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Publication
Covenant Foundaion, 2018. Printed by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2018), 162 pages
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160 p.; 23 cm
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CONTENTS:
Part I : Of the Nature of a Jus Divinum, or a Divine Right : and how many ways a thing may be Jure Divino, or of Divine Right.
Chapter 1 — The there is a Government in the church of Divine Right now under the New Testament.
Chapter 2 — Of the Nature of a Jus Divinum or a Divine Right in General.
Chapter 3 — Of the nature of Jus divinum, a divine Right in particular. How many ways a thing may be of divine right. And first, of a divine right by true light of Nature.
Chapter 4 — Of a divine Right by obligatory Scripture-Examples.
Chapter 5 — Of a divine Right, a divine Right by Divine Approbation.
Chapter 6 — Of a jus divinum, a divine Right, by divine Acts.
Chapter 7 — Of a jus divinum, a divine Right, by divine Precepts.
Part II : Of the Nature of that Church-Government, which is jure divino, of Divine Right according to Scripture.
Chapter 1 — The Description of Church-Government.
Chapter 2 — Of the Subject described, viz. Church-government, the terms being briefly opened.
Chapter 3 — Of the Genus or general nature of Church government viz. Power or Authority.
Chapter 4 — Of the Special difference of Church government from other governments. And first, of the special Rule of Church government, viz. the Holy Scriptures.
Chapter 5 — Of the proper Author or Fountain, whence Church government and the authority thereof is derived jure divino, viz. Jesus Christ our Mediator.
Chapter 6 — Of the Species, Special kind, or peculiar nature of this Power and Authority.
Chapter 7 — Of the various Parts, or Acts of this Power of Church-Government, wherein it puts forth itself in the Church.
Chapter 8 — Of the End and Scope of this Government of the Church.
Chapter 9 — Of the Proper Receptacle and distinct Subject of all this power and authority of Church-Government, which Christ has peculiarly intrusted with the execution thereof, according to the Scriptures. And 1. Negatively, That the Political Magistrate is not the Proper Subject of this Power.
Chapter 10 — That the Community of the faithful, or the Body of the people, are not the Immediate Receptacle or Subject of the power of Church-government.
Chapter 11 — Of the proper Receptacle, or immediate Subject of the Power of Church-government : Affirmatively, what it is : viz/ Christ's own officers.
Chapter 12 — Of the Divine Right of Parochial Presbyteries or Congregational Elderships, for the government of the Church.
Chapter 13 — Of the Divine Right of greater Presbyteries (for distinction sake called Classical Presbyteries) for the Government of the Church.
Chapter 14 — Of the Divine Right of Synods, or Synodal Assemblies.
Chapter 15 — Of the subordination of particular Churches to greater Assemblies, for their authoritative judging and determining of Causes Ecclesiastical, and the Divine Right thereof.
Part I : Of the Nature of a Jus Divinum, or a Divine Right : and how many ways a thing may be Jure Divino, or of Divine Right.
Chapter 1 — The there is a Government in the church of Divine Right now under the New Testament.
Chapter 2 — Of the Nature of a Jus Divinum or a Divine Right in General.
Chapter 3 — Of the nature of Jus divinum, a divine Right in particular. How many ways a thing may be of divine right. And first, of a divine right by true light of Nature.
Chapter 4 — Of a divine Right by obligatory Scripture-Examples.
Chapter 5 — Of a divine Right, a divine Right by Divine Approbation.
Chapter 6 — Of a jus divinum, a divine Right, by divine Acts.
Chapter 7 — Of a jus divinum, a divine Right, by divine Precepts.
Part II : Of the Nature of that Church-Government, which is jure divino, of Divine Right according to Scripture.
Chapter 1 — The Description of Church-Government.
Chapter 2 — Of the Subject described, viz. Church-government, the terms being briefly opened.
Chapter 3 — Of the Genus or general nature of Church government viz. Power or Authority.
Chapter 4 — Of the Special difference of Church government from other governments. And first, of the special Rule of Church government, viz. the Holy Scriptures.
Chapter 5 — Of the proper Author or Fountain, whence Church government and the authority thereof is derived jure divino, viz. Jesus Christ our Mediator.
Chapter 6 — Of the Species, Special kind, or peculiar nature of this Power and Authority.
Chapter 7 — Of the various Parts, or Acts of this Power of Church-Government, wherein it puts forth itself in the Church.
Chapter 8 — Of the End and Scope of this Government of the Church.
Chapter 9 — Of the Proper Receptacle and distinct Subject of all this power and authority of Church-Government, which Christ has peculiarly intrusted with the execution thereof, according to the Scriptures. And 1. Negatively, That the Political Magistrate is not the Proper Subject of this Power.
Chapter 10 — That the Community of the faithful, or the Body of the people, are not the Immediate Receptacle or Subject of the power of Church-government.
Chapter 11 — Of the proper Receptacle, or immediate Subject of the Power of Church-government : Affirmatively, what it is : viz/ Christ's own officers.
Chapter 12 — Of the Divine Right of Parochial Presbyteries or Congregational Elderships, for the government of the Church.
Chapter 13 — Of the Divine Right of greater Presbyteries (for distinction sake called Classical Presbyteries) for the Government of the Church.
Chapter 14 — Of the Divine Right of Synods, or Synodal Assemblies.
Chapter 15 — Of the subordination of particular Churches to greater Assemblies, for their authoritative judging and determining of Causes Ecclesiastical, and the Divine Right thereof.