Excerpt from Jus Populi Divinum, or the People's Right to Elect Their Pastors: Made Evident by Scripture, Confirmed From Antiquity and Judgment of Foreign Protestant Churches and Divines Since the Reformation, as Also From Books of Discipline, Acts of General Assemblies, and Sentiments of Our Best Writers in the Church of Scotland Elderfllip may be a] to, vote firfi, and if {all ree to, the Qerfon voted for, I fee no calling mpre, or. Heritors may be ed to vote, or Magifiratesand Coun fellers in Burghs, 'and if the People agree, filall not fay there is Necefiity for their 511 frages, though {till they have as good a Right to vote as any, and if they defire a. Suffrage, [fee not how it can be refufed. It is the obtrnding Paflors upon apepple which only occafions Confufion at'moderaltions and prdrnatlons and if the People differ as to the Perfon' nominate, there is no coming-to the certain Knowledge of their Inclinations, but by callinglthem or Ma Lhcar'of fome' who fay they People's Confent as-necell'ary, but yet againfi calling them as Confenters at the Modem: tlon; 'but what Witchcraft in all the World [hall rconfent be known? There is not another certain Waymi'arriving at the Knowledge of this, but by ca them by their Names. W'hen there is rence in a Congregation as to the Potion nomi pate, t C E; vii hate, {hall rt, afterwards among themfehies to d Gland will there he lets Divifion or Confufion, that there is, not a Minifter to moderate at their Meeting or [ball 'it'be taken for granted, the People are forfthe call, if a Party be'prev'ailed up? On to come and declare they are for the Pete, fon'nominate? This, may be, and {till the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.