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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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Answ. Such sins of the flesh against the law of nature, as envy, strife, extortion, drunkenness at the Lords Table are not sins of frailty, malicious hating and reproaching the known and approved servant of God, 1 Corinth: 10. 11, 12. 1 Corinth: 4. 18, 19, 20. are not frailties, but must contaminate the worship, no less then sins to the which obstinacy is added, howbeit possibly not in alike measure and degree. 2. We then are to think them members of a visible Church, and not to separate from them, howbeit in the judgement of charity we cannot say, they are a royal Priest-hood, the holy seed, the sheep of Christ, the Spouse and body of Christ, and all taught of God, as you say, for so the constitution of the visible Church is marred, and a company that is not such, is not the matter of a visible Church, as you teach.
Answ. Such sinnes of the flesh against the law of nature, as envy, strife, extortion, drunkennesse at the Lords Table are not sinnes of frailty, malitious hating and reproaching the knowne and approoved servant of God, 1 Corinth: 10. 11, 12. 1 Corinth: 4. 18, 19, 20. are not frailties, but must contaminate the worship, no lesse then sins to the which obstinacy is added, howbeit possibly not in alike measure and degree. 2. We then are to thinke them members of a visible Church, and not to separate from them, howbeit in the judgement of charity we cannot say, they are a royall Priest-hood, the holy seed, the sheepe of Christ, the Spouse and body of Christ, and all taught of God, as you say, for so the constitution of the visible Church is marred, and a company that is not such, is not the matter of a visible Church, as you teach.
Barrow secondly saith, We should not separate, till their sins be reproved and censured, and they declared incorrigible, and such as will not hear admonition, such were not the Corinthians.
Barrow secondly saith, We should not separate, till their sinnes be reprooved and censured, and they declared incorrigible, and such as will not heare admonition, such were not the Corinthians.