A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

2. 'Tis not certain, that either the prophetical predictions concerning Timothy, (which the Apostle calls [Greek or Hebrew], praegress as, or quae praecesserunt) or the laying on of Pauls hands, was at the same time with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery. But whether these things were done together, or at several times, 'tis very observable, that to these the Apostle prefixeth [Greek or Hebrew] by, but to the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery, [Greek or Hebrew] with, 1 Tim: 1. 6. that thou stir up the gift which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands. 1 Tim: 4. 14. the gift which was given thee by prophecy: then he addeth with (not by) the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery: By this change of the phrase on purpose intimating, that the prophecy and laying on of Pauls hands, were things extraordinary, because by these the gift, aptitude, and ability of parts, or the [Greek or Hebrew] was given to Timothy, but the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery, was according to the ordinary rule then and there ⟨p. 102⟩settled, being a rite used in Ordination, so that Timothy had not by the act of the Presbytery, any gift or [Greek or Hebrew], but the [Greek or Hebrew] or a potestative, authoritative Ministerial Mission (for to what other use or end could there be a laying on of the hands of the Presbytery?) Therefore Athanasius in apologia ad Imper: Constantium citing this Text, and applying it to ordinary Ministers, he lives out that part concerning prophecy, and the rest of the Text he applies thus, [Greek or Hebrew]. The Apostle Paul hath commanded each one of us in his disciple, saying, neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given unto thee with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery.

2. 'Tis not certaine, that either the propheticall predictions concerning Timothy, (which the Apostle calls 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, praegress as, or quae praecesserunt) or the laying on of Pauls hands, was at the same time with the laying on of the hands of the Presbyterie. But whether these things were done together, or at severall times, 'tis very observable, that to these the Apostle prefixeth 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 by, but to the laying on of the hands of the Presbyterie, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 with, 1 Tim: 1. 6. that thou stirre up the gift which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands. 1 Tim: 4. 14. the gift which was given thee by prophesie: then he addeth with (not by) the laying on of the hands of the Presbyterie: By this change of the phrase on purpose intimating, that the prophesie and laying on of Pauls hands, were things extraordinary, because by these the gift, aptitude, and ability of parts, or the was given to Timothy, but the laying on of the hands of the Presbyterie, was according to the ordinary rule then and there