An Apology for the Liberties of the Churches in New England to Which is Prefix
An Apology for the Liberties of the Churches in New England to Which is Prefix
Samuel Mather
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10, "Thou floalt bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Children of Ifrael fhall pit their Hands upon the Le- vites ; from which Direction fome have argued, that when a Church is deflitute of Elders and Elders cannot conveniently be had from another Church, then Impofition of Hands may be performed by fome of the confidera- lie Men of the Congregation, altho' they mould not be Elders ; and that therefore, what was performed in the Church of Ifrael, may in the like Cafe be at prefent perform...ed. But, waving this Argument, I fhall now remark and fhew, that the Cafe may be fuch as that, if Ordination be redly requifiite, by the Impofition of Hands, then it way be performed by fuch as are not Officers at all in the CbUi-ch : Now this is very clear ; for the State ofThings may be fuch, that there cannot be any Ordination at toll by the Impofition of the Hands of Elders : And in inch a State as this, as there are no Elders or Bifhops, either there mud be no Ordination by the Impofition of I [ands at all, or die the Ordination mufl be performedby uch as are no Officers : And, that this may be the Cafe ot 1 Church, that Ordination cannot be performed by Officers in it, this fhall prefently be made evident.
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