The Eldership of the Church of Scotland : the Divine Authority of the Office, the Duties And Qualifications, Popular Mode of Appointment, Historical And Practical Views, Comprising Also a Rare Tract By Guthrie the Martyr, Etc.
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However, it was done tumultuously, not judicially; and tumults 48 ELDERSHIP. the first martyr. We read, too, of the rulers of tlie Synagogue, who were obviously neither priests nor Levites, and much less civil magistrates. Indeed the distinction between the elders of the people and the civil magistrate is apparent from many passages of Scripture, and has been demonstrated by Samuel Rutherford of the Church of Scotland, and by bishop Stillingfleet of the Church of England,^ beyond the possibilit...y of cavil. The most learned writers on Jew- ish antiquities, following Jewish authorities, too, how- ever much they may differ on other points, whether Episcopalians or Presbyterians, have established that under the Jewish church there was a court of three elders in every synagogue, which took charge of the whole of its ecclesiastical inspection, government, and discipline, receiving and rejecting members, &c. &c. No fact is more certain or universally acknowledged in Jewish history. It is of no consequence to the argu- ment whether all these elders did, or did not teach — they all ruled.
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