A92138:1659
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quod autem hoc omne ad suam excommunicationem Anabaptistae 1detorquent nimium inepte et ridicul• (ut alia omnia) faciunt; nam primo insolenter vendicant quod apostolis datum fuit, et Satanae tradere volunt homines excommunication suâ, quâ ne culicem quidem possunt occidere; deinde etiam in coenam invehunt sine Christi instituto et exemplo: To which I must say the Anabaptists were right, and Gualther in an error in this point.
Quod autem hoc omne ad suam excommunicationem Anabaptistae 1detorquent nimium inepte et ridicul• (ut alia omnia) faciunt; nam primo insolenter vendicant quod apostolis datum fuit, et Satanae tradere volunt homines excommunicatione suâ, quâ ne culicem quidem possunt occidere; deinde etiam in coenam invehunt sine Christi instituto et exemplo: To which I must say the Anabaptists were right, and Gualther in an error in this point.
- 1The error of Gualther to please the usurping Magistrate.
Gualther. in 1 Cor. 5. accusat Eccl•siam propter incestum, quod incestuosum non sine publicâ totius Eccl•siae infamiâ nimis diu tolerarint—propter unius hominis scelus totam Corinthiorum Ecclesiam, et imprimis hujus praefectos et doctores (quid hoc aliud est quam Col. legium pastorum et Seniorum) tam graviter accusat; sed ita illi merebantur, quod indulgentiores fuissent hactenus erga eum, quem punire poterant, et cujus libidinem coercere jam pridem debuissent.