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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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Answ. I borrow this Argument, what is essential at some time and places for the making of a Pastor is evermore essential; but ordination of Pastors by Pastors, and sending them to preach to the Indies, who are unwilling to receive their ministry is only essential to make a man sent thither a Pastor; for peoples consent in that case cannot be essential, where they will not give their consent at all, and non ens cannot be essential to the making of a Pastor.
Answ. I borrow this Argument, what is essentiall at some time and places for the making of a Pastor is evermore essentiall; but ordination of Pastors by Pastors, and sending them to preach to the Indies, who are unwilling to receive their ministery is onely essentiall to make a man sent thither a Pastor; for peoples consent in that case cannot be essentiall, where they will not give their consent at all, and non ens cannot be essentiall to the making of a Pastor.
2. What is essential for making a Minister who is extraordinarily called of God, is not ever more essential to the making of a Minister ordinarily called of God, in an Island where the Gospel is, if all the Pastors should dye, the people might choose Pastors to themselves, but ⟨p. 267⟩they could not then make Pastors, God only without the ministry of other Pastors in that case should make Pastors; but it followeth not hence that Pastors ordinarily have not their calling to be Pastors from the ordination of Pastors.
2. What is essentiall for making a Minister who is extraordinarily called of God, is not ever more essentiall to the making of a Minister ordinarily called of God, in an Island where the Gospell is, if all the Pastors should dye, the people might chuse Pastors to themselves, but ⟨p. 267⟩they could not then make Pastors, God onely without the ministery of other Pastors in that case should make Pastors; but it followeth not hence that Pastors ordinarily have not their calling to be Pastors from the ordination of Pastors.