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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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4. Arg. 1That opinion must be reasonless and without ground, the special reason and ground whereof is false. But the special ground and reason of this opinion is false, Ergo, &c. I prove the assumption: The special ground thereof is, that ordination and election of Pastors are all one, and that Pastors have essentially their calling from the election of the people; but there be wide differences betwixt ordination of a Pastor which essentially maketh him a Pastor, and the peoples choosing him to be their Pastor;2 as 1. that all Divines according to Gods Word make them different things,3 as do Theophylact, 4Cyprian, 5Athanasius, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Hyperius, Aretius, Professors of Leiden, Morneus, Plessaeus, 6Zanchius, Willet, Gers. Bucer, Zipperus. 2. The word of God restraineth ordination of officers to Pastors,7 1 Tim. 4. 14. 1 Tim. 5. 22. 2 Tim. 2. 2. Tit. 1. 5.8 Acts 6. 6.9 Acts 13. 1, 2, 3. and ascribeth election of officers to the people,