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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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1. Because by consent of all sound Divines, all antiquity and confession of party, and Pauls testimony, Eph. 4. 11. there are none given of Christ, when he ascended on high, for the public edifying of the Church, and gathering of the Saints to Christs second coming, save only Pastors, and Doctors and Elders. But the private gifted men are to edify by public prophesying, and they be none of Christs officers, and they are unlawful teachers.
1. Because by consent of all sound Divines, all antiquity and confession of party, and Pauls testimony, Eph. 4. 11. there are none given of Christ, when he ascended on high, for the publike edefying of the Church, and gathering of the Saints to Christs second comming, save only Pastors, and Doctors and Elders. But the private gifted men are to edefie by publike prophecying, and they be none of Christs officers, and they are unlawfull teachers.
2. To preach publicly as ordinary messengers. (I say) ordinary, because of our expectants of the ministry, who preach by the call of the Church, for a time, as the Sons of the Prophets, while they be ordained Pastors. To preach (I say) publicly, is a formal act of Pastors who are sent, Rom. 10. but these Prophets are not sent, Ergo, they ought not to preach. They answer but as Anabaptists and Socinians do, who say to be gifted of God is to be sent; but I answer, Paul Rom 10. 14, 15. thinketh not so, because he understandeth such a sending, as is required in ordinary Pastors, who begetteth faith in their hearers, v. 14. and whose feet are beautiful upon the mountains, by bringing glad tidings of peace, v. 15. Now these were such as both were gifted, and had authority to preach. 2. Christ, Mat. 10. clearly differenceth gifting of Pastors, v. 1. from authoritative sending, ⟨p. 249⟩