A92138:723
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. This will prove, that all baptized, even children, should come to the Supper. 2. I deny the Minor, to wit, that all the most wicked remained Members of the visible Jewish Church, jure before God, the wicked Jews to God, were as Sodom and Gomorrah, Esa. 1. 10. Yea he saith, Amos 9. 7. Are ye not unto me as children of Ethiopians, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? What they were de facto, and not cast out, was the fault of the Priests, and that the Church does tolerate Jezebels, Wolves, Lions in the flock, and admitteth them to holy things, is their sin.
Ans. This will prove, that all baptized, even children, should come to the Supper. 2. I deny the Minor, to wit, that all the most wicked remained Members of the visible Iewish Church, jure before God, the wicked Iewes to God, were as Sodom and Gomorrah, Esa. 1. 10. Yea he saith, Amos 9. 7. Are ye not unto me as children of Ethiopians, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? What they were de facto, and not cast out, was the fault of the Priests, and that the Church does tollerate Iezabels, Wolves, Lions in the flock, and admitteth them to holy things, is their sin.
Erastus. But Repentance was not always commanded to those1 Jews especially who were unclean, by touching an unclean thing against their will and ignorantly, and the purging of them depended on ⟨p. 281⟩their own will, so they observed the Ceremonies of Moses.
Erastus. But Repentance was not alwaies commanded to those1