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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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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.
4. They object, 1When the Church electeth her Pastor, she saith, we give thee A. B. power to administer the word, seals and censures, and the Minister doth possess and assume. Ergo, the people election is the essence of a Ministers calling.2 So John Smith.
4. They object, 1When the Church electeth her Pastor, she saith, we give thee A. B. power to administer the word, seales and censures, and the Minister doth possesse and assume. Ergo, the people election is the essence of a Ministers calling.