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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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for all are here an eye of believers, and all of collateral and equal authority, neither is there here an eye or an hand in a ministerial function above a foot. But we now dispute about the keys of a ministerial Church, as Junius saith, made up of integral parts of [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] ▪ of Shepherds and Sheep.
for all are here an eye of believers, and all of collaterall and equall authoritie, neither is there here an eye or an hand in a ministeriall function above a foote. But wee now dispute about the keyes of a ministeriall Church, as Iunius saith, made up of integrall parts of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ▪ of Shepheards and Sheepe.
V. Conclusion. 1The office bearers of the Church have the power of the Keys and their office immediately from Christ, by the immediation of free gift: they have their offices from the Church, by the mediation of orderly designation; seeing it is the Church which designeth such a man to such an office, therefore it is said, Eph. 4. 11. He gave some to be Apostles for the Church, he saith not, to the Church, as if the faithful by an innate and received power from Christ, did ordain by authority Ministers as their servants and Deputies, for all the authority is Christs, not the believers. I grant what is given for the Church, in some sense, is said to be given to the Church,2 as Chrysostom said, The gift of baptism is given to the whole Church, but the power of baptising is not given to all the believers, as to the subject.
V. Conclusion.