...to take order for the preservation of purity, peace, and unity in the Church, yet " The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate" (ch. xxx. sec. 1); which government is ministerial,...

...from The Confession of Faith of "the Establishment" of Scotland, chap, xxx.: — " The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church Officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. To these officers the keys of the Kingdom are...

...the terrors of a premuniref in the general terms of the following proposition : — " The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church officers distinct from the civil magistrate." The conduct of the house of commons at this period...

...Confession, therefore, expressing the common sentiment of Presbyterians, says : — " The Lord Jesus Christ, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hands of church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate." The doctrine that all civil power vests...

...that there is no other head of the church but the Lord Jesus Christ," (chap. 25, § 6), and that He, as King and Head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. To these officers the keys of the kingdom are...

...is most carefully guarded in the leading proposition of chapter xxx. : — " THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AS KING AND HEAD OF HIS CHURCH, HATH THEREIN APPOINTED A GOVERNMENT IN THE HANDS OP CHURCH OFFICERS, DISTINCT FROM THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE." The leading Erastians of that period,...

...hierarchy." 6. Because the presbyterian church government may be independent of the state. The Lord Jesus is king and head of his church ; hath therein appointed a government in the hands of church officers distinct from the civil magistrate. As magistrates may lawfully call a synod...

...maintain its argument 1 We think not. For though it is stated in the Confession that ' the Lord Jesus as King and Head of his Church hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church officers distinct from the civil magistrate,' yet this provision must be taken m connexion with...

...Confession of Faith has given no doubtful verdict upon this question. It says, — " The Lord Jesus Christ, as King and Head of His Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers distinct from the civil magistrate." There can be no doubt that this declaration applies...

...and was intended to be, an explicit exclusion of all Erastianism, — namely, that " the Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate/'- — it proceeds thus : " To these officers the...