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The Due Right of Presbyteries

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The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the Church of Scotland ... by Samuel Rutherfurd ...

London Printed by E. Griffin, for Richard Whittaker and Andrew Crook ... 1644.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Front matter
Title page
DedicationTO The most Noble and Potent Lord Archbald Marquesse of Argile, one of His MAJESTIES honourable Privy…
To the reader
Table of contentsA Table of the Contents of this Book.
Errata
Text
Chapter 1CHAP. 1. SECT. 1. PROP. 1.
Chapter 2CHAP. 2. SECT. 2. PROP.
Chapter 3

Plea for Pauls Presbytery in Scotland

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Chapter 4
Chapter 5CHAP. 5. SECT. 5. PROP. 3. QUEST. 6.
Section 5Manuscript.
Chapter 6
Section 6Touching Officers and their election.
Chapter 7
Section 7Of Ruling Elders.
SectionA more speciall consideration of Ruling Elders, Deacons, and Widdowes. 1 Tim. 5. 17.
13 objections
SectionOf Deacons.
14 objections
Chapter 8
Section 8Of Election of Officers.
Chapter 9
Section 9Of the addition of Members to the Church.
Chapter 10
Section 10Concerning our order and form in administration of Gods publique worship.
SectionOf the communion of the visible Catholique Church.
42 objections
Section 15ACT. XV.
30 objections
SectionThe Doctrine of the Presbyteriall Churches of Jerusalem, Corinth, Ephesus, Antioch, vindicated.
8 objections
Chapter 4
Section 5Why we doe not admit the Members of the Churches of Old England to the Seales of the Covenant.
Chapter 4
Section 6The way of the Churches of Christ in New England.
Chapter 5CHAP. 5. SECT. 1. and 2.
Section 1,2T…hing the dispensation of the censures of the Church.
Chapter 5
Section 3The way of Church judging in New England.
Chapter 6
Section 1Of communion of sister Churches amongst themselves.
Chapter 6
Section 5Three other wayes of communion of sister Churches.
Appendix
2 objections
Chapter 7
Section 1Of the way of Reformation of the Congregations of England.
Section 2Sect. 2. Certaine propositions tending to Reformation.

Author: Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661)
Imprint: London Printed by E. Griffin, for Richard Whittaker and Andrew Crook ... 1644.
Extent: [24], 468 [i.e. 768] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: Wing R2378 · ESTC R12822
Source: TCP A57969
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)