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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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Moreover 7.1 Asa his zeal should have bin as sinful in commanding all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, to convene in an Assembly (which was far from separation) to a solemn service of swearing a Covenant, to seek the Lord, under the pain of death, to both men and women, and presently after such abominable Idols as •ad bin in Judah and Benjamin, 2 Chron. 15. 8. were they all turned visible Saints, a holy people, a chosen generation, all taught of God, all partakers of the faith and promises, so suddenly at one Proclamation?
Moreover 7.1 Asa his zeale should have bin as sinfull in commanding all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, to conveene in an Assembly (which was farre from separation) to a solemne service of swearing a Covenant, to se•k the Lord, under the paine of death, to both men and woemen, and presently after such abominable Idols as •ad bin in Iudah and Beniamin, 2 Chron. 15. 8. were they all turned visible Saints, a holy people, a chosen generation, all taught of God, all partakers of the faith and promises, so suddenly at one Proclamation?
- 17. Arg.
Also 8.1 Joshua 24. convened all the Tribes and exhorted them to serve the Lord, he charged them all to convene, and they did enter in a covenant with the Lord, and he set up a stone under an oak that was by the Sanctuary, ver: 26. Now this convening of them all, even these who v. 14. and 23. had strange gods amongst them beside the Lord, as Joshua knew well, and gave