A peaceable and temperate plea for Pavls Presbyterie in Scotland : or, a modest and brotherly dispute of the government of the Church of Scotland, wherein, our discipline is demonstrated to be the true Apostolick way of divine truth, and the arguments on the contrary are friendly dissolved, the grounds of separation and the indepencie of particular Congregations in defence of Ecclesiaticall Presbyteries, Synods and Assemblies, are examined and tryed . y?Neceffitati quodlibet tefum utile eft ? is a jword good enough for poore necefi-fty, or then it is true, Neceflicas egentemmendacem
A peaceable and temperate plea for Pavls Presbyterie in Scotland : or, a modest and brotherly dispute of the government of the Church of Scotland, wherein, our discipline is demonstrated to be the true Apostolick way of divine truth, and the arguments on the contrary are friendly dissolved, the grounds of separation and the indepencie of particular Congregations in defence of Ecclesiaticall Presbyteries, Synods and Assemblies, are examined and tryed . y?Neceffitati quodlibet tefum utile eft ? is a jword good enough for poore necefi-fty, or then it is true, Neceflicas egentemmendacem facit : Neceffty turneth the or which J rmher thinker Nc-ciflitasquod pofcit, nifi das, eripit. If yougive not willingly to neceffity^hat it fuiteth,it muft take it by ftrong hand an J hath fairely begun to his FniverJaBtonquefl Gird thy fword upon thy thigh pf4yj^©moft mighty • and blefied/ball aS ages tocome call all thele Nobles ivbo hayejhauU den The Epiftlc Dedicatory. ders to carry one Uone to the mfing of thtWall of this Temple* and to build the Citieiicch,4*.jj. whofe name & the Lord is there. And intbiscour[e (my Lord) hvey fiourijbandgrow^and Jehovah build you* fare hoxxk^hicbis the prayer of Your Lordfhips obliged fer-vant at all refpc&ive obe-dience in Christ Samuel Rutherfurd. §f>§2f ff Sf f § f ff f f f f^c^J^i ^*c7& c|ic£i ^t|j t|5i& rjfecf* -%>tl» Ja c|l* tSl. To /itf Qhrifiian Trader. Am bold (reverend and Chri-ftian Reader,) to appeare inprint to contribute my weakejudgement for the govern-ment of the Church of Scot-land. In which fuite I have to(E4 doe with foes and former I fpeake not now,I meane Prelates, Papiftsand haters of the truth,I doubt not but I am condemned in their books ofboth errours and crimes, my hope to prevailewith fuch is fmal!5 if that be true, Damnati linguavocem habet/vim non habtt, The tongue of the con-demned hath a noife of wards, but no power toperfwade, except this
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