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A57981 A survey of the Survey of that summe of church-discipline penned by Mr. Thomas Hooker ... wherein the way of the churches of N. England is now re-examined ... / by Samuel Rutherfurd ... Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661. 1658 (1658) Wing R2395; ESTC R19199 491,661 530

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judgement_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 15._o 9_o &_o 21._o 25._o rebuke_n perverter_n of_o soul_n act._n 24._o 28._o and_o lay_v on_o burden_n and_o command_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o observe_v act._n 21._o 25._o and_o keep_v such_o thing_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o abstain_v from_o such_o thing_n act._n 15._o 29._o and_o give_v decree_n by_o which_o the_o church_n be_v establish_v in_o peace_n and_o truth_n act._n 16._o 4_o 5._o these_o have_v power_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o refuser_n of_o such_o act_n according_a to_o matth._n 18._o for_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n be_v scandalize_v and_o complain_v to_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n act._n 1._o who_o send_v they_o to_o complain_v to_o a_o synod_n at_o jerusalem_n act._n 15._o 2_o 3_o 6._o and_o these_o who_o in_o a_o churchway_n determine_v
his_o power_n and_o prove_v it_o afterward_o because_o arg._n 4._o pag_n 58._o he_o can_v otherwise_o maintain_v the_o peace_n of_o his_o subject_n arg._n 5._o he_o can_v give_v they_o protection_n without_o this_o pag._n 59_o but_o the_o heathen_a magistrate_n as_o a_o magistrate_n be_v to_o procure_v peace_n and_o protection_n to_o his_o subject_n rom._n 13._o 1_o 2_o 3._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 1_o 2._o so_o must_v the_o apostle_n who_o give_v to_o caesar_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v caesar_n have_v lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o gospel_n upon_o a_o rebellious_a usurp_a of_o that_o which_o be_v peculiar_a say_v mr._n h._n to_o the_o civil_a power_n and_o place_n 2._o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n ephesus_n rome_n etc._n etc._n must_v have_v convene_v to_o divine_a worship_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 17_o 18_o etc._n etc._n without_o warrant_n for_o paul_n rebuke_n they_o for_o go_v to_o law_n before_o heathen_a judge_n 1_o cor._n 6._o mr._n h._n they_o may_v as_o christian_n maintain_v 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the_o wicked_a servant_n or_o the_o murder_a father_n and_o the_o oppress_a master_n yea_o the_o more_o secret_a that_o wicked_a act_n be_v a_o godly_a magistrate_n do_v the_o more_o resemble_v god_n who_o can_v say_v as_o job_n chap._n 29._o 16._o i_o be_v a_o father_n to_o the_o poor_a and_o the_o cause_n that_o i_o know_v not_o i_o search_v out_o nor_o do_v man_n except_o extreme_o flagitious_a commit_v villainy_n robbery_n murder_n parricide_n adultery_n but_o in_o private_a and_o it_o appertain_v to_o the_o ruler_n the_o more_o to_o search_v they_o out_o the_o more_o private_o that_o they_o be_v act_v but_o if_o mr._n h._n mean_v that_o private_a act_n of_o citizen_n of_o member_n of_o family_n of_o christian_n that_o be_v good_a and_o indifferent_a do_v not_o appertain_v to_o the_o magistrate_n who_o be_v a_o adversary_n to_o he_o in_o this_o though_o all_o good_a action_n do_v in_o private_a or_o public_a deserve_v praise_n reward_n and_o protection_n from_o the_o magistrate_n 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infant-baptism_n act_v 2._o 38._o but_o only_a the_o invisible_a church_n have_v right_a to_o the_o covenant_n ans._n peter_n act_v 2._o speak_v of_o person_n external_o within_o the_o covenant_n who_o by_o profession_n engage_v themselves_o to_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o god_n though_o they_o have_v not_o for_o the_o present_a the_o sound_a work_n of_o faith_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o it_o may_v be_v shall_v never_o have_v it_o now_o that_o the_o visible_a and_o intelligible_a be_v in_o covenant_n must_v be_v understand_v act_n 2._o be_v clear_a else_o the_o counsel_n of_o peter_n to_o be_v baptize_v have_v be_v null_n for_o invisible_a christian_n only_o have_v right_a to_o the_o seal_n they_o may_v reply_v but_o whether_o we_o be_v such_o we_o for_o the_o present_n do_v not_o know_v and_o it_o be_v certain_a and_o you_o can_v neither_o see_v nor_o know_v the_o invisible_a work_n of_o grace_n it_o be_v believe_v by_o faith_n not_o know_v ans._n a_o error_n in_o the_o first_o 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