I57) nation ceafeth not; ) and but fecondly that they shall have= Palfors thus ordained He is not to lofe his Churches at the pleafureó of an envious or~ negligent man: But fo it would be if Pa(for mutt ceafe when Ordination ceafeth : For though without Paflors there may be communities of Chrillians, which art parts ofthe univerfal Church, yet there can be no Organized Political Churches. For r Such Churches confift effentially of the Dire5fing,. or Baling Part , and the Ra1ed Part ) (:as a Re- publickdoth,.). 2. Such Churches are Chriflian AI%ciations for Communion in fuch.Church Ordinances which without a Pallor cannot. (ordinarily at leaf ), be adminiflred : And therefore without a pallor the Society is not capable.of theEnd,and there! fore not oftbe.formor name ;. ( though it he a Church in the.: fore.granted fence. ); Nay indeed, ifany fhonldupon necelliry, do the Miniflerial work to the Church, andfay he did it as a Pri- vateman, it were.indeed but to become a Miniffer pro tempore, under the name ofa private man IfPássl.had not his Power to deffrudion but to Edification,neither have Prelates : And there- fore the Ads are nullbywhich they would defiroy the Cuurch.. Their Power of Ordering it (filch as theyhave)occationally en- sbleth them to diforder- it ( that is,, Ifthey, mils in .their own; work, wemay fubmit a ) but the..y, have noauthority to drilroy, it, or doanything that plainlyconduceth thereunto,. Sed. 29 The .ceafingof Ordination in anyplace,willnot ei4 therdifoblige the . peoplefrom Gods publick. Worfhip, ;Word,., . Prayer, Praife, Sacraments ;Neither will it deflroy their Right.. to the Ordi.nancesof God,in,Church communion. But this it_ fhoulddo,if it fhould.excludea Miniary; therefore,e r, -- The, Major isproved, ado that the_.Precept for fuch.Publickwo flip,,. is before the precept for.the rightordering.of it He that corn- mandeth the:Ordcr,fuppofcth the thing ordered, 2.The precept forpublick worth much in. the.Law..ofNarure,and ': thereforeµ indifpenfable. :<anal it is about thegreatand ,Neceffiry.duties that. thehonour of Godsad4faving ofmen, and,prefervat ion of the Church.lietli on It isa handing Law to be obferved till the coming,ofChrift:. ,And the Rights:of the .Church in the c;xccl±- lent . Benefits ofPublickOrdinances and .Church order, is better founded, then 'to ,deperdson ihe,WIll of ungodly Prela ea, If ? uceAnd. ;P,tthanentfail; andall the Gevoenours,tur-ne newia
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