50. (Book 50)
Unto the externall things of the Church belongeth▪ not onely the correction of Hereticlis and other troublers of the
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
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- A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
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- Gillespie, George, 1613-1648.
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- MDCXLVII. [1647]
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- Church of Scotland -- Clergy -- Early works to 1800.
- Ordination -- Church of Scotland -- Early works to 1800.
- Liberty of conscience -- Early works to 1800.
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Church, but also that civill order and way of convocating and calling together Synods which is proper to the Magi∣strate; for the Magistrate ought by his authority and power both to establish the Rights and Liberties of Synods assem∣bling together, at times appointed by the known and recei∣ved Law, and to indict and gather together Synods occasio∣nally, as often as the necessity of the Church shall require the same; Not that all or any power to consult or determine of Ecclesiastick or spirituall matters doth flow or spring from the Magistrate as Head of the Church under Christ; but because in those things pertaining to the outward man, the Church needeth the Magistrates aid and support.