A92138:1105
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. Moses instituted no other public judicatures for punishing1 of wickedness, but those he maketh mention of Exod. 18. Numb. 11. Deut. 1. 16, 17. But all th•se were only civill, not Ecclesiastical Judges. The seventy that were endued with the spirit of prophecy were given to help Moses and •ase him, not to be assistants to help Aaron, and it cannot be doubted but Moses his government was civill.
Erastus. Moses instituted no other publike judicatures for punishing1 of wickednes, but those he maketh mention of Exod. 18. Numb. 11. Deut. 1. 16, 17. But all th•se were onely civill, not Ecclesiasticall Iudges. The seventy that were indued with the spirit of prophecy were given to helpe Moses and •ase him, not to be assistants to helpe Aaron, and it cannot be doubted but Moses his government was civill.
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Ans. Both the Major & the Minor is false, the Major is from some particular places, negativè, he should argue from all the Old Testament, and he argueth from some places only, he leaveth out