A69533:583
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.
Sect. 35. For 1. Where ••ere are so many evident signs of his Wills and Characters agreeing to the description in the Law, there the will of Christ ma• be discerned, and it may be known that this is the described person. But these are here supposed (o• enough of these:) And indeed it is no very strange thing for all or almost all these to concur, where there are persons of excellent qualifications.
Sect. 35. For 1. Where ••ere are so many evident signs of his Wills and Characters agreeing to the description in the Law, there the will of Christ ma• be discerned, and it may be known that this is the described person. But these are here supposed (o• enough of these:) And indeed it is no very strange thing for all or almost all these to co•cur, where there are persons of excellent qualifications.
Sect. 36. And 2. Where there is no Controversy, or room for a Controversy, the determination may be made without a Judge: (The Principal reason and use of Ordainers is, that there may be standing Judges of the fitness of men, to prevent the hurt of the Church by the withdrawing of the Worthy, and the intrusion of the unworthy:) But here is no Controversy, or place for Controversy: therefore, &c.—
Sect. 36. And 2. Where there is no Controversie, or room for a Controversie, the determination may be made without a Judge: (The Principal reason and use of Ordainers is, that there may be standing Judges of the fitness of men, to prevent the hurt of the Church by the withdrawing of the Worthy, and the intrusion of the unworthy:) But here is no Controversie, or place for Controversie: therefore, &c.—