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The question of re-ordination, whether, and how a minister ordained by the Presbytery, may take ordination also by the Bishop? by John Humfrey ...
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Humfrey, John, 1621-1719.
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of_o the_o talon_n itself_o first_o give_v and_o not_o of_o the_o improvement_n this_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v tessera_fw-la minimè_fw-la fallax_fw-la ejus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la and_o can_v be_v iterate_v because_o baptism_n can_v which_o be_v the_o argument_n at_o first_o or_o for_o the_o reason_n only_o whatsoever_o that_o be_v thereof_o answ_n let_v we_o know_v clear_o that_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o absurdity_n which_o be_v conceive_v in_o the_o iteration_n itself_o of_o baptism_n by_o schoolman_n and_o father_n will_v be_v find_v to_o lie_v in_o a_o opinion_n flat_a contrary_n hereunto_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o sacrament_n confer_v grace_n and_o consequent_o initiate_a grace_n or_o regenerate_v grace_n which_o be_v confer_v by_o baptism_n be_v not_o possible_o to_o be_v confer_v any_o more_o than_o once_o baptism_n can_v be_v but_o once_o whereas_o those_o divine_n that_o after_o calvin_n take_v the_o sacrament_n only_o for_o confirmation_n of_o our_o faith_n do_v make_v 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virtute_fw-la signi_fw-la be_v god_n grace_n with_o we_o or_o blessing_n upon_o our_o study_n and_o work_n and_o increase_v of_o talent_n if_o you_o will_v thereupon_o and_o no_o otherwise_o in_o short_a see_v this_o be_v disprove_v otherwhere_o and_o from_o the_o first_o reason_n above_o which_o be_v more_o especial_o of_o force_n i_o do_v perceive_v that_o that_o which_o have_v trouble_v i_o as_o a_o objection_n will_v turn_v to_o advantage_n and_o serve_v but_o the_o full_a to_o lay_v open_a the_o nature_n of_o ordination_n which_o be_v further_a needful_a the_o truth_n be_v with_o much_o beat_n hereupon_o i_o do_v see_v plain_o this_o solemnity_n do_v both_o these_o thing_n it_o signify_v this_o gift_n and_o impetrate_v a_o blessing_n when_o a_o man_n come_v to_o be_v ordain_v he_o be_v to_o be_v examine_v this_o examination_n if_o we_o know_v what_o it_o be_v be_v whether_o he_o have_v this_o gift_n which_o be_v his_o call_n from_o god_n when_o this_o be_v find_v if_o you_o will_v say_v this_o solemnity_n be_v a_o sacrament_n hereof_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n as_o a_o visible_a public_a sign_n or_o token_n attest_v signify_v and_o declare_v this_o inward_a invisible_a ministerial_a grace_n in_o the_o person_n to_o the_o church_n for_o its_o proper_a end_n mentem_fw-la teneas_fw-la with_o austin_n linguam_fw-la corrigas_fw-la it_o be_v but_o the_o same_o our_o divine_n say_v ordination_n be_v the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o call_n or_o may_v help_v we_o well_o to_o understand_v it_o there_o be_v then_o a_o double_a call_n a_o call_n from_o man_n and_o the_o call_v of_o god_n a_o man_n call_n from_o man_n lie_v in_o their_o choice_n of_o he_o for_o their_o minister_n or_o his_o title_n to_o a_o place_n while_o most_o have_v be_v pore_v upon_o this_o outward_a call_n by_o man_n the_o true_a notion_n of_o ordination_n have_v be_v out_o of_o sight_n hence_o dr._n ames_n with_o other_o common_o episcopalis_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la ministri_fw-la sine_fw-la titulo_fw-la est_fw-la aeque_fw-la ridicula_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la maritus_fw-la singeretur_fw-la esse_fw-la absque_fw-la uxore_fw-la but_o it_o