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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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They object 3.1 Though there were a general assembly here, yet it proveth nothing for the power of the keys to be in such an assembly,2 but only it saith something for a power of deciding of controversies in matter of •aith, which implieth no act of jurisdiction.
They object 3.1 Though there were a generall assembly here, yet it proveth nothing for the power of the keyes to be in such an assembly,2 but onely it saith something for a power of deciding of controversies in matter of •aith, which implyeth no act of iurisdiction.
- 1Object. 3.Obiect. 3.
- 2Manuscript for independent Churc•••.
Answ. 1. The deciding of controversies in matters of doctrine tying the Churches, and laying a burden on them, as it is, ver. 28. and tying them to keep the Decrees, chap. 21. 25. chap. 16. 4. is an a•t of jurisdiction, and an opening and shutting heaven by the power of the keys, when it is done Synodically, as this is here. 2. This presupposeth that the power of the keys is only in censuring matters of fact, and not in a ministerial judging and condemning of false doctrine; which is against Scripture: For Ephesus is commended ⟨p. 206⟩