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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 power and authority whereunto a Minister is elected, is not in the people that elect him, but from Christ the King and head of his Church, who out of power doth confer that office upon him. If we consider what men give, or give […] universally, it must be deemed that any men can make Ministers,1 because they give not the office, gifts, or authority, which are from Christ ••ene.
The power and authoritie whereunto a Minister is elected, is not in the people that elect him, but from Christ the King and head of his Church, who out of power doth conferre that office upon him. If we consider what men give, or give 〈…〉 universally, it must be deemed that any men can make Ministers,1 because they give not the office, gifts, or authoritie, which are from Christ ••ene.
- 1Ham. panstr. •om. 2. lib. 11. c. 18. sect. 11.Cham. panstr. •om. 2. lib. 11. c. 18. sect. 11.
3. If Ecclesiastical and spiritual power be in the multitude and ⟨p. 74⟩community of the faithful, the Church doth not only call, but make Officers out of power and virtue received into her self, and then should the Church have a true lordlike power in regard of her Ministers.
3. If Ecclesiasticall and spirituall power be in the multitude and ⟨p. 74⟩