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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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but as Canonic Scripture, they would not 1. have advised with all the believers, as with collateral and joint pen-men with them of holy Scripture. 2. They would not have disputed and reasoned together, every one helping another, ⟨p. 211⟩as they do here, v. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, &c. 3. They would not depress and submit the immediately inspiring Apostolic spirit to mens consent; so as men must give consent, and say Amen to what God the author of Scripture shall dite as Scripture. This was a vilifying and lessening of the authority of Scripture; therefore necessarily hence it followeth this was an Ecclesiastical degrace of an Assembly.
but as Canonicke Scripture, they would not 1. have advised with all the beleevers, as with collaterall and joynt pen-men with them of holy Scripture. 2. They would not have disputed and reasoned together, every one helping another, ⟨p. 211⟩as they doe here, v. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, &c. 3. They would not depresse and submit the immediately inspiring Apostelike spirit to mens consent; so as men must give consent, and say Amen to what God the authour of Scripture shall dite as Scripture. This was a villifying and lessening of the authority of Scripture; therfore necessarily hence it followeth this was an Ecclesiasticall degrace of an Assembly.
They object twelfthly, 1That Paul and Barnabas went up to Jerusalem, not to submit their judgement to the Apostles, for then they had not been infallible, neither for the necessity of an assembly, or because Congregations depend d•th on assemblies; but they did it 1. to conciliate authority to the Decrees. 2. To stop the mouths of false Apostles, who alleged that the Lords Apostles stood for circumcision, otherwise Paul himself might have determined the point.