JURE DIVINO CHURCH GOVERNMENT.

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"I know also that a government and discipline in the church (the thing which I now undertake to plead for) is a very displeasing thing to those that would fain enjoy liberty, either of pernicious errors or gross profaneness."—George Gillespie, Aaron's Rod Blossoming; or, the Divine Ordinance of Church Government Vindicated. (1646).

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WORKS ON CHURCH GOVERNMENT:

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• James Melville's A Short Relation of the State of the Kirk of Scotland since the Reformation of Religion, to the present time for information, and advertisement to our Brethren in the Kirk of England.
• The Form of Presbyterial Church-Government and of Ordination of Ministers; Agreed Upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, with the Assistance of Commissioners from the Church of Scotland, as a part of the Covenanted Uniformity in Religion Betwixt the Churches of Christ in the Kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland.
• George Gillespie on That the Ministry is a Perpetual Ordinance of Christ in the Church, and that Ministers are to be Received as the Ambassadors of Christ Now as Well as in the Primitive Times.
• George Gillespie on Of the Election of Pastors with the Congregation's Consent.
• Robert Traill's Sermon on "By What Means Ministers May Best Win Souls."
• James Fraser's (of Brae) Sermon on Prelacy An Idol and Prelates Idolaters.
• John Fairley's Ordination Sermon Treasure in Earthen Vessels.
• John Anderson's Sermon Against Occasional Hearing on Proverbs 19:27.
• Alexander McLeod's Book The Ecclesiastical Catechism; Being A Series of Questions Relative to the Christian Church, Stated and Answered, With the Scripture Proofs.
• Alexander McLeod's Sermon at Gilbert McMaster's Ordination on The Constitution, Character and Duties of the Gospel Ministry.
• James M. Willson's Pamphlet on The Deacon.
• An Article from the Covenanter Magazine on Occasional Hearing.
• J.W. Shaw's Sermon on Attachment to Zion.
• John T. Pressly's Book An Inquiry into the Principles of Church Fellowship.
• John L. Girardeau's Sermon on the Discretionary Power of the Church.
• James Kerr's Lecture on The Attainments of the Church of the Second Reformation.
• James Kerr's Lecture on The Church Crisis in Scotland.

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