A treatise of the nature of a minister in all its offices to which is annexed an answer to Doctor Forbes concerning the necessity of bishops to ordain, which is an answer to a question, proposed in these late unhappy times, to the author, What is a minister?

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Title: A treatise of the nature of a minister in all its offices to which is annexed an answer to Doctor Forbes concerning the necessity of bishops to ordain, which is an answer to a question, proposed in these late unhappy times, to the author, What is a minister?
Author: Lucy, William, 1594-1677.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Man ...,; 1670.
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Subject terms: Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647. -- Survey of the summe of church-discipline.; Forbes, John, 1593-1648. -- Irenicum.; Church of England -- Clergy.; Clergy -- Office.
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SECT. II. These Powers must be given by God.

TO understand these heads, we must first conceive, that a man can receive or assume no such power (that is effectu∣al) to himself, unlesse it be given him from Heaven, as St. John speaks, John 3. 27. Heaven being Gods gift, the powers, the Covenants which bring men thither, must be by his Appoint∣ment, and the Officers who work and effect these powers must be by him authorized likewise; I write these Conclusions briefly, being of great Evidence in themselves, and for ought I know denyed by none.