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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 dâmnamus_n hic_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la fua_fw-la spoâââ_n currunt_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la electi_fw-la missi_fw-la nec_fw-la ordinaââ_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 adnâncient_a evangelium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o 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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 credimus_fw-la ministros_fw-la seniores_fw-la &_o diaconos_fw-la debere_fw-la ad_fw-la functiones_fw-la illas_fw-la svas_fw-la vocari_fw-la &_o promoveri_fw-la legitimâ_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la electione_n adhibitâ_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la seril_n dei_fw-la invocatione_n atque_fw-la co_fw-la ordine_fw-la ac_fw-la modo_fw-la qui_fw-la nobiâ_fw-la dei_fw-la verbo_fw-la praescribitur_fw-la corp._n conf._n par_fw-fr 1._o pag._n 179._o aught_o to_o be_v call_v to_o their_o function_n and_o by_o the_o lawful_a election_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v advance_v into_o those_o room_n earnest_a prayer_n be_v make_v unto_o god_n and_o after_o the_o order_n and_o manner_n which_o be_v set_v down_o unto_o we_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n harm_n eng._n p._n 258._o note_v here_o that_o beside_o prayer_n they_o speak_v of_o a_o order_n and_o manner_n set_v down_o unto_o we_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o for_o minister_n and_o deacon_n relate_v to_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n or_o ordination_n if_o 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