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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. 29. And for the Major, I think it will not be denied. All that I have to do with, Protestants and Papists, do grant the Validity of Ordination by Bishops. And for the Minor, it is easily proved. The Bishops that are the Governors of many Churches and their Bishops, are Archbishops. The Bishops of England were the Governors of many Churches with their Bishops: therefore they were Archbishops. The Major will be granted. And for the Minor I prove it by parts: 1. That they were (by undertaking) the Governors of many Churches. 2. And of many Bishops.

Sect. 29. And for the Major, I think it will not be denyed. All that I have to do with, Protestants and Papists, do grant the Validity of Ordination by Bishops. And for the Minor, it is easily proved. The Bishops that are the Governours of many Churches and their Bishops, are Archbishops. The Bishops of England were the Governours of many Churches with their Bishops: therefore they were Archbishops. The Major will be granted. And for the Minor I prove it by parts: 1. That they were (by undertaking) the Governours of many Churches. 2. And of many B•shops.

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Sect. 30. He that is the Governor over many Congregations of Christians associated for the public Worship of God and holy communion and Edification, under their Proper Pastors, is the Governor of many Churches. But such were our English Bishops: therefore, &c. That such Societies as are here defined are true Churches, is a truth so clear, that no enemy of the Churches is is able to gainsay with any show of Scripture or reason, they being such Churches as are described in the Scriptures. And 2. That our Ministers were true Pastors, if any will deny, (as the Papists ⟨p. 188⟩and Separatists do) I shall have occasion to say more to them anon.

Sect. 30. He that is the Governour over many Congregations of Christians associated for the publick Worship of God and holy communion and Edification, under their Proper Pastors, is the Governour of many Churches. But such were our English Bishops: therefore, &c. That such Societies as are here defined are true Churches, is a truth so clear, that no enemy of the Churches is is able to gainsay with any shew of Scripture or reason, they being such Churches as are described in the Scriptures. And 2. That our Ministers were true Pastors, if any will deny, (as the Papists

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Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. VI. Ordination at this time, by English Prelates especially, is unnecessary.