A92138:737
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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Erastus. Any legally unclean was debarred from the Temple,1 the difference was only in the time, but you debar not all wicked men from the Supper.
Erastus. Any legally unclean was debarred from the Temple,1 the difference was onely in the time, but you debarre not all wicked men from the Supper.
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Ans. The most that were legally unclean, were also morally unclean, in that they willingly transgressed a known Law; Ergo, Legal uncleanness, was also Moral uncleanness. 2. Though we debar not all wicked men, but only the scandalous, yet we have in readiness vengeance against all, and so against latent disobedience, ⟨p. 285⟩which is a high censure, in debarring hypocrites from heaven; and we conceive Legal uncleanness as the monthly diseases of women, night pollutions, want of Circumcision did typify much natural and original heart corruption, which cannot be punished by men or the Church; but it follows not, because Legal uncleanness signifieth some other uncleanness then that which is scandalous and censurable by the Church; Ergo, it signifieth not sins scandalous and censurable by the Church.
Ans. The most that were legally unclean, were also morally unclean, in that they willingly transgressed a known Law; Ergo, Legall uncleannes, was also Morall uncleannes. 2. Though we debar not all wicked men, but onely the scandalous, yet we have in readinesse vengeance against all, and so against latent disobedience, ⟨p. 285⟩which is a high censure, in debarring hypocrites from heaven; and we conceive Legall uncleannes as the monthly diseases of women, night pollutions, want of Circumcision did typifie much naturall and originall heart corruption, which cannot be punished by men or the Church; but it followes not, because Legall uncleannesse signifieth some other uncleannesse then that which is scandalous and censurable by the Church; Ergo, it signifieth not sinnes scandalous and censurable by the Church.