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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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Where is there a Christian Church that we could live in in the Earth, yea except the Anabaptists-Church, a Church of white paper as fair as Heaven, and the Sun, that there is not a spot on more then on the triumphing Church, this on Earth is a city in the Moon.
Where is there a Christian Church that we could live in in the Earth, yea except the Anabaptists-Church, a Church of white paper as faire as Heaven, and the Sunne, that there is not a spot on more then on the triumphing Church, this on Earth is a city in the Moone.
3. They object, 1Come not ye to Gilgall, neither go ye up to Bethaven, therefore people were to separate from Idolatrous Israel.
3. They object, 1Come not ye to Gilgall, neither goe yee up to Bethaven, therfore people were to separate from Idolatrous Israel.
- 1Object. 3. Ainsworth ib.Obiect. 3. Ainsworth ib.
Answ. I have proved that the true Prophets commanded Church-fellowship with Israel after their Idolatry: and judge if this be good, Go not to Bethaven, that is the house of vanity, called Bethel the house of God, where Jeroboam's calves were worshipped, ergo, separate from all the worship of God in Israel: we say, Ex negatione speciei, malè concluditur negatio generis, separate from Jeroboam's calves: therefore separate from all true worship of God in Israel, it is a bad consequence.