A92138:955
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. Those that eat leavened bread were debarred from the1 passover: But leavened bread signified, scelera, wickedness; Ergo, wicked men should by us be debarred from the Sacraments. 1. It is false that those that eat leavened bread were debarred from the passover by Gods command: These two differ much; he that eateth leavened bread shall be cut off, and he that eateth leaven shall be debarred from the feast of the passover, even as these two; the child that clattereth in time of Sermon, shall be whipped with rods, and the child that clattereth in time of Sermon shall be excluded from hearing Sermon; when the Master forbiddeth to clatter in time of Sermon, under a punishment, he biddeth them not be absent from the Sermon: so when God forbiddeth to eat leaven, under a punishment, be forbiddeth not to exclude the man from the passover, the Lord commandeth both to be done.
Erastus. Those that eat leavened bread vvere debarred from the1 passeover: But leavened bread signified, scelera, vvickednesse; Ergo, vvicked men should by us be debarred from the Sacraments. 1. It is false that those that eat leavened bread vvere debarred from the passeover by Gods command: These tvvo differ much; he that eateth leavened bread shall be cut off, and he that eateth leaven shall be debarred from the feast of the passeover, even as these two; the childe that clattereth in time of Sermon, shall be whipt with rods, and the childe that clattereth in time of Sermon shall be excluded from hearing Sermon; when the Master forbiddeth to clatter in time of Sermon, under a punishment, he biddeth them not be absent from the Sermon: so when God forbiddeth to eat leaven, under a punishment, be forbiddeth not to exclude the man from the passeover, the Lord commandeth both to be done.
- 1Pag. 241.
Ans. 1. This is Erastus his Argument, not the Argument of