A43183:26
Heads of agreement assented to
Heads of agreement assented to by the united ministers in and about London, formerly called Presbyterian and Congregational
London: printed by R.R. for Tho. Cockerill, 1691
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. WE agree, That the Ministerial Office is instituted by Jesus Christ, for the Gathering, Guiding, Edifying, and Governing of his Church; and to continue to the end of the world.
2. They who are called to this Office, ought to be endued with competent Learning, and Ministerial Gifts, as also with the Grace of God, found in Judgment, not Novices in the Faith and Knowledge of the Gospel; without scandal, of holy Conversation, and such as devote themselves to the Work and Service thereof.
2. They who are called to this Office, ought to be endued with competent Learning, and Ministerial Gifts, as also with the Grace of God, found in Judgment, not Novices in the Faith and Knowledg of the Gospel; without scandal, of holy Conversation, and such as devote themselves to the Work and Service thereof.
3. That ordinarily none shall be Ordained to the work of this Ministry, but such as are called and chosen thereunto by a particular Church.
4. That in so great and weighty a matter, as the calling and choosing a Pastor, we judg it ordinarily requisite, That every such Church consult and advise with the Pastors of Neighbouring Congregations.