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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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2. The Jews did justly excommunicate the Church of the Samaritans, and Christ alloweth thereof, John 4. 22. ye worship ye know not what, salvation is of the Jews, in which words, Christ pronounceth the Jews to be the true Church, and the Samaritans, not to be the true Church.
2. The Iewes did justly excommunicate the Church of the Samaritans, and Christ alloweth therof, Iohn 4. 22. ye worship ye know not what, salvation is of the Jewes, in which words, Christ pronounceth the Iewes to be the true Church, and the Samaritans, not to be the true Church.
3. I desire to know what excommunication is, if it be not to deny all Church-communion with those who were once in our Church, now if this be done by one Sister-church to another sister-church, it is no excommunication at all, seeing Christ hath not given the power of the keys to one Sister-church over another, for one particular Church is not set over another in the Lord, but when the Eldership of many consociated Sister-churches denieth Church communion to one of these consociated Churches having turned obstinate in scandalous sins, I see not what this is else but excommunication and authoritative unchurching and ejection of such a Church. Also our brethren plead for the peoples power in excommunicating, because all and •very one of the believers are to eschew the company of the person excommunicated, therefore all and every one should have hand in excommunicating him, as all Israel and not the Judges only were actors in putting away the leaven, so reasoneth ⟨p. 223⟩Parker M. Best, 1so also the Separatists, yea if it be right taken, so also saith Beza, P. Martyr, Calvin, Marlorat: 2