A86000:167
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded…
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late General Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianism, independency, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
London: printed for Robert Bostock, 1647
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Seeing then there are so many and so great differences of both Offices, and seeing also, that the function of Ministers and Elders of the Church, is not at all contained in the office of the Magistrate; neither on the other part, this is comprehended within that; Magistrates shall no less sin in usurping Ecclesiastical power, ministering holy things, ordaining Ministers, or exercising Discipline Ecclesiastical, then Ministers should ⟨p. 32⟩sin in rushing into the borders of the Magistrate, and in thrusting themselves into his calling.
Seeing then there are so many and so great differences of both Offices, and seeing also, that the function of Ministers and Elders of the Church, is not at all contained in the office of the Magistrate; neither on the other part, this is comprehended within that; Magistrates shal no less sin in usurping Ecclesiastical power, ministring holy things, ordaining Ministers, or exercising Discipline Ecclesiasticall, then Ministers should ⟨p. 32⟩sin in rushing into the borders of the Magistrate, and in thrusting themselves into his calling.