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Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.
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Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
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episcopal_a brethren_n accommodate_v and_o propound_v somewhat_o for_o a_o peace_n sect._n 2._o i_o shall_v be_v much_o brief_a on_o all_o these_o than_o evidence_n will_v invite_v i_o to_o be_v because_o i_o apprehend_v the_o most_o of_o they_o to_o be_v of_o no_o great_a necessity_n to_o our_o cause_n we_o have_v enough_o without_o they_o and_o lest_o man_n shall_v think_v that_o we_o need_v such_o medium_n more_o than_o we_o do_v and_o because_o of_o my_o exceed_a scarcity_n of_o time_n which_o force_v i_o to_o do_v all_o hasty_o and_o for_o the_o first_o that_o humane_a ordination_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n to_o the_o be_v of_o the_o ministry_n i_o argue_v as_o follow_v reader_n arg._n 1._o if_o the_o necessity_n of_o ordination_n may_v cease_v as_o to_o single_a person_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o ministration_n continue_v or_o if_o the_o obligation_n to_o each_o be_v thus_o separable_a then_o be_v not_o ordination_n of_o necessity_n to_o the_o be_v of_o the_o ministry_n but_o the_o antedent_n be_v true_a which_o i_o shall_v prove_v by_o part_n for_o the_o consequence_n be_v pass_v all_o doubt_n nor_o will_v any_o i_o suppose_v deny_v it_o sect._n 3_o that_o the_o obligation_n to_o be_v ordain_v may_v cease_v to_o some_o person_n i_o prove_v by_o instance_n in_o certain_a case_n and_o 1._o in_o case_n of_o a_o man_n distance_n from_o any_o that_o shall_v ordain_v he_o as_o if_o one_o or_o many_o christian_n be_v cast_v upon_o the_o coast_n of_o any_o indian_a heathen_a or_o mahometan_a nation_n as_o many_o have_v be_v there_o be_v no_o ordination_n possible_a and_o therefore_o not_o necessary_a or_o due_a and_o to_o return_v for_o it_o to_o the_o christian_a part_n of_o the_o world_n may_v be_v as_o impossible_a and_o if_o not_o yet_o unlawful_a by_o reason_n of_o delay_n sect._n 4._o and_o 2._o in_o case_n of_o the_o great_a necessity_n of_o the_o people_n that_o can_v bear_v the_o absence_n of_o such_o as_o be_v able_a to_o teach_v they_o so_o long_o as_o while_o he_o travail_v many_o hundred_o or_o thousand_o mile_n for_o ordination_n as_o basil_n in_o another_o case_n write_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o west_n that_o if_o one_o of_o they_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n shall_v but_o leave_v their_o church_n for_o a_o very_a small_a time_n much_o more_o for_o a_o journey_n into_o the_o west_n they_o must_v give_v up_o their_o church_n to_o the_o wolf_n to_o be_v undo_v before_o they_o return_v and_o this_o case_n be_v ordinary_a abroad_o sect._n 5._o and_o 3._o that_o in_o case_n by_o civil_a war_n or_o enmity_n among_o prince_n man_n be_v unable_a to_o travail_v from_o one_o of_o their_o country_n into_o the_o other_o for_o a_o ordination_n which_o else_o ofttimes_o can_v be_v have_v so_o the_o turk_n and_o persian_n and_o the_o indian_a mogul_n and_o the_o tartarian_n and_o many_o other_o prince_n by_o such_o war_n may_v make_v such_o passage_n a_o impossible_a thing_n nor_o be_v it_o like_v they_o will_v suffer_v their_o subject_n to_o go_v into_o the_o enemy_n country_n sect._n 6._o and_o 4._o in_o case_n that_o prince_n infidel_n or_o other_o shall_v persecute_v ordination_n to_o the_o death_n i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o it_o be_v a_o duty_n to_o be_v ordain_v if_o it_o will_v cost_v all_o man_n that_o seek_v it_o their_o life_n and_o so_o make_v they_o uncapable_a of_o the_o end_n of_o ordination_n for_o the_o dead_a preach_v not_o if_o we_o be_v all_o forbid_v to_o preach_v on_o pain_n of_o death_n i_o know_v we_o shall_v not_o forbear_v unless_o our_o place_n be_v so_o supply_v that_o man_n soul_n be_v not_o apparent_o endanger_v by_o our_o omission_n but_o he_o that_o may_v preach_v without_o ordination_n can_v scarce_o prove_v it_o a_o duty_n to_o seek_v ordination_n when_o it_o will_v cost_v he_o his_o life_n or_o if_o he_o will_v plead_v it_o in_o paper_n he_o will_v soon_o be_v satisfy_v in_o trial_n sect._n 7._o and_o 5._o in_o case_n that_o the_o generality_n of_o bishop_n within_o our_o reach_n turn_v heretic_n as_o in_o many_o part_n of_o the_o east_n in_o the_o arrian_n revolt_n when_o scarce_o seven_o bishop_n remain_v orthodox_n or_o in_o case_n of_o a_o national_a apostasy_n as_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o nubia_n tenduc_n and_o many_o more_o that_o by_o the_o conquest_n of_o infidel_n have_v revolt_v sect._n 8._o and_o 6_o ordination_n