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• The Hireling Ministry None of Christs: or, A Discourse Touching the Propagating the Gospel of Christ Jesus Humbly Presented to Such Pious and Honourable Hands Whom the Present Debate Thereof Concerns (London, 1652), by Roger Williams (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister (Philadelphia: W.D. Parrish, 1847), by Samuel Bownas (HTML and page images at Earlham)
• The Canons of Athanasius of Alexandria : the Arabic and Coptic versions (Williams and Norgate, 1904), by Saint Athanasius, W. E. Crum, and Wilhelm Riedel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tractatus de officio pastorali e Codice vindobonensi (A. Edelmannum, 1863), by John Wycliffe and Gotthard Victor Lechler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A course of sermons for all the Sundays of the year : fitted to the great necessities, and for the supplying the want of preaching in many parts of this nation : with twelve sermons on various subjects (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green ;, 1826), by Jeremy Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eniautos : a course of sermons for all the Sundays of the year ... together with a discourse of the divine institution, necessity, sacredness, and separation of the office ministerial (Printed for Richard Royston, 1655), by Jeremy Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• A description of the qualifications necessary to a Gospel minister : containing advice to ministers and elders, how to conduct themselves in their conversations and various services, according to their gifts in the church of Crhist [sic] (W.D. Parrish, 1847), by Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Faithful shepherd ([California] : [publisher not identified], [1970?], 1970), by Richard Bernard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Peri hierōsynēs logoi hex (F. Schöningh Verlag, 1887), by Saint John Chrysostom and Carl Seltmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• A description of the qualifications necessary to a gospel minister : containing advice to ministers and elders, how to conduct themselves in their conversation, and various services, according to their gifts in the church of Christ. (London : Printed at the Bible in George-Yard, 1767., 1767), by Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Of the pastoral care (London : Printed by R.R. for Ric. Chiswell, 1692., 1692), by Gilbert Burnet, Richard Chiswell, Thomas F. Torrance Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary), and Puritan Collection of English and American Literature (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Humble attempt towards the revival of practical religion among Christians : by a serious address to ministers and people, in some several discourses. (London : Printed for James Brackstone, 1742., 1742), by Isaac Watts and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The duty of pastors and people distingushed [sic]. Or A briefe discourse, touching the administration of things commanded in religion. Especially concerning the means to be used by the people of God (distinct from church-officers) for the increasing of divine knowledge in themselves and others. Wherein bounds are prescribed to their peformances, their liberty is enlarged to the utmost extent of the dictates of nature and rules of charity: their duty laid downe in directions, drawn from Scripture-precepts, and the practise of Gods people in all ages. Together with the severall wayes of extraordinary calling to the office of publike teaching, with what assurance such teachers may have of their calling, and what evidence they can give of it, unto others. / By John Ovven, M.A. of Q. Col. O. (London : Printed by L. N. for Philemon Stephens, at the gilded Lion in Pauls Church-yard, 1644), by John Owen (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publickly in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, by Maister Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now dilligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Maister Perkins his workes, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to bee expected. (Imprinted at London : By I. R[oberts] for William Welby, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules-Churchyard, at the signe of the Grayhound, 1605), by William Perkins and William Crashaw (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• M. Perkins, his Exhortation to repentance, out of Zephaniah preached in 2. sermons in Sturbridge Faire. Together with two treatises of the duties and dignitie of the ministrie: deliuered publiquely in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. With a preface præfixed touching the publishing of all such workes of his as are to be expected: with a catalogue of all the perticulers [sic] of them, diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word. (London : imprinted by T. C[reede]. for William Welby, and are to bee sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Grey-hound, 1605), by William Perkins and William Crashaw (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The young divines apologie for his continuance in the Vniuersitie with certaine meditations, ritten by Nathaniel Povvnoll, late student of Christ-Church in Oxford. ([London] : Printed by Cantrell Legge printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, 1612. And are to be sold in Pauls Churchyard: by Matthevv Lovvnes at the signe of the Bishops head), by Nathaniel Pownall and Giles Fletcher (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Appendix to Saravia. (London : Printed by T. Cotes and R. Cotes for Iames Boler, 1629), by Adrien Saravia and James Martin (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Gospel-preacher's praise and practice. ([S.l.] : Printed for the author, [ca. 1650]), by Stephen More (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• D. Saravia. 1. Of the diverse degrees of the ministers of the gospell. 2. Of the honor which is due unto the priestes and prelates of the church. 3. Of sacrilege, and the punishment thereof. (London : Printed by Iohn VVolfe, and are to be sold by Iohn Perin at the signe of the Angell in Paules Church-yard, 1591), by Adrien Saravia (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The jus divinum of presbyterie. Or, A treatise evidently proving by Scripture; all true ministers or embassadours of the Gospell to be rightly called divines or, Jure divino. ([London : s.n.], Printed, in the year, 1646), by Clement Writer (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The faithfull shepheard the shepheards faithfulnesse: wherein is for the matter largely, but for the maner, in few words, set forth the excellencie and necessitie of the ministerie; a ministers properties and dutie; his entrance into this function and charge; how to begin fitly to instruct his people; catechising and preaching; and a good plaine order and method therein: not so as yet published ... By Richard Bernard, preacher of Gods Word. (London : Printed by Arnold Hatfield for Iohn Bill, 1607), by Richard Bernard (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Two twinnes: or Two parts of one portion of scripture. I. Is of catechising. II. Of the ministers maintenance. By Richard Barnard, preacher of the word of worship in Nottinghamshire (London : Printed [by T. Snodham] for George Norton, and are to be sould at his hop neare Temple-barre, 1613), by Richard Bernard (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An Occasional essay by way of parable, in vindication of the ejected ministers from the usual scandal of a schismatical seperation ([S.l. : s.n.], Printed Anno 1673) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• De officiis. English (Printed at London : [By John Dawson] for Iohn Dawson, and are to bee sold [by C. Greene] at the signe of the White-Lyon in Paules-Church-yard, 1637), by Saint Ambrose and Richard Humfrey (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Chorotheologon or Two breife but usefull treatises, [part 2: the nature and accidents of mixt dancing] the one touching the office and quality of the ministry of the gospell. The other of the nature and accidents of mixt dancing. In this later, the questions which concern the lawfullnesse or expediency of mixed dancing are professedly handled and resolved. By Joseph Bentham. Sometimes rector of the church of Broughton in Northampton Shire, now pastour of Neather Winchingdon, in the county of Bucks. (London : printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Philemon Stephens, and the Gilded Lyon in Pauls-Church Yard, 1657), by Joseph Bentham (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The false--teacher tried and cast. A subject useful at all times, and but too seasonable for the present. / By John Brinsley minister of the gospel at Great Yarmouth. (London, : Printed by J.T. for Thomas Newberry, in Cornhil neer to the Royal Exchange., 1658), by John Brinsley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The last, and highest appeal. Or, An appeal to God, against the new-religion-makers, dresters, menders, or venders amongst us. Wherein is evidenced, amongst other things, that they have not true faith, true repentance, or true charity. Likewise, that the seven heads of sin, commonly called, the seven deadly sins, are manifestly apparent in the lifes of their preachers. / By Richard Carpenter. (London, : Printed for the author, 16[5]6), by Richard Carpenter (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The falling stars or the dragons bringing down, and trampling upon heavenly glory. By John Eston, sometime fellow of Oriel Coll. Oxon. (London : Printed by Francis Leach, 1653), by John Eston (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Chorotheologon or Two breife but usefull treatises, [part 1: the ministry of the gospell] [ the one touching the office and quality of the ministry of the gospell. The other of the nature and accidents of mixt dancing. In this later, the questions which concern the lawfullnesse or expediency of mixed dancing are professedly handled and resolved. By Joseph Bentham. Sometimes rector of the church of Broughton in Northampton Shire, now pastour of Neather Winchingdon, in the county of Bucks. (London : printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Philemon Stephens, and the Gilded Lyon in Pauls-Church Yard, 1657), by Joseph Bentham (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A letter from several of the Protestant clergie in Cheshire, to a divine in London ([London : s.n., 1659]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• A Word to Christian Teachers and Students for the Ministry, by Samuel B. Schieffelin (page images at MOA)
