then all converted Papists must be baptized againe, no lesse then converted Turkes and Iewes; But 1. The covenant is there, Come out of her my people: then their baptisme confirmeth this covenant. 2. Circumcision even in apostate Israel is true circumcision, her barnes the Lords barnes, Ezech. 16. 21. hee is Israels God, the holy one of Israel in the midst thereof. In Hezokiahs reformation the people ate the Passeover, and yet all had corrupted their wayes, and had beene a long time worshipping Idols, and they are not, 2 Chro. 30. circumcised againe, and yet Exod. 12