44. !I PPE N D: I.K Numb, H. ' lay down together his Law both de re ér de modo of theWork,and theOrder den- ' tringon it, yet that the later is bat for the farmer ,arid fubfervient to it, and a mófe ' di(penfable thing, and that when the Ordainers Nil of their Duty (which is his own Precept included herein) the Perfon to be ordained rétnaineth ueverthëlefs ` obliged by the other part : So-that while Ordination may be had, this ties fuck ' to fùbmit to it, and makes ilneteffary as God's Order ; and then the whole Pre- cept.comprehenfive obliget :.13uí when it cannot be had, or the Ordainer will not obey his part of the Precept, the other stands in force neverthelefs to the other ' Party. The Words[Men thus qualified"ball be ordained] bath thefe two Precepts in it. ° The Firlt in Order and Weight is [ Men thus qualified Jbal1 preach the Word.] The Second fubfervient is [They lhall (ordinisgraria) be ordained hereto] Hethat is wilfully thefirft Divider of there Conjunâ Precepts finneth. Either the Man that will Preach without fubmitting to Ordination, when it may be had ; or the Ordainers that will not Ordain the Orthodox,or otherwifewell qualified.But teeing theWord [fbai] in the forefaid Precept, doth create a double Neceflity, but far ` unequal, [there (ball be Preaching] and [Ergo, there "ball be Ordaining] it fol- loweth from the inequality, that when one ceatecb, the other dothnot ergo ceafe; 'and fowhen Ordination cannot be had, the Propofition which youexpetied, re- ' maineth alone, which before was conjunct with another. [Men thusqualified"ball ` Preach :] This was the Summ of myAnfwer, Which I do repeat 2erba= nimium ' becaufe you overlooked it the Taft time. But you add, [I cannot yield that which youconceive we are both agreed in; ' viz. That whenthe Word bath defèribtd the Qualifications of the Milliner, that ` there is no more to do , but to difcern and judge who is the Man that bath ' thefe Qualifications : For though the Bithop fhould judge fuch a Man fit for the ' Miniftry, as difcerning the Qualifications which the Word requires in him, yet ' till he bath by Impofition of Hands, Failing and Prayer, fee him apart for ' that Work, he is yerno Minter to my Underltanding, whatever he may be to ' yours.] To this I reply ; r. I take the Form of Ordination to lye in the Au- ' thoritative Appointment; and, God having defcribed the Perfon by his Quail- ` fications, I take the formal nature of this Appointment tIPaye only in Lthe deter- ' mining Judgment] who /hall be the Man : For [whetherThere "hall be a Man ap- ' pointed or not] God batir not left to Man's Judgment ; nor yet [whatmanner of Man, for Qualifications, he fhall be] : 1t; Ergo, the lawful Ordainers fay, [We ' do by the Authority given us of God judge, i. e. fentence or determine , that ` evirfrderaria, ccnfderandu, this is the Man that is qualified, and fo called of God to ' be the Pallor of this Church ; and Ergo, require you in the Name of Quiff, to Accept hitn,and fobmit to him ;]this Man is ordained my Judgmenr,yea,though this Determination he but in Writing. So if it be dire&ed to the Mini ter himfelf : (which goesfielt) [wedoby the Authoritygiven us of God, Judge thee called to he Office of the Miniftry ; and Ergo, require thee to undertake it.] By called I mean oz parte Dei, by Qualification, Conftit, Opportunity, &c. which go be- ' fore Ordaining. Now what do you yet want ad e9 Miniftri ? You mention but two things, r. Impofirion of Hands. z. rafting and Prayer: (For letting a part is done by the formerAuthoritative Determination) But r. Impofition you anon deny to be fo neceffary, in difclaiming your Iaft Argument; which you teem hereto forget. z. Fatting and Prayer is, no doubt a mean Accident, or Duty fitlyconjoined, but not of the Effence of Ordination I think few Men living will fay,that if the Law- , ` ful Ordainer do all the reft of the Work betides. Prayer, that it is no Ordination ; Prayer is one thing (requifite ad beneef]é) and Ordination another. And for Fall- ' ing, I could not learn that thofeBithops that I knew did always obrerve it ; but when theOrdination was before dinner time (as it ufually was) and the Bithop went prefently fromOrdination to his Feaft ; that was not the Fatting, I think, `which you mean. 'Bin how are you fatisfied that we may derive our Authority immediately from the Law, if there were no Succellion? and yet think him no Minute, that bath the determinating Sentenceofthe Ordainer's Appointing him to ® theWork, for want of Impofitionof Hands, Prayer and Fatting. Ad;". I marvel, that on (h very flight Grounds, you think that [nothing is more evident, than that the cafe of extream Neceífty is their cafe] who invade ` theMiniftry among us now I told you that Nemini debitar Cemmodam ex propriâ culpi (as the Civil Law faith) I diftinguilhed between moral Impoffrbility vicious `anti culpable, and inculpable ; and between neceffrtating to Sin, and necefltaring ' to,
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