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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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18. What sort of an Assembly was the meeting, Act. 15. if it was a lawful Synod of sundry particular Churches, or an extraordinary meeting, the practice whereof doth not oblige us? If it was a mere Apostolic meeting obliging as Apostolic, and if it oblige us as Apostolic, how cometh it that the multitude spake, and gave their mind in that which obligeth us as Canonic Scripture? For that the multitude spake our brethren collect from v. 12. and how is it that Elders and brethren determine in penning Canonic Scripture? Except the first be said, there be many doubts here, of which the way of independency cannot clear us?
18. What sort of an Assembly was the meeting, Act. 15. if it was a lawfull Synod of sundry particular Churches, or an extraordinary meeting, the practice whereof doth not oblige us? If it was a meere Apostolick meeting obliging as Apostolick, and if it oblige us as Apostolick, how commeth it that the multitude spake, and gave their mind in that which obligeth us as Canonick Scripture? For that the multitude spake our brethren collect from v. 12. and how is it that Elders and brethren determine in penning Canonick Scripture? Except the first be said, there be many doubts here, of which the way of independency cannot cleare us?
Q. 19. How cometh it that the Lords Apostles, who were to go through all the Nations of the world to preach the Gospel, do so often assemble together to consult about the common affairs of the Church and discipline, as Act. 1. Act. 2. Act. 4. Act. 6. 4. Act. 8. 14.