A92138:491
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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Ans. 1. Christ▪ his reasoning to prove that [Greek or Hebrew] to sit at meat is a greater honour, then to stand: Luke 22. 27. were null, if [Greek or Hebrew] signify prostration, for religious bowing is always an act of inferiority. The same I say if [Greek or Hebrew] signify falling down ⟨p. 196⟩to the ground. 2. Sitting or pitching about a place, and sitting and lying in sackcloth, may well signify simply to be in a place, but table-sitting and table-inclining on Christs bosom must be more then simply being at the Table. Nor doth Calvin in that place expound sitting at table, for nothing but simply being at table, though elsewhere he doth.
Ans. 1. Christ▪ his reasoning to prove that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 to sit at meat is a greater honour, then to stand: Luke 22. 27. were null, if 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifie prostration, for religious bowing is alwaies an act of inferioritie. The same I say if 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifie falling downe ⟨p. 196⟩to the ground. 2. Sitting or pitching about a place, and sitting and lying in sackcloath, may well signifie simply to be in a place, but table-sitting and table-inclining on Christs bosome must be more then simply being at the Table. Nor doth Calvin in that place expound sitting at table, for nothing but simply being at table, though elsewhere he doth.
3. Arg. That which representeth the honour of table-fellowship of fellow-banqueters with Christ, that is of necessary use; But sitting at the Lords table representeth this; Ergo,