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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d blot_v out_o often_o p._n 66._o l._n 9_o porrectione_n r._n porrectionem_fw-la p._n 77._o l._n 1._o for_o to_o â—abylon_n r._n of_o babylon_n a_o answer_n to_o the_o tract_n bear_v title_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n and_o protestant_a divine_n concern_v ordination_n lay_v on_o of_o band_n in_o ordination_n of_o minister_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n of_o the_o treatise_n be_v here_o set_v down_o without_o add_v alter_v or_o abridgement_n ordination_n be_v take_v common_o for_o a_o act_n of_o minister_n or_o elder_n after_o examination_n and_o election_n the_o answer_n 1._o in_o the_o common_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n ordination_n include_v examination_n and_o imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o be_v not_o a_o single_a act_n but_o a_o complicate_v so_o as_o all_o be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o ordainer_n for_o the_o solemn_a fieri_fw-la solemn_a solenne_fw-fr est_fw-fr quod_fw-la solet_fw-la fieri_fw-la constitute_n or_o set_v 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ancient_a ordinance_n of_o god_n himself_o not_o a_o new_a device_n appoint_v by_o man_n minister_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v not_o as_o minister_n by_o themselves_o alone_o but_o as_o minister_n of_o god_n even_o such_o as_o by_o who_o mean_n god_n do_v work_v the_o salvation_n of_o mankind_n harmony_n in_o engl._n print_v in_o 4._o anno_fw-la 1643._o pag._n 233._o the_o french_z confess_v see_v that_o we_o be_v not_o make_v partaker_n of_o christ_n but_o by_o 107._o credimus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la evangelium_fw-la simus_fw-la christi_fw-la compotes_fw-la oportere_fw-la sacram_fw-la &_o inviolabilé_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ejus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sancitan_fw-mi conservari_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la requiri_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la pastor_n quibus_fw-la onus_fw-la docendi_fw-la verbi_fw-la &_o administrandi_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la incumbat_fw-la itaque_fw-la fanaticos_fw-la illos_fw-la omnes_fw-la detestâ—â—â—ur_fw-la qui_fw-la quâ—â—rum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la sacrum_fw-la ministerium_fw-la sive_fw-la praedicationern_n verbi_fw-la &_o administrationem_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la abolita_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 1._o pag._n 107._o the_o gospel_n we_o believe_v that_o that_o good_a order_n which_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o that_o gospel_n be_v confirm_v aught_o to_o be_v keep_v sacred_a and_o inviolable_a and_o that_o therefore_o pastor_n be_v necessary_o require_v in_o the_o church_n upon_o who_o shoulder_n the_o burden_n of_o teach_v the_o word_n and_o administer_a the_o sacrament_n do_v lie_v therefore_o we_o detest_v all_o those_o fanatical_a spirit_n who_o as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v desire_v that_o both_o this_o sacred_a ministry_n or_o preach_v of_o the_o word_n and_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n be_v utter_o abolish_v harm_n eng._n p._n 253._o propos_fw-fr ii_o beside_o the_o internal_a call_n of_o god_n and_o due_a qualification_n through_o the_o spirit_n a_o externall_n mediate_v call_v by_o man_n in_o the_o ordinary_a state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v necessary_a to_o put_v a_o man_n into_o the_o office_n of_o a_o minister_n and_o to_o enable_v he_o for_o the_o work_n proof_n out_o of_o scripture_n jer._n 14._o 14._o ch_n 23._o 21._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 2._o rom._n 10._o 15._o heb._n 5._o 4._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 1._o act._n 1._o 21_o 22._o the_o french_a confession_n art_n 31._o we_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o man_n upon_o his_o 108._o credimuâ—_n nulli_fw-la fas_fw-la esse_fw-la suapte_v autoritate_fw-la