A92138:1086
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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CHAP. XV.
Quest. 11.
Whether Erastus do validly confute a Presbytery.
Erastus. What consequence is this? Lev. 10. God commandeth1 Aaron and his sons to put a difference between the holy and profane, the clean and the unclean, this difference they were to teach the people out of the Law; Ergo, God hath ordained a College of Ecclesiastical Senators to exercise the power of the Civill Magistrate? it is like this; God commanded the Pastors to teach the people, and dispense the Sacraments; Ergo, he instituted a Presbytery in place of the Magistrate.
Erastus. What consequence is this? Lev. 10. God commandeth1 Aaron and his sonnes to put a difference between the holy and prophane, the cleane and the unclean, this difference they were to teach the people out of the Law; Ergo, God hath ordained a Colledge of Ecclesiasticall Senators to exercise the power of the Civill Magistrate? it is like this; God commanded the Pastors to teach the people, and dispense the Sacraments; Ergo, he instituted a Presbytery in place of the Magistrate.