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A41581	Of laying on of hands Heb. 6. 2. Or, a discourse containing these 4. chapters. 1. Of the several ends of laying on of hands, in the New Testament. 2. What laying on of hands, is not, and cannot be meant. Heb. 6. 2. 3. What laying on of hands, is and must be meant there. 4. That the laying on of hands, practised by some in these days, on all baptized believers, was never instituted, commanded, nor practised at all, by Jesus Christ, or his apostles in all the New Testament.	Gosnold, John, 1625?-1678.	1656 (1656)	Wing G1311B; ESTC R223702	12,054	16

OF Laying on of Hands Heb. 6. 2. OR A DISCOURSE Containing these 4. Chapters 1. Of the several Ends of Laying on of Hands in the New Testament 2. What Laying on of Hands is not and cannot be meant Heb. 6. 2. 3. What Laying on of Hands is and must be meant there 4. That the Laying on of Hands practised by some in these days on all Baptized Believers was never Instituted Commanded nor practised at all by Jesus Christ or his Apostles in all the New Testament Mark 7. 7 8 9. In vain do they worship me teaching for Doctrines the Commandements of men For laying aside the Commandment of God ye hold the Tradition of men Ye reject the Commandment of God that ye may keep your own Traditions Col. 2. 8. Beware lest any man spoil you through vain deceit after the Tradition of men and not after Christ LONDON Printed by John Streater 1656. CHAP. I. Of the several Ends of Laying on of Hands in the New Testament FOr the better understanding of this great Controversy of late raised about Laying on of Hands We shall first consider the several Ends of Laying on of Hands practised in the New Testament Upon search we finde this Rice or Ceremony was used upon a threefold Account or to a threefold End 1. For Healing or recovering the sick 2. For ministring or giving the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit 3. For Ordaining and appointing of Officers 1. For Healing or recovering the sick Mark 16. 18. They shall Lay Hands on the sick and they shall recover Acts. 28. 8. The father of Publius lay sick c. and Paul laid his Hands on him and healed him 2. For ministring or giving the Holy Spirit To this end Peter and John Laid their Hands on them at Samaria Acts 8. 17 18 19. Then laid they their Hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit And when Simon saw that through Laying on of the Apostles Hands the Holy Spirit was given c. And that hereby is meant the extraordinary Gifts of the holy ly Spirit nothing is more evident For Verse 12. it is said they Believed Verse 14. that they had received the Word of God Verse 16. that they were Baptized All which could not be unless they had already received the ordinary measures of the Spirit Further it is yet more evident from the Text it self for after all this it is said They received the Holy Spirit by Laying on of Hands ver. 17. And that before this the Holy Spirit was fallen upon none of them ver. 15 16 A phrase peculiar to the extraordinary Gifts of the Holy Spirit See Acts 10. 44. and 11. 15. It is yet further evident for the Falling of the Holy Spirit on them was so visible that Simon saw it ver. 18. And thereupon ver. 19. he saith Give me also this power that on whomsoever I lay Hands he may receive the Holy Spirit And that they Laid their Hands to this end the Text is as expresse ver. 17. They laid their Hands and they received the Holy Spirit And ver. 18. through Laying on of Hands the Holy Spirit was given So that you see clearly they laid on their Hands to give the extraordinary or miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit But say some the words of Simon ver. 18. 19. are reproved by Peter ver. 20 21. To which we answer Simon is not reproved for what he had asserted that he had seen for that was true But that he would have purchased this gift and power with money Herein lay his wickedness Because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money ver. 20. Upon this account also Paul laid his Hands on the twelve men at Ephesus Act. 19. 6. And when Paul had laid his Hands upon them the Holy Spirit came on them and they spake with Tongues and prophecied And that by the Holy Spirit here is meant the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit is clear because ver. 2. it is said they believed Now none can believe without the Holy Spirit 1 Cor. 12. 3. But most clear in the Text it self for the Holy Spirit came so on them that they immediatly thereupon spake with Tongues and prophesied A phrase noting the highest measures of the Spirit that ever were attained yea the Baptism of the Spirit Act. 2. 4. and 10. 44 45 46. 3. For Ordaining or appointing of Officers To this end Timothy had hands laid on him by the Presbytery or Eldership 1 Tim. 4. 14. and that this was for the Ministry the whole context proveth from Ver. 11. to the end So also 2 Epist. 1. 6. is to be understood Paul being one of the Presbytery and there also about the Text Ministeriall gifts are spoken of If any object from these two places that there is a gift spoken of that Timothy received by laying on of Hands To this we Answer that we verily perswade our selves that none who rightly come into this office in sincerity and conscience to God and in love and duty to his Church but may confidently expect the blessing of God to the increase of their gifts and experience doth abundantly restifie to the truth of this We further find upon enquiry that all the standing Officers in the New Testament were set apart unto their Ministery by this Rite or Ceremony 1. Messengers Thus Paul and Barnabas were sent out by the Church Act. 13. 2 3. As they ministred to the Lord the holy Spirit said Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the worke whereunto I have called them and when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them they sent them away Thus you see the Messengers of the Churches were appointed to their work by Laying on of Hands 2. Elders or over-seers 1 Tim. 5. 22. Lay Hands suddenly on no man And that this was spoken in reference to Elders the whole context before prooveth from Ver. 17. where the Apostle treats expresly of Elders Ver. 17. Let the Elders c Vers 19. Against an Elder c and then in Ver. 22. Lay hands suddenly on no man viz. Elders before spoken of That is ordaine no man an Elder suddenly or rashly or too hastily without some due tryall and consideration had of his gifts fitnesse and qualifications set downe 1 Tim. 3. beginning and Tit. 1. 5 6. c. 3. Deacons Thus the 7 Deacons were appointed to their worke Act. 6. 3 5 6. in expresse termes Thus you see all the New Testament-Officers were appointed by Laying on of Hands And this shall suffice for the first Chapter to shew the severall Ends of laying on of Hands in the New Testament CHAP. II. Which of these Layings on of Hands is not and cannot be meant Heb. 6. 2. BEfore we resolve this Question we readily acknowledge that A Laying on of Hands is a Principle of Religion and a part of the Foundation of the Christian building Heb. 5. 12. 6. 1 2. Why else seemed it good to the holy Spirit

