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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. We think children baptized by unbelieving Ministers not baptized.
2. We thinke children baptized by unbeleeving Ministers not baptized.
3. An unbelieving pastor not essentially a pastor.
3. An unbeleeving pastor not essentially a pastor.
4. If, because Christ is given to the elect, and all things are theirs, and so all ministerial power of the keys, it is questioned, if amongst these all things given to the ⟨p. 277⟩believers, we may not include the Magistrates sword, the Kings power, the masters power over the servant, the Captains power over the soldier, so that by that same reason there be no Kings, no Judges, no Masters, no Captains, save only believers, we see not how this follows not, as well as that the power of the keys, and all things are given to believers, because Christ is given to them.
4. If, because Christ is given to the elect, and all things are theirs, and so all ministeriall power of the keyes, it is questioned, if amongst these all things given to the ⟨p. 277⟩beleevers, we may not include the Magistrates sword, the Kings power, the masters power over the servant, the Captains power over the souldier, so that by that same reason there be no Kings, no Judges, no Masters, no Captains, save only beleevers, we see not how this followes not, as well as that the power of the keyes, and all things are given to beleevers, because Christ is given to them.