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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Lastly, There is the confirming them in the Office, by laying on of hands with fasting and prayer. This is the constant example of all that were set apart to the Ministerial Office, that we read of in the Scripture, Act. 14.23. and therefore who may presume to do otherwise, when not one instance can be given to the contrary? I do not here dispute in whom this constituting or ordaining ⟨p. 498⟩power is seated, it's enough that we see it always done by those that were Officers in the Church.
Lastly, There is the confirming them in the Office, by laying on of hands with fasting and prayer. This is the constant example of all that were set apart to the Ministerial Office, that we reade of in the Scripture, Act. 14.23. and therefore who may presume to do otherwise, when not one instance can be given to the contrary? I do not here dispute in whom this constituting or ordaining ⟨p. 498⟩power is seated, it's enough that we see it alwayes done by those that were Officers in the Church.