A92138:1278
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. Act. 4. and 5. The Apostles were scourged and1 cast out by the high Synagogue summa Synagoga, yet presently they teach in the Temple, and use the Sacraments, Act. 21. When Paul Act. 21. was to go to the Temple to sacrifice, the Apostles who counselled him so to do, do not object, that he was excommunicated, and so could not by Law do so; His adversaries accuse him that he taught against the Law, and that he profaned the Temple, by bringing in the Gentiles, he openly saith, he had done nothing against the Law. Then to be cast out of the Synagogue is not to be excommunicated, for one cast out of the Synagogue, could not but do against the Law, if he should go to the Temple and sacrifice.
Erastus. Act. 4. and 5. The Apostles were scourged and1 cast out by the high Synagogue summa Synagoga, yet presently they teach in the Temple, and use the Sacramen•s, Act. 21. When Paul Act. 21. was to go to the Temple to sacrifice, the Apostles who counselled him so to do, do not object, that he was excommunicated, and so could not by Law do so; His adversaries accuse him that he taught against the Law, and that he profaned the Temple, by bringing in the Gentiles, he openly saith, he had done nothing against the Law. Then to be cast out of the Synagogue is not to be excommunicated, for one cast out of the Synagogue, could not but do against the Law, if he should go to the Temple and sacrifice.
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