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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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10. They object, Abraham 1behooved to separate from his fathers house, for the idolatry thereof, before Abraham's family was made the true Church of God, therefore there is no remaining in a Church where the worship is corrupted?
10. They object, Abraham 1behooved to separate from his fathers house, for the idolatry thereof, before Abrahams family was made the true Church of God, therefore there is no remaining in a Church where the worship is corrupted?
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Answ. Separation from a Society professing Idolatry and corrupting altogether the doctrine of the Covenant, such as was Abraham's fathers house, we grant is lawful, their father was an Hittite, and their mother was an Amorite, Ezech. 16. 3, 4, 5, &c. Isa. 51. 1, 2. but what is this to separate from a Church where are the true signs of Gods presence, the Word and Sacraments in substance professed. 2. God in a particular call went before Abraham to make a Church of him, of whom the Messiah was to come, and to whom he was to give his Covenant, whereas his Covenant was not in Abraham's fathers house: This call is not made, nor this Revelation to these who separate from the Church and true Covenant.
Answ. Separation from a Society professing Idolatry and corrupting altogether the doctrine of the Covenant, such as was Abrahams fathers house, we grant is lawfull, their father was an Hittite, and their mother was an Ammorite, Ezech. 16. 3, 4, 5, &c.