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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
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I was much troubled at these words. A few days after I met with two of his intimate Acquaintance, excellent Christians, and told them I was much ⟨image 5⟩troubled at what I heard Mr. Rogers speak concerning the King; they asked me what he said! 1I told them; they Answered me, That might very well be, for before the Wars began, while the Kingdom was in Peace, he told us, If this King Charles and this Prelate Laud dye the ordinary death of Men, then God never spake by me. [Bishop Laud's Head was off before I came into England.] I asked them if he spake of any more? they said, No, only those two. I thought tho' he were a very heavenly Man, and one much with God in Prayer, yet I did not take him to be immediately inspired by God, as the Prophets were, and so the Thoughts went off.
I was much troubled at these words. A few dayes after I met with two of his intimate Acquaintance, excellent Christians, and told them I was much ⟨image 5⟩troubled at what I heard Mr. Rogers speak concerning the King; they asked me what he said! 1I told them; they Answered me, That might very well be, for before the Wars began, while the Kingdom was in Peace, he told us, If this King Charles and this Prelate Laud dye the ordinary death of Men, then God never spake by me. [Bishop Laud's Head was off before I came into England.] I asked them if he spake of any more? they said, No, only those two. I thought tho' he were a very heavenly Man, and one much with God in Prayer, yet I did not take him to be immediately inspired by God, as the Prophets were, and so the Thoughts went off.
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Afterwards, when the High Court of Justice [as they called it] sate upon the King, I did not mind his words, for I did not think they had any intention to take away the King's Life: When I understood they were in earnest, I went to Church on the Fast-day, with a purpose to stir up the People to Pray for the King's Life; but before I came there, one overtakes me upon the Road, and told me the King was dead. It was the Fast-day, on which Mr. Rogers always Preached in the Forenoon: In the Afternoon [which he never did before but once, as I remember] he comes to our Church, I suppose to observe how I resented the King's Death: After I had done, Mr. Rogers goes home with me, and discoursing about the King's Death, he recalled a Passage I had in my Prayer concerning it, Thou saidst true, said he to me, and there this Old Prophet [I may call him so] leaning upon my Table, bemoaned the Death of King Charles, being much affected with it. Let others judge of this as they please, yet this I dare say, No Prophet immediately inspired by God, did with more Confidence speak concerning Thing or Person as he was inspired, than Mr. Rogers did confidently foretell that King should not dye the ordinary Death of Men.