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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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4. the Kings power is accumulative, in giving to the Church, and aiding and helping; God hath given to the King the ten Commandments, and the Gospel, as a pupil is given to a Tutor: The King holds his sword above the Law of God, to ward off the strokes of wicked men who do hurt the Law; but the Kings power is not privative, to take any privilege from the Law and the Church: so his power is as a tutor to keep, not as a father who may both give and take away from his son the inheritance; his power is defensive, not offensive.
4. the Kings power is accumulative, in giving to the Church, and ayding and helping; God hath given to the King the ten Commandements, and the Gosp•ll, as a pupill is given to a Tutor: The King holds his sword above the Law of God, to ward off the stroakes of wicked men who doe hurt the Law; but the Kings power is not privative, to take any priviledge from the Law and the Church: so his power is as a tutor to keep, not as a father who may both give and take away from his son the inheritance; his power is defensive, not offensive.
5. He hath power in actibus imperatis, to command that all preach sound Doctrine, decree just Canons, exercise discipline aright, but in actibus elicitis, in acts performed by an intrinsical power in the agent, he hath no power: for the King as King cannot preach himself, nor baptize, &c. as the will may command the eye to see, the feet to walk, but the will doth not see nor walk: Here two errors are to be rebuked.
5. He hath power in actibus imperatis, to command that all preach sound Doctrine, decree just Canons, exercise discipline aright, but in actibus elicitis, in acts performed by an intrinsecall power in the agent, he hath no power: for the King as King cannot preach himselfe, nor baptize, &c. as the will may command the eye to see, the feet to walke, but the will doth not see nor walk: Here two errours are to be rebuked.