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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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6. They object, 1It is not lawful to call God Father jointly with these who are not brethren,2 but sons of Satan, Ergo, we are to separate from such. So Smith reasoneth.
6. They object, 1It is not lawfull to call God Father ioyntly with these who are not brethren,2 but sonnes of Satan, Ergo, we are to separate from such. So Smith reasoneth.
- 16. Object.6. Obiect.
- 2Smith. paral. pag. 107.
Answ. Except they be all and every one the sons of God,1 that are in our visible Church, and not one hypocrite or child of Satan amongst them, by this argument we must separate from them, and so Separatists are to separate from their own Congregation, wherein they acknowledge there be hypocrites. This is Anabaptisticall holiness, Isa. 65.
Answ. Except they be all and every one the sonnes of God,1 that are in our visible Church, and not one hypocrite or childe of Satan amongst them, by this argument we must separate from them, and so Separatists are to separate from their owne Congregation, wherein they acknowledge there be hypocrites. This is Anabaptisticall holinesse,