The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…

L. What sin can you find in Re-Ordination?

M. I must first state the Controversy before I argue it. 1. The word [Ordination] may signify either the first Dedication and Ordination to the Ministerial Office as such, by which a man is separated from the Laity to Gods Ministry: Or else, a Mission on some particular Ministerial work, as Paul and Barnabas were sent abroad, Acts 11. Or a Minister may be sent to America, &c. Or else a fixed appointment to some one particular Church or Flock, which is done here by Presentation, Institution ⟨p. 24⟩and Induction. It is neither of the two last that we speak against. They may be often done: But its only the first. 2. The word [Ordination] may signify; 1. That Moral action by which a man is made a Minister of Christ, which is, his solemn Contract with Christ, expressed by his Consent, and by the Ordainers investing action: This is it which we mean in the Controversy, which may not be done twice. 2. Or it may signify the mere words of the Ordainers and Ordained, which make up the said Moral action. We deny not but the same words repeated may make up one Moral Ordination: If the Bishop by tautology repeat them twice or thrice: Or if they should to satisfy men of divers Languages that are present, be first spoken in English, and after in French, or when some that doubted require it, should go over them again; all this is but one Ordination.

M. I must first state the Controversie before I argue it. 1. The word [Ordination] may signifie either the first Dedication and Ordination to the Ministerial Office as such, by which a man is separated from the Laity to Gods Ministry: Or else, a Mission on some particular Ministerial work, as Paul and Barnabas were sent abroad, Acts 11. Or a Minister may be sent to America, &c. Or else a fixed appointment to some one particular Church or Flock, which is done here by Presentation, Institution ⟨p. 24⟩