• Holy Zeal, by Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria Shanūdah III, trans. by Glynis Younan (illustrated HTML at tasbeha.org)
• Letters concerning the constitution and order of the Christian ministry, as deduced from Scripture and primitive usage (Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, 1807), by Samuel Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• A continuation of Letters concerning the constitution and order of the Christian ministry. (Published by Williams and Whiting, 1809), by Samuel Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ministry as a life work (The Macmillan company, 1922), by Robert Lee Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vocations within the church (The Abingdon Press, 1920), by Leonidas Wakefield Crawford (page images at HathiTrust)
• A word to Christian teachers and students for the ministry (Board of publication of the Reformed church in America, 1877), by Samuel B. Schieffelin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Presbyterian ministry in American culture, a study in changing concepts, 1700-1900. (Published for the Presbyterian Historical Society by Westminster Press, 1962), by Elwyn A. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached by the Rev. Thomas Jervis : and A charge delivered by the Rev. Thomas Belsham; at the ordination of the Rev. Timothy Kenrick; in the new meeting, Exeter, on Thursday the 28th of July, 1785. (J. March, 1785), by Thomas Jervis and Thomas Belsham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Perí hierōsýnēs (De sacerdotio) of St. John Chrysostom. (University press, 1906), by Saint John Chrysostom and J. A. Nairn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A discourse of the pastoral care (Printed for D. Midwinter at the Three Crowns, and B. Cowse at the Rose and Crown, both in St. Paul's church-yard, 1713), by Gilbert Burnet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kentsʻagh ekeghetsʻakanatsʻ (880-02 Kostandnupolis : Tpagr. ew vimagr. G. Paghtatlean, 1891., 1891), by I Khoren (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Christian pamphlets. Vol. 14]. (s.n., 1859), by Julian M. Sturtevant, Sereno D. Clark, Samuel V. Leech, George Clinton Smith, H. Q. Butterfield, William M. Barbour, Edward Norris Kirk, George F. Magoun, E. W. Borden, T. C. Trowbridge, Samuel Willoughby Duffield, Benjamin Parsons, Norman C. Mallory, Zachary Eddy, A. F. Bourns, Mark Hopkins, J. A. Reed, Samuel Colcord Bartlett, Truman M. Post, Henry Ward Beecher, J. G. Wortley, Martin S. Howard, William T. Dwight, and N.Y.) Union Theological Seminary (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters concerning the constitution and order of the Christian ministry: addressed to the members of the Presbyterian churches in the city of New York. To which is prefixed, a letter on the present aspect and bearing of the Episcopal controversy. (Towar, J. & D. M. Hogan;, 1830), by Samuel Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Look at the ministry [a message in photos. (Association Press, 1946), by John Oliver Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A young man's view of the ministry. (Association Press, 1946), by Samuel Moor Shoemaker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of the priesthood : an argument in three parts (New York : J. Leavitt, 1831., 1831), by Thomas Stratten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jésus vivant dans le prêtre : considérations sur la grandeur et la sainteté du sacerdoce (Librairie Adrien le Clere, 1858), by Jacques Millet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das kirchliche Predigtamt : nach dem Beispiele und der Lehre der Heiligen und der groössten kirchlichen Redner (Herder, 1861), by Nikolaus Schleiniger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opportunities in Protestant religious vocations. (Vocational Guidance Manuals, 1952), by John Oliver Nelson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sermons principally on the responsibilities of the ministerial office. (Oxford : John Henry Parker, 1850., 1850), by Edward A. Monro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamental church principles (The Young Churchman Co., 1900), by James Dow Morrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reformation and conformity. (Philadelphia : S. Agnew, 1844., 1844), by David Calderwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse of the pastoral care (Printed for Rivingtons and Cochran, 1821), by Gilbert Burnet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ioannis