A41335:97
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 ...
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The Government of the Church of England is a hard word, there needs an Interpreter. We poor Presbyters look only to the Government of our particular Flocks, whom we feed with the Word and Sacraments, over whom God hath made us Bishops, Acts 20.17, 28. If all the particular Congregations in England (supposing them to be visible Saints) were so governed, then by an Induction of particulars, it might be so called.
The Government of the Church of England is a hard word, there needs an Interpreter. We poor Presbyters look only to the Government of our particular Flocks, whom we feed with the Word and Sacraments, over whom God hath made us Bishops, Acts 20.17, 28. If all the particular Congregations in England (supposing them to be visible Saints) were so govern'd, then by an Induction of particulars, it might be so call'd.
We do not indeed in our Government use Writs de Excommunicato Capiendo, Prisons, Fines, Cutting off Ears, these are Saul's Armour, but none of Paul's spiritual Weapons, 2 Cor. 10.4. with which we are content. If it be well examined, it will be found that the Zeal of his Government hath been carried out against Conscientious Men, who for Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, stick close to the Word of God, without admitting any Humane Inventions to jostle with him; I say the Zeal has been carried out against those far more than against Whore-mongers, Drunkards, profane Swearers, Dam'mees, &c.
We do not indeed in our Government use Writs de Excommunicato Capiendo, Prisons, Fines, Cutting off Ears, these are Saul's Armour, but none of Paul's spiritual Weapons, 2 Cor. 10.4. with which we are content. If it be well examined, it will be found that the Zeal of his Government hath been carried out against Consciencious Men, who for Doctrin, Worship, Discipline, stick close to the Word of God, without admitting any Humane Inventions to justle with him; I say the Zeal has been carried out against those far more than against Whore-mongers, Drunkards, prophane Swearers, Dam'mees, &c.