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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.
That godly and learned Men may err as well by Diminishing from the Word, as such have done in Adding to the Word, I know nothing against it, they are but Men: But these Men who [as I judge] diminish from the Word, would not therefore Unite, and hold Communion with them in Worship, where these Additions ⟨image 4⟩were, because they were godly and learned Men. We have our Rule to look to, not Men, further than they walk according to that Rule.
That godly and learned Men may err as well by Diminishing from the Word, as such have done in Adding to the Word, I know nothing against it, they are but Men: But these Men who [as I judge] diminish from the Word, would not therefore Ʋnite, and hold Communion with them in Worship, where these Additions ⟨image 4⟩were, because they were godly and learned Men. We have our Rule to look to, not Men, further than they walk according to that Rule.
If the Reader meet with the Word Independent, I desire him not to be offended, for this Discourse between my Brother and my self, was before the Agreement of the United Brethren came forth; yet the word may be used sano sensu well enough: For I doubt not a particular Church duly organized, walking regularly, may Execute all the Power of the Keys within it self, without dependency upon any other Churches.
If the Reader meet with the Word Independent, I desire him not to be offended, for this Discourse between my Brother and my self, was before the Agreement of the Ʋnited Brethren came forth; yet the word may be used sano sensu well enough: For I doubt not a particular Church duely ••ganized, walking regularly, may Execute all the Power of the Keys within it self, without dependency upon any other Churches.