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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 ...
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.
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 *before him, answering Bellarmin, who made it strange, that Sheep should choose their Shepherd: Yes, saith Dr. Ames, rational Sheep may choose their Shepherd, not by Jurisdiction, but by Subjection.
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 Sabmission; thus Dr. Owen, the People Electing Sabmit themselves; and Dr. Ames *before him, answering Bellarmin, who made it strange, that Sheep should choose their Shepherd: Yes, saith Dr. Ames, rational Sheep may choose their Shepherd, not by Jurisdiction, but by Sabjection.
- *Bellar. enera. to. 2. p. 87.