...they are in" wardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon " them the sacred office and administration, to " serve God for the promoting of His glory and *' the edifying His people,"f when they are unconscious of any other motives than what are wholly of a secular nature...

...him for orders, the bishop, as in the presence, and as the ambassador of JESUS CHRIST, demands — " Do you trust that you are INWARDLY MOVED " by the HOLY GHOST to take upon you this " office ?" To which he replies " 1 trust that I " am so MOVED." Upon which the bishop proceeds to invest him...

...important transaction I beg leave to make the three following remarks. First. As to the question — " Do you trust " that you are INWARDLY moved by the HOLY " GHOST?" Who that considers, how many rich livings are in the gift of families, whose sons or dependents are...

...Holy c j John v. 10. d Art. 17. " Ghoft, to take upon you this office and mi" niftration, to ferve God for the promoting " of his glory, and the edifying of his peo•** ple f ?" For, as Calvin well and temperately remarks, " an inward call is the honeft tefti"...

...ordaining bishop to put to every candidate £hat should come before him this solemn -interrogation ; *' Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take «pon you this office ?" to which he answers, ** I trust so."* * t * The chureh also insists on the...

...must be moderated, lest we fall into an undue elevation of mind, or a precipitate indiscretion.|| " Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost?" is the serious question, which the Church of England asks of all her candidates for the ministry. Let...

...Page 111, having mentioned the question proposed to those who are about to be ordained Deacons : " Do you trust, that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this office to serve God, for promoting his glory, and swers to those, who wrote against it. The grounds of religious...

...meaning of that question in the Office of ordaining them, Do you trust that you are inwardly called by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this office and ministration ? His discourse to them upon this subject led him to inform them, how far, and in what degree, the...

...grant what we then ask, or something better. In the t}rdaining of Deacons, the question is asked, " Do you trust, that you are inwardly moved by the " Holy Ghost, tstake upon you this office and minis" tration ?" &c. Now, unless a person feels this inward motion,...

...say with great sincerity, " That he trusts he is inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon him this office and ministration, to serve God for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people," does not, upon his falling from Grace, invalidate the Ordination once conferred. He continues...