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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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3. The consequence of the Argument is most weak, for precious faith and claim and interest in Christ is not the ground why Christ giveth the keys to some, and not to others, but the ground is the good pleasure of Gods will. Christ gave not the keys, nor any Church-authority to Judas, Demas, and the like, because of their precious faith; but because he calleth to labour in his vineyard, whom he pleaseth, and whom he pleaseth he calleth not.
3. The consequence of the Argument is most weake, for precious faith and claime and interest in Christ is not the ground why Christ giveth the keyes to some, and not to others, but the ground is the good pleasure of Gods will. Christ gave not the keyes, nor any Church-authority to Judas, Demas, and the like, because of their precious faith; but because he calleth to labour in his vineyard, whom he pleaseth, and whom he pleaseth he calleth not.
7. They object, 1Provincial and National Churches are humane forms brought in after the similitude of •ivill governments amongst the Romans,2 and there is no Church properly so called, but a Parish Church. See D. Ammes.
7. They object, 1Provinciall and Nationall Churches are humane formes brought in after the similitude of •ivill governments amongst the Romanes,2 and there is no Church properly so called, but a Parish Church. See D. Ammes.
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