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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 this conclusion doth oblige as a Decree of a Synod, and not as Apostolic and Canonic Scripture, I prove 1. Because the Apostles and Prophets being immediately inspired by the Holy-Ghost, in the penning of Scripture do never consult and give decisive voices, to Elders, Brethren, and the whole community of believers in the penning holy Scripture: For then, as it is said, Ephes. 2. 20. That our faith is built upon the Apostles and Prophets, that is, upon their doctrine: so shall our faith in this point, concerning the taking in of the Church of the Gentiles, in one body ⟨p. 210⟩with the Jews, as is proved from Scripture, v. 14, 15, 16, 17. be built upon the doctrine of Elders, Brethren, and whole Church of Jerusalem; for all had joint voices in this Council, as our brethren say, which is a great absurdity. The commandments of the Apostles, are the commandments of the Lord, 1 Cor. 14. 37. But the commandments of the whole Church of Jerusalem, 1such as they say this Decree was, are not the commandments of the Lord: For we condemn Papists, such as Suarez, 2Vasquez, Bellarmine, Cai•tan, Sotus, and with them Formalists,3 such as Hooker and Sutluvius who make a difference betwixt divine commandments,4 and Apostolic commandments, and humane ordinances, for our Divines,5 as Junius, Beza, Pareus, Tylen, Sibrandus, 6Whittaker, Willet, Reynolds, Jewell, make all Apostolic mandates to be divin•,7