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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And the people worshipped Jehovah and the King, the verb is [Greek or Hebrew] Shachah, which signifieth to bow and incline the body religiously, but the meaning cannot be, that the people gave one and the same religious worship to God and the King, for that should be idolatry: So howbeit Elders and believers were rebuked for not excommunicating, ⟨p. 237⟩and both commanded to excommunicate and purge out the leaven, it will never follow that both hath one and the same judicial power to excommunicate, but every one should purge out the leaven, according to their place and power; and Israel is commanded to put out the leper; yet the Priest only put him out judicially, and Israel is commanded to put to death the false Prophet, and so to put away evil out of the midst of them, Deut. 13. 5. and yet the Judge did put away evil judicially and authoritatively, and the people as executioners stoning him to death, v. 9, 10. and what I say of excommunicating, that same is said of the authoritative pardoning of the fornicator, 2 Cor. 2. for [Greek or Hebrew],1 as Ursine observeth, is by authority to confirm their love to him, as Gal. 3. 15. the testament is confirmed, [Greek or Hebrew], and so doth Kemnitius, Calvin and Bullinger 2take the word.
And the people worshipped Jehovah and the King, the verbe is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Shachah, which signifieth to bow and encline the body religiously, but the meaning cannot be, that the people gave one and the same religious worship to God and the King, for that should be idolatry: So howbeit Elders and beleevers were rebuked for not excommunicating, ⟨p. 237⟩and both commanded to excommunicate and purge out the leaven, it will never follow that both hath one and the same judiciall power to excommunicate, but every one should purge out the leaven, according to their place and power; and Israel is commanded to put out the leper; yet the Priest only put him out judicially, and Israel is commanded to put to death the false Prophet, and so to put away evill out of the midst of them,