A86000:137
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded…
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late General Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianism, independency, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
London: printed for Robert Bostock, 1647
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Therefore all the actions of the civill Magistrate, even when he is employed about Ecclesiastical matters, are of their own nature, and essentially, civill. He punisheth externally Idolaters, Blasphemers, Sacrilegious persons, Heretics, Profaners of holy things, and according to the nature and measure of the sin, he condemneth to death or banishment, forfeiture of goods, or imprisonment: he guardeth and underproppeth Ecclesiastical Canons with civill authority, giveth a place of habitation to the Church in his territory, restraineth or expelleth the insolent and untamed disturbers of the Church.
Therefore all the actions of the civill Magistrate, even when he is imployed about Ecclesiasticall matters, are of their own nature, and essentially, civill. He punisheth externally Idolaters, Blasphemers, Sacrilegious persons, Hereticks, Prophaners of holy things, and according to the nature and measure of the sin, he condemneth to death or banishment, forfeiture of goods, or imprisonment: he guardeth and underproppeth Ecclesiasticall Canons with civill authority, giveth a place of habitation to the Church in his territory, restraineth or expelleth the insolent and untamed disturbers of the Church.