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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 ...
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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. 1The office bearers of the Church have the power of the Keyes 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. Hee gave some to be Apostles for the Church, he saith not, to the Church, as if the faithfull by an innate and received power from Christ, did ordaine by authoritie Ministers as their servants and Deputies, for all the authoritie 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 Chrysostome said, The gift of baptisme is given to the whole Church, but the power of baptising is not given to all the believers, as to the subject.
- 15. Conclusion.
- 2Chrysost. de sacerdo.