Section 6
pp. 42–436 passages
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SECT. VI.
Object. Two things are here demanded; First, by what warrant the People choose their Officers?
OBject. Two things are here demanded; First, by what warrant the People choose their Officers?
Answ. From the President of the Apostolical Churches. In the choosing of an Apostle, the voices of people went as far as any humane Suffrages could go; of an hundred and twenty, they chose two, and presented them before the Lord, and his Apostles. And because and Apostle was immediately to be called of God, out of those two God chose one, Act. 1.15.23.26. Act. 14.23. The Apostles are said to have ordained Elders by lifting up of hands, (to wit, of the people) as the original word implieth: And the multitude of the Disciples are directed by the Apostles to look out and choose seven Deacons, Act. 6.3.15.
Answ. From the President of the Apostolicall Churches. In the choosing of an Apostle, the voices of people went as farre as any humane Suffrages could goe; of an hundred and twenty, they chose two, and presented them before the Lord, and his Apostles. And because and Apostle was immediately to be called of God, out of those two God chose one, Act. 1.15.23.26. Act. 14.23. The Apostles are said to have ordained Elders by lifting up of hands, (to wit, of the people) as the originall word implieth: And the multitude of the Disciples are directed by the Apostles to look out and choose seven Deacons,