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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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3. Whether or no is a ministry necessary in a visible Church?
3. Whether or no is a ministery necessary in a visible Church?
I answer: seeing all these eminent acts of the Pastoral charge by an ordinary power may be performed by single believers, I cannot see any necessity of a Ministry.
I answer: seeing all these eminent acts of the Pastorall charge by an ordinary power may be performed by single beleevers, I cannot see any necessity of a Ministery.
4. Whether or no then is every mystical Church of believers, because it is such, a ministerial Church, having the keys both in use and power?
4. Whether or no then is every mysticall Church of beleevers, because it is such, a ministeriall Church, having the keyes both in use and power?
I answer: The former doctrine standing it is.