A92138:1225
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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or if it displease any man, that we call Church censures with the name of punishment, we can forbear the name, for rebukes, suspension from the Sacraments, Excommunication, because they are intrinsically, and of their own nature such as tend not to the hurt, but to the gaining and saving of the souls of the persons censured; they are unproperly punishments, as the power and court they come from is unproperly a rod a Judicature, a Court, and those that inflict the censures improperly Judges, yet can it not be denied to be spiritual Government, and that there is a spiritual sword, the word of God, and a spiritual coaction, flowing from Heralds, or servants in the name of the King of Kings and Head of the Church, who reigneth in his own Ordinances, and Ministers.
or if it displease any man, that we call Churchcensures with the name of punishment, we can forbear the name, for rebukes, suspension from the Sacraments, Excommunication, because they are intrinsecally, and of their own nature such as tend not to the hurt, but to the gaining and saving of the souls of the persons censured; they are unproperly punishments, as the power and court they come from is unproperly a rod a Iudicature, a Court, and those that inflict the censures improperly Iudges, yet can it not be denied to be spirituall Government, and that there is a spirituall sword, the word of God, and a spirituall coaction, flowing from Heralds, or servants in the name of the King of Kings and Head of the Church, who reigneth in his own Ordinances, and Ministers.
Erastus. The priests bade Uzziah not burn incense, because it was1 their part only to sacrifice: But where is it written that the King was condemned by the sentence of the Priests?
Erastus. The priests bade Uzziah not burn incense, because it was1 their part only to sacrifice: But vvhere is it vvritten that the King vvas condemned by the sentence of the Priests?