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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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12. Smith reasoneth.1 To whom Christ is given directly and immediately, as King, Priest, and Prophet, Unto them all other things with Christ are given, Rom. 8. 32. And so the Saints are made Kings, Priests, and Prophets to God to forgive bind and loose. But Christ is given to all believers, and so the power of binding and loosing to all believers. Answer. To whom Christ is given subjectively and formally, as their gifted Redeemer to dwell into them by faith, To them all things are given either subjectively, as the personal blessings of the covenant, a new heart, remission of sins, perseverance in grace, or objectively, and finaliter, for their good, other ways, if one manner of giving be understood in both▪ it should follow that all the believers were temporal Kings and Princes, which is most false: for temporal princedoms are given for their good, but not personally to themselves: So the power of the keys is given for their salvation, but not to all believers personally.2 It is in vain to reason from the privileges of believers as believers, to infer that all Ecclesiastic privileges are personally given also to believers, for then should all be Apostles, all Teachers, all the whole body should be an eye, and where then should be the hearing? And this man taketh away all necessity of a calling by the Church to the ministry, as do the Arminians and Socinians. Neither can he maintain that there is a twofold power of the keys, one remote belonging to men, as Christians: another nearer, that is ecclesiastical, and given orderly by the Church: for he and his followers will ⟨p. 29⟩have all believers, because they are believers in a visible Church actually to censure, bind, loose, absolve, excommunicate.
12. Smith reasoneth.1 To whom Christ is given directly and immediately, as King, Priest, and Prophet, Vnto them all other things with Christ are given, Rom. 8. 32. And so the Saints are made Kings, Priests, and Prophets to God to forgive bind and loose. But Christ is given to all believers, and so the power of binding and loosing to all believers. Answer. To whom Christ is given subjectively and formally, as their gifted Redeemer to dwell into them by faith, To them all things are given either subjectively, as the personall blessings of the covenant, a new heart, remission of sinnes, perseverance in grace, or objectively, and finaliter, for their good, other wayes, if one manner of giving be understood in both it should follow that all the believers were temporall Kings and Princes, which is most false: for temporall princedomes are given for their good, but not personally to themselves: So the power of the keyes is given for their salvation, but not to all believers personally.