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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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2. That a visible Church may be a holy oblation laid upon the Altar of God, to be offered to God, by our High-priest Christ: It is not required for the Essence of a true and acceptable sacrifice of worship, that all and every one of the Congregation be holy and spiritually clean: For then the Church of the Lords Disciples and followers in the days of his flesh should not be a clean offering to God, for amongst them was Judas. The Church of believers, Acts 2. should not be an holy oblation, but an offering to God of Images and Pictures of Devils: For in their visible Church was Ananias, Sapphira, and Simon Magus: Christ our High-priest beareth the twelve Tribes of Israel in his breast, ⟨p. 160⟩and offereth Israel to God as the typical Priest did; yet all and every Idolater, Sorcerer, Murderer in Israel, are not written on Christs breast, but only those that are sealed of every Tribe, Rev. 7. It is sufficient to make the oblation holy, that there are some few believers that are stamped with the Image of God, and offered in a holy and clean oblation to God, by out High-priest Christ: For amongst Separatists were sound revolt•rs that left their Congregation, and wrote against the Separation; yet these were once offered to God while they were visible Saints, and esteemed to be taught of God and sound believers.
2. That a visible Church may be a holy oblation laid upon the Altar of God, to be offered to God, by our High-priest Christ: It is not required for the Essence of a true and acceptable sacrifice of worship, that all and every one of the Congregation be holy and spiritually cleane: For then the Church of the Lords Disciples and followers in the dayes of his flesh should not be a cleane offering to God, for amongst them was Judas. The Church of beleevers, Acts 2. should not be an holy oblation, but an offering to God of Images and Pictures of Devils: For in their visible Church was Ananias, Saphira, and Simon Magus: Christ our High-priest beareth the twelve Tribes of Israel in his breast, ⟨p. 160⟩and offereth Israel to God as the typicall Priest did; yet all and every Idolater, Sorcerer, Murtherer in Israel, are not written on Christs breast, but onely thos that are sealed of every Tribe,