invadere_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernacula_fw-la sed_fw-la legitime_a electione_n quoad_fw-la ejus_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o quamdiâ—_n dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la rel_n potestatem_fw-la facit_fw-la praeeunte_fw-la adscisci_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la oportere_fw-la corpus_fw-la conf._n par_fw-fr 1._o p._n 108._o own_o authority_n to_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n but_o that_o every_o one_o ought_v to_o be_v admit_v thereunto_o by_o a_o lawful_a election_n so_o near_o as_o may_v be_v and_o so_o long_o as_o the_o
dispensation_n 2_o dispensation_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la factum_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la qui_fw-la immediaté_fw-fr fuit_fw-la vocatus_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la id_fw-la facere_fw-la decet_fw-la in_o vocationibus_fw-la mediatis_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la verba_fw-la d._n chemnitii_fw-la par_fw-fr 3._o l._n de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la c._n 4._o p_o 333._o apud_fw-la gerh._n l._n come_v de_fw-fr min._n eccl_n c._n 3_o s_o 2_o of_o his_o spirit_n to_o make_v more_o account_n of_o ordination_n than_o of_o election_n or_o at_o least_o more_o than_o you_o will_v have_v we_o he_o say_v no_o more_o but_o separate_a they_o for_o the_o work_n they_o understand_v his_o meaning_n to_o be_v ordain_v they_o and_o therefore_o when_o they_o have_v fast_v and_o pray_v they_o that_o be_v the_o prophet_n and_o teacher_n of_o antioch_n lay_v their_o hand_n on_o they_o no_o man_n therefore_o in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n be_v to_o be_v account_v separate_a to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n until_o with_o fast_v and_o prayer_n he_o have_v hand_n lay_v on_o he_o but_o of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o 5._o shall_v i_o say_v no_o more_o i_o think_v i_o fall_v not_o short_a of_o a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o this_o argument_n yet_o because_o herein_o you_o make_v the_o fair_a show_n and_o seem_v to_o have_v the_o lutheran_n and_o caulinist_n all_o on_o your_o side_n and_o make_v many_o particular_a citation_n therefore_o i_o shall_v the_o rather_o enlarge_v myself_o a_o little_a in_o totum_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la verò_fw-la legitimam_fw-la vocationem_fw-la nominamus_fw-la eam_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_v collect_v be_v suffragiis_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nullo_n ordine_fw-la excluso_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la certa_fw-la persona_fw-la à _fw-la doctoribâ—â—s_fw-la ecclesia_n examinata_fw-la sistatur_fw-la magistratui_fw-la &_o popule_fw-la à _fw-la quâ—_n publicè_fw-la audita_fw-la communibus_fw-la omnium_fw-la ordinum_fw-la suffragiis_fw-la eligitur_fw-la vel_fw-la 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quorum_fw-la est_fw-la examinare_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la &_o mores_fw-la vocandi_fw-la personamque_fw-la idoneam_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la utilem_fw-la ligere_fw-la idde_n case_z con_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 4._o casu_fw-la 3._o of_o ordinationhe_n he_o speak_v thus_o citra_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la casum_fw-la &_o si_fw-la haberi_fw-la possit_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la est_fw-la omittenda_fw-la propter_fw-la evitandâ—_n novitatis_fw-la scandalum_fw-la semper_fw-la e._n in_o ecclesia_fw-la apostolica_fw-la usitata_fw-la fuit_fw-la ubi_fw-la vocati_fw-la ad_fw-la ministerium_fw-la verbi_fw-la per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d presbyterii_fw-la in_o officio_fw-la svo_fw-la confirmati_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o cap._n 6._o casu_fw-la 1._o presbyterii_fw-la nomine_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ministri_fw-la verbi_fw-la sedetiam_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la