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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.
§. 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.
§. 10. I. The Subject or Matter is A Man: II. The necessary Disposition is, 1. That it be a Male and not a Woman. 2. That he have the use of Reason, or natural wit and speech. 3. That he be a Christian. 4. That he have necessary abilities for the essentials of the office-work. And those are; 1. The understanding at least of the Essentials of Religion and Ministry. 2. A Will to perform the work of the Ministry. 3. Ability of utterance to do it, and all the necessary executive power.