Five disputations of church-government and worship

10. And also to desire the saving of mens souls, and the welfare of the Church, and Glory and Pleasing of God. If he have not beforehand all these Qualifications, he is not capable of the ⟨p. 133⟩Ministry, nor can any Ordination make him a true Minister.

10. And also to desire the saving of mens souls, and the wellfare of the Church, and Glory and Pleasing of God. If he have not beforehand all these Qualifications, he is not capable of the ⟨p. 133⟩Ministry, nor can any Ordination make him a true Minister.

Sect. 8. If you demand my proof, it is from the common principles that 1. The form cannot be received but into a disposed capable matter: but such are no disposed capable matter: therefore, &c. — 2. The office is for the work ▪ and therefore presupposeth a Capacity and ability for the work. The office containeth 1. An Obligation to the Duty: But no man can be obliged to do that which is Naturally Impossible to him (though a Moral Impossibility may stand with an obligation to duty, and a Natural only as founded in the Moral) 2. It containeth an Authority or Power to do the work: But such Power (which is but a Right of exercising Natural Abilities) doth presuppose the Abilities to be exercised: Natural Power, is presupposed to Civil Authority. 3. It is Essential to such Relations that they be for their Ends: And therefore where there is an apparent incapacity for the end, there is as apparent an incapacity of the Relation. But enough of this.

Sect. 8. If you demand my proof, it is from the common principles that 1. The form cannot be received but into a disposed capable matter: but such are no disposed capable matter: therefore, &c. — 2. The office is for the work ▪ and therefore presupposeth a Capacity and ability for the work. The office containeth 1. An Obligation to the Duty: But no man can be obliged to do that which is Naturally Impossible to him (though a Moral Impossibility may stand with an obligation to duty, and a Natural only as founded in the Moral) 2. It containeth an Authority or Power to do the work: But such Power (which is but a Right of excercising Naturall Abilities) doth presuppose the Abilities to be exercised: Natural Power, is presupposed to Civil Authority. 3. It is Essential to such Relations that they be for their Ends: And therefore where there is an apparent incapacity for the end, there is as apparent an incapacicy of the Relation. But enough of this.