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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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269 Whether Erastus doth prove, that none were excluded amongst the Jews, for moral uncleanness, from the holy things of God. p. 271 A twofold forgiveness. p. 273 All are invited to come to the Sacraments, but not that they come any way. p. 274 The question whether all should be admitted to the Lords Supper, perverted by Erastus. p. 275 Two sort of signs amongst the Jews, some purely holy, some partly holy, partly necessary for the bodily life; the latter clean and unclean might eat, but not the former. p. 277 All are commanded to hear, but not to •ome to the Supper. p. 280 ⟨image 11⟩Whether Erastus doth justly deny Excommunication to be typified of Old. p. 281 Ceremonial uncleanness typified exclusion out of the visible Church for scandals, not out of the Kingdom of Heaven▪ p 287, 288 Legal uncleanness was sin, p. 289 The scope and sense of Matth. 18. perverted by Erastus, p. 290 Our Saviour speaketh of all, not of private or lesser scandals only, p. 291 By the word (Brother) is not meant a Jew only, ib. Christs speaking in the second person, argueth not the privacy of the scandal, p. 294 A twofold forgiving, p. 295 Christ speaketh not of such sins as private men may forgive, as Erastus dreameth, p. 297 Christs scope spiritual, Erastus his way carnal, p. 298 A Publican most odious to the Jews, p. 305 Its not private forgiveness which is holden forth, Matth. 18. 17. p. 308 Binding and loosing proper to Stewards, p. 309 To excommunicate is not formally to debar from the Seals, p. 311 Christ might well give directions touching a Church not yet erected, p. 314, &c. The place 1 Cor. 5. vindicated from Erastus his gloss, p. 316, 317, &c. The prayers of the Church intervene not for this particular miracle, p. 318, 319 Faith of miracles not in all the faithful at Corinth, p. 320 Delivering to Satan not miraculous, p. 321 The Church, not Paul alone, had hand in delivering the man to Satan, p. 326 What delivering to Satan is, p. 327 The destruction of the flesh, what it is, p. 328 Hymeneus and Alexander not killed by Satan, p. 332 Delivering to Satan not miraculous, p 336 [Greek or Hebrew], to put away, not always to kill, p. 337 To eschew the scandalous, a mean to save them, p. 339 The similitude of a cut off member to hold forth Excommunication vindicated, p. 340 No warrant that the Apostles killed any, by the ministry of Satan, p.