A92138:1670
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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Scoticana, Art. 18. postremo loco (nota verae Ecclesiae est) disciplina Ecclesistica rectè administrata, sicut Dei verbum praescribit, ad reprimendum vitium, et vertatem fovendam. 24. Insuper Regum, principum, gubernatorum—esse potissimum et imprimis Religionis purgationem et conservationem affirmamus adeo ut non tantum propter civilem politi•••, sed et propter conservationem verae religionis, ut Idololatria et superstitio quaevis supprimatur, a deo sint ordinati. The Belgic confession hath the same, Art. 30, 31, 32. and 36.
Scoticana, Art. 18. postremo loco (nota verae Ecclesiae est) disciplina Ecclesistica rectè administrata, sicut Dei verbum praescribit, ad reprimendum vitium, et vertatem fovendam. 24. Insuper Regum, principum, gubernatorum—esse potissimum et imprimis Religionis purgationem et conservationem affirmamus adeo ut non tantum propter civilem politi•••, sed et propter conservationem verae religionis, ut Idololatria et superstitio quaevis supprimatur, a deo sint ordinati. The Belgick confession hath the same, Art. 30, 31, 32. and 36.
Confessio. Augustana. nonnulli incommodè commiscue runt potestatem Ecclestasticam & potestatem gladii. It distinguisheth well ⟨p. 643⟩between the power of the keys in the Church, and the power of the sword in the Magistrate.▪ To this agreeth Confessio Swevica, Art. 13. and Confessio Bohemica, Saxonica, Basiliensis, Tetrapolitana.
Confessio. Augustana. nonnulli incommodè commiscue runt potestatem Ecclestasticam & potestatem gladii. It distinguisheth well ⟨p. 643⟩between the power of the keyes in the Church, and the power of the sword in the Magistrate.▪ To this agreeth Confessio Swevica, Art. 13. and Confessio Bohemica, Saxonica, Basiliensis, Tetrapolitana.