functiones_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la constituendas_fw-la sunt_fw-la deputati_fw-la quos_fw-la seniores_fw-la praepositos_fw-la &_o consiliarios_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la adeoque_fw-la senatum_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la appellamâ—s_fw-la atque_fw-la his_fw-la quidem_fw-la presbyter_n be_v primas_fw-la part_n in_o electione_n &_o vocatione_n ministrorum_fw-la concâ—dendaâ—_n esse_fw-la nemo_fw-la sanus_fw-la ut_fw-la opinâ—r_fw-la negabit_fw-la aegidius_n hunnius_n dan._n arculariuâ—_n jo._n wilkeâ—mannus_n etc._n etc._n propositionum_fw-la come_v 2._o disp_n 22._o these_o 83_o &_o 84._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la apud_fw-la baâ—thas_n mâ—â—â—zerum_fw-la in_o exegesi_fw-la augustianâ—_n confessionis_fw-la ad_fw-la ar._n 4._o num_fw-la 4_o 5_o 6_o &_o 8._o chemnitium_fw-la â—â—_o exam_o conc_fw-fr trid._n de_fw-fr sâ—craâ—_n ordinis_fw-la ad_fw-la can_v 8._o nic._n hunnium_fw-la indemon_n min._n lutherans_n per_fw-la totum_fw-la matter_n of_o testimony_n and_o desire_v that_o these_o few_o thing_n may_v be_v observe_v 1._o the_o general_a opinion_n of_o the_o lutheran_n about_o the_o regular_a and_o orderly_o call_v of_o a_o minister_n be_v that_o the_o three_o order_n class_n or_o estate_n all_o these_o word_n be_v use_v by_o they_o that_o be_v magistrate_n minister_n and_o people_n by_o a_o several_a interest_n of_o suffrage_n be_v to_o concur_v together_o or_o apart_o to_o the_o call_n of_o a_o minister_n and_o herein_o they_o make_v a_o act_n of_o minister_n and_o elder_n as_o such_o to_o be_v necessary_a yea_o the_o most_o necessary_a proper_a and_o essential_a thing_n and_o this_o suppose_a as_o antecedent_n they_o use_v to_o say_v ordination_n be_v the_o declaration_n of_o a_o call_v and_o compare_v it_o with_o coronation_n or_o the_o solemnisation_n of_o marriage_n and_o though_o they_o hold_v ordination_n to_o be_v but_o a_o declaration_n of_o the_o call_v yet_o they_o hold_v it_o more_o or_o less_o necessary_a and_o to_o be_v the_o peculiar_a act_n of_o minister_n and_o elder_n gerhard_n one_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_a among_o they_o to_o justify_v the_o call_v of_o minister_n in_o ecclesiis_fw-la quas_fw-la vocant_fw-la evangelicis_fw-la use_v this_o argument_n against_o bellarmine_n vocatio_fw-la mediata_fw-la legitima_fw-la juxta_fw-la divinam_fw-la institutionem_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la praxin_fw-la fieri_fw-la debet_fw-la à _fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la tribus_fw-la illius_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la vocatio_fw-la fit_a à _fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la tribus_fw-la illius_fw-la or_o dinibus_fw-la ergo._n a_o lawful_a mediate_v call_v according_a to_o divine_a institution_n and_o the_o apostle_n practice_n must_v be_v make_v by_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o all_o the_o three_o order_n thereof_o the_o call_n of_o our_o minister_n be_v make_v by_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o all_o the_o three_o order_n thereof_o therefore_o it_o be_v lawful_a according_a to_o divine_a institution_n and_o apostolical_a practice_n the_o minor_a say_v he_o be_v manifest_a out_o of_o the_o custom_n use_v in_o our_o church_n 12._o church_n ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la &_o primitivae_fw-la homines_fw-la idonâ—is_fw-la &_o necessariis_fw-la donis_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la instructi_fw-la ab_fw-la ordinariis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la magistratu_fw-la constituente_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la suffragante_fw-la post_fw-la legitimam_fw-la vocation_n in_fw-la per_fw-la impositionem_fw-la manuum_fw-la &_o preces_fw-la ordinatium_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la cultuâ—_fw-la divino_fw-la consecrantur_fw-la loquimur_fw-la dejure_v &_o ordinarid_a reguld_a in_o constitionibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la ecclesiosticip_n praescrâ—pâ—â_fw-la â—â—_o gerh._n l._n come_v to_o 6._o deminist_n ecclesiast_fw-la