Selected quad for the lemma: power_n
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A01039
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An ansvvere to M. I. Forbes of Corse, his peaceable warning
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Calderwood, David, 1575-1650.
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STC 11143; ESTC S102458
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thâ—ir_n authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n the_o assembly_n of_o minister_n and_o gentleman_n call_v by_o you_o a_o popular_a confusion_n be_v call_v in_o the_o scripture_n by_o christ_n himself_o the_o kirk_n and_o by_o the_o apostle_n paul_n presbytery_n or_o eldership_n elder_n that_o labour_v not_o in_o the_o word_n but_o censure_v manner_n be_v call_v ruler_n and_o governor_n to_o which_o office_n gentleman_n and_o other_o qualify_a person_n who_o be_v not_o minister_n may_v be_v caâ—led_v this_o presbytery_n convene_v in_o the_o name_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n have_v a_o spiritual_a power_n proceed_v immediate_o of_o god_n and_o neither_o of_o angel_n or_o man_n to_o rule_v his_o kirk_n to_o reason_n the_o liberate_a and_o conclude_v in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a who_o conclusion_n resolution_n and_o deliberation_n be_v of_o such_o sort_n that_o what_o they_o bind_v or_o loose_v on_o earth_n according_a to_o god_n word_n be_v bind_v or_o loose_v likewise_o in_o the_o heaven_n and_o whosoever_o contemn_v the_o authority_n thereof_o shall_v be_v esteem_v among_o the_o child_n of_o god_n as_o a_o ethnic_a or_o publican_n the_o author_n of_o a_o learned_a dialogue_n write_v likewise_o in_o these_o time_n report_v that_o the_o same_o usurp_a prelate_n have_v approve_v this_o order_n by_o his_o own_o hand_n write_v he_o protest_v himself_o before_o god_n afterward_o when_o he_o make_v his_o recantation_n that_o he_o be_v command_v by_o the_o chancellor_n and_o secretary_n for_o the_o time_n to_o set_v forth_o the_o declaration_n and_o promise_v if_o god_n spare_v his_o life_n to_o write_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o form_n and_o order_n of_o the_o presbytery_n establish_v in_o the_o assembly_n hold_v in_o may_n 1586_o we_o have_v these_o conclusion_n 1._o it_o be_v find_v that_o all_o such_o as_o the_o scripture_n appoint_v governor_n of_o the_o church_fw-mi to_o wit_n pastor_n doctor_n &_o elder_n may_v convene_v to_o the_o general_a assembly_n and_o vote_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n &_o all_o other_o that_o have_v any_o suit_n or_o other_o thing_n to_o propone_v to_o the_o assembly_n may_v be_v there_o present_a to_o give_v in_o their_o suit_n propone_fw-la thing_n profitable_a for_o the_o church_fw-mi und_fw-ge hear_v reason_v but_o shall_v not_o vote_n 2._o there_o be_v four_o ordinary_a office_n bearer_n set_v down_o to_o we_o by_o the_o scripture_n to_o wit_n postor_n doctor_n eider_n and_o deacons_n and_o that_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v take_v as_o it_o have_v be_v in_o time_n of_o papistry_n but_o be_v common_a to_o all_o pastor_n and_o minister_n in_o the_o assembly_n hold_v in_o august_n 1590._o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o all_o that_o do_v then_o bear_v or_o be_v hereafter_o to_o bear_v office_n in_o the_o ministry_n subscribe_v the_o head_n of_o discipline_n set_v down_o in_o the_o book_n of_o policy_n under_o the_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n special_o to_o the_o head_n controvert_v 2nd_o oppose_v by_o the_o adversary_n to_o our_o discipline_n and_o consequent_o to_o the_o constitution_n of_o presbytery_n consist_v of_o minister_n and_o rule_v elder_n i_o wonder_v that_o any_o shall_v doubt_v of_o the_o meaning_n and_o practice_n of_o our_o kirk_n see_v they_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o elder_n have_v place_n in_o session_n or_o eldership_n of_o particular_a kirk_n &_o in_o general_a assembly_n the_o low_a and_o the_o high_a judicatory_n but_o that_o that_o they_o shall_v likewise_o have_v place_n in_o presbitery_n and_o provincial_a synod_n see_v presbytery_n be_v make_v up_o by_o the_o particular_a eldership_n and_o provincial_a synod_n by_o presbytery_n one_o minister_n may_v govern_v like_o a_o pope_n his_o parish_n without_o elder_n if_o fifteen_o or_o sixteen_o minister_n may_v govern_v fifteen_o or_o sixteen_o parish_n without_o they_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_fw-mi and_o matter_n of_o religion_n be_v a_o common_a cause_n which_o minister_n ought_v not_o to_o engross_v to_o themselves_o our_o elder_n have_v not_o sit_v in_o prebytery_n these_o many_o year_n not_o by_o law_n annul_v or_o abrogate_a the_o former_a constitution_n but_o partly_o through_o their_o own_o negligence_n partly_o through_o the_o pride_n or_o ill_a conscience_n of_o some_o minister_n in_o some_o part_n so_o that_o be_v fare_v with_o we_o as_o with_o the_o church_fw-mi of_o old_a of_o which_o ambrose_n complain_v write_v on_o 1_o tim._n 5._o vnde_fw-la &_o synagoga_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la seniores_fw-la habuit_fw-la quorum_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la nihil_fw-la agebatur_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la quod_fw-la qua_fw-la negligentia_fw-la obsoleverit_fw-la nescio_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr doctorum_fw-la desidia_fw-la ant_n magis_fw-la superbia_fw-la dum_fw-la soli_fw-la volunt_fw-la aliquid_fw-la videri_fw-la finis_fw-la icr._n 3.11_o contra_fw-la faust._n l._n 13_o c._n 15._o polan_n sin_v lib._n cap._n 25_o de_fw-fr jeiunio_fw-la c._n 4._o