C 5 , neceffary to the Being oftbe Miniffry. 4. I (hall thew that yet much fiefs is an Ordination by fuch Bithops rebstsf:c flanti- brat, as now things go, ofnecefììty to the being ofthe Miniflry. 5. I (hall thew that without all thefe pretences ofnecefiityfor a Presbyterian Ordination, the prefent wayof Ordination by this &other Reformed,Churches is agreeable to the Holy Scripture, and the cuflomeof the Ancient Church, and the pofl:dlataofour chief oppofers. 6. I (hall then thew the greatnefs of their fin that would Nullilie our Miniflry and adminiflrations. 7. And yet I (hall (hew the greatnefs of their fin that oppofe or wit fully neglect Ordination. 8. And laftly I than return to my former fubjeâ , and thew yet how far I could with theEpif copal Brethren accommodated, andpropound fomewhat for a Peace. Sea.2. Ifhall-be much briefer on all thefe, thenevidence would invite me to be, becaufe I apprehend the molt of them to be of no great neceffity to our caufe, we having enough with- out them, and left men fhould think that we need fuch Me- diums more thenwe do; and Ewan feofmy exceeding fcarcity of .. time which forceth me to do all haftily. And for the fitft that [ Humane Ordination is not of Abfolatte Necefsiey to the Being of the c .*tin(flry ] I argue as followeth. Ofthis Vßret- e/fr i. If the Necef c of Ordinationmay ceafe as to fin- rte bath writ- y y ten at Large gle perlons) and the Neceflity of Miniftration continue ( or-de defperata if the obligations to each are thus feparable) then is not Ordi- caufaPapairss, nationof Neceffity to theBeing ofthe Miniftry. But theAnte- which Rere- dent is true; which( jttall prove by parts ( for theconfequence frrthe áßa4 is pall all doubt, nor will any I fuppofe deny it,) Sea. 3. That the obligation robe Ordained-may ceafe tofome.. perlons, I prove by inflances in certain cafes. And I. I n cafe of a mans diflance from any that (hould Ordain him. As ifone or many Chriflians were call uponthe Coafls ofany Indian Hea. thenor Mahometan Nation, as many have been. There is no ordinationPoffible : and therefore ,not neceffary or due. And toreturn for it to the Chriflian part of theworld, may be as im- po(tible : and if not, yet unlawfull by:reafon ofdelay. Se&.4.And z.Incafe ofthegreat-Necellityof thePeople that cannot bear the abfenceof fuch asareable to teach them fo long as while he zravrileth mas y.hundredor thoufandmiles for Ord dination . ,
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