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... considered as a credi- ble witness or an impartial reasoner , " even if his judgment was , upon a fair and candid investigation , in their favour . " They 1 admit that long before his time , ( for he gives not the most dis- tant hint of ...
... considered as a credi- ble witness or an impartial reasoner , " even if his judgment was , upon a fair and candid investigation , in their favour . " They 1 admit that long before his time , ( for he gives not the most dis- tant hint of ...
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... considered him , is another of your strange things ; but , Sir , I do not dislike your spirit , whatever I may think of your prudence . When a man attempts great things , the greater the better ; for then , if he do not reach his point ...
... considered him , is another of your strange things ; but , Sir , I do not dislike your spirit , whatever I may think of your prudence . When a man attempts great things , the greater the better ; for then , if he do not reach his point ...
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... considered as a witness to that kind of episcopacy , when he gives us the names of the Bishops of the four great cities , Jerusalem , Antioch , Rome , and Alexandria , in which there were many Presbyters , and thousands of Christians ...
... considered as a witness to that kind of episcopacy , when he gives us the names of the Bishops of the four great cities , Jerusalem , Antioch , Rome , and Alexandria , in which there were many Presbyters , and thousands of Christians ...
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... considered as acting with wisdom and piety ? Take into the account , also , the impracticability of one congregation maintaining such a number of clergymen , at a time , when " not many mighty , not many noble were called " -when ...
... considered as acting with wisdom and piety ? Take into the account , also , the impracticability of one congregation maintaining such a number of clergymen , at a time , when " not many mighty , not many noble were called " -when ...
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... considered Presbyters as his colleagues . You consider yourself as his equal in every thing relating to the Church ; and , therefore , upon your own principle , for you allow a Bishop to have some superiority over his Presbyters , your ...
... considered Presbyters as his colleagues . You consider yourself as his equal in every thing relating to the Church ; and , therefore , upon your own principle , for you allow a Bishop to have some superiority over his Presbyters , 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...