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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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7. They object, It is not lawful to make Christ a Mediator to all the profane in the land, and to make all the profane members of his body, Ergo, we are to separate from a confused Church?
7. They object, It is not lawfull to make Christ a Mediator to all the prophane in the land, and to make all the prophane members of his body, Ergo, we are to separate from a confused Church?
Answ. So was Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, confused Churches, wherein there were hypocrites. We make Christ Mediator and Head to the visible Church, according to the best part, as Christ speaketh, Joh. 17. Thine they were, when Judas was never Gods. And Paul calleth Corinth Saints, Coloss Saints, and faithful brethren,1 and Peter, the elected according to the fore-knowledge of God,2 begotten again to a lively hope, where yet there was some at Corinth.3 2. Cor. 2. 16. To whom the Gospel was the savour of death unto death, some to whom it was hidden, whom Satan had blinded, 2 Cor. 4. 3. And some in Coloss carried away with Angel-worship,4 not holding the head Christ, some of those to whom Peter writeth were such, 5who stumbled at the stone laid on Zion, and there was amongst them, false teachers privily bringing in damnable Heresies, 2. and many followed their pernicious ways,6