by this Pen-man to put and reckon it amongst such Principles of the Christian Religion as Repentance Faith Baptisme the Resurrection and eternall Judgment and these granted by all under the least profession of Christianity to be Foundation-Doctrines This being premised we notwithstanding deny that it is either laying on of Hands for Healing the sick or for giving the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit much lesse the laying on of Hands practised by some in these days as you may further see in Chap. 4. I. Here cannot be meant laying on of Hands for healing or recovering the sick and that for these reasons 1. Because the gift or power of healing by laying on of Hands is ceased Now that cannot be a Principle c which is not in force in all ages nor any man capable to practise it At the first promise of giving this power it was accompanied only with miraculous gifts Mar. 16. 17 18. In my name shall they cast out Devills they shall speake with new Tongues they shall take up Serpents and if they drinke any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay Hands on the sick and they shall recover Now how dangerous and destructive a principle is this that miracles should be of the essence of Religion as Principles are and yet no power to practise them 2. As it is necessary a foundation-Principle should continue and be in force in all ages so it is necessary also it should concerne the whole Church and every member thereof as a Foundation doth the whole and every part of the Building to support and uphold it Admit then this power were now in force how would the healing of any one particular member concerne the whole body as a principle c. Therefore we conclude that Laying on of Hands for recovering the sick cannot be that Principle c Heb. 6. II. The Laying on of Hands for giving the extraordinary gifts of the holy Spirit cannot be meant here and that for these reasons 1. Because as before this power of giving the extraordinary gifts of the holy Spirit is now ceased As appears by the practice of it at this day for although so many have had hands laid upon them to this end yet these extraordinary gifts have never followed to any one of them but both they and the administrators are and remaine as other men Yet to call this a Principle c what were this but to grant that one of the Foundation-stones of the Christian Building were now lost And if but a part of the Foundation faile how tortering must the whole building stand and will soone decay and come to nothing And it is well known that a principle in all Arts and sciences is of constant and standing Use 2. That this laying on of Hands cannot be the principle Heb. 6. because this Laying on of Hands is there called a Doctrine Ver. 1 2. But that laying on of Hands to give the holy Spirit was never once taught in all the New Testament no not by them that practised it 3. If this laying on of Hands were the principle Then this very Church of the Hebrews the first constituted Church in the New Testament after Christs Ascension this Church being the same with that Act. 1 2 had wanted a principle in Religion which were very absurd to imagine for they themselves had not Laying on of Hands to this end Act. 8. being the first place that ever it was practised and sure in all matters about worship the written word must be our Rule and to the Scriptures silence we must give consent according to that Proverb Where God hath not a mouth to speake we must not have an Ear to hear Besides that they had not Laying on of Hands to this end is evident because they received the extraordinary gifts of the holy Spirit without it Act. 2. Vers 1 2 3 4 5 c. Therefore we conclude that neither of these two Layings on of Hands can be meant in Heb. 6. 9. CHAP. III. What Laying on of Hands is and must be meant Heb. 6. 2. FOr the better resolving this Question we must take notice that it is Laying on of Hands here in the singular number {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} c therefore can be but one Laying on of Hands that is called here a Principle c and not more as some would have it for then it should be Layings on of Hands in the plural number As in the same place when the Apostle would understand more Baptisms then one he saith The doctrine of Baptisms in the plurall number This being considered we must remember what went before that it is neither Laying on of Hands for healing the sick nor for giving the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit Then it must be Laying on of Hands for ordaining of Officers Which will more clearly appeare by this Argument It must be Laying on of Hands either for healing the sick or for giving the extraordinary gifts of the holy Spirit or for Ordaining of Officers But neither for healing the sick nor for giving the extraordinary gifts of the holy Spirit Therefore for ordaining of Officers For the first Proposition That it must be for one of these three Ends because there is no other Laying on of Hands upon any other account in all the New Testament For the second Proposition that it is neither for healing the sick nor for giving the holy Spirit hath beene already proved Chap. 2. Therefore it follows it must be Laying on of Hands for appointing of Officers And this shall suffice for the first Argument 2. That Laying on of Hands for Officers is here meant will further appeare because this Laying on of Hands is called a Doctrine ver. 1. and therefore must be a Laying on of Hands which is some-where else taught But the other Layings on of Hands were never once taught But this Laying on of Hands was taught viz. by the Apostle Paul 1 Tim. 5 22. Lay Hands suddenly on no man that is Admit none rashly or too hastily into office and that this concernes Officers see before Chap. 1. In this verse there are two things taught one expressed the other necessarily implied that which is expressed is that Timothy should not suddenly Lay Hands on any man that which is implyed is that it was to be done if advisedly If not to be done at all it were frivolous to say it should not be done suddenly Thus you see the Apostle Paul teacheth this Laying on of Hands which in Heb. 6. he calls a Doctrine Now lest any should say that this laying on of Hands concernes all Baptized believers we therefore shall enmind them that from their own principle and practice this cannot be because they Lay Hands on all their disciples immediately upon their Baptisme and therefore leave no roome for this word suddenly in the Apostles exhortation and it is sore against their wills if they may not Lay their Hands suddenly upon