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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45328	An apologie for the ministry and its maintenance wherein is set forth the necessity, dignity and efficacy of a gospel-ministry against the Socinians, Swenckfieldians, Weigelians, Anabaptists, Enthusiasts, Familists, Seekers, Quakers, Levellers, Libertines and the rest of that rout ... / by Tho. Hall.	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.; Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696.	1660 (1660)	Wing H425A; ESTC R28055	88,780	120

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live_v without_o complaint_n or_o scandal_n but_o none_o without_o sin_n 2._o let_v a_o pastor_n feed_v his_o people_n ministeria_o by_o voice_n and_o sound_a doctrine_n the_o bare_a read_n of_o the_o scripture_n seldom_o conduce_v much_o to_o conversion_n the_o word_n preach_v by_o a_o applicatory_a voice_n have_v some_o kind_n of_o secret_a energy_n in_o it_o and_o be_v se●t_v from_o the_o minister_n as_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n himself_o into_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o auditor_n it_o carry_v a_o great_a authority_n with_o it_o and_o fasten_v better_a upon_o their_o soul_n it_o be_v requisite_a that_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n carry_v upon_o hi●_n breast_n both_o the_o urim_n and_o the_o thu●min_n have_v both_o the_o light_n of_o doctrine_n and_o integrity_n of_o life_n the_o servant_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v apt_a to_o teach_v 2_o tim._n 2._o 24._o which_o aptitude_n denote_v both_o a_o proneness_n and_o a_o fitness_n he_o shall_v have_v both_o a_o will_v to_o 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