A92138:1345
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. I grant it •ighteth with Gods will, that pardon1 should be denied to any by the Word, and yet pardon▪ sealed to those same men in the Sacrament: But when the Word denieth remission of sins absolutely to those, the Sacraments are not due to them; but the Word denieth not remission to them upon condition they repent, and so neither should the Sacraments be denied to them.
Erastus. I grant it •ighteth with Gods will, that pardon1 should be denied to any by the Word, and yet pardon▪ sealed to those same men in the Sacrament: But when the Word denyeth remission of sins absolutely to those, the Sacraments are not due to them; but the Word denieth not remission to them upon condition they repent, and so neither should the Sacraments be denied to them.
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Ans. But the word denieth absolutely remission of sins to dogs and swine, so long as they repent not; and that so much the more, that they say they repent, and their life belies their words, and testifies to their face, and before the Sun, that they are plastered Hypocrites, Ergo, the Sacraments should be denied to them.
Ans. But the word denyeth absolutely remission of sins to dogs and swine, so long as they repent not; and that so much the more, that they say they repent, and their life belies their words, and testifies to their face, and before the Sun, that they are pla•stered Hypocrites, Ergo, the Sacraments should be denyed to them.