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The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things…
The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacify such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacifie such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benj. Alsop, 1679
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. Yet is it not denied, but that Ministerial Authority is given by the ordainers as Ministers, Deliverers or Investers: But Authority is not the Holy Ghost so called.
3. Yet is it not denyed, but that Ministerial Authority is given by the ordainers as Ministers, Deliverers or Investers: But Authority is not the Holy Ghost so called.
4. Nor is it denied but that as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost do enter into Covenant with us as Christians in our baptism so do they with Ministers, as such, in their ordination-covenant: But such a Relation to the Holy Ghost as the Ministers future helper in his work, cannot well be supposed to be all that is meant by the words [Receive the Holy Ghost,] both Scripture and common use, taking them in another sense.
4. Nor is it denyed but that as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost do enter into Covenant with us as Christians in our baptism so do they with Ministers, as such, in their ordination-covenant: But such a Relation to the Holy Ghost as the Ministers future helper in his work, cannot well be supposed to be all that is meant by the words [Receive the Holy Ghost,] both Scripture and common use, taking them in another sense.
XXV. This Oath in the Consecration of Bishops is to be taken by every Bishop [In the name of God Amen. I. N. Chosen Bishop of the Church and See of N. do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience to the Arch Bishop, and to the Metropolitical Church of N. and to their successors, so help me God through Jesus Christ.
XXV. This Oath in the Consecration of Bishops is to be taken by every Bishop [In the name of God Amen. I. N. Chosen Bishop of the Church and See of N. do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience to the Arch Bishop, and to the Metropolitical Church of N. and to their successours, so help me God through Jesus Christ.