The 1689LBCF | Chapter 26: Of the Church - Paragraph 9
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Chapter 26: Of the Church PARAGRAPH 9 The way appointed by Christ for the calling of any person, fitted and gifted by the Holy Spirit, unto the office of bishop or elder in a church, is, that he be chosen thereunto by the common suffrage of the church itself;16 and solemnly set apart by fasting and prayer, with imposition of hands of the eldership of the church, if there be any before constituted therein;17 and of a deacon that he be chosen by the like suffrage, and set apart by prayer, and the like imposition of hands.18 16 Acts 14:2317 1 Tim. 4:1418 Acts 6:3,5–6
