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Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome…
Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Beadles upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.
London: printed for John Crook, 1659
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A well ordered discipline is the ornament of the Church, but upon the confession and doctrine of Saint Peter, it was to be founded, in which sense the Apostles and Prophets in their doctrines are called the foundation of it; Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone, and (as some think) is the sense of that, Revel. 21. 14. that in the twelve foundations were the names of the twelve Apostles, in relation to their doctrinals; So much for that.
A well ordered discipline is the ornament of the Church, but upon the confession and doctrine of Saint Peter, it was to be founded, in which sence the Apostles and Prophets in their doctrines are called the foundation of it; Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone, and (as some think) is the sence of that, Revel. 21. 14. that in the twelve foundations were the names of the twelve Apostles, in relation to their doctrinals; So much for that.
Now the next is, the doctrine of laying on• of hands. Here is the great question, What is meant by it? That it is a Fundamental, cannot be denied; if Baptism be one, this must be another: see in the verse how like twins they ⟨p. 177⟩are borne and bred under the same roof, And 'tis observable, that in the Greek it is [Greek or Hebrew] in the plural number, doctrines referring to both.
Now the next is, the doctrine of laying on• of hands. Here is the great question, What is meant by it? That it is a Fundamentall, cannot be denied; if Baptisme be one, this must be another: see in the verse how like twins they ⟨p. 177⟩are borne and bred under the same roof, And 'tis observable, that in the Greek it is in the plural number, doctrines referring to both.