To the right reverend, the ministers of the Kirk of Scotland, of the Presbyterian perswasion the following defence, of the rights and liberties of the church ... / by Robert Park.
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To the right reverend, the ministers of the Kirk of Scotland, of the Presbyterian perswasion the following defence, of the rights and liberties of the church ... / by Robert Park.
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Park, Robert, d. 1689?
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[Edinburgh :: s.n.,
1698?]
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Church of Scotland -- Doctrines.
Presbyterian Church.
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"To the right reverend, the ministers of the Kirk of Scotland, of the Presbyterian perswasion the following defence, of the rights and liberties of the church ... / by Robert Park." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A55985.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 26, 2024.
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The CONTENTS.
Sect. I. Of the Original of Patronage Pag. 1
Sect. II. A general View of the Rights of Patronage. 17.
Sect. III. The Opinion of our Reformers, &c. concerning Patronage. 26.
Sect. IV. The Ground and Argument for Pa∣tronage, from a Reservation by the first Founders examined. 31.
Sect. V. A farther examination, of this Re∣servation, from its own nature, and from the Nature of Pious and Charitable Deeds. 38.
Sect. VI. The Reservation pretended, can be no ground, for the Jus utile of Patron∣age. 53.
Sect. VII. The denyal of It, can be no discou∣ragement in gratifying of the Church: something obiter, of the Dilapidation of the Churches Patrimony. 56.
Sect. VIII. The ground of Patronage, from a grant or Concession of the Church, ex∣amined. 63.
Sect. IX. Afarther examination of this pre∣tended Concession. 69
Sect. X. Another ground for the Foundation of Patronage, from the necessity, of a Jus Onerosum, examined. 73.
Sect. XI. Patronage is no Institution of Di∣vine Appointment, but a mannifest Usurpation. 81.
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Sect. XII. The power of Patronage, is destru∣ctive of the Institutions of Christ, for the Election of the Pastors of his Church. 97.
Sect. XIII. The power of Patronage, is against the Freedom and Interest of Common So∣ciety. 113.
Sect. XIV. The power of Patronage, hath been grosly Abused, & Scandalously offensive, without any Necessity or use. 120.
Sect. XV. Patronage is a Symbolizing with Idolaters, and against the Doctrine and Discipline of this Church. 142.
Sect. XVI A pretence that the Patron med∣dles with nothing of Election, or what is properly Ecclesiastical. 146.
Sect. XVII. Another pretence, that the Church may reject the Person presented in case of insufficiency. 157.
Sect. XVIII. Another pretence, from the distinction of Laick and Ecclesiastick Pa∣tronages. 162.
Sect. XIX. Apretence, from the Failings and Mistakes of Church Judicatories. &c. 167.
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