A92138:464
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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cAmbrose, dGregorius, eAugustine fChrysostom saith, The honour of the servant redoundeth to the Master, when he is a servant by appointment of the Master, and he that heareth faithful Pastors, heareth Christ who sent them: And aAthanasius, and bBasil, to prove the honouring and adoring of Christ, the substantial Image of God, to be the honouring of God the Father, say; The hearing of the Image, or of the servant of the King, is the hearing of the King. But the Image is formally made an Image of God, and the saints by mens imagination▪ not by Gods word or his ⟨p. 190⟩ordination: Their own cPeresius saith, If the imagination were carried upon the image or sampler with one motion, yet it cannot be concluded, that the same is to be done in Adoration: And dwe are not to worship God by our fantasies, saith Augustine, nor by our ecarnal thoughts. Suarez, Bellarmine, Vasquez, Gretserus, buildeth all their Adoration of images, upon the saying of Aristotle; De memor & remiscen, cap. 2.