AN ESSAY,

ON THE

WARRANT, NATURE AND DUTIES

OF THE OFFICE 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.

Chapter Title

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