A discourse had by the late Reverend and learned Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, previous to the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Sewall, at Boston, September 16. 1713. Affirming and proving the validity of presbyterial ordination.

Title

A discourse had by the late Reverend and learned Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, previous to the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Sewall, at Boston, September 16. 1713. Affirming and proving the validity of presbyterial ordination.

Author

Pemberton, Ebenezer, 1672-1717.

Publication

Boston: :: Printed by J. Franklin, for S. Gerrish, and sold at his shop near the Old Meeting-House.,

1718.

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Subject terms

Sewall, Joseph, 1688-1769.

Ordination.

Presbyterianism.

Ordination sermons -- 1713.

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"A discourse had by the late Reverend and learned Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, previous to the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Sewall, at Boston, September 16. 1713. Affirming and proving the validity of presbyterial ordination." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/n01682.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE SOUTH CHURCH IN BOSTON.
• AN ORDINATION-SERMON.
  • PROP. I. THAT Your Spiritual Rulers have the Care of Your Souls committed to Them.
  • PROP. II. THEN is—That it is therefore Their special Business to Watch for Them.
  • PROP. III. THEN is This, That Your Spiritual Rulers must give Account of Their Charge.
  • PROP. IV. WHICH is the Consequence of This; viz. That They must therefore Watch & give up their Account either with Joy or Grief.
  • PROP. V. THEREFORE is, That your Spiritual Rulers are to Watch As Those Who must give Ac|count, That They may do it with Joy, and not with Grief:
  • APPLICATION
• The CHARGE, Given by the Reverend Dr. INCREASE MATHER, In the Ordination of Mr. Thomas Prince.
• The FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHURCHES, Given by the Reverend Dr. COTTON MATHER, At the Ordination of Mr. Thomas Prince.
• title page
• PREFACE.
• A DISCOURSE, To Prove that ORDINATION By the Hands of the Presbitery, Is Valid and Regular According to Divine Institution.