A92138:1807
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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Quest. IIII.
Whether the Precept of obedience to Superiors, or the precept of eschewing scandal be more obligatory?
Whether the Precept of obedience to Superiours, or the precept of eschewing scandall be more obligatorie?
Dupliers pag. 65. n. 43.
Last of all, when a man is peremptorily urged by his Superiors, to obey their lawful Commandments, and in the mean time feareth▪ that if he do the thing commanded by them▪ some, through weakness, shall be scandalized▪ by his carriage; in this case he is not only in difficulty and strait, betwixt the Commandment of men, and the Commandment ⟨p. 29⟩of God, who forbiddeth us to do that whereby our weak brother may be offended. But also he seemeth to be in a strait betwixt two Commandments of God, to wit, the precept that forbiddeth us to do that, whereby our weak brother may be scandalized and the other, which forbiddeth, the resisting of Authority.