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Excerpt from The Plea of Presbytery in Behalf of the Ordination, Government, Discipline, and Worship of the Christian Church, as Opposed to the Unscriptural Character and Claims of Prelacy: In a Reply to the Rev. Archibald Boyd, A. M., On Episcopacy
It is to be regretted, that the nature of the following work has prevented us from exhibiting more fully the symmetry and strength of the Presbyterian polity. We believe that Presbyterianism presents the only perfect form of church government. According to the system of the English church, the chief management of ecclesiastical affairs is committed to those who are in a great measure irresponsible, for the highest functionaries are themselves under no spiritual oversight. If it be alleged that they are amenable to the crown, a gross deficiency is thus acknowledged, for it is admitted that_ the spiritual acts of the most exalted office-bearers of the church are subject to the revision and condemnation of a lay superior. The Presbyterian Church places all its members under complete control. The humblest individual in a congrega tion is not liable to be oppressed by the tyranny of the minister, for he is ac countable only to the session, or the eldership - the most distinguished pastor cannot spurn the restraints of ecclesiastical discipline, for he must bow to the decisions of his brethren of the Presbytery. Presbyterianism is the only system which carries out into full and efficient operation the spirit of the apostolical injunction, Yea, all of you be subject one to another.
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