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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. Conclusion. 1These only are to be admitted to the Supper of the Lord, whom in charity we judge, can and do try and examine themselves, and rightly discern the Lords body, and who in faith can annuntiate the Lords death, unto his second coming again: And therefore children and infants, ignorants, and scandalously flagitious persons, and mad persons are to be debarred. But that none should be Church-members of Christs visible body, but such as we can, and dare admit to the Lords Supper, is most false: For we put a manifest difference betwixt those that are admitted into Christs visible body, as ordinary hearers of the word, such as are ignorants, and many unconverted professors; and the excommunicate who are admitted to be ordinary hearers of the word, but are not to be admitted to the Supper of the Lord; for so we should profane the holy things of God, and be accessary to the profaning of the Lords body and precious blood. Here a doubt ariseth, seeing Christ crucified is the substance and object of faith in the word preached, as well as in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; and in no sort are Ministers to be accessary to the profaning of the holy things of God, or of casting pearls before swine, Mat. 7. 6. Mat. 15. 26. Heb. 10. 29. Hag. 2. 14, 15. ⟨p. 185⟩Num. 5. 2, 3. and Levit. 19. 22. How do we admit the ignorant and unbelievers, yea the excommunicate, Mat. 22. 9. 2 Thess 3. 15. to the holy things of the Gospel preached, which we know they shall, and do profane? For to them the word is the savour of death unto death,