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A92138 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. Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661. 1646 (1646) Wing R2377; Thomason E326_1; ESTC R200646 722,457 814

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it_o from_o the_o apostle_n paul_n who_o say_v 1_o cor._n 8._o 13._o if_o meat_n offend_v my_o weak_a brother_n i_o will_v eat_v no_o flesh_n i_o will_v abstain_v total_o and_o absolute_o while_o the_o world_n stand_v this_o abstinence_n for_o the_o date_n of_o the_o world_n stand_v god_n be_v thank_v be_v long_a than_o the_o time_n to_o a_o lawful_a general_n assembly_n be_v at_o that_o time_n yet_o the_o apostle_n prove_v rom._n 14._o that_o to_o eat_v or_o not_o to_o eat_v be_v at_o that_o time_n as_o indifferent_a as_o to_o practice_v or_o not_o practice_v ceremony_n also_o who_o ever_o offend_v at_o paul_n eat_v of_o flesh_n be_v offend_v out_o of_o weakness_n v_o 7._o and_o it_o be_v in_o that_o sense_n scandal_n causeless_o take_v duplyer_n pag._n 59_o n._n 34._o the_o author_n of_o the_o popish_a english_a ceremony_n say_v that_o both_o cajetan_a aberdeen_n and_o bannes_n affirm_v that_o we_o shall_v abstain_v a_o spiritualibus_fw-la non_fw-la necessariis_fw-la from_o 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ergo_fw-la far_o more_o be_v we_o to_o abstain_v from_o practise_v of_o dead_a ceremony_n void_a of_o all_o spirit_n of_o life_n in_o the_o case_n of_o scandal_n yea_o and_o universal_o and_o total_o we_o be_v to_o abstain_v because_o the_o superior_n have_v no_o power_n to_o make_v law_n in_o materia_fw-la scandalosa_fw-la when_o that_o which_o they_o command_v be_v scandalous_a and_o in_o the_o very_a matter_n soule-murther_n duplyer_n thomas_n and_o his_o follower_n say_v bona_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la non_fw-la necessaria_fw-la 35._o sunt_fw-la dimittenda_fw-la propter_fw-la scandalum_fw-la in_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la consili●_n non_fw-la vero_fw-la sub_fw-la praecepto_fw-la we_o may_v omit_v spiritual_a duty_n for_o eschew_v scandal_n which_o fall_n under_o counsel_n but_o not_o under_o commandment_n answer_n we_o conceive_v you_o not_o to_o
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