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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 he speaketh of a visible politic body is clear while he allegeth, The eye exerciseth Pastoral acts of seeing for the foot, and that the ear heareth for the whole body, and when one member suffereth all suffer, which is principally true of a politic visible body: For we are not baptized in one body visible, with those preachers who are long ago dead, who never preached for the good of us who now believe in Christ, because we never heard them preach, and so they are not eyes seeing for us.
2. That he speaketh of a visible politicke body is cleare while he alleadgeth, The eye exerciseth Pastorall acts of seeing for the foot, and that the eare heareth for the whole body, and when one member suffereth all suffer, which is principally true of a politicke visible body: For we are not baptized in one body visible, with those preachers who are long agoe dead, who never preached for the good of us who now beleeve in Christ, because we never heard them preach, and so they are not eyes seeing for us.
If Christ hath left the Churches of a whole Nation in no worse case then the National Church of the Jews were in, for their public giving of thanks, for the turning away of Gods wrath, when the Land is defiled with blood and other National transgressions, for the bringing back the Ark of God, for the renewing a National Covenant and Oath with God in case of universal Apostasy from God and true Religion. Then hath Christ ordained to Churches in the New Testament National Assemblies, which authoritatively only can reach these ends and effects.