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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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3. A Man whom God hath qualified, may be Ordained to the Work of the Ministry, tho' there he no People to Elect him: As if one having gotten the Language of some Heathens, he may go and Preach among them, and if God bless his Ministry he may Baptize them, if there be lent one or two at one time, as Philip did the Eunuch, and as the Apostles Paul and Barnabas, who were Ordained before they were sent forth to the Gentiles, [of which we see no need, as I said before, they carrying their Credentials with them, the Power of Miracles] but that Man cannot Baptize unless he be Ordained, he is not in Authority before he be Ordained.
3. A Man whom God hath qualified, may be Ordained to the Work of the Ministry, tho' there he no People to Elect him: As if one having gotten the Language of some Heathens, he may go and Preach among them, and if God bless his Ministry he may Baptize them, if there be lent one or two at one time, as Philip did the Eunuch, and as the Aposles Paul and Bounabas, who were Ordained before they were sent sorth to the Gentiles, [of which we see no need, as I said before, they carrying their Credentials with them, the Power of Miracles] but that Man cannot Baptize unless he be Ordained, he is not in Authority before he be Ordained.
So that true Qualification and Fitness for the Ministry, and Authoritative Separation to the Ministry makes A Minister: Election of the People makes him their Minister.
So that true Qualisication and Fitness for the Ministry, and Authoritative Separation to the Ministry makes A Minister: Election of the People makes him their Minister.
4. Tho' I deny Election to give the Essence, yet suppose Election to be an Ingredient into it; where two things meet together to the Constitution of an Officer, Subjection and Authority, certainly Authority gives the Essence more than Submission; thus Dr. Owen, the People Electing Submit themselves; and Dr. Ames