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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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Spalato seemeth against Bellarmine, to make up the losses made by Papists in Kings honour, while he holdeth, that the King his person, and as he is a Christian man is subject to Church-power, but as King he is subject to none, but to Christ, from whom immediately he hath his kingly dignity, even as (saith he) when an Emperors servant, being a Physician, the Emperor as Emperor is not subject to the Physician, but only the Emperor as he is a wounded man is subject to the art of his own servant who cureth him, and that of the Emperor▪ free-will, not by coaction, so the Image-maker or he who maketh pourtracts, in his art is not subject to the King, neither is the King as King, Master of the art of painting, or pourtract-making, the art only is subject to the precepts and principles of art, but the person of the painter is subject to the kingly power;1 for the King, as Bellarmin saith, may forbid the Image-maker to draw obscene and filthy Images, or to waste too much gold or silver upon his Images, or to sell his images at too dear a price. Hence, saith he, the kingly dignity is not subject to the ecclesiastical power, or to any other power on earth, but only to Jesus Christ.
Spalato seemeth against Bellarmine, to make up the losses made by Papists in Kings honour, while he holdeth, that the King his person, and as he is a Christian man is subject to Church-power, but as King he is subject to none, but to Christ, from whom immediately he hath his kingly dignity, even as (saith he) when an Emperours servant, being a Physitian, the Emperour as Emperour is not subject to the Physitian, but only the Emperour as he is a wounded man is subject to the art of his owne servant who cureth him, and that of the Emperour▪ free-will, not by coaction, so the Image-maker or he who maketh pourtracts, in his art is not subject to the King, neither is the King as King, Master of the art of painting, or pourtract-making, the art onely is subject to the precepts and principles of art, but the person of the painter is subject to the kingly power;1 for the King, as Bellarmin saith, may forbid the Image-maker to draw obscene and filthy Images, or to waste too much gold or silver upon his Images, or to sell his images at too deare a price. Hence, saith he, the kingly dignity is not subject to the ecclesiasticall power, or to any other power on earth, but only to Jesus Christ.