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Five disputations of church-government and worship

Name: Five disputations of church-government and worship
Author: Richard Baxter

Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659

[10], 38, [10], 24, 492 p. · 215k words · Wing B1267 · ESTC R13446

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Assert. Those who nullify our present Ministry and Churches, which… › Chapter 5: Ordination by such as the English Prelates, not Necessary to the Being of the Ministry.Assert. Those who nullifie our present Ministry and Churches, which… › Chapter 5: Ordination by such as the English Prelates, not Necessary to the Being of the Ministry.

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Sect. 21. Object. But though de facto there were no Bishop• •uling Presbyters then, nor ruling any more then a single Worsh•p•ing Church, yet it was the Intention of the Apostles that they should afterwards enlarge their Diocese, and take the care of many Churches, and that they should ordain that so•t of subject Presbyters that were not instituted in Scripture-times. Answ. Do you prove ⟨p. 185⟩the secret Intention of the Apostles to be for such a Mutation, and then we shall be satisfied in that. But till then it is enough to us that we have the same Government that de facto was set up by the Apostles, and exercised in Scripture times. And that its granted us that the office was not then instituted which we deny: For it is the office of such subject Presbyters having no Power of Ordination that we deny.

Sect. 21. Object. But though de facto there were no Bishop• •uling Presbyters then, nor ruling any more then a single Worsh•p•ing Church, yet it was the Intention of the Apostles that they should afterwards enlarge their Diocess, and take the care of many Churches, and that they should ordain that so•t of subject Presbyters that were not instituted in Scripture-times. Answ. Do you prove ⟨p. 185⟩the secret Intention of the Apostles to be for such a Mutation, and then we shall be satisfied in that. But till then it is enough to us that we have the same Government that de facto was set up by the Apostles, and exercised in Scripture times. And that its granted us that the office was not then instituted which we deny: For it is the office of such subject Presbyters having no Power of Ordination that we deny.

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