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An Essay of the form and constitution of a particular Christian church according to the model of the apostolick age, and as it is describ'd in the writings of the New Testament.
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3 10. Acts 6.3 Approbation must be after Election lest without Cause the Infirmities of the Brethren be discovered For there are Faults disabling Men to Offices which do not disable them to be Members of the Church Ezek. 44.9 15. Acts 15.37 38. Mat. 18.21 22. compared with Prov. 10.12 1 Pet. 4.8 It the things objected bear Weight against the Officer-elect the Election is void and they may proceed to the Choice of another 1 Tim. 3.4.5 and 5.11 Acts 15.37 38. Ezek. 44.10 2 King 22.9 Defects or Faults that cast Men out of Office are sufficient to hinder Men from entring into Office By Proportion If the things objected be Frivelous the Election is approved 1 Tim. 3.10 and they that dissented are to consent to the rest that so the whole Church may agree in one Person 1 Cor. 1.10 Eph. 4.3 compared with Acts 1.26 If the Parties objecting still dissent without an approved Reason they are to be reformed by Censure 1 Cor. 11.17 18. Mat. 18.15 17. Ordination is the Dedication of the Officer thus approved to his Office Exod. 29.44 and 40.12 16. Numb 8.6 15. Heb. 5.4 5. Mat. 3.15 17. Acts 13.3 4. 1 Tim. 4.14 Heb. 6.2 Ordination hath three parts The first is the Power which the Church committeth to the Officer approved To administer according to his Office John 20.21 23. Mat. 18.15 20. compared with Exod. 29.1 38. Numb 8.10 11. Acts 6.3 5. and 14.23 and 20.28 1 Tim. 4.14 2 Tim. 1.6 14. The second is Prayer made by the whole Church for the Officer invested with this Power that he may faithfully administer Acts 6.6 and 13.3 and 14.23 1 Cor. 4.2 The third is a Charge given to the Officer thus admitted to look unto his Office in all the parts thereof Mat. 28.18 19. 1 Tim. 5.21 1 Pet. 5.1 2. 1 Tim. 6.13 14. compared with Deut. 1.16 The Ceremony used by the Apostles in Ordination is Imposition of Hands Which Ceremony first of all was used in the Old Testament Num. 8.10 then in the New By Christ in praying for Children Mark 10.16 by God the Father in ordaining Christ to his Office of Mediator Luke 3.21 22. by Christ in ordaining the Apostles Acts 2.3 4. and 1.4 8. by the Apostles in giving the Holy Ghost Acts 8.15 17. in ordaining Evangelists 2 Tim. 1.6 and in ordaining ordinary Ministers Acts 6.6 and 14.23 by the Eldership or Church in ordaining Officers Acts 13.3 1 Tim. 4.4 by the Evangelists in ordaining Officers 1 Tim. 5.22 Tit. 1.5 and so may lawfully be retained and used in the Church still Heb. 6.2 The Use of Imposition of Hands is twofold First To point out the Officer in time of Prayer made for him as if it should be said This is the Man by Proportion from 1 Sam. 10.24 Mat. 3.17 Secondly To signifie and to assure the Officer to be ordained that the Lord by the Church giveth him Power to administer Acts 13.3 4. and 20.28 John 20.21 Ordination and so Imposition of Hands appertaineth to the whole Church as doth Election and Approbation Acts 13.3 Num. 8.9 10. yet for order sake the fittest Members lay on Hands and perform all other Particulars of Ordination for and in the Name of whole Church 1 Cor. 14.40 compared with Numb 8.9 10. and Acts 13.3 and 1 Tim. 4.14 and by proportion from Lev. 4.15 The fittest Persons are Elders when the Church hath them 1 Tim. 4.14 when the Church wanteth Elders Men of best Gifts appointed by the Church Numb 8.9 10. Thus after the Apostacy of Antichrist ariseth a true Ministry in the Church Rev. 18.4 The Officers of a true Visible Church thus admitted are then to administer faithfully 1 Tim. 3.10 1 Cor. 4.2 The Officers of the true Visible Church are all absolutely described in the Word of God Heb. 3.2 5. and 8.5 Rom. 12.7 8 Mark 13.34 These Officers are of two sorts 1st Bishops 2dly Deacons Phil. 1.1 The Bishops are also called Elders or Presbyters Acts 20.17 28. 1 Pet. 5.1 The Bishops or Elders jointly together are called the Eldership or Presbytery 1 Tim. 4.14 and 5.17 compared The Eldership consisteth of three sorts of Persons or Officers Viz. the Pastor Teacher and Governor 1 Tim. 4.14 and 5.17 All the Elders or Bishops must be apt to teach 1 Tim. 3.2 Tit. 1.9 The Pastor is a Bishop excelling in the Word of Wisdom or Exhortation Rom. 12.8 1 Cor. 12.8 he is called the Angel of the Church Rev. 2. and 3. The Teacher is a Bishop excelling in the Word of Knowledge or Doctrine Rom. 12.7 1 Cor. 12.8 The Governor is a Bishop excelling in the quality of Wise Government 1 Tim. 5.17 Rom. 12.8 The Pastor and Teacher have also Power to administer the Sacraments Mat. 28.19 Ephes 4.12 1 Cor. 11.23 All the Bishops deal by Office in the Government of the Church 1 Tim. 5.17 and are conversant about the Soul and Spiritual Part Joh. 18.36 2 Cor. 10.3 The Deacons are Officers employ'd about the Works of Mercy respecting the Body or outward Man Acts 6.2 The Deacons are 1st Men. Or 2. Women Deacons or Widows Acts 6.2 Rom. 16.1 Men Deacons ought to Collect and Distribute with Integrity the Churches Treasure according to the Churches Necessities and the Saints Occasions Rom. 12.8 2 Cor. 8.2 8. 1 Cor. 16.2 3. The Churches Treasure is Silver Gold or Money worth freely given by the Members of the Visible Church for the Common Good Lev. 27. toto 2 Kings 12 14-16 Luke 21.4 Acts 4.34 35. 2 Cor. 8 2-8 and 9.7 The Churches Treasure is holy Mat. 27.6 Luke 12.4 Query Whether those that are without may cast of their Goods into the Treasury lest the Treasury be polluted 2 Cor. 8.4 Josh 6 17-19 Nothing that is gotten by Fraud Violence or any wicked Means may be cast into the Churches Treasury Deut. 23.18 Micah 1.7 Esa 67.3 Query Whether the use of the Churches Treasure is peculiar to the Saints and consists in provision for holy Things or holy Persons Deut. 14.2 3 21. Exod. 30.12 16. Holy Things such as Bread and Wine for the Lord's Supper with Places and Instruments serviceable to holy Uses Exod. 25.2 8. Mat. 27.7 per contrarium Holy Persons as the Maintenance of Church Officers and the poor Brethren either of that Particular Visible Church or of any other True Church 1 Cor. 16.2 3. 2 Cor. 8.7 1 Cor. 9.6 14. 1 Tim. 5.17 18. In the Necessity of the Church if they that are without bestow any thing upon the Saints they may receive and use it with Thanksgiving 1 Cor. 10.25 26. If it be manifested by Evidence that the Goods of them that are without offered to the Saints be the Treasures of Wickedness the Saints are not to receive nor use them to avoid offence 1 Cor. 10.28 29. Women-Deacons or Widows are of Sixty Years of Age qualified according to the Apostle's Rule 1 Tim. 5.9 relieving the Bodily Infirmities of the Saints with Cheerfulness Rom. 12.8 and 16.1 Hitherto of the