Confidence Questioned, Postscript – Errata
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LEſt any ſhould think, that I am againſt Government in the Church of God, and that I am againſt the Ordination of Miniſters, or the like: let me tell them that ſo think, that they are miſtaken: for God hath ordained a Government, and I know we muſt ſubmit to them that labour among us, and are OVER us in the Lord, and eſteem them very highly for their works ſake, 1 Theſſ. 5.12, 13. 1 Tim. 5.17. The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour.
And whereas ſome paſſages herein contained, do relate to ſomewhat that was ſpoken by Mr. Willes at his Houſe when I was with him in private; for the Reader's further ſatisfaction therein, touching the Truth thereof, if he pleaſe to call at my Houſe in Red-Croſs-ſtreet, I ſhall direct him to thoſe who can ſufficiently inform him of the truth thereof, being there preſent at the ſame time.
And whereas Mr. Willes did tell the people, that none could lawfully preach but thoſe that were ordained, unleſs it were ſuch as were put upon that work by neceſſity, where ſuch Ordination could not be had; I thereupon went to his Houſe with ſome Friends, and did deſire him in love to prove himſelf a Miniſter of Chriſt, either by Ordination from a lawful Succeſſion, or elſe that he was put upon it by any neceſſity: and this I preſſed upon him for an hour and half together, and he refuſed (as divers can witneſs) to prove himſelf a Miniſter either one way or other. And I further deſired him, that he would diſpute thoſe things in publick that he had ſo publickly aſſerted; but this he utterly refuſed, though I promiſed him to diſpute, according to the known Laws of Diſputation.
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FINIS.
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