A69533:1019
Five disputations of church-government and worship
Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659
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.
§. 3. But that such Associations of the Pastors of many Churches should ordinarily be, for the sake of Union and Communion; as also that it is lawful for these Associated Ministers to choose one among them to be their President, is granted by all.
§. 3. But that such Associations of the Pastors of many Churches should ordinarily be, for the sake of Union and Communion; as also that it is lawfull for these Associatied Ministers to choose one among them to be their President, is granted by all.
§. 4. But all the question is, Whether these Presidents should be only pro tempore, or durante vita, supposing that they forfeit not the trust? I shall not say much of the point of convenience; but I affirm, that of it self it is lawful to choose a President that shall be fixed durante vita, si tam diu bene see gesserit. Yea it is lawful now in England, as things stand.
§. 4. But all the question is, Whether these Presidents should be only pro tempore, or durante vita, supposing that they forfeit not the trust? I shall not say much of the point of convenience; but I affirm, that of it self it is lawful to choose a President that shall be fixed durante vita, si tam diu bene se gesserit. Yea it is lawfull now in England, as things stand.
§. 5. And 1. It may suffice for the proof of this, that it is nowhere forbidden in Nature or in Scripture; directly or by consequence: and therefore it is lawful: Where there is no law, there is no transgression: They that say that it is a thing forbidden, must prove it from some word of God; which I think, they cannot do.