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The Online Version of
An Essay
on the Warrant, Nature and Duties
of the Ofice of the
Ruling Elder
in the
Presbyterian Church
by
Samuel Miller, D.D.
Professor of Ecclesiastical History and
Church Government in the Theological Seminary
at Princeton, N.J.

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Table of Contents

The Ruling Elder
Chapter Title Web
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Chapter One Introductory 33Kb
Chapter Two Testimony from the Order of the Old Testament Church. 37Kb
Chapter Three Evidence in Favor of the Office from the New Testament Scriptures 46Kb
Chapter Four Testimony of the Church Fathers 66Kb
Chapter Five Testimony of the Witnesses for the Truth during the Dark Ages 27Kb
Chapter Six Testimony of the Reformers, and Other Learned and Disinterested Witnesses, Nearly Contemporary with Them 50Kb
Chapter Seven Testimony of Eminent Divines since the Time of the Reformers 55Kb
Chapter Eight Ruling Elders Absolutely Necessary in the Church 36Kb
Chapter Nine The Nature and Duties of the Office 44Kb
Chapter Ten Distinction between the Offices of the Ruling Elder and Deacon 52Kb
Chapter Eleven The Qualifications Proper for this Office 29Kb
Chapter Twelve On the Election of Ruling Elders 29Kb
Chapter Thirteen Of the Ordination of Ruling Elders 35Kb
Chapter Fourteen Of the Resignation of Ruling Elders;--Their Removal from One Church to Another;--And the Method of Conducting Discipline against Them 14Kb
Chapter Fifteen Advantages of Conducting this Discipline on the Presbyterian Plan 38Kb

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