magistratical

They differ in their formal cause, as doth clearly appear by their way or manner of acting: magistratical power takes cognizance of crimes, and passes sentence thereupon according to statutes and laws made by man: ecclesiastical power takes cognizance of, and passes judgment upon crimes according to the word of God, the Holy Scriptures.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

How often, alas! have the assemblies been prorogued, raised, and dissolved, by magistratical authority, and sometimes without nomination of another diet?

Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery

In respect of the matter or object about which they are exercised, they much differ: for, the magistratical power is exercised politically, about persons and things without the Church, as well as within the church; but the ecclesiastical power is exercised only upon them that are within the Church, 1 Cor.v. 13.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

Were not that to make the magistratical power both really the same with itself, and yet really and essentially different from itself?

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

The magistratical power in some cases of treason, &c., banishes or otherwise punishes even penitent persons: ecclesiastical power punishes no penitent persons.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

No power essentially, specifically, and really differing from magistratical power, was ever given by Christ to the magistrate as a magistrate.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

But all proper ecclesiastical power essentially, specifically, and really differs from the magistratical power.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

The magistratical power levels at the temporal, corporal, external, political peace, tranquillity, order, and good of human society, and of all persons within his jurisdiction, &c.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

The magistratical power punishes not all sorts of scandal, but some: the ecclesiastical power punishes (if rightly managed) all sorts of scandal.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

The magistratical power really, specifically, and essentially differs from the ecclesiastical power; therefore the civil magistrate, as a magistrate, cannot be the proper subject of this ecclesiastical power.

The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London