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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
§. 6. The things necessary to the sacred Ministry (Bishops or Presbyters) are I. Either to the Being, II. Or to the Well-being; III. Or to the Exercise.
§. 7. I. To the Being are Necessary, I. A true efficient cause. II. The true constitutive causes. III. A due Terminus or End.
§. 8. I. The true efficient cause here is necessary to the effect, it being the Fundamentum of the Relation. And this is, 1. Primary (or Principal) which is Jesus Christ the Lord Redeemer, and the Churches King and Head: 2. Instrumental; and that is, The Law of Christ, which is as a Charter to the Church, first telling the Choosers, and receiver what to do, and then Giving the Power and Imposing the Obligation on the person chosen, consenting and ordained.
§ 9. II. The necessary Constitutive Causes are I. Matter (or the subject.) II. The necessary Disposition of that Matter: III. The form; as in Physical beings it is so, so Relations have somewhat answerable.