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lte ^ i . ? The * otAy place besides iq . wjiicfc it ii used in the Ifffcw Testament , is 2 Cor . Vim IB , 1 ^ . "And W 0 sent with him «
brother ,, ( whose prafee in the gospel ia . throtighoat > . all the churchfcs , aud not only $ o , but who was e * leeted ix $ ° y }^ ^ SL ^ ^ V & 1 * churches 1 q be pur fellow-traveller , ) with his liberal gifts , " &c .
As to pointing out any place whe ^ e •* - Scripture is our guide' * to a form of Ordination in which the minister and people may be admonished and prayed with , without the assumption of any priestly authority by the parties engaged , I know not that we-are
to expect precise directions in this , anymore thafc in many other cases , in which the Scripture has wisely and kindly contented itself either witfe gerierol exhotfationvor with
m * trucking hy examples . But I think I can point out various modes of conducting such a servi ce * which should be consistwit with f * Scrip tore ao < J ¦ . the general goo < J f {* & < £ $ t the same time * trf *
fici ^ a tjy guar * l agai ns t abuse . IVJ y own ordixi ^ tioa has beea thought tq bear some resemblance to tks ca # e ^ fBafPii ba ^ andSauL Assuredly , not > e coa ^ erned had the presumption to imagine ( as in l
| wx case ) & $ jy imniediat < j directJQa . oC the Holy Spirit ; but , tllc ^ y < w * ia g fkimd having b ^ en fed ,, ity thj ^ cou ^ c of Frcividteiicej 10 , a wm ^ jc ki ai * wilh a distant JWrcl ^ it -wa ^ t&ought eypecHclit 7 ^^ ittMiisters of the We ^ t RU
** & . . tp ^ tiie zl * Xe <{ me etings q £ ^«<« Wftnrd ljr > » % » acijftliop : he had ^ , acewi ^ nt « d foi ^ yewrs to ac ^ CQ « ip 4 » 5 & h& father > U > ctevojte ^ ( W ^ ' -wfcw ^ ii occurred £ 0 idke ^ eific iij ^ p ^ of ^ ct ^^ md ^ ifi to , tiie 4 iviaa Hcs « ing ? and
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dismissing hiki vvith some good adtice-tq- " the # orf fe to Which fefe had been called . * The itottodtitcJ X 6 ty p&rts of th 6 service were titu dertaken by the instmctote of his ^ youth , to oneof wh 6 m he himsel f addre ^ ed a short account or
his vietts m becoming a Ghri ^ stiail minister among Protestant t ) i& senters ; the r ^ corftmendatofy prayer for himself and his people was offered tfp by his most intimate friend ; and the admonitory pert devolved ; with singular propriety and effect , upon his father .
In the case of my relation and friend ^ Mr * John Holland , tha order was somewhat different r the proper business of the day was introduced By theyoiing ihiw nister triftisetf ^ who , standing
m the place to which he had been appointed by the people , requested , ^ in their names ami his awn , the prayers and advices of the neighbouring ministers on the behalf of them l > oth . On this
occasion was delivered to the people , by the late Rev . George Walker , the whole of that « oble sermon which stands No . L . and II . of the first volume of his Posthumous Discourses ; fehe recommendatory prayer was offered by the Rev . Dr . Bapnes ; and the charge - ta
the minister by ray father . On the occasion of ah ordi n ^ tioo of a Baptist minister , at wkich I once w ^ is present , the service 1 ' was introduced by the peobte . Qn& of the principal membei ^ rose ,, and read the testimonial of
the character , &Cr of their ncflr / minister , aad the instrument bfk his dkutissjttl fram the ^ hurCJi c * fi which he had forflfreriv becrjp ^ inenwb ^ r , then fieri fed uie ^ 'i ^ trai nient ! oi his reception invta com . iuunioa with their church , and
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 673, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/23/
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