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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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2. I could wish that every Parish Church may have one Eldership (where they may be had) or some Elders and Deacons, with one Constant Fixed, Perfect for Order and Unity.
3. I could wish that Ordination and Constitutions for Unity and Communion may be done only in Synods, less or greater:1 and that of many Presbyteries there may consist a Classis, as commonly called, and of many of those a Province: And that the Classical meeting may be frequent, and that some one, the fittest man, may be standing President of that Classis during life, except he deserve removal.
3. I could wsh that Ordination and Constitutions for Unity and Communion may be done only in Synods, less or greater:1 and that of many Presbyteries there may consist a Classis, as commonly called, and of many of those a Province: And that the Classical meeting may be frequent, and that some one, the fittest man, may be standing President of that Classis during life, except he deserve removal.
- 1Essentiale fui•, quod ex Dei ordinatione perpetua; necesse fuit, est & erit ut Presbyterio quispiam & loco & dignitate primus actioni gubernandae praesit, cum •o q•od ipsi divinitus▪ attributum est jure. Beza de Minist. Evang. Grad. cap. 23.