be_v a_o specious_a mistake_n a_o man_n may_v be_v ordain_v i_o think_v to_o the_o work_n as_o to_o a_o place_n head_n and_o fellow_n of_o college_n can_v but_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v ordain_v without_o absurdity_n there_o be_v teacher_n as_o well_o as_o pastor_n in_o the_o church_n the_o bottom_n of_o the_o misapprehension_n then_o lie_v here_o when_o these_o divine_n have_v say_v well_o that_o ordination_n be_v this_o declaration_n only_o or_o confirmation_n of_o a_o man_n call_n they_o dream_v of_o this_o outward_a call_v only_o this_o call_n by_o man_n and_o so_o be_v out_o the_o call_n of_o god_n then_o in_o the_o next_o place_n do_v lie_v no_o doubt_n in_o this_o gift_n apt_a to_o discharge_v the_o function_n rom._n 12.6_o 7._o eph._n 4.7_o 8_o 11._o 1_o cor._n 12.4_o 7._o rom._n 15.15_o act._n 20.28_o jer._n 23.21_o a_o fitness_n for_o 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potestate_fw-la solus_fw-la praeesse_fw-la populo_fw-la israel_n septuaginta_fw-la elegit_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la populum_fw-la judicaret_fw-la sect_n vi_o i_o have_v not_o digress_v as_o i_o may_v seem_v in_o the_o precede_a paper_n yet_o shall_v i_o return_v more_o direct_o on_o the_o point_n to_o that_o which_o remain_v that_o be_v the_o four_o and_o last_o objection_n i_o do_v not_o think_v at_o first_o of_o write_v half_o thus_o much_o but_o lo_o here_o how_o my_o ink_n like_o the_o water_n rise_v upon_o i_o that_o there_o be_v some_o few_o scruple_n not_o yet_o pass_v over_o and_o after_o this_o especial_o my_o four_o paper_n what_o be_v there_o more_o in_o the_o ransack_n of_o my_o soul_n that_o all_o the_o superstition_n which_o be_v there_o can_v rake_v up_o far_o against_o this_o thing_n true_o i_o find_v there_o be_v something_o yet_o methinks_v stick_n about_o that_o gift_n mention_v with_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n in_o timothy_n with_o a_o passage_n put_v they_o together_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o late_o out_o of_o st._n gregory_n sicut_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la semel_fw-la iterum_fw-la baptizari_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la ita_fw-la qui_fw-la consecratus_fw-la est_fw-la semel_fw-la in_fw-la eodem_fw-la iterum_fw-la ordine_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la consecrari_fw-la here_o be_v argumentum_fw-la à _fw-la simili_fw-la let_v my_o misgive_a thought_n for_o a_o while_n work_n upon_o it_o baptism_n be_v a_o sacrament_n of_o initiation_n into_o christianity_n so_o haply_o ordination_n into_o the_o ministry_n in_o baptism_n there_o be_v the_o spiritual_a grace_n and_o outward_a rite_n in_o ordination_n there_o be_v a_o outward_a rite_n and_o likely_a this_o spiritual_a gift_n to_o every_o function_n there_o be_v a_o gift_n apt_a for_o the_o discharge_n of_o it_o annex_v to_o it_o and_o give_v when_o god_n please_v with_o it_o why_o be_v not_o imposition_n of_o hand_n a_o sign_n and_o seal_v of_o this_o gift_n in_o the_o ministry_n as_o wash_v with_o water_n of_o grace_n in_o baptism_n ceremonia_fw-la hac_fw-la est_fw-la primùm_fw-la say_v calvin_n ex_fw-la scripture_n sumpta_fw-la deinde_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la inanem_fw-la nec_fw-la supervacuam_fw-la sed_fw-la fidele_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la symbolum_fw-la testatur_fw-la paulus_n inst_z l._n 4._o c._n 19_o §_o 28._o and_o what_o if_o ordination_n hereupon_o be_v a_o very_a perfect_a sacrament_n as_o baptism_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v chrysostom_n of_o baptism_n on_o heb._n 6.6_o adverte_fw-fr quà m_fw-la illud_fw-la