Weighty questions discussed I. Whether imposition of hands in separating a person to the…

5. Paul then needed not to have given that Caution to Timothy, 2 Tim. 2.2. that they be [Greek or Hebrew], to whom he Committed the Gospel-Doctrine; for Timothy by the Imposing Hands might Confer Gifts, and make them able, or fit Men for the Work.

5. Paul then needed not to have given that Caution to Timothy, 2 Tim. 2.2. that they be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, to whom he Committed the Gospel-Doctrine; for Timothy by the Imposing Hands might Conferr Gifts, and make them able, or fit Men for the Work.

6. As to what you gather from 1 Tim. 4.14. for your Proof, that Text you know admits of Controversy: As whether Timothy was not first Ordained a Presbyter, and afterwards an Evangelist? Whether Paul's Imposition and the Presbyters were both at the same time? &c. but this is certain, laying the 1 Tim. 1.18. and 2 Tim. 1.6. together with this Text, there was something extraordinary as to Timothy's Gifts, in which the Presbyteries Imposition had no share; the Propositions differ, it is [Greek or Hebrew], by the putting on of my Hands; ¹but 'tis [Greek or Hebrew], with the latin o• of the Hands of to• Presbytery, after Prophecy. So that when Paul and the Presbytery did both impose Hands, the Gift was conveyed as Paul saith, by my Hands. But as to ••s Office to a Potestative, Authoritative Mission, the Imposition of the Hands of the Presbytery did concur with Pa 's.