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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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9. They object, 1If a representative Church consisting only of Pastors, Doctors and Elders, be a Church of Christs institution, it should have a Pastor over it, as all Churches have; and if it be a general Council▪ the Pastor thereof can be no other then the Pope, and there beh• ved to be also an universal Consistory of Cardinals.
9. They object, 1If a representative Church consisting onely of Pastors, Doctors and Elders, be a Church of Christs institution, it should have a Pastor over it, as all Churches have; and if it be a generall Councell▪ the Pastor thereof can be no other then the Pope, and there beh• ved to be also an universall Consistory of Cardinals.
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Answ I deny both these consequences, a feeding, governing and ministerial Church doth not necessarily require a Pastor over it. Timothy is a Pastor to himself, and by preaching both saveth himself and others, 1 Tim. 4. 16.
Answ I deny both these consequences, a feeding, governing and ministeriall Church doth not necessarily require a Pastor over it. Timothy is a Pastor to himselfe, and by preaching both saveth himselfe and others, 1 Tim. 4. 16.