tremendum_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la valeant_fw-la pontificum_fw-la impositae_fw-la manus_fw-la say_v theophylact_fw-mi of_o ordination_n on_o 1_o tim_n 4.14_o in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a the_o 19_o canon_n where_o i_o read_v of_o re-ordination_a it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o case_n only_o that_o require_v also_o rebaptisation_n and_o in_o concilio_n capuano_n vi_o rebaptizationes_fw-la ita_fw-la re-ordinationes_a sunt_fw-la prohibitae_fw-la baron_n a_o 389._o n._n 74._o quote_v by_o mason_n de_fw-fr min._n ang._n p._n 170._o in_o short_a a_o man_n can_v be_v bear_v twice_o or_o twice_o regenerate_v no_o more_o can_v he_o be_v twice_o baptize_v and_o consequent_o neither_o twice_o ordain_v here_o be_v the_o herculean_a pillar_n and_o i_o guess_v the_o non_fw-la ultrà _fw-la of_o my_o doubt_n for_o answer_v whereunto_o i_o shall_v premise_v one_o thing_n that_o the_o conscience_n be_v sole_o god_n prerogative_n and_o as_o it_o can_v so_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o man_n i_o mean_v so_o far_o as_o to_o make_v any_o matter_n in_o itself_o sin_v where_o it_o be_v leave_v free_a by_o his_o word_n let_v that_o of_o st._n jerome_n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v heed_v quod_fw-la de_fw-fr scripture_n authoritatem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la eadem_fw-la facilitate_v contemnitur_fw-la quâ_fw-la probatur_fw-la this_o premise_a the_o solution_n here_o do_v lie_v in_o the_o reject_v such_o apprehension_n as_o these_o which_o be_v too_o high_a strain_v and_o not_o consonant_a to_o the_o receive_a doctrine_n of_o the_o protestant_n who_o admit_v only_o two_o sacrament_n upon_o grand_a reason_n and_o that_o there_o can_v therefore_o be_v a_o parity_n of_o ordination_n with_o baptism_n as_o i_o have_v frame_v to_o unravel_v the_o same_o then_o let_v i_o take_v a_o little_a scope_n there_o be_v three_o thing_n say_v our_o divine_n must_v go_v to_o a_o sacrament_n symbolum_n externum_fw-la divina_fw-la institutio_fw-la and_o promissio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la for_o the_o first_o it_o be_v manifest_a in_o ordination_n for_o the_o second_o a_o authentic_a divine_a have_v these_o word_n licèt_fw-la nullum_fw-la extet_fw-la certum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la which_o yet_o in_o 1_o tim._n 5.22_o be_v employ_v say_v walaeus_n de_fw-fr manuum_fw-la impositione_n quia_fw-la tamen_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o perpetuo_fw-la usu_fw-la apostolis_n videmus_fw-la illa_fw-la tam_fw-la accurata_fw-la eorum_fw-la observatio_fw-la praecepti_fw-la vice_fw-la nobis_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la cal._n inst_z l._n 4._o c._n 3._o §_o 16._o for_o the_o last_o promissio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la we_o must_v know_v there_o be_v a_o double_a grace_n the_o grace_n of_o the_o covenant_n as_o i_o may_v say_v and_o ministerial_a grace_n that_o be_v endowment_n for_o our_o office_n to_o profit_v other_o when_o divine_v tell_v we_o of_o a_o promise_n of_o grace_n which_o must_v go_v with_o the_o precept_n to_o make_v a_o sacrament_n we_o be_v to_o take_v grace_n still_o in_o the_o first_o sense_n the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o so_o no_o ceremony_n rite_n or_o institution_n apostolical_a or_o otherwise_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v receive_v of_o christian_n pro_fw-la sigillo_fw-la justitiae_fw-la fidei_fw-la rom._n 4.11_o or_o pro_fw-la signo_fw-la gratiae_fw-la justificantis_fw-la that_o be_v which_o do_v not_o signify_v consign_v and_o confer_v to_o we_o 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