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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
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Argum. 4. The Apostles had many Associates in this General Office in their own times: Therefore it was not proper to them,☞ nor to cease with them. Barnabas, Silas, Timothy, Titus, Apollo, with multitudes more in those times, were unfixed General Officers, that went up and down to convert the world, and staid only to order and confirm the new gathered Churches, and then went further; sometimes returning to review, preserve, and strengthen their converts.
Argum. 4. The Apostles had many Associates in this General Office in their own times: Therefore it was not proper to them,☞ nor to ce•se with them. Barnabas, Sylas, Timothy, Titus, Apollo, with multitudes more in those times, were unfixed General Officers, that went up and down to convert the world, and staid only to order and confirm the new gathered Churches, and then went further; sometimes returning to review, preserve, and strengthen their converts.
- ☞•rotius de Imperio. p. 271. And of the Can. Concil. Calced. 6. against ordaining Presbyters sine titulo, he saith [Quum ut recte▪ notat Balsamon, Ipse Canon indicio est aliter fieri solitum: Etiam post Calced. Synod. Justinianus Periodentarum meminit quorum & in Laodicenâ aliisque veteribus Synodis est mentio. Ibid.•rotius de Imperio. p. 271. And of the Can. Concil. Calced. 6. against ordaining Presbyters sine titulo, he saith [Quum ut recte▪ notat Balsamon, Ipse Canon indicio est aliter fieri solitum: Etiam post Calced. Synod. Iustinianus Periodentarum meminit quorum & in Laodicenâ aliisque veteribus Synodis est mentio. Ibid.