Presbyters
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
presbyters · their Presbyters · those dear to God
spoken of as
1 expressionthe presbyters1 mention
De Paenitentia (Latin)
and for the most part to nourish prayers by fastings, to groan, to weep, and to bellow day and night unto the Lord your God, to roll at the feet of the presbyters, and to kneel to those dear to God, to enjoin upon all the brethren the embassies of his own deprecation.
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Presbyter clergy whose consent the King proposes be required for episcopal acts of jurisdiction or ordination.
and yet he is willing it be provided, that the particular Bishops perform their several duties of their callings, both by their personal residence and frequent preaching in their dioceses, as also that they exercise no act of jurisdiction or ordination, without the consent of their Presbyters, and will consent that their powers in all things be so limited, that they be not grievous to the tender c …
De Paenitentia
Church elders before whom the penitent performs acts of humbling supplication.
and for the most part to nourish prayers by fastings, to groan, to weep, and to bellow day and night unto the Lord your God, to roll at the feet of the presbyters, and to kneel to those dear to God, to enjoin upon all the brethren the embassies of his own deprecation.