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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
A Weighty Question DISCUSSED. › Question 2: Second Question.
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.
In those Virgin Churches in the Valleys of Piedmont, which were never defiled with Popery, but kept pure from the Apostles days, [where I find Ordination was with Imposition of Hands, contrary to our Men] I read in their low Condition seven Elders made a Classis; they carried on their Government by joint Councils; they had their Consistories, and 140 Pastors heretofore in a Synod.
In those Virgin Churches in the Valleys of Piedmont, which were never desiled with Popery, but kept pure from the Apostles dayes, [where I find Ordination was with Imposition of Hands, contrary to our Men] I read in their low Condition seven Elders made a Classis; they carryed on their Government by joint Councils; they had their Consistories, and 140 Pastors heretofore in a Synod.
Whence, this one Teaching Elder, or a single Pastor in a Church, is a Novel thing, different from the Apostles, and the Practices of the best Churches.
Whence, this one Teaching Elder, or a single Pastor in a Church, is a Nov•l thing, different from the Apostles, and the Practices of the best Churches.
The last time I was with Dr. Owen, discoursing, with him about Church-Government, he was saying to me, I would fain know whether the Government of the House of God be likely to be most prevalent, being carried on by one single Pastor, or by many Elders met together, and Acting in the Name of the Lord? I think the Question may be easily Answered, and in Order to it, I state the Question:
The last time I was with Dr. Owen, discoursing, with him about Church-Government, he was saying to me, I would sain know whether the Government of the House of God be likely to be most prevalent, being carryed on by one single Pastor, or by many Elders met together, and Acting in the Name of the Lord? I think the Question may be easily Answered, and in Order to it, I state the Question: