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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 ...
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Answ. The immediate Command was in the separating Paul and Barnabas to the Work of their Apostleship. The Command was not to Teach them how they should separate; the Lord saith only, Separate, &c. they knew how they should separate before. The Synod of New-England and Dr. Owen were much mistaken, who quote this Text for Ordination by Imposition of Hands: But to this Text I have spoken before.
Answ. The immediate Command was in the separating Paul and Barnabas to the Work of their Apostleship. The Command was not to Teach them how they should separate; the Lord saith only, Separate, &c. they knew how they should separate before. The Synod of New-England and Dr. Owen were much mistaken, who quote this Text for Ordination by Impostion of Hands: But to this Text I have spoken before.
As to what you say, That Gifts were then Conferred with the Imposition of Hands.
As to what you say, That Gifts were then Conserred with the Imposition of Hands.
Answ. The end when the Lord first Commanded it, was not to Confer Gi•ts, but to separate, Numb. 8.10, 14. so Acts 13.3. Separate we Paul, &c.
Answ. The end when the Lord first Commanded it, was not to Conferr Gi•ts, but to separate, Numb. 8.10, 14. so