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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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Erastus. To put away out of the midst of them, is not to debar from the Sacraments, but to kill; if it were but to extrude the man out of the society of the faithful, what need was there of public mourning? and if he had been to be cast out amongst the heathen, how could the spirit be saved? as is said, for without the Church there is no salvation.
Erastus. To put away out of the midst of them, is not to debar from the Sacraments, but to kill; if it were but to extrude the man out of the society of the faithfull, what need was there of publick mourning? and if he had been to be cast out amongst the heathen, how could the spirit be saved? as is said, for without the Church there is no salvation.
Ans. To put away out of the midst of them, is to put the man out of the Congregation, as the word Careh is expounded before, and is not to kill: were Hymeneus and Alexander delivered to Satan, that they might learn not to blaspheme? what learning or Discipline can dead men be capable of? 2. There's need of mourning when any is cut off from Christs body, it being the highest judgement of God on earth. 3. Without the visible Church altogether as Heathens are, there is no salvation; But to be so without the Church, as the casting out is a medicinal punishment, That the soul may be saved in the day of the Lord, is a mean to bring the soul in, to both the invisible and visible Church, and putteth none in that state, that they cannot be saved, but by the contrary in a way to be saved; so the man periret, nisi periret.
Ans. To put away out of the midst of them, is to put the man out of the Congregation, as the word Careh is expounded before, and is not to kill: were Hymeneus and Alexander delivered to Satan, that they might learn not to blaspheme? what learning or Discipline can dead men be capable of? 2. There's need of mourning when any is cut off from Christs body, it being the highest judgement of God on earth. 3. Without the visible Church altogether as Heathens are, there is no salvation; But to be so without the Church, as the casting out is a medicinall punishment, That the soul may be saved in the day of the Lord, is a mean to bring the soul in, to both the invisible and visible Church, and putteth none in that state, that they cannot be saved, but by the contrary in a way to be saved; so the man periret, nisi periret.