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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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1. Arg. That which the brotherhood and communion of Sister-Churches requireth to be done, that Pastors may lawfully do; but this the brotherhood of Sister-Churches requireth to be done, Ergo, &c. the assumption is proved, 1. Because death, or necessary absence of Pastors, necessity of keeping the flock. 2. Necessity of convincing the gainsayers if the present Pastor be weak in learning, yet able to cut the word aright (saith M. Paget) requireth this.1 M. Best answereth, Officers of Churches may be helpful to other Churches, as Christians, but not as Ministers.
1. Arg. That which the brotherhood and communion of Sister-Churches requireth to be done, that Pastors may lawfully doe; but this the brotherhood of Sister-Churches requireth to be done, Ergo, &c. the assumption is proved, 1. Because death, or necessary absence of Pastors, necessity of keeping the flocke. 2. Necessity of convincing the gainsayers if the present Pastor be weake in learning, yet able to cut the word aright (saith M. Paget) requireth this.1 M. Best answereth, Officers of Churches may be helpfull to other Churches, as Christians, but not as Ministers.
- 1Pagets answer to Davenport, p. •35. M. Best Church plea, p. 30, 31.Pagets answer to Dave•port, p. •35. M. Best Church plea, p. 30, 31.
Answ. This Argument presupposeth that Pastors not as Pastors, but as Christians either may administer the Sacraments lawfully, and so any Christian may administer the Sacraments, which is both Popish and absurd, or that it is not lawful for Pastors to administer the Sacrament out of their own congregation, or to any other of another congregation then their own, and so yet communion of Sister-Churches, in these acts, is clean taken away. 2. Our Argument is from Church-communion not in Christian acts as Christian, but in ministerial acts as ministerial.