Ministerial Qualifications: A Sermon, Delivered October 30th, 1827, at a Meeting of the Presbytery of Carlisle, in Harrisburg, Penn (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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But there is more than general presumptions in dis proof of the prelatical character of Timothy, and of Titus too. The advocates of Diocesan Episcopacy are challeng ed to shew that the apostles ever assumed this power. They possessed extraordinary powers as apostles, which have not been imparted to any since their day. Nothing can be inferred from them in its favour. When Diocesan Bish ops can Show that they possess miraculous gifts, the power of discerning spirits, and have been eye-witnesses of the gin ry of Christ, then, but not till then, may they be acknowl edged as occupying the seats of the apostles. Whatever authority the apostles exercised, in which they did not act under the immediate guidance and inspiration of the Spirit, was precisely that of Presbyters. And thus Peter the great prom-roman Hierarch as some allege, styles him~ self a Presbyter, and affects no higher dignity. 1 Pet. 5. 1.

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