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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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Lastly, The Church of Israel had no such privilege as that persons who were idolaters, thieves, worshippers of Baal, and forsakers of the true God, and going a whoring after strange gods should remain members of Christs true body, and a redeemed Church; for then ⟨p. 138⟩they should have had a privilege, to go to Heaven, holding the broad way to Hell, for Christs true body shall be glorified.
Lastly, The Church of Israel had no such priviledge as that persons who were idolaters, thieves, worshippers of Baal, and forsakers of the true God, and going a whoring after strange gods should remaine members of Christs true body, and a redeemed Church; for then ⟨p. 138⟩they should have had a priviledge, to goe to Heaven, holding the broad way to Hell, for Christs true body shall be glorified.
Also 5. Elijah should have grievously sinned against God in gathering together all Israel on Mount Carmel, 1amongst the which there were seven thousand that bowed not their knee to Baal,2 and was the Lords elected and sanctified people, and also with them the idolatrous people that halted betwixt God and Baal, 1 Kin. 18. for so he brought light and darkness, Christ and Belial to one and the same public worship, for there was praying and preaching and a miraculous sacrifice, and ver. 39. All the people fell on their faces and worshipped, and Elijah knew them to be an idolatrous people, and that the faithful in that worship behoved to have bin defiled and consenters to the unlawful worship of these halters betwixt God and Baal.
Also 5. Elijah should have grievously sinned against God in gathering together all Israel on Mount Carmell,