Of CoNVORMITY. are to be found, the moil: infufficient all() of the Separate Minifiers are to be found; and it is a great chance if they do not go from an infufficient Preacher to one more Infufficient ; becaufe, taking into the account the whole Publick Service of the EflablifbedChurch, they cannot mend the matter by frequenting any feparate Con- gregation; and lafily, Becaute your Practice affures us, that this is not the true Reafon for the continuance of your Minifiry. The SeventhArgument for the continu- ance ofyour Publick Miniflrations is this, Some paffages of Scripture intimate the duration of the Miniflerial Office, where there is once a conveyance. The PO-ages you cite are as follow, Mat. y. i 3, 14, &c. Mat. z 8. r 9, zo. Eph. 4. i o, &c. i Zim. 4. is, i6. Mat. z4. 45, 46, 48. Therefore, it is our duty to continue the Bublick Exercife of our Miniflry. What my thoughts are about your Ordinations, I have freely let you know, in the former part of this Reply, as the Argument obliged me to do. What I have there Paid, is founded upon Mr. Baxters Principles, and muff be molt true, and reafonable by me, as long as I think EpikopalOrdination the fettled method 47
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