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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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Answ. The first of these seven, to wit, Ephesus was not a particular congregation, but had a presbytery of Elders in it, Act. 20. 17, 36. Paul prayed with them all; this is not said in the word, but of a reasonable good number of persons;1 Brightman under the name of an Angel, 2he writeth to a college of Angels or Pastors. Bullinger he writeth to many Pastors. Didoclav. proveth by good arguments against Downam his Angel-Prelate that he writeth to a college of Angels in every Church.3 Augustine he speaketh to the Rulers; so saith Gregor. Magnus, 4Primasius, Bede, Haymo, Fulk, Perkins, Fox: neither hath one single pastor the power of the keys,5 but at the second hand, the believers have it as the prime ministerial fountain of all Church discipline, and so they by our brethren's learning, should have bin principally rebuked.
Answ. The first of these seven, to wit, Ephesus was not a particular congregation, but had a presbytery of Elders in it, Act. 20. 17, 36. Paul prayed with them all; this is not said in the word, but of a reasonable good number of persons;1 Brightman under the name of an Angell, 2he writeth to a colledge of Angels or Pastors. Bullinger he writeth to many Pastors. Didoclav. proveth by good arguments against Downam his Angell-Prelate that he writeth to a colledge of Angels in every Church.3 Augustine he speaketh to the Rulers; so saith Gregor. Magnus,