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Him whose Ordination shall be signified to the Church, shall Preach the Word Three several Sundays in publick; (but not Administer the Sacraments, nor Celebrate Marriage) in presence of all the People, that they may observe his manner of Teaching: The said People being expresly warn'd, That if there be any one that know any just cause, wherefore the Election of him so signified, may not be fully ratified, or that he be not liked of, they may come and make it known to the Consistory, who will patiently hear any one's Reasons, to judge of the whole. The silence of the People shall be look'd upon as a full consent: But if there be murmuring, and that the Party named, is liked of the Consistory, and not of the People, or the major part of them, his admission shall be deferred, and the whole shall be reported to the Colloqui, or the Provincial Synod, to discern, as well the Justification of the Person named, as of his Reception; and altho' the Person named was there justified, yet he shall not be impos'd as a Pastor on the People, contrary to their desire, nor so much as to the dislike of the greatest part of them; nor the Pastor in like manner against his will, to the People; and the difference shall be clear'd by order, as abovesaid, at the Charge and Expence of the Church which shall demand it.
Although a Minister might be judged capable by the Synod, or the Colloqui, which have Examin'd him, That is not sufficient to Establish him. It is more∣over requisite that the Flock that is appointed for him, be satisfied with his Preaching; therefore he is obliged to Preach Three several times, before he receives the