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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 6: Ordination at this time, by English Prelates especially, is unnecessary.Assert. Those who nullifie our present Ministry and Churches, which… › Chapter 6: Ordination at this time, by English Prelates especially, is unnecessary.

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Sect. 1. Besides what is said against the Necessity of such Prelatical Ordination in it self, I conceive that more may be said against it as things now stand from several accidental reasons, which make it not only unnecessary but sinful, to the most.

Sect. 1. BEsides what is said against the Necessity of such Prelatical Ordination in it self, I conceive that more may be said against it as things now stand from several accidental reasons, which make it not only unnecessary but sinful, to the most.

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Sect. 2 As 1. The Obligation that was upon us from the Law of the Land, is taken off (which with the Prelates themselves is no small argument when it was for them) So that we are no further now obliged, then they can prove us so from Scripture Evidence; and how little that is, I have showed before. The English Prelacy is taken down by the Law of the Land: we are left at Liberty •rom humane Obligations at least.

Sect. 2 As 1. The Obligation that was upon us from the Law of the Land, is taken off (which with the Prelates themselves is no small argument when it was for them) So that we are no further now obliged, then they can prove us so from Scrip•u•e Evidence; and how little that is, I have shewed before. The English Prel•cy is taken down by the Law of the Land: we are left at Liberty •rom humane Obligations at least.

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Sect. 3. If any man say, that it is an unlawful power that hath made those Laws by which Prelatical Government is taken down. I answer, 1. It is such a Power as they obey themselves, and therefore they may permit others to obey it. They hold their estate and lives under it, and are protected and ruled by it; and profes submission and obedience, for the generality of them. And when another Species of Government was up, that commanded […] to ake an engagement, to be true to the Government as […] without a King and House of Lords, when our […] refused that Engagement as unlawful, the generality

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