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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.
Whether Imposition of Hands in the Separation of a Person to the Work of the Ministry be necessary?
Before I come to the Question, give me leave to premise a few things.
BEfore I come to the Question, give me leave to premise a few things.
First, Tho' Gifts are Essential to a Minister [they must be [Greek or Hebrew], 1 Tim. 2.2. to whom Timothy must commit the things he had heard, &c.] Yet Gifts do not make a Minister. I have known several Gentlemen [they were Scholars indeed] who as to Gifts were as fit for the Ministry as most Ministers at this day in England; yet these worthy Men did not invade the Office of the Ministry, as many illiterate, inferior, and too many erroneous Mechanics do now, to the disgrace of that Function: Had they been grave experienced Christians, as I have known some called forth, tried and ordained by Learned Divines to Places suitable, I should not have opposed, but encouraged and preferred before many who are called Scholars, but irreligious and ignorant in Soul-Works.
First, Tho' Gifts are Essential to a Minister [they must be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, 1 Tim. 2.2. to whom Timothy must commit the things he had heard, &c.] Yet Gifts do not make a Minister. I have known several Gentlemen [they were Scholars indeed] who as to Gifts were as fit for the Ministry as most Ministers at this day in England; yet these worthy Men did not invade the Office of the Ministry, as many illiterate, inferiour, and too many erroneous Mechanicks do now, to the disgrace of that Function: Had they been grave experienced Christians, as I have known some called forth, tryed and ordained by Learned Divines to Places suitable, I should not have opposed, but encouraged and preferred before many who are called Schollars, but irreligious and ignorant in Soul-Works.