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" Church convinced me, many years ago, that bishops and presbyters are the same order, and consequently have the same right to ordain. For many years I have been importuned from time to time to exercise this right, by ordaining part of our traveling preachers.... "
British Ecclesiastical History, Including the Religion of the Druids, the ... - Page 436
by T. Timpson - 1847 - 659 pages
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The life of the rev. John Wesley, M.A. to which is prefixed, some ..., Volume 2

John Whitehead - 1805 - 570 pages
...exercise this right, by ordaining part of our Travelling Preachers. But 1 have still refused, not only for peace sake; but because I was determined, as little...established order of the national Church to which 1 belong. " 3. But the case is widely different between England and North- America. Here there are...
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The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M., with Memoirs of the Wesley Family ...

George Bourne - Funeral sermons - 1807 - 366 pages
...exercise this right, by ordaining part of our travelling preachers. But I have still refused : not only for peace sake ; but because I was determined, as...But the case is widely different between England and America. Here there are bishops who have a legal jurisdiction. In America there are none, neither any...
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A short history of the Methodists in the United States. To which is prefixed ...

Jesse Lee - 1810 - 388 pages
...travelling preachers. But I have stilltefused, not only for peace sake , but because I was detecmincd, as little as possible to violate the established order of the national church to which I belonged. " 3. But the case is widely different between England and North America. Here there are bishops who...
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The life of Thomas Coke

Jonathan Crowther - 1815 - 552 pages
...part of our travelling preachers. But I have still refused, not only for peace sake, but be<!ause 1 was determined as little as possible to violate the...order of the national church to which I belonged. 3. But the case is widely different between England and North-America. Here there 5. s bishops who...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the ..., Volume 10

John Aikin - Biography - 1815 - 506 pages
...exercising this right in ordaining his travelling preachers, only because he was determined as little us possible to violate the established order of the national church to which he belonged. By these steps he gave much offence to several of his society, especially to his brother...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volume 2

Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 660 pages
...ordaining part of the travelling preachers, and that he had still refused, for peace-sake, and because he was determined, as little as possible, to violate...established order of the national church to which he belonged. " But the case," he pursued, " is widely different between England and North America....
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volume 2

Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 642 pages
...ordaining part of the travelling preachers, and that he had still refused, for peace-sake, and because he was determined, as little as possible, to violate...established order of the national church to which he belonged. " But the case," he pursued, " is widely different between England and North America....
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Sketches of the Ecclesiastical History of the State of Maine: From the ...

Jonathan Greenleaf - Maine - 1821 - 684 pages
...for peace sake, but because I was determined, as little as poffible to violate the eftablisheA ** 3. But the case is widely different between England and...have a legal jurisdiction. In America there are none, and but few parish Ministers. So that for some hundred miles together there are none either to baptize,...
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The Christian Library: The life of the Rev. John Wesley

Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...as a presbyter, to ordain for such an administration ; but, he says," I have still refused, not only for peace' sake, but, because I was determined as...order of the national church to which I belonged." This was a prudent principle most sincerely held by him ; and it explains his coni)'ict in those particulars...
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Pamphlets, Religious: Miscellaneous, Volume 16

1828 - 536 pages
...right, by ordaining part of our travelling preachers. But I have still refused, not only for peace's sake; but because I was determined, as little as possible...order of the national church to which I belonged. '' 3. But the case is widely different between England and North America. Here there are bishops who...
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