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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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None being offered; (after a due Pause) he then applies himself to the whole Congregation, and particularly to those who propose to sit under ⟨p. 26⟩the Ministry now to be established, with an Intimation, That if any of the People know any thing, either in the Doctrines or the Morals of the Person, who now stands a Candidate for an Ordination, that may be a just Objection against him, they have now a Liberty to tender it.
None being offered; (after a due Pause) he then applies himself to the whole Congregation, and particularly to those who propose to sit under ⟨p. 26⟩the Ministry now to be established, with an Intimation, That if any of the People know any thing, either in the Doctrines or the Morals of the Person, who now stands a Candidate for an Ordination, that may be a just Objection aagainst him, they have now a Liberty to tender it.
Nothing being tendered, he now applies himself unto the Brethren of the CHURCH, who have called the Assembly thus together, desiring them, That, if they abide by their Choice of Mr. A. B. to be their Pastor, and will according to the Word of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, submit unto him as their Overseer, and One who is to Watch for their Souls, they would signify it by lifting up their Hands.
'Tis very certain, That the Right of a Church, To Choose its own Pastor, was Recognized and Exercised, in all the Times of Primitive Christianity; Yea, 'twas one of the Last things that the Man of Sin ravished from the People of GOD. The Liberty in this Matter, with which our Ascended REDEEMER has enfranchised and enriched His Churches, appears to have been so conceded by His Apostles, that when we read, [