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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.
Ans. 1. In a Kingdom or Corporation 'tis sufficient there be a People first, of whom neither the King nor the Mayor are Causes in the least; in the Church 'tis not sufficient there be a People, but such a People, viz. Visible Saints, of whom God hath Ordained the Ministry, to be in his Hand the Instrument to make them such. So that the Ministry is first, and an Instrumental Cause to make them a People as such.
2. The Work of a Mayor is to Govern only. A Minister hath other Work, to feed with Word and Sacraments, which they may do, when called to it, where they cannot Govern, as I showed before.
2. The Work of a Mayor is to Govern only. A Minister hath other Work, to feed with Word and Sacraments, which they may do, when called to it, where they cannot Govern, as I shew'd before.
3. The Catholic visible Church, made up of particular visible Churches, is called [Greek or Hebrew], Ephes. 4.4. 1 Cor. 12.12. and we are all Members of that one Body, and the Members are bound to help one another, else 'tis contrary to the Light of Nature, 1 Cor. 12.25. But where do you read that all Corporations and Kingdoms make one Body of Christ.
3. The Catholick visible Church, made up of particular visible Churches, is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,