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Heads of agreement assented to
Heads of agreement assented to by the united ministers in and about London, formerly called Presbyterian and Congregational
Edinburgh: printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1691
Title page typeset from the transcription.
HEADS of AGREEMENT Assented to by the United Ministers, &c. › Part 2: II. Of the Ministry.
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.
3. That ordinarily none shall be Ordained to the Work of this Ministry, but such as are called and chosen thereunto by a particular Church.
3. That ordinarly none shall be Ordained to the Work of this Ministry, but such as are called and chosen thereunto by a particular Church.
4. That in so great and weighty a matter, as the calling and choosing a Pastor, we judge it ordinarily requisite, That every such Church consult and advise with the Pastors of Neighbouring Congregations.
4. That in so great and weighty a matter, as the calling and chusing a Pastor, we judge it ordinarly requisit, That every such Church consult and advise with the Pastors of Neighbouring Congregations.
5. That after such Advice, the Person consulted about, being chosen by the Brotherhood of that particular Church, over which he is to be set, and he accepting, be duly ordained, and set apart to his Office over them; wherein 'tis ordinarily requisite, That the Pastors of Neighbouring Congregations concur with the Preaching-Elder, or Elders, if such there be.
5. That after such Advice, the Person consulted about, being chosen by the Brotherhood of that particular Church, over which he is to be set, and he accepting, be duly ordained, and set apart to his Office over them; wherein 'tis ordinarly requifite, That the Pastors of Neighbouring Congregations concur with the Preaching-Elder, or Elders, if such there be.