c._n 3._o §._o 9_o p._n 157._o nos_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la ritum_fw-la nequaequam_fw-la omittendum_fw-la sed_fw-la extra_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la casumin_fw-la constitutione_n ministerii_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la lici_fw-la semper_fw-la adbidendum_fw-la esse_fw-la ditimus_fw-la idem_fw-la quo_fw-la supra_fw-la §._o 12._o so_o as_o in_o their_o judgement_n a_o act_n of_o minister_n and_o elder_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n in_o the_o call_n of_o a_o minister_n yet_o a_o little_a more_o clear_o and_o full_o concern_v the_o interest_n of_o minister_n about_o the_o call_n of_o a_o minister_n exemplâ—_n minister_n v._o nic._n hun._n in_o dem._n min._n lutherani_n p._n 199._o multis_fw-la ex_fw-la causis_fw-la ministris_fw-la nau_o sabem_fw-la susfragiunt_fw-la sed_fw-la primum_fw-la ac_fw-la praecip_n sussragium_fw-la meritiâ—simeconceditur_fw-la 1._o hoc_fw-la postulat_fw-la praecepâ—um_fw-la apostolicum_fw-la 2_o tim._n 2._o 2._o tit._n 1._o 5._o 2._o aptitudo_fw-la cligendi_fw-la 3._o ipsius_fw-la officiâ—_n ratio_fw-la 4_o ratio_fw-la pro_fw-la animabus_fw-la reddenda_fw-la 5._o exemplum_fw-la apostoli_fw-la act._n 1._o act_n 6._o 2_o 3._o 6._o piae_fw-la &_o orthodoxae_fw-la antiquitatis_fw-la exemplâ—_n the_o same_o gerhard_n inquire_v to_o who_o the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o call_v do_v belong_v give_v this_o answer_n whereas_o in_o the_o church_n there_o be_v three_o distinct_a state_n or_o order_n the_o ecclesiastical_a political_a and_o economical_a or_o presbytery_n magistrate_n and_o people_n of_o all_o which_o as_o of_o so_o many_o member_n the_o church_n consist_v therefore_o no_o state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v simple_o to_o be_v exclude_v but_o their_o part_n and_o office_n must_v be_v leave_v to_o every_o one_o of_o they_o in_o the_o mediate_a call_n of_o minister_n and_o 1._o say_v he_o that_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n understand_v by_o both_o name_n one_o thing_n must_v be_v use_v when_o the_o ministry_n be_v to_o be_v commend_v to_o any_o one_o be_v manifest_a ex_fw-la mandato_fw-la apostolico_fw-la by_o the_o apostolic_a commandment_n and_o the_o approve_a example_n of_o scripture_n act._n 14._o 23._o 1_o
lord_n give_v leave_v harm_n eng._n pag._n 253._o &_o 254._o the_o augustane_n confession_n art_n 14._o concern_v ecclesiastical_a order_n they_o teach_v that_o no_o man_n 16._o de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la docent_fw-la quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la debeat_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la publicae_fw-la docere_fw-la auâ—_n sacramenta_fw-la administrare_fw-la nisi_fw-la rite_n vocatus_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o paulus_n praecipit_fw-la tito_n ut_fw-la in_o civitatibus_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la constituat_fw-la corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 1._o p._n 16._o shall_v public_o in_o the_o church_n teach_v or_o minister_v the_o sacrament_n except_o he_o be_v right_o call_v according_a as_o st._n paul_n give_v commandment_n to_o titus_n to_o ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o city_n harm_n eng._n p._n 258._o the_o latter_a conf._n of_o helvetia_n chap._n 18._o furthermore_o no_o man_n ought_v to_o usurp_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o 59_o nemo_fw-la autem_fw-la honorem_fw-la ministerii_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la usurpare_fw-la sibi_fw-la i._n e._n ad_fw-la se_fw-la largitionibus_fw-la aut_fw-la ullis_fw-la artibus_fw-la aut_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la proprio_fw-la rapere_fw-la debet_fw-la dâ—mnamus_n hic_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la fua_fw-la spoâ—â—â—_n currunt_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la electi_fw-la missi_fw-la nec_fw-la ordinaâ—â—_n corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 1._o pag._n 59_o ecclesiastical_a ministry_n that_o be_v to_o say_v greedy_o to_o pluck_v it_o to_o