His First Argument from Reason,
Answered.
THat which is made by Christ a distinct Office from Pa∣stor and Teacher, that cannot be any part of either, or a preparation to either. But so the Office of a Deacon is.
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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- 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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- Lucy, William, 1594-1677.
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- 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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I answer: That, First, I deny that ever the Office of a Dea∣con was instituted by Christ; but by the Apostles. Secondly, although I grant that the Apostles instituted this O••••••ce distinct from them, yet it may be a preparation or part of either; for that which is a preparation, is distinct from that it is prepared for, and although all the parts united together do not differ re∣ally from the whole, yet any one part doth. And Thirdly, I say, that although it were neither part nor preparative, yet it may be subservient to them, in which Consists the Office of a Deacon.