A92138:1503
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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Object. 11. Isai. 49. Kings shall be thy Nurse-fathers: Ergo, Kings were Fathers and heads of the Church.
Ans. This text is brought for the Popes Supremacy, but it is Isai. 60. 10. Their Kings [Greek or Hebrew] shall serve thee, this is no dominion. And the breasts of Kings, which the Church is to suck, ⟨p. 573⟩is not the sincere milk of the Word, which the King preacheth by himself or others, but the external strength, dignity, that the King shall add by his Authority to the Church, but the Tutor cannot •ob the Pupil of the Law and privileges of the inheritance. 2. The Prince is not a father spiritual of the second birth of the Church, as Paul was, 1 Cor. 4. 15.
Ans. This text is brought for the Popes Supremacy, but it is Isai. 60. 10. Their Kings 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 shall serve thee, this is no dominion. And the breasts of Kings, which the Church is to suck, ⟨p. 573⟩is not the sincere milk of the Word, which the King preacheth by himself or others, but the externall strength, dignity, that the King shall adde by his Authority to the Church, but the Tutor cannot •ob the Pupil of the Law and priviledges of the inheritance. 2. The Prince is not a father spirituall of the second birth of the Church, as Paul was, 1 Cor. 4. 15.