A92138:895
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Erastus he saith, He decreed to deliver the man to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the soul may be saved; now [Greek or Hebrew] is to give over, to permit; here a person given, a person to whom, a person giving, to wit, Paul, and the end; wherefore, that the spirit may be saved; it is, as if I would give my son to a Master, either to be instructed, or chastised, so 1 Tim. 1. Act. 27. 28. Matth. 5. 18. Matth. 24. [Greek or Hebrew], Mar. 15. The brother shall deliver the brother to death, and the Lord saith to Satan, behold [Greek or Hebrew], I give him to thee, this is to deliver one afflicted, killed, condemned.
Erastus he saith, He decreed to deliver the man to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the soul may be saved; now 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is to give over, to permit; here a person given, a person to whom, a person giving, to wit, Paul, and the end; wherefore, that the spirit may be saved; it is, as if I would give my son to a Master, either to be instructed, or chastised, so 1 Tim. 1. Act. 27. 28. Matth. 5. 18. Matth. 24. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Mar. 15. The brother shall deliver the brother to death, and the Lord saith to Satan, behold 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, I give him to thee, this is to deliver one afflicted, killed, condemned.