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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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Quaere 1. IF the independency of Congregations stand, whether or no is a Democracy, and the actual government of the Church in the peoples hands?
Quaere 1. IF the independencie of Congregations stand, whether or no is a Democracie, and the actuall government of the Church in the peoples hands?
I answer affirmatively, seeing calling, ordination, censuring, depriving, and judicial excommunication of Church-guides are in their hand, I see not what they want, and wherein Morellius erred.
I answer affirmatively, seeing calling, ordination, censuring, depriving, and judiciall excommunication of Church-guides are in their hand, I see not what they want, and wherein Morellius erred.
2. Quaere. Seeing hence it followeth that single believers are to pray publicly, and exhort publicly, and authoritatively convince gainsayers at the ordination and deprivation of Pastors, if they may not also publicly preach and administer the Sacrament?
2. Quaere. Seeing hence it followeth that single beleevers are to pray publikely, and exhort publikely, and authoritatively convince gainsayers at the ordination and deprivation of Pastors, if they may not also publikely preach and administer the Sacrament?