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A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that…A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that…
A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.
London: printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons for Thomas Underhill, 1644
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.
The Pastor is appointed to feed his own flock, and yet for the good of the whole Church he may be called to leave, if not the care, yet the over-sight of his flock for a while; and by the same reason a pastor of another flock or congregation may perform the office, and do the acts of a Minister in his congregation during absence: Yea if for the good of the Churches he be called away, do not the Churches stand obliged in conscience to provide that the flock sustain to hurt by his absence which ⟨p. 34⟩possibly ye cannot do if one Minister may not perform a Ministerial act in another Congregation.
The Pastor is appointed to feed his own flock, and yet for the good of the whole Church he may be called to leave, if not the care, yet the over-sight of his flock fot a while; and by the same reason a pastor of another flock or congregation may performe the office, and doe the acts of a Minister in his congregation during absence: Yea if for the good of the Churches he be called away, doe not the Churches stand obliged in conscience to provide that the flock sustain to hurt by his absence which ⟨p. 34⟩possibly yee cannot doe if one Minister may not performe a Ministeriall act in another Congregation.
7 If the Prophets of one Church may prophesy in another, and apply their doctrines, exhortations and prayers to any of the occasions of the Churches where they speak,1 whereof they are not set members, what hinders why the Pastor of one congregation, may not preach and pray, administer the Sacraments in another? The pastor of one congregation is appointed to his peculiar charge, but he is a Minister in the universal Church, as well as the Prophets of one Church may be called Prophets of the universal Church by virtue of that Communion which all true Churches have one with another. Without consent the Prophet may not prophesy by exhortation, and with consent the Pastor may administer the Sacraments.