A92138:1012
The divine right of church-government and excommunication
The divine right of church-government and excommunication: or a peaceable dispute for the perfection of the holy scripture in point of ceremonies and church government; in which the removal of the Service-book is justified, the six books of Tho: Erastus against excommunication are briefly examined; with a vindication of that eminent divine Theod: Beza against the aspersions of Erastus, the arguments of Mr. William Pryn, Rich: Hooker, Dr. Morton, Dr. Jackson, Dr. John Forbes, and the doctors of Aberdeen; touching will-worship, ceremonies, imagery, idolatry, things indifferent, an ambulatory government; the due and just powers of the magistrate in matters of religion, and the arguments of Mr. Pryn, in so far as they side with Erastus, are modestly discussed. To which is added, a brief tractate of scandal ... / By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Published by authority.The divine right of church-government and excommunication: or a peacable dispute for the perfection of the holy scripture in point of ceremonies and church government; in which the removal of the Service-book is justifi'd, the six books of Tho: Erastus against excommunication are briefly examin'd; with a vindication of that eminent divine Theod: Beza against the aspersions of Erastus, the arguments of Mr. William Pryn, Rich: Hooker, Dr. Morton, Dr. Jackson, Dr. John Forbes, and the doctors of Aberdeen; touching will-worship, ceremonies, imagery, idolatry, things indifferent, an ambulatory government; the due and just powers of the magistrate in matters of religion, and the arguments of Mr. Pryn, in so far as they side with Erastus, are modestly discussed. To which is added, a brief tractate of scandal ... / By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Published by authority.
London: printed by John Field for Christopher Meredith, 1646
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Erastus. I wrote unto you, that ye should not keep company with such; then Paul speaketh here of a thing, concerning which he had spoken before, though they understood him not: it is like they sought Pauls judgement of their conversing with men: But of delivering the man to Satan, he had not spoken before, as is clear in the Text.
Ans. This is a strong argument for us, if Paul had never spoken, nor written to them of the delivering of the man to Satan, that is, of the miraculous killing of him, how could he in reason and ⟨p. 367⟩conscience chide them, because they prayed not that he might be miraculously killed? [Greek or Hebrew]? it is not possible they could mourn for not joining in a business, that Paul had never revealed to them to be Gods will. Yea it is a strong argument to me, that delivering to Satan was excommunication, of which he had taught them before, (else their mourning had been unreasonable) and which he pointed at to them as a limb of excommunication, to wit, their not familiar conversing with the scandalous.
Ans. This is a strong argument for us, if Paul had never spoken, nor written to them of the delivering of the man to Satan, that is, of the miraculous killing of him, how could he in reason and ⟨p. 367⟩conscience chide them, because they prayed not that he might be miraculo•sly killed? 〈non-Latin alphabet〉? it is not possible they could mourn for not joyning in a businesse, that Paul had never revealed to them to be Gods will. Yea it is a strong argument to me, that delivering to Satan was excommunication, of which he had taught them before, (else their mourning had been unreasonble) and which he pointed at to them as a limbe of excommunication, to wit, their not familier conversing with the scandalous.