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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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Ergo, The latter must be true.
The proposition in terminis almost is our thesis, if two sorts of Elders be worthy of double honour, then are there two sort of Elders, for à qualitate & ab adjuncto subjecti ponitur subjectum ipsum: Also if Paul make the well ruling Elder worthy of double honour, and more especially the teaching Elder, then he acknowledgeth some well-ruling Elder worthy of double honour, howbeit, he labour not in the Word. A reason is; because the ⟨p. 284⟩positive and comparative are ever differenced, and maketh a number, when both are specified with particularities as here, they are by (well-ruling) and (labouring in the word and doctrine.) The Author of the Survey durst not look this place in the face. Bilson, Field and Tylen deny our major proposition.
The proposition in terminis almost is our thesis, if two sorts of Elders bee worthy of double honour, then are there two sort of Elders, for à qualitate & ab adjuncto subjecti ponitur subjectum ipsum: Also if Paul make the well ruling Elder worthy of double honour, and more especially the teaching Elder, then hee acknowledgeth some well-ruling Elder worthy of double honour, howbeit, hee labour not in the Word. A reason is; because the ⟨p. 284⟩positive and comparative are ever differenced, and maketh a number, when both are specified with particularities as here, they are by (well-ruling) and (labouring in the word and doctrine.) The Author of the Survay durst not looke this place in the face. Bilson, Field and Tylen deny our major proposition.
If one should say (say they) a preacher is worthy of double honour, especially a painful Preacher, he should not say there be two kinds of Preachers, some Preachers thus and thus, and some painful Preachers, and a King is worthy of honour, especially a just King, he should not make two sorts; some are Kings, and some are just Kings, as Deacons and Pastors are two sort of Offices.