A41335:171
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.
You tell me, Ministers are not set over the whole Church, their Power may be refused in other Congregations.
Answ. But they do not refuse their Power, when they Call for it, and desire to help them in their want. I limit the Power of Elders to other Churches, to the Call of those Churches, being in want. They are not therefore set over the whole Church.
When you with the two other Ministers [they go for such] did separate that illiterate Person to the Work of the Ministry, did you Act as Officers or as private Brethren? If you acted as private Brethren, then I am sure he is no Minister; the Brethren of the same Society had more right than you. If you acted as Officers, then it seems you could not put forth Official Power in another Church. To separate to an Office, is an Act of Authority. Whom we may appoint, [not the People] Act. 6.3.
When you with the two other Ministers [they go for such] did separate that illiterate Person to the Work of the Ministry, did you Act as Officers or as private Brethren? If you acted as private Brethren, then I am sure he is no Minister; the Brethren of the same Society had more right than you. If you acted as Officers, then it seems you could not put forth Official Power in another Church. To separate to an Office, is an Act of Authority. Whom we may appaint, [not the People] Act. 6.3.