A92138:1520
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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Power of internal jurisdiction granteth to him all the external government of the Church. 6. We hold that the Magistrate keeps both Tables of the Law, and that he hath an inspection in a civill coactive way, in preserving both Tables of the Law; but that he is not as a Magistrate a member of the Church, but as a Christian only.
Power of internall jurisdiction granteth to him all the externall government of the Church. 6. We hold that the Magistrate keeps both Tables of the Law, and that he hath an inspection in a civill coactive way, in preserving both Tables of the Law; but that he is not as a Magistrate a member of the Church, but as a Christian only.
2. The exercise of Discipline is one thing, and the exercise of it, (as the modus) the way of exercising of it, either in relation to Ecclesiastical constitutions, or in relation to the politic and civill Laws of a Common-wealth, is a far other thing.
2. The exercise of Discipline is one thing, and the exercise of it, (as the modus) the way of exercising of it, either in relation to Ecclesiasticall constitutions, or in relation to the politick and civill Laws of a Common-wealth, is a far other thing.
3. As the Church is to approve and commend the just sentence of the civill judge in punishing ill doers, but only conditionally in so far as it is just, so is the magistrate obliged to follow, ratify, and with his civil sanction to confirm the sound constitutions of the Church: But conditionally, not absolutely, and blindly, but in so far as they agree with the Word of God.
3. As the Church is to approve and commend the just sentence of the civill judge in punishing ill doers, but only conditionally in so far as it is just, so is the magistrate obliged to follow, ratifie, and with his civil sanction to confirme the sound constitutions of the Church: But conditionally, not absolutely, and blindely, but in so far as they agree with the Word of God.