A92138:1535
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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Ans. The Antecedent is false, if not blasphemous; it is proper to Jesus Christ only, Col. 1. 18. Eph. 1. 22. The King is the head of men, who are the Church materialiter, he is not formally as King, Head of the Church as the Church; and therefore we see not how this Statute agreeth with the Word of God, Henric. 8. Stat. 37. c. 17. The Archbishops, Bishops, Arch-deacons, and other Ecclesiastical persons have no manner of Jurisdiction Ecclesiastical, but by, under, and from the Kings Royal Majesty, the only and undoubted supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland, to whom by holy Scripture is given all authority and power, to hear and determine all manner of causes Ecclesiastical, and to correct all vice and sin whatsoever▪ for neither is the subject, the Archbishops, Bishops, &c. lawful, nor is the limitation of the subject lawful, for Ecclesiastical officers are the Ambassadors of Christ, not of the King.
Ans. The Antecedent is false, if not blasphemous; it is proper to Iesus Christ only, Col. 1. 18. Eph. 1. 22. The King is the head of men, who are the Church materialiter, he is not formally as King, Head of the Church as the Church; and therefore we see not how this Statute agreeth with the Word of God, Henric. 8. Stat. 37. c. 17. The Archbishops, Bishops, Arch-deacons, and other Ecclesiasticall persons have no manner of Iurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, but by, under, and from the Kings Royall Majesty, the onely and undoubted supream head of the Church of England and Ireland, to whom by holy Scripture is given all authority and power, to hear and determine all manner of causes Ecclesiasticall, and to correct all vice and sin whatsoever▪ for neither is the subject, the Archbishops, Bishops, &c. lawfull, nor is the limitation of the subject lawful, for Ecclesiasticall officers are the Ambassadors of Christ, not of the King.