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A78612 A pretended voice from heaven, proved to bee the voice of man, and not of God. Or, An answer to a treatise, called A voice from heaven, written by Mr. Gualter Postlethwait, an unordained preacher, taking upon him to exercise the pastoral charge, in a congregation at Lewis in Sussex. Wherein, his weakness, in undertaking to prove all protestant churches to bee antichristian, and to bee separated from, as no true churches of Christ, is discovered; and the sinfulness of such a separation evinced. Together with, a brief answer inserted, to the arguments for popular ordination, brought by the answerers of Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici, in their book called The preacher sent. By Ezekiel Charke, M.A. and rector of Waldron in Sussex. Imprimatur, Edmond Calamy. Charke, Ezekiel. 1658 (1658) Wing C2069; Thomason E959_5; ESTC R207673 108,343 141

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d usurpant_fw-la pro_fw-la solemni_fw-la ordination_n be_v ritu_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o scripture_n voco_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositio_fw-la and_o indeed_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n be_v minister_n put_v into_o office_n 1_o tim._n 4.14_o &_o 5.22_o and_o as_o yet_o i_o have_v not_o see_v one_o example_n of_o weight_n produce_v from_o scripture_n of_o a_o minister_n pastor_n or_o elder_a choose_v by_o the_o people_n much_o less_o thereby_o constitute_v a_o minister_n that_o text_n act._n 1.21_o etc._n etc._n reach_v not_o the_o case_n for_o the_o apostleship_n be_v allot_v to_o mathias_n not_o by_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o disciple_n but_o by_o divine_a decision_n and_o if_o the_o choice_n have_v be_v by_o the_o disciple_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o all_o the_o believer_n in_o jerusalem_n but_o only_o the_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o who_o be_v all_o minister_n as_o have_v be_v before_o evince_v act._n 6_o 1._o to_o 6._o conclude_v 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