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may_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v represent_v and_o signify_v by_o it_o let_v pass_n what_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n will_v tell_v we_o 159._o hac_fw-la impositione_n manuum_fw-la sistitur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la quoque_fw-la admoneatur_fw-la deum_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la personam_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la ministerium_fw-la velle_fw-la ipsos_fw-la docere_fw-la etc._n etc._n chemnit_fw-la loc_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la p._n 159._o that_o hereby_o a_o indelible_a character_n be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o person_n ordain_v and_o that_o grace_n yea_o gratia_n gratum_fw-la faciens_fw-la be_v confer_v by_o it_o 16._o certain_o utile_fw-la est_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la symbolo_fw-la cum_fw-la ministerii_fw-la dignitatom_n populo_fw-la commensari_fw-la tum_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la admoneri_fw-la ipsum_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la svi_fw-la juris_fw-la sed_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la in_o servitutem_fw-la addictum_fw-la calvin_n instir_v lib._n 4._o cap._n 3._o sect._n 16._o and_o that_o ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la so_o as_o the_o person_n be_v
indubiè_fw-la text._n indubiâ—_n si_fw-la idem_fw-la symbelum_fw-la rire_fw-fr administraretur_fw-la adhuc_fw-la hodie_fw-la in_o electionibus_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la oliâ—n_fw-la effet_fw-fr efficax_n si_fw-la max_fw-la i_o externa_fw-la &_o insolita_fw-la ratione_fw-la seize_v non_fw-la execeret_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n art_n com._n ad_fw-la text._n and_o without_o doubt_n say_v he_o if_o the_o sâ—â—e_z rite_n be_v in_o a_o due_a manner_n still_o abserve_v in_o the_o blection_n of_o minister_n it_o will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v no_o less_o effectual_a than_o heretofore_o however_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v not_o show_v himself_o in_o such_o external_a operation_n as_o then_o here_o be_v another_o use_n of_o this_o rite_n this_o ceremony_n and_o that_o a_o principal_a one_o 4._o hereby_o a_o charge_n be_v impose_v thus_o moses_n lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o joshua_n 137._o hillo_o ipso_fw-la etiam_fw-la ritu_fw-la tanquamm_n solemni_fw-la voto_fw-la &_o 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be_v it_o that_o it_o be_v here_o as_o elsewhere_o put_v for_o the_o whole_a work_n of_o ordination_n not_o but_o that_o therein_o there_o be_v other_o action_n of_o special_a import_n such_o be_v the_o word_n and_o prayer_n the_o two_o ordinary_a mean_n whereby_o every_o creature_n of_o god_n be_v sanctify_v as_o our_o apostle_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o five_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n sanctify_a in_o a_o general_a way_n so_o as_o they_o may_v be_v comfortable_o use_v with_o expectation_n of_o a_o blessing_n upon_o they_o and_o by_o these_o mean_v the_o person_n ordain_v come_v to_o be_v sanctify_v in_o a_o special_a manner_n in_o a_o peculiar_a way_n by_o the_o word_n and_o prayer_n which_o be_v the_o essential_a part_n of_o this_o ordinance_n as_o might_n be_v show_v if_o need_n be_v but_o in_o as_o much_o as_o this_o ceremony_n be_v most_o obvious_a and_o observable_a to_o the_o eye_n therefore_o the_o whole_a action_n take_v the_o denomination_n from_o it_o be_v call_v the_o 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nobis_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la cal._n
or_o else_o which_o be_v all_o one_o not_o permit_v to_o exercise_v that_o part_n of_o their_o suppose_a jurisdiction_n now_o the_o presbytery_n ordinary_a presbyter_n may_v do_v it_o without_o they_o so_o our_o eminent_o learn_v and_o judicious_a davenant_n late_o a_o star_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n in_o this_o our_o horizon_n be_v himself_o also_o soon_o after_o a_o bishop_n have_v plain_o determine_v it_o 42._o in_o ecclesia_fw-la turbata_fw-la ubi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o haeresin_fw-la aut_fw-la idololatriam_fw-la inciderunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-la orthodoxi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la ne_fw-la pereat_fw-la ecclefia_fw-la alios_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la cogantur_fw-la ordinare_fw-la ego_fw-la non_fw-la ausim_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la pronunciare_fw-la irritos_fw-la &_o inane_n davenant_n determi_fw-fr quest_n 42._o in_o ecelesiâ_fw-la turbatâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o trouble_a state_n of_o the_o church_n where_o ordination_n can_v be_v 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