The reasons of the Dissenting Brethren against the third proposition, concerning presbyterial government· Humbly…

Secondly, the employment or work of a Presbytery is to ordain, excommunicate, suspend, admit Members, appoint times for worship and the like. The Classical Presbytery reserve ordination, and excommunication to themselves, but the other are left to the Parochial Presbytery: Thus some Presbyterians divide the work. Others possibly otherwise. But how can we affirm any such designment from the Scriptures, if you have not two sorts, either in name or nature to be found there? and none of these Acts or Administrations but may be done by that one the Scripture mentioneth, which doubtless they may, seeing Ordination seemeth to be specified in the Text; if the greater, then doubtless the lesser. The Pastor in one place is said to exhort, in another to comfort, in another to visit the sick, this will not warrant distinct sorts of Pastors, for there being but one sort spoken of in Scriptures, we must interpret all these several Administrations to belong to that one.

Secondly, the imployment or work of a Presbytery is to ordain, excommunicate, suspend, admit Members, appoint times for worship and the like. The Classicall Presbytery reserve ordination, and excommunication to themselves, but the other are left to the Parochiall Presbytery: Thus some Presbyterians divide the work. Others possibly otherwise. But how can wee affirm any such designment from the Scriptures, if you have not two sorts, either in name or nature to bee found there? and none of these Acts or Administrations but may bee done by that one the Scripture mentioneth, which doubtlesse they may, seeing Ordination seemeth to bee specifyed in the Text; if the greater, then doubtlesse the lesser. The Pastor in one place is said to exhort, in another to comfort, in another to visit the sicke, this will not warrant distinct sorts of Pastors, for there being but one sort spoken of in Scriptures, wee must interpret all these severall Administrations to belong to that one.