{"id":"26.9","chapter":26,"number":9,"text":"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; 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: And of a Deacon that he be chosen by the like suffrage, and set apart by Prayer, and the like Imposition of Hands.","segments":[{"text":"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; and solemnly set apart by Fasting and Prayer, with Imposition of Hands of the","proofs":["Acts 14:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 14:23","osis":["Acts.14.23"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Eldership of the Church, if there be any before Constituted therein: And of a Deacon","proofs":["1 Timothy 4:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 4:14","osis":["1Tim.4.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"that he be chosen by the like suffrage, and set apart by Prayer, and the like Imposition of Hands.","proofs":["Acts 6:3, 5–6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 6:3, 5–6","osis":["Acts.6.3","Acts.6.5-Acts.6.6"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1677":["26.9"],"lbcf1689-modernized":["26.9"],"phila1742":["27.9"],"savoy1658":["33.11"]},"diffs":[{"source":"savoy1658","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"Spirit,","position":null},{"text":"Bishop,","position":null},{"text":"the","position":8}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}