A41335:157
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.
What your judgment is as to this distinction, 1I cannot tell. But I am of Dr. Owens mind: If I did not think my self bo•nd, saith he, to Preach as a Minister, and as a Minister Authorized in all places, and on all occasions, whe• I am called thereunto, I think I should never preach much more in this world.
- 1Lib. 2. p. 101.
Fifthly, If that Text will warrant me to preach in another Church, it will warrant me to Baptize in another Church, if there be need, and I am called to it. They are joined together; and if I may put forth two Acts of Authority, I may also put forth a third: If there wants a Pastor, and I am called to join with others to separate him to his Office, we will do it according to the Word, with Fasting, Prayer, and Imposition of Hands, ⟨p. 15⟩without which 'tis not Ordination: We do not give him the Definition.
Fisthly, If that Text will warrant me to preach in another Church, it will warrant me to Baptize in another Church, if there be need, and I am called to it. They are joined together; and if I may put forth two Acts of Authority, I may also put forth a third: If there wants a Pastor, and I am called to join with others to separate him to his Office, we will do it according to the Word, with Fasting, Prayer, and Imposition of Hands, ⟨p. 15⟩without which 'tis not Ordination: We do not give him the Deficition.