A92138:1649
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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Bullinger in Mat. 18. in illa: Dic Ecclesiae. Excommunicatio est disciplina •xterna sanctorum in Ecclesia conversantium, quâ ex communione abii•iuntur sanctorum, aut commodè alioqui corriguntur, coercent••ve qui scandalizant Ecclesiam,—hae particulars Ecclesiae deligunt sibi quoque veluti Senatum Collegiumve optimorum virorum qui juxta Canonem sacrism disciplinam hanc exerceant: What is this but a Presbytery? Ceterum qualis fuerit Ethnicorum et publicanorum reputatio facile est colliger• ex Evangelio et Paulo ad Ephe. 2. Certe alieni sunt a gratia, nihil Communionis haebentes cum sorte sanctorum.
Bullinger in Mat. 18. in illa: Dic Ecclesiae. Excommunicatio est disciplina •xterna sanctorum in Ecclesia conversantium, quâ ex communione abii•iuntur sanctorum, aut commodè alioqui corriguntur, coercent••ve qui scandalizant Ecclesiam,—hae particulares Ecclesiae deligunt sibi quoque veluti Senatum Collegiumve optimorum virorum qui juxta Canonem sacrism disciplinam hanc exerceant: What is this but a Presbytery? Ceterum qualis fuerit Ethnicorum et publicanorum reputatio facile est colliger• ex Evangelio et Paulo ad Ephe. 2. Certe alieni sunt a gratia, nihil Communionis haebentes cum sorte sanctorum.
Bullinger, Ser. 5. decad. 10. pag. 384. Sicut autem dominus privatim voluit admoneri et corripi praevaricantes Ecclesiae Ministres, ita ejusdem admonitions et correctionis bonum extendit ad universam Ecclesiam: Ergo, hbuit vetus Ecclesia sanctum Presbyterorum senatum, qui delinquentes in Ecclesia diligenter admonebat, corripiebat graviter, adde et consortio excludebat Ecclesiastico, si nihil emendationis expectari posse videretur,—