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

The Apostle bids Timothy, 2 Tim 2.2. [Greek or Hebrew] Com••• the things &c. the Persons must be first [Greek or Hebrew], fit to Teach other, […] Men, before he Commits them, this is plain. But then how doth Timothy Commit the thinness to them, when he finds them such? [[Greek or Hebrew] […] Commendatur depositum •••andum, & suo tempor• red•e•••••, Ear••us. So the Sitia•k, D••suit in sidem alle•jus.] That it is an Act of Authority, Luk. 12.48. is plain. Timothy does not Commit them by Election, that is the Act of the People you tell us; he could not do it by Conferring Gifts, he had no such Power: Besides, he must see they be such before he Commits them. He did not do it by Prayer for them, any might have so Committed as well as Timothy, and Prayer is no Act of Authority; but when T•••••y Prays and Im••ses Hands to separate them to the Work of the Ministry, which Pa•• charged him not to do it suddenly, 1 Tim. 5.22. Now he Commits them: Now Separation to the Work is seen, and not before. So that when the Presbytery do [Greek or Hebrew], they do [Greek or Hebrew].

The Apostle bids Timothy, 2 Tim 2.2. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Com••• the things &c. the Persons must be first 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, fit to Teach other, 〈…〉 Men, before he Commits them, this is plain. But then how doth Terothy Commit the thines to them, when he finds them such? [〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Commendatur depositum andum, & suo tempor rede, Earus. So the Sitiak, Dsuit in sidem allejus.] That it is an Act of Authority,