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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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Also 3. Because to prophecy to a people,1 and for the people to hear the word of prophecy are both acts of worshipping God, it will follow, if we must abstain from the worship for the known sins of fellow-worshippers, then Isaiah sinned in prophesying to a people laden with iniquity, corrupt children, the seed of evil doers, ⟨p. 135⟩hypocrites, rebels, Sodom and Gomorrah, murderers, oppressors, &c. Isa. 1. for Isaiah and that wicked people worshipping together, the worship was defiled to Isaiah, by these wicked hearers, and he should have abstained from prophesying and separated from that polluted and unlawful worship. Hence Jeremiah sinned in prophesying to Israel and Judah, Hosea sinned, Amos sinned in prophesying to wicked people, Jonah sinned in prophesying to Nineveh; Paul sinned in preaching Christ to the obstinate Jews, to the scoffing Athenians. And seeing they were commanded to prophecy obedience to Gods commandments, shall it be sin and disobedience, for certainly the preacher and the hearers of the preaching join in one and the same worship.
Also 3. Because to prophecy to a people,1 and for the people to heare the word of prophecy are both acts of worshipping God, it will follow, if we must abstaine from the worship for the knowne sinnes of fellow-worshippers, then Isaiah sinned in prophecying to a people laden with iniquity, corrupt children, the seede of evill doers, ⟨p. 135⟩hypocrites, rebells, Sodome and Gomorrah, murtherers, oppressors, &c. Isa. 1. for Isaiah and that wicked people worshipping together, the worship was defiled to Isaiah, by these wicked hearers, and he should have abstained from prophecying and separated from that polluted and unlawfull worship. Hence Ieremiah sinned in prophecying to Israel and Iudah, Hosea sinned, Amos sinned in prophecying to wicked people, Ionah sinned in prophecying to Niniveh; Paul sinned in preaching Christ to the obstinate Iewes, to the scoffing Athenians. And seeing they were commanded to prophecy obedience to Gods commandements, shall it be sin and disobedience, for certainely the preacher and the hearers of the preaching joyne in one and the same worship.