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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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Ans. If this be a good Argument; all that David and Solomon did for, and in the building of the Temple in the structure, form, length, breadth, Cedars, gold, Altars, &c. of the Temple shall be without Warrant; Solomon and David departed not from Moses: But Moses spake nothing of the Temple, and a thousand things of Divine institution in the Temple.
Ans. If this be a good Argument; all that David and Solomon did for, and in the building of the Temple in the structure, forme, length, breadth, Cedars, gold, Altars, &c. of the Temple shall be without Warrant; Solomon and David departed not from Moses: But Moses spake nothing of the Temple, and a thousand things of Divine institution in the Temple.
But this is our Argument, Jehoshaphat did erect no new Judicatures, but restore those that had their Warrant from Moses his Law. But so it is that Jehoshaphat reinstituteth two distinct Judicatures; Ergo, The Lord by Moses at the beginning did institute these two distinct Judicatures.
But this is our Argument, Jehoshaphat did erect no new Iudicatures, but restore those that had their Warrant from Moses his Law. But so it is that Iehoshaphat reinstituteth two distinct Iudicatures; Ergo, The Lord by Moses at the beginning did institute these two distinct Iudicatures.
Erastus. We are not anxiously to inquire what be the matters of1 God; it is all one with what he said before; ye judge not for men, but for the Lord. The Rabbins, the judgement of Capital causes is the judgement of souls, the scripture nameth all judgements most frequently, the judgements of the Lord,