A41335:211
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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6. The Peoples Election gives the Essence to a Minister: What, without his Acceptation? No sure. If ten Churches choose a Man, he may refuse them every one, he may have Reasons for it; Where then is the Essence their Election gives? my Acceptation is every whit as essential to my being a Minister, as their ⟨p. 21⟩Election; why then is the Causality given to their Election? To be a Minister to them, that they may demand of me, and I be bound to administer all Ordinances to them, by way of Office, I grant here their Election and my Acceptation are essential: But to be A Minister, hath other Causes, where Popular Election hath no Causality.
6. The Peoples Election gives the Essence to a Minister: What, without his Ac••ptation? No sure. If ten Churches choose a Man, he may resuse them every one, he may have Reasons for it; Where then is the Essence their Election gives? my Acceptation is every whit as essential to my being a Minister, as their ⟨p. 21⟩Election; why then is the Causality given to their Election? To be a Minister to them, that they may demand of me, and I be bound to administer all Ordinances to them, by way of Office, I grant here their Election and my Acceptation are essential: But to be A Minister, hath other Causes, where Popular Election hath no Cansality.
That a People must subject themselves to a Minister, and perform all the Duties the Word of Go I require to a Minister, and yet not choose him, is Tyranny fit for Rome, not for the Church of Christ.
That a People must subject themselves to a Minister, and persorm all the Duties the Word of Go I require to a Minister, and yet not choose him, is Tyranny fit for Rome, not for the Church of Christ.