...sacred ministry as of apostolical antiquity. The preface to the Ordinal says : " from the Apostles' time there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's church ; bishops, priests, and deacons ;" and a distinct form of ordination with imposition of hands and prayer is there 1 See Part I. chap....

...evident unto all men diligently reading holy scripture and ancient authors, that from the apostles' time there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's church, bishops, priests, and deacons." And I have no doubt it is to meet this notion of the Romanists and puritans, that in a subsequent paragraph...

...unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scriptures and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these orders of Ministers in CHRIST'S Church , Bishops, Priests and Deacons.—Preface to Ordination Services. Receive the HOLY GHOST for the office and work of a Bishop...

...unto all men diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the apostles' time there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church, — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." The fact here asserted can be proved by the best possible evidence ; and in the Church of England, from...

...all men diligently reading the " Holy Scriptures and ancient Authors, that from the " Apostles' time, there have been these Orders of " Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and " Deacons. — And therefore to the intent that these " Orders may be continued, and reverently used and " esteemed,...

...unto all Men, diligently reading holy Scripture, " and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been " these Orders of Ministers in Christ's church ; Bishops, Priests, " and Deacons :" — an assertion which, he is persuaded, a close and sufficient insight into the history of the...

...unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these orders of Ministers in CHRIST'S Church ; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." Pref. to tla Ordination Service. IN the course of this last summer of 1833, I had the pleasure of a...

...unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that, from the Apostles' time, there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church, — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons."f In presenting to you the reasons which uphold the Church in her avowal of the superiority...

...all men diligently reading the " Holy Scriptures and ancient Authors, i\i&tfrom the " Apostles' time, there have been these Orders of " Ministers in CHRIST'S Church — Bishops, Priests, and " Deacons. — And therefore to the intent that these " Orders may be continued, and reverently used and " esteemed,...

...unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that, from the Apostles' time, there have been these orders of Ministers in Christ's Church— Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which offices were evermore had in such reverend estimation, that no man might presume to execute any...