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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83014	An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. After advice had with the assembly of divines, for the ordination of ministers pro tempore, according to the directory for ordination, and rules for examination, therein expressed. Die Mercurii, 2 Octob. 1644. Ordered, that this ordinance for ordination, of ministers pro tempore, bee forthwith printed. H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing E1801; Thomason E10_25; ESTC R18247	4,847	18

Die Mercurii 2 Octob. 1644. ORdered that this Ordinance for Ordination of Ministers pro Tempore bee forthwith Printed and that it bee sent to the Assembly of Divines to take care of the printing thereof And that no man do print the same but such as shall bee thereunto appointed by the Assembly H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com. October 3. ORdered by the Assembly of Divines That the Scribes of the Assembly take care of the Printing of this Ordinance Wee do appoint Ralph Smith to print this Ordinance Henry Robrough Adoniram Byfield AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT After Advice had with the Assembly of DIVINES for the Ordination of Mininisters pro Tempore according to the Directory for Ordination and Rules for Examination therein expressed Die Mercurii 2 Octob. 1644. ORdered that this Ordinance for Ordination of Ministers pro Tempore bee forthwith Printed H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com. LONDON Printed for Ralph Smith and are to bee sold at his shop at the signe of the Bible in Corne-bill neere the Royall Exchange 1644. AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT FOR THE Ordination of Ministers pro Tempore WHereas the word Presbyter that is to say Elder and the word Bishop doe in the Scriptures intend and signifie one and the same Function although the Title of Bishop hath beene by corrupt custome appropriated to one and that unto him ascribed and by him assumed as in other things so in the matter of Ordination that was not meet Which Ordination notwithstanding being performed by him a Presbyter joyned with other Presbyters we hold for substance to bee valid and not to bee disclaimed by any that have received it And that Presbyters so ordained being lawfully thereunto appointed and authorized may ordaine other Presbyters And whereas it is also manifest by the word of God That no man ought to take upon him the Office of a Minister untill hee bee lawfully called and ordained thereunto And that the worke of Ordination that is to say An outward Solemne setting apart of Persons for the Office of the Ministery in the Church by Preaching Presbyters is an Ordinance of Christ and is to bee performed with all due Care Wisdome Gravity and Solemnity It is Ordained by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament and by the Authority of the same after advice had with the Assembly of Divines now convened at Westminster that during the present exigencies of the Armies of the Navy and of many Congregations destitute of able and faithfull Ministers of the Gospel and untill a Government of the Church be formed up to the full power and Worke of it and the whole course of Ordination of Ministers in an ordinary way bee set up and setled for all the three Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland These persons in the City of London being Presbyters Viz. Doctor Cornelius Burges one of the Assessors of the Assembly Dr. William Gouge Mr. John Ley Mr. George Walker Mr. Edmund Calamy Mr. Daniel Cawdry Mr. Stanley Gower Mr. John Conant Mr. Humphrey Chambers Members of the Assembly of Divines Mr. Henry Robrough one of the Scribes of the Assembly Mr. John Downham Mr. Charles Off-spring Mr. Richard Lee Mr. Timothy Dod Mr. James Cranford Mr. Thomas Horton Mr. Thomas Clenden Mr. Arthur Jackson Mr. Samuel Clerke Mr. Emanuel Bourne Mr. Foulke Bellers Mr. Francis Roberts Mr. Leonard Cooke or any seven of them being the whole number present or any seven or more of them being the major part of them that shall bee present may examine approve and ordaine Presbyters according to the Directory for Ordination and Rules for Examination hereafter expressed that is to say First That hee that is to bee Ordained must addresse himselfe to the Ministers appointed to ordaine and bring with him a testimoniall of his taking the Covenant of the three Kingdomes of his diligence and proficiency in his Studies what degrees hee hath taken in the Vniversity and what hath been the time of his abode there and withall of his age which is to bee twenty foure yeeres at the least but especially of his life and conversation Secondly the Ministers appointed to ordaine shall proceed to inquire touching the grace of God in him and whether hee bee of such holinesse of life as is requisite in a Minister of the Gospel and to examine him touching his Learning and sufficiency and touching the evidence of his Calling to the holy Ministery and in particular his faire and direct calling to that place to which he is designed THE RVLES for EXAMINATION ARE THESE 1. THat the party Examined bee dealt with in a Brotherly way with mildnesse of spirit and with speciall respect to the gravity modesty and quality of every one 2. Hee shall bee examined touching his skill in the Originall Tongues and that Tryall to bee made by reading the Hebrew and Greek Testaments and rendring some portions of them into Latine And inquiry also shall bee made after his other Learning and whether hee hath skill in Logick and Philosophy 3. What Authours in Divinity hee hath read and is best acquainted with and tryall shall bee made of his knowledge in the chiefe Grounds of Religion and of his ability to defend the Orthodox Doctrine contained in them against all unsound and erroneous opinions especially those of the present age Of his skill In the sense and meaning of such places of Scripture as shall bee proposed unto him In cases of Conscience and in the Chronologie of Scripture and of the Ecclesiasticall History 4. If hee hath not before Preached in publique with approbation of such as are able to judge hee shall at a competent time assigned him and before the Ministers appointed to Ordaine expound such a place of Scripture as shall bee given him 5. Hee shall in a competent time also frame a Discourse in Latin upon such a common place or controversie in Divinity as shall bee assigned him and exhibite to the Ministers appointed to ordaine such Theses as expresse the summe thereof and maintain a Dispute upon them 6. Hee shall Preach before the People and the Ministers appointed to Ordain or some of them 7. The proportion of his gifts in relation to the place unto which hee is called shall bee considered 8. Besides the Tryall of his gifts in preaching hee shall undergoe an Examination in the Premises two several dayes or more if the Ministers appointed to Ordaine shall judge it necessary Thirdly After which hee being approved is to bee sent to the Church or other place where hee is to serve if it may bee done with safety and conveniency there to Preach three severall dayes and to converse with the people that they may have tryall of his gifts for their edification and may have time and leisure to inquire into and the better to know his life and conversation Fourthly In the last of those three dayes appointed for the making known of his gifts in Preaching there shall