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5 rf g * or more likely to Be attended ^ i ^ b ^ n ^ ci ^ i effect * the ^ ipcls 9 f all copcern ^ 4 > than such ^ service as this . " In order to avoid as much as possible the idea qf there . being any intention by the service
calkd ordination , to communicate to them new powers , or in * vept them with additional privu leaes ^ the young ministers with whom I have been acquainted have been encouraged in the previous public exercise of all the functions usually considered as belonging to the ministerial office , as baptism , the administration of tlve Lord ' s supper , the visiting of the sick , &c . as well as prayer £ ** $ preaching . The imposition of ha *> d , s h ^ been laid aside , le&t it § hould seem to countenance any idea of communication of spiritual gifts : which rnay * possibly , have been ti > e original intention of this ceremonial action when practised t > yn the Apost ^ s and others ^ who had spiritual gifts to con > municate « rfyaps , however , it may well
be , questioned , whether , what we read in the , New Testament ef any ceremony similar to ordination necessarily implies any such communication . The first example of l&e kind , ( for I suppoj > e -we must not presume to dr ^ vv into
an , example either the original efapicq of . the Apostles , Mark iii . 14 * or tb « filling mp of the vacancy occasioned by ths < k 94 : h » of Judas , Acts i * 24 * " ~ 26 L ) is tl ^
separatioa af ^ J ^ arn ^ bas and S * m i Jqr tkc ^ w # s& tp , which ; tjie JJply ^ Spirit ha 4 cajlu ^ them , vj « . ijtieir : ftrst apostolic jomney a * pong th& cu tie 5 . of ) U ?^ je i ( A ^ i a ( ii | ct ^ xiii . 2 ^) SJot )^ t ^ e ^^ avinent dfeci ^ lc ^ . we know , vv ^ e , aU * e « 4 y Jn Uie . fuji
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possession an ^ exercise of spiritual gifts . - 4 x * point taf ^ islaictiQn it \ 4 ujiefujness tl * ey were u ^ oiiht ^ ily superior to their fellow ^ Iaboii re ^ at ABtioch * Niger , Manacn , ^ d
Lucius . The fasting and prayer , therefore , which attended this soleinn separation , could only he considered as an affectionate leave * taking , and an earnest recom - mendation of them to the divine ;
blessing , in the important service to which they were called ; and the laying ot * of hands was proba . bly hi this case , as well as in most others , intended only to designate , or mark out to the assembly , the particular objects of their
prayers . The ordaining of elders in every church ^ t the close <>( this first apostolic journey , as Paul and Barnabas returned to each place respectively in which they had
. gamed converts , does not necessarily , irr my apprehension , imply an investiture with spiritual powers . The original word here use < i ( xsigorovyjir&vrssy i& uniformly used , both by mofetw and sacred
writers ^ for electing , or appointing hy &ujjFvQg * $ i collected by the stretching forth of the hands ; and did BOt come to bd applied to ec ^ elesiastical ordination ^ or consecration , till the third or fourth
oentury , when the Qtergy begaa to assume inprdir ^ ate privilege *; as Knatchbull ha ^ well p roved in his , karned j > cuiotation on tbis plfrcc * Th ^ -middle vc ^ ce may , possibly ,, here ha v ^ » - force ^ m | -
lar to the ? Hebrew conjvgau ^ J ^ i pliil ^ inr which cas& it nxay hfe thus readey ^ d ,, * JtoA having ^ iu ^ ed them to eU # t ^ elflers in ev ^ ry chwrc ^ th ^ j , ty ^ S 1 ^ and , &stia $ y commcivled them , to * k& i 4 ^ 4 » : ^ Ml t ^ fijr fe ^ J kfi «
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¦ v $ qxx Wt Mr . Turner , on Ordination-Services .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 672, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/22/
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