Excerpt from Aaron's Rod Blossoming: Or, the Divine Ordinance of Church Government Vindicated Chap. II. - That the Jewish church was formally distinct from the Jewish state or commonwealth, We are content that the Erastians appeal to the Jewish government. Seven distinctions between the Jewish church and the Jewish state. Of the proselytes of righteousness, and that they were embodied into the Jewish church, not into the Jewish state. Chap. III. - That the Jews had an ecclesiastical sanhedrim and government distinct from the civil. 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.