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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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It is also false that the Jesuit saith, If thou wilt be saved, keep the Commandments, doth command the keeping of all Civill and Canonic Laws, or that hence is concluded a Law obliging the conscience, that is, humane and positive, as if a Lent Fast, a Pilgrimage, and not carrying Armour in the night were commanded by Christ, as necessary to life eternal.
It is also false that the Iesuit saith, If thou wilt be saved, keep the Commandments, doth command the keeping of all Civill and Canonick Laws, or that hence is concluded a Law obliging the conscience, that is, humane and positive, as if a Lent Fast, a Pilgrimage, and not carrying Armour in the night were commanded by Christ, as necessary to life eternall.
The same iMeratius striveth to answer the Argument of Almain and Gerson, which is this; Who ever can oblige to sin mortal before God, he can inflict eternal punishment, but no mortal man can inflict eternal punishment.
The same iMeratius striveth to answer the Argument of Almain and Gerson, which is this; Who ever can oblige to sin mortall before God, he can inflict eternall punishment, but no mortall man can inflict eternall punishment.
- iMerat. ib. Sect. 2.
1. Saith he, This Argument would prove sins against the Law of nature, as homicide, and adultery, not to be deadly sins, for by the Law of nature, eternal punishment is not inflicted for sins against the Law of nature, but by the positive will of God. If any say, God is the author of the Law of nature, because he is the Creator of that humane nature, in the which this law is written: So, if that be sufficient that the law of nature oblige under eternal punishment, so also the civill and Ecclesiastical law shall bind the conscience, because he is the author of that power which maketh Civill and Ecclesiastic laws, for there is no power, but it is of God.