American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-09-16

casle1 was clothed sy ali the preropatiyes s,s,a;rc
al me functions performed all the abors enioyed all m
unens and honors Of presbyterian clergyman f.
uS twenty years before the persecution of the pre-
, lN'ciy OF Newcastle fell upon me. Yet never was
neAt clergyman That is, never thought myself of
uslnct order from common christians. / considered m,
SCH munster Of the GOspel and consider myself RI
same sti and there and are many good ilres VIII
NOT sGrupcd to decare that my talents, natural, az
ule', and gracious, are such enttc me to be ami
Ster preacher, or an Observer among christians but
acquired none of these by imposition of hands
am The same kind Of minister of the Gospel as we're
NE ordinary ministers Of the primitive purest churches
inc days OF the apostles and the reformation from poper
nave proved inconcstby from the sacred scriptures
my preceding No., that there was no such thing as di
isfe superior order Of men, called clergy, in The DAYS
me apostles and that the Imposition of hands was not use
tor any such purpose will shew you that the re
FORMERS from popery utterly dsclamed both the one an
the other. Hear the words of Luther in his book of til
Saeraens =" The church Of Jesus Christ admits not tn
sacrament OF order-tha is ordination by Imposition
hands" All christians have the same power to preach an
administer the saclamensThe keys are common to a
The ialthfnl-Al christians priests" To which tn
4 apists made answer and said &c These three propos
IONS are hereca and destroy the hierarchy of the church.
And that was the very thing which Luther wished to de-
troy and that is the very thing from which have suere
so much and which wish to destroy but which the cle
gy, OF all ages and of all denominations, have wished
40 stu wish and endeavor to build up and maintain. Hea
also the words of John Calvin whom the PRESBYTERIAN
hold 10 be their founder and head When it was cast II
to him. as reproach by the papss, that though he wa
"a great in the church of Geneva he never had bee
ordained that is, he never had received ordination,
Imposition Of hands from any of their cergy-his
swer, in contempt Of them and their clergy, have
his own words, as follows &c Doctors primum, dcind
pastoriS muncre, in ecclesa lila functls sm--Quod car
provincam suscepi, legitime iSse vocaons, lure nice
contendo. Now hear the Jesuitcal translation Of III
words Of Calvin, by modern presbyterian clergyman
who has written life of calvin; and who contends, a
most in phrenzy, against two doctors, whom he cal
| .elminp ROWIen vas Gle
man, BY Imposition of hands, by the Papists- say, hea
his esuitca translation Of Calvn's Latin words -" d
Icarged irs the Office of professor and afterwards ha
iOf pastor, in that curcland contend, that accepte
Of that charge having the authority of lawful vocation,
10 say nothing of the badness of the translation its Jesuit
lcal roglcry lies III giving no meaning at ALL to the tw
principal words "jure meo'-For in them, Calvin, liz
Luther, utterly rejects the Hierarchy Of the church
Rome, and declares that cfhis right, as minister
The Gospel, qualified and called by God and the church
(Which he calls lawful voca,ion he undertook the paste
al care thereof See life Of Calvin, written by Eliza
Waterman, pages Is aud 405
And in confirmation Of all this hear the words Of job
Knox, who the disciple Of John Calvin for many year
and who brought with him from Geneva 10 Scotland
and established there the Geneva form Of church govern
ment--" The office and duty Of ministers and people
should be declared BY some gody and learned minister
md publicly, before the people should they be place
IN II cir kinks, and joined 10 their Aocks. at the desire
The other ceremonies, except fasting with prayer
such Mgjag efAand, Judge nat necessary ii ae ii
ititton Of The mishry This kind of men, in the moder
Presbyterian churches called ruling elders and deacon
who think that they limb of the Hierarchy and tia
they ordained for lifs then elected from anon
the people, and returned to the people, every yearIh
consequence of which that they "men OF know
edge Judgment and good conversation. See the hrs
book Of the discipline of the church OF Scotland, under tn
heads of the ministry, ofthe elders and deacons.
There nothing that occupied the minds OF The re
formers from popey nore than the fixing criterion b.
which christians ht know true church OF Christ, iror
Via. is, in scripture, called synagogue of Satan. Sc
Rev. H. and III. 9.
oThc notes therefore," say they of a true church
Cod We believe, confess and avow, to be first, the tl
preaching of the word of God-secondy, the right al
miusraton Of the sacranentSastly, ecclesiastical dis
cpne uprghtly admins cred, Gods word presctibeth
whereby vice is reDressed and virtue nourshed Where
Soevcr them te.e notes and of any time contnu
(be they never so few about hree) there, without
loubt is true church Of Christ, Who according 10 hi
PROMISE is in the midst of them" "Matth xviii 10, 90
Sec the Scots confession of Faith, Ammo Domlni, 1907
Article xviii
think have snewn what we ought to understand to b
true church Of Christ how true churches first e;
tablshed in the world and how little churches grew u
into great ones; and how happy they were, while the
continued pure and faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ thei
srcat and glorious head and how miserable they wer
and still; are when a set of wolves in sleeps cloting cal
led clergy rose or rise up among them, ording it owe
Gods heritage. See Acts XIX. % and Pet v. 81 nav
also shewn how the Ilierarchyis 10 be reformed or aoo
ed namely by forsaking it, and returning TO first primer
pes each little church to it's private house, wher
hey nay be assured that in all their meetings in his name
the Lord will be in the midst of them and thus Is IN
part acting with the little church when nav
in my own house-And this is what Mr. Porter and ms CO
adiutors call merited obscury but which, think
honorable obscurity :for close with the motto Wit
which began this dissertation,
tWhen vice prevails and mpious men bear sway,
'"e y EoIt $ &c. o'''- " +. HINDMAN.
Newark, Sept. 8, 1898
- ---------------------------=-
.L,,r tpf