he_o by_o bribe_n or_o any_o evil_a shift_n or_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n we_o do_v here_o therefore_o condemn_v all_o those_o which_o run_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n be_v neither_o choose_v send_v nor_o ordain_v harm_n engl._n p._n 236._o the_o conf._n of_o wirtemberg_n art_n 20._o neither_o be_v it_o unknown_a that_o christ_n in_o his_o church_n have_v 164._o nec_fw-la est_fw-la obscurum_fw-la qd_n christus_fw-la instituerit_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sva_fw-la ministros_fw-la qui_fw-la adnâ—ncient_a evangelium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o dispensent_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la ejus_fw-la nec_fw-la permittendum_fw-la est_fw-la cuivis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la spirituali_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la legitima_fw-la vocatione_n usurpet_fw-la publicum_fw-la ministerium_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 2._o pag._n 164._o institute_v minister_n who_o shall_v preach_v his_o gospel_n and_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v permit_v to_o every_o one_o although_o he_o be_v a_o spiritual_a priest_n to_o usurp_v a_o public_a ministry_n in_o the_o church_n without_o a_o lawful_a call_v harm_n engl._n p._n 265._o the_o english_a conf._n further_o we_o say_v that_o the_o minister_n ought_v lawful_o due_o 131._o credimus_fw-la ministrum_fw-la legitime_fw-la vocari_fw-la oportere_fw-la &_o rectè_fw-la atque_fw-la ordine_fw-la praefici_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la neminem_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la sacrum_fw-la ministetium_n pro_fw-la svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la &_o libidine_fw-la posse_fw-la se_fw-la intrudere_fw-la corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 1._o pag._n 116._o see_v also_o the_o 23_o art_n among_o the_o 39_o and_o corp._n conf._n p._n 131._o and_o orderly_o to_o be_v prefer_v to_o that_o office_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o that_o no_o man_n have_v power_n ro_o wrest_v himself_o into_o the_o holy_a ministry_n at_o his_o own_o pleasure_n harm_n eng._n p._n 255._o propos_fw-fr iii_o in_o call_v to_o the_o ministry_n beside_o election_n ordination_n be_v to_o be_v use_v where_o it_o may_v be_v have_v act._n 6._o 2._o ch_n 13._o 2._o ch_n 14._o 23._o titus_n 1._o 5._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o and_o beside_o the_o usual_a way_n of_o ordain_v by_o prayer_n fast_v and_o imposition_n of_o hand_n there_o be_v no_o other_o speak_v of_o in_o any_o confession_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n the_o conf._n of_o helvetia_n quo_fw-la supra_fw-la and_o those_o which_o be_v choose_v let_v they_o be_v ordain_v of_o the_o elder_n with_o public_a prayer_n and_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n we_o do_v here_o therefore_o condemn_v all_o those_o which_o run_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n as_o before_o harm_n engl._n p._n 236._o see_v also_o the_o former_a conf._n of_o helu._n har._n eng._n p._n 242._o corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 1._o pag._n 90._o the_o saxon_a confession_n we_o do_v retain_v in_o our_o church_n also_o the_o public_a rite_n of_o 99_o retinemus_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o in_fw-la nostris_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la publicum_fw-la ritum_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la quo_fw-la comendatur_fw-la ministerium_fw-la evangelii_n verè_fw-la electl_n quorum_fw-la mores_fw-la &_o doctrinam_fw-la prius_fw-la exploramus_fw-la corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 2._o pag._n 99_o ordination_n whereby_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v commend_v to_o those_o that_o be_v true_o choose_v who_o manner_n and_o doctrine_n we_o do_v first_o thorough_o examine_v harm_n eng._n pag._n 225._o the_o belgic_a confess_v art_n 31._o we_o believe_v that_o the_o minister_n senior_n and_o deacon_n 179._o 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