A92138:802
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. Paul himself appealed to a heathen judge Cesar.
Ans. True, but not for small offences falling out seventy seven times a day, for which the Magistrate will not punish, such as these offences be, saith Erastus, pag. 181. pag. 28. Thes. 42. But being accused of a high crime of life and death. 2. He appealed not from a godly Magistracy, such as the Syned•y holdeth forth, but from bloody judges: 3. In matters not with Saints, as 1 Cor. 6. And brethren to whom you are to grant pardons, seven, and seventy seven times a day, but with Blasphemers, and Murderers of Christ, Act. 18. 6. 1 Thes. 2. 15.
Ans. True, but not for small offences falling out seventy seven times a day, for which the Magistrate will not punish, such as these offences be, saith Erastus, pag. 181. pag. 28. Thes. 42. But being accused of a high crime of life and death. 2. He appealed not from a godly Magistracy, such as the Syned•y holdeth forth, but from bloody judges: 3. In matters not with Saints, as 1 Cor. 6. And brethren to whom you are to grant pardons, seven, and seventy seven times a day, but with Blasphemers, and Murtherers of Christ, Act. 18. 6. 1 Thes. 2. 15.