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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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If Churches planted by the Apostles, such as Corinth, have power within themselves to exercise Church-discipline, as to rebuke, excommunicate, loose and relax from excommunication: Then ought not particular Congregations now to stand under any other Ecclesiastical authority out of themselves. ⟨p. 232⟩But the former is true, 1 Cor. 5. 2, 3. So M. Best, Parker, the Separatists, Robinson, Authors of Presb. govern. examined, 1prove that all believers in Corinth had voice in excommunication.2 1. They amongst whom the fornicator was,3 they who were puffed up, and sorrowed not that he was not cut off, they were to be gathered together in one, and to judge and excommunicate, v. 12. but the fornicator was not amongst the Elders only, but amongst all the believers, neither were the Elders only puffed up, nor did they only not sorrow that the incestuous man was not cut off, but the believers also were puffed up, and did not sorrow that he was not cut •ff, Ergo, all the believers had voices in judging and excommunicating. 2. Of old not the Levites only were to purge out the leaven, but all Israel also, Ergo; here not the Elders only are to purge out this leaven. 3. Paul writeth not to the Elders only, not to be mixed with the fornicators, but to all the faithful. 4. The faithful, and not the Elders only were to forgive, 2 Cor. 2.
If Churches planted by the Apostles, such as Corinth, have power within themselves to exercise Church-discipline, as to rebuke, excommunicate, loose and relaxe from excommunication: Then ought not particular Congregations now to stand under any other Ecclesiastical authority out of themselves. ⟨p. 232⟩But the former is true,