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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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The assumption for the communion of sundry Churches Parker granteth, and the Scripture is clear, Laodicea and Coloss have a sister-communion in that same word of God, Col: 4. 16. so Corinth, Macedonia and Galatia in these same acts of charity to the Saints at Jerusalem, ⟨p. 220⟩1 Cor: 16. 1, 2, 3, 4. see also 2 Cor: 8. 1. Rom: 16. 27. Also if any person be excommunicate in one congregation, also in all the neighbour congregations. 1. Because his sins are bound in Heaven. 2 He is delivered to Satan, 1 Cor. 5. 4. to all. 3. Christ saith he should be as an Heathen to all, and so is excluded from Church communion to all. Hence these visible acts of Church communion require a common law and discipline of Christ to regulate them, seeing they may offend in the excess and defect one to another, but one common discipline they cannot have, except they may by authority convene in one Synod in their principal members. Also Field, Bilson, 1Whittaker allege this place for Synods, all say if Pastors have authority every one within themselves and far more when they are met in a Synod,2 for vis unita fortior, 3united force is stronger.
The assumption for the communion of sundry Churches Parker granteth, and the Scripture is cleare, Laodicea and Colosse have a sister-communion in that same word of God, Col: 4. 16. so Corinth, Macedonia and Galatia in these same acts of charity to the Saints at Jerusalem, ⟨p. 220⟩1 Cor: 16. 1, 2, 3, 4. see also 2 Cor: 8. 1. Rom: 16. 27. Also if any person be excommunicate in one congregation, also in all the neighbour congregations. 1. Because his sinnes are bound in Heaven. 2 He is delivered to Satan, 1 Cor. 5. 4. to all. 3. Christ saith he should be as an Heathen to all, and so is excluded from Church communion to all. Hence these visible acts of Church communion require a common law and discipline of Christ to regulate them, seeing they may offend in the excesse and defect one to another, but one common discipline they cannot have, except they may by authority conveene in one Synod in their principall members. Also Field, Bilson,