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... Priests , and Deacons . " Presbyte- rianism maintains that there was , in the Apostles ' time , but one order of ministers.- " No man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop , Priest , or Deacon , in this Church , or suffered ...
... Priests , and Deacons . " Presbyte- rianism maintains that there was , in the Apostles ' time , but one order of ministers.- " No man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop , Priest , or Deacon , in this Church , or suffered ...
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... priests ; but the Bishop , according to your interpre- tation , is not superior to the Presbyter . Aaron is officially dis- tinguished by Jerome from his sons , the priests ; but , if you speak the truth , there is no official ...
... priests ; but the Bishop , according to your interpre- tation , is not superior to the Presbyter . Aaron is officially dis- tinguished by Jerome from his sons , the priests ; but , if you speak the truth , there is no official ...
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... priests . " f He affirms that " the Bishop is the vicegerent of CHRIST , and represents his person ; " and that " he decreed every Church should be governed by one Bishop , even as all things proceed from one GOD , the Father . " And in ...
... priests . " f He affirms that " the Bishop is the vicegerent of CHRIST , and represents his person ; " and that " he decreed every Church should be governed by one Bishop , even as all things proceed from one GOD , the Father . " And in ...
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... priest , was what a Bishop is ; and that Aaron's sons prefigured the Presbyters . " This appears to be in perfect coincidence with the opinion of St. Jerome , who lived at the same time . They speak in nearly the same terms , and cannot ...
... priest , was what a Bishop is ; and that Aaron's sons prefigured the Presbyters . " This appears to be in perfect coincidence with the opinion of St. Jerome , who lived at the same time . They speak in nearly the same terms , and cannot ...
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... priests and people . They had also extraordinary communications of GOD'S SPIRIT ; and miracles had not yet ceased . This is an a priori argument ; and fact perfectly corre sponds with it . More need not be added to show , that your ...
... priests and people . They had also extraordinary communications of GOD'S SPIRIT ; and miracles had not yet ceased . This is an a priori argument ; and fact perfectly corre sponds with it . More need not be added to show , that your ...
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Page 200 - It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same.
Page 133 - Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Page x - It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 146 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Page 146 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 201 - England ; no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in the Church of England, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had formerly Episcopal Consecration, or Ordination.
Page x - Church, no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon, in this Church, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had Episcopal Consecration or Ordination.
Page 133 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Page 187 - Of these two orders only, that is to say, priests and deacons, Scripture maketh express mention, and how they were conferred of the apostles by prayer and imposition of hands ; but the primitive Church afterward appointed inferior degrees, as sub-deacons, acolytes, exorcists, &c.
Page 197 - ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church...