be_v no_o duty_n in_o case_n that_o bishop_n confederate_a to_o impose_v any_o unlawful_a oath_n or_o other_o condition_n on_o all_o that_o they_o will_v ordain_v as_o the_o oath_n of_o the_o roman_a prelate_n contain_v divers_a falsehood_n and_o unlawful_a passage_n do_v make_v all_o roman_a ordination_n utter_o impious_a and_o unlawful_a to_o be_v receive_v and_o therefore_o not_o necessary_a sect._n 9_o and_o 7._o in_o case_n that_o bishop_n themselves_o who_o those_o that_o we_o now_o speak_v to_o do_v suppose_v to_o have_v the_o whole_a power_n of_o ordination_n shall_v either_o have_v a_o design_n to_o corrupt_v the_o church_n and_o ordain_v only_o the_o unworthy_a and_o keep_v out_o such_o as_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o church_n require_v or_o set_v up_o a_o destructive_a faction_n or_o by_o negligence_n or_o any_o other_o cause_n shall_v refuse_v to_o ordain_v such_o as_o shall_v be_v ordain_v in_o all_o these_o case_n ordination_n be_v impossible_a to_o they_o sect._n 10._o and_o 8._o in_o case_n that_o death_n cut_v off_o all_o the_o bishop_n within_o our_o reach_n or_o that_o the_o remnant_n be_v by_o sickness_n or_o banishment_n or_o imprisonment_n hinder_v or_o by_o danger_n affright_v to_o deny_v ordination_n or_o by_o any_o such_o mean_n become_v in_o accessible_a ordination_n must_v here_o fail_v sect._n 11._o and_o 9_o in_o case_n that_o bishop_n through_o contention_n be_v unknown_a as_o bellarmine_n confess_v it_o have_v be_v at_o rome_n that_o the_o wise_a can_v not_o tell_v which_o be_v pope_n especial_o if_o withal_o both_o party_n seem_v to_o be_v such_o as_o be_v not_o to_o be_v submit_v to_o ordination_n fail_v sect._n 12._o and_o 10._o in_o case_n of_o prophetical_a immediate_a call_v from_o god_n which_o many_o have_v of_o old_a and_o god_n have_v not_o bind_v himself_o from_o the_o like_o again_o though_o none_o have_v reason_n to_o expect_v it_o and_o none_o shall_v rash_o presume_v of_o it_o in_o all_o these_o ten_o case_n ordination_n fail_v sect_n 13._o and_o that_o it_o do_v so_o needs_o no_o proof_n the_o instance_n prove_v it_o themselves_o brief_o 1._o nemo_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ad_fw-la impossibile_fw-it but_o in_o many_o of_o these_o case_n ordination_n be_v impossible_a therefore_o etc._n etc._n sect._n 14._o and_o 2._o nemo_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ad_fw-la inhonestum_fw-la no_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o sin_n for_o turpe_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it in_fw-it law_n but_o in_o many_o of_o these_o case_n or_o all_o be_v plain_o sin_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n sect._n 20._o and_o 3_o cessante_fw-la sine_fw-la cessat_fw-la obligatio_fw-la the_o mean_n be_v for_o the_o end_n but_o in_o many_o if_o not_o all_o these_o case_n cessat_fw-la finis_fw-la &_o ratio_fw-la medii_fw-la therefore_o cessat_fw-la obligatio_fw-la sect._n 21._o and_o 4._o cessante_fw-la materia_fw-la cessat_fw-la obligatio_fw-la but_o here_o aliquando_fw-la cessat_fw-la materia_fw-la as_o in_o case_n of_o the_o apostasy_n death_n banishment_n concealment_n of_o bishop_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n sect._n 22._o and_o now_o i_o be_o next_o to_o prove_v that_o when_o the_o obligation_n to_o ordination_n cease_v yet_o the_o obligation_n to_o ministerial_a office_n cease_v not_o but_o such_o must_v be_v do_v and_o 1._o i_o prove_v it_o hence_o because_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o common_a law_n of_o nature_n cease_v not_o upon_o the_o cessation_n of_o a_o point_n of_o order_n but_o if_o the_o ministerial_a work_n shall_v cease_v the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n must_v cease_v here_o i_o have_v two_o point_n to_o prove_v 1._o that_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n suppose_v the_o work_n of_o redemption_n already_o wrought_v and_o the_o gospel_n and_o ordinance_n establish_v oblige_v man_n that_o be_v able_a and_o have_v opportunity_n to_o do_v the_o work_n of_o minister_n 2._o and_o that_o this_o law_n be_v not_o cease_v when_o ordination_n cease_v sect_n 23._o the_o law_n of_o nature_n prohibit_v cruelty_n and_o require_v charity_n and_o to_o show_v mercy_n to_o man_n in_o great_a necessity_n according_a to_o our_o ability_n but_o to_o suspend_v the_o exercise_n of_o the_o ministerial_a office_n be_v the_o great_a cruelty_n where_o there_o be_v ability_n and_o opportunity_n to_o exercise_v it_o and_o to_o exercise_v it_o be_v the_o great_a work_n of_o mercy_n in_o all_o the_o world_n nature_n teach_v we_o to_o do_v good_a to_o all_o mân_z while_o we_o have_v time_n and_o to_o save_v they_o with_o fear_n pull_v they_o