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Weighty questions discussed I. Whether imposition of hands in separating a person to the…
Weighty questions discussed I. Whether imposition of hands in separating a person to the work of the ministry be necessary?, II. Whether it be essential to the right constitution of a particular church, that the teaching elders and the members meet always in one place? : whereunto is added a prediction of Mr. Daniel Rogers, minister in Essex, long before the beheading King Charles I and Arch-Bishop Laud, foretelling that they should not dye a natural death / by Giles Firmin ...Weighty questions discussed I. Whether imposition of hands in separating a person to the work of the ministry be necessry?, II. Whether it be essential to the right constitution of a particular church, that the teaching elders and the members meet alwayes in one place? : whereunto is added a prediction of Mr. Daniel Rogers, minister in Essex, long before the beheading King Charles I and Arch-Bishop Laud, foretelling that they should not dye a natural death / by Giles Firmin ...
London : Printed for the author, 1692
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.
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2dly. Ordination is an Act of Authority, but Prayer and Fasting are no Acts of Authority. These are the Duties belonging to all Christians. I would desire no more Blessings than many good Women can pray for. Therefore Prayer and Fasting do not make Ordination.
The Major only remains to be proved, Acts 6.3, 6. [Greek or Hebrew], whom we may appoint, &c. Tho' the Persons were qualified, tho' elected by the Church, yet they were not in that Order of Deacons, till the Apostles put them into it Authoritatively, Imposing their Hands upon, them. And this is common with all Presbyters, Tit. 1.5. [Greek or Hebrew]. The same word we had before. This word I find several times in the New Testament, belonging to a Person in Authority, giving Authority to others, as Acts 7.10. and 27, and 35. Matth. 24.45.47. Matth. •5.21.25, &c.
The Major only remains to be proved, Acts 6.3, 6. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, whom we may appoint, &c. Tho' the Persons were qualifyed, tho' elected by the Church, yet they were not in that Order of Deacons, till the Apostles put them into it Authoritatively, Imposing their Hands upon, them. And this is common with all Presbyters,