A little stone, pretended to be out of the mountain, tried, and found to be a counterfeit, or, An examination & refutation of Mr. Lockyers lecture, preached at Edinburgh, anno 1651, concerning the mater of the visible church and afterwards printed with an appendix for popular government of single congregations : together with an examination, in two appendices, of what is said on these same purposes in a letter of some in Aberdene, who lately have departed from the communion and government of this church / by James Wood ...

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Title:	A little stone, pretended to be out of the mountain, tried, and found to be a counterfeit, or, An examination & refutation of Mr. Lockyers lecture, preached at Edinburgh, anno 1651, concerning the mater of the visible church and afterwards printed with an appendix for popular government of single congregations : together with an examination, in two appendices, of what is said on these same purposes in a letter of some in Aberdene, who lately have departed from the communion and government of this church / by James Wood ...
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, JOHN EARLE of CASSILS▪ LORD KENNEDY▪

AN ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER.

An Index of the Sections.

PART. I. Concerning the Mater of the Visible Kirk.

PART. II. Concerning Kirk Government.

AN INDEX Of the places of SCRIPTURE Vindicated or Explained.

treatise

EXAMINATION OF M^r. LOCKYERS LECTURE on ACTS 15. Vers. 3. Concerning the MATTER of the VISIBLE CHURCH.

SECTION I. Wherein is examined his Analysis and Explication of the Text, for laying a Ground to his Doctrine, concerning the Matter of the VISIBLE CHURCH.

SECTION II. Mr. Lockyers Doctrine pondered, and the State of the Con∣troversie between Us and the INDEPENDENT BRE∣THREN, touching the necessary Qualification of Members of the VISIBLE CHURCH, cleared.

SECTION III. M^r. Lockyers first Classe of Arguments, viz. Texts of SCRIPTURE, Act. 9. 26. Act. 2. 47. Heb. 3. 5, 6. brought as directly holding forth his Doctrine, answered.

SECTION IV. The Authors Texts which he calls hints and shadows of his Doctrine.

SECTION V. Examination of Mr. Lockyers proofe of his Doctrine by induction.

SECTION VI. Examination of Mr. Lockyers proofs brought under the name of reason.

SECTION VII. A short modest reply to Mr. Lockyers bitter use made of his Doctrine.

SECTION VIII. Mr. Lockyers Objections he maketh to himself, and his Answers thereto, considered.

SECTION IX. Some further Arguments confirming our Doctrine and everting the adverse opinion about the necessarie qua∣lification of Members of the Visible Church.

APPENDIX, Wherein is Examined so much of that Let∣ter Written by these of ABERDENE, who lately have separated from this Church upon the INDEPENDENT grounds, as relateth to the present Question touching the necessary qualification of Visible Church-members.

PART II. Wherein is EXAMINED M^r. LOCKIERS TWO ASSERTIONS, Concerning CHƲRCH-GOVERNMENT: And what is said for Confirmation thereof.

introduction

M^r. Lockiers APPENDIX. SECTION I.

SECTION II. Examination of Mr. Lockiers 1, 2, 3, 4. Argument.

SECTION III. Mr. Lockiers 5^th Argument prosecuted, from SECT. 6. to SECT. 11. inclusive discussed.

SECTION IV. Mr. Lockiers Argument from common Testimony, SECT. 12. considered and Answered.

SECTION. V. Mr, Lockiers Answers to some Objections made against his Assertion from some Passages of SCRIPTURE, SECT. 13, 14. Examined.

SECTION VI. M^r. Lockiers Answers to some other Objection made by way of Reason SECT. 15. 16. 17. Examined.

SECTION VII. M^r. Lockiers 2. Assertion touching Presbyteries of ma∣ny particular Congregations combined (whether Classicall or Synodicall) and their power considered, and the true state of the Controversie touching this matter between Presbyterians and Indepen∣dents layed forth.

SECTION VIII. His first Ground brought against a Presbytery, having Authoritative juridicall power over more Congregati∣ons (prosecute by him, Sect. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33.) Examined.

SECTION IX. Examination of his 2d. Medium pursued in his SECTION 34, 35, 36, 37.

SECTION Examination of Mr. Lockiers 3^d Medium, pursued in SECTION 38, and 39.

SECTION XI. Examination of Mr. Lockiers 4^th Medium, pursued from his SECTION 40, to 47.

SECTION XII. Reply to M^r. Lockiers Answers to some Objections from SECTION 47. to the end, wherein separation from not onely this Church of Scotland, but all the Protestant Presbyterian Churches, as Ido∣latrous, is driven at.

APPENDIX. Wherein is Examined what is said in the forementioned letter of the new Independents of Aber∣dene, for the Independent Congregationall and against the Presbyteriall way of Church-Government.