Chrysostomi De sacerdotio libri sex. ([s.n.], 1825), by Saint John Chrysostom and Johann Albrecht Bengel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The grace of the ministry : considered as a divine gift of uninterrupted transmission and two-fold character (Bell and Daldy, 1872), by William Denton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jesus living in the priest. Considerations on the greatness and holiness of the priesthood. (Benziger brothers, 1901), by Jacques Nicolas Thomas Millet and Thomas Sebastian Byrne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Religious vocations; a text-book for the church "Class in occupations" and hand-book of information for pastors, parents, teachers, and other counsellors of Christian youth. (United society of Christian endeavor, 1921), by Frank Melville Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pedagogy for ministers; an application of pedagogical principles to the preaching and other work of the pastor (New York : Revell, 1917., 1917), by Alvah Sabin Hobart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Religion -- its prophets and its false prophets (Macmillan, 1918), by James Bishop Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commentaries suited to occasions of ordination (Stanford and Swords, 1848), by William White (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Modern curate : married, unmarried, popular, unpopular, his sermons, his miserable prospects. (E. & J.B. Young, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thoughts on confession and absolution : as enjoined, or allowed, in the Church of England : with some remarks on the priestly office, being a sequel to a tract, entitled "Quid Romae faciam?, or, No need to join the Romish communion on account of the want of discipline in the Church of England" / Talbot Collection of British Pamphlets (Francis & John Rivington, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Waterloo Place, 1851), by Thomas Bowdler (page images at HathiTrust)
• St. Chrysostom of the priesthood. In six books. (Samuel Richardson, 1759), by Saint John Chrysostom and John Bunce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The subject and spirit of the ministry : a sermon preached before the Synod of New-York at the opening of its late sessions at Newburgh, Oct. 16th, 1838 (E. French, 1838), by Erskine Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• The office and work of the Christian ministry. (Sheldon and Co., 1870), by J. M. Hoppin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Christian ministry not a priesthood : a sermon preached at the opening of the sessions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, May 17, 1855 / by Henry A. Boardman. (Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1855), by Henry A. Boardman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our position : a sermon preached before the Alumni Association of the Theological Seminary of the German Reformed Church (Lindsay and Blakiston, 1856), by J. H. A. Bomberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The clergy and the present ministry defended. : Being a letter to the Bishop of Salisbury, occasion'd by his Lordship's New preface to his Pastoral care. (Printed for J. Morphew ..., 1713), by George Sewell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual do parocho (B.L. Garnier, 1865), by Joaquim Caetano Fernandes Pinheiro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters to a theological student (American Tract Society, 1863), by Leverett Griggs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Religious vocations; a text-book for the church "Class in occupations" and hand-book of information for pastors, parents, teachers, and other counsellors of Christian youth. (United society of Christian endeavor, 1928), by Frank Melville Lowe and International Society of Christian Endeavor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Meditationes de vita ecclesiastica, deductae potissimum ab exemplari ejus D. N. Jesu Christo summo sacerdote (Typis G. Stryckwant, 1691), by Mathieu Beuvelet (page images at HathiTrust)
• The commission and consequent duties of the clergy : in a series of discourses preached before the University of Cambridge, in April, MDCCCXXVI (Printed for C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1831), by Hugh James Rose (page images at HathiTrust)
• De officiis clericorum. (sumtibus et typis B. Tauchnitz, 1839), by Saint Ambrose, of Milan Paulinus, and Robert Otto Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The distinction between the Episcopate and the Presbyterate according to the Thomistic opinion; a dissertation. (The Catholic University of America Press, 1950), by George Edward Dolan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ioannis Chrysostomi De sacerdotio libri sex. (sumptibus Ernesti Bredtii, 1872), by Saint John Chrysostom and Johann Albrecht Bengel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The church of Christ, in its idea, attributes, and ministry : with a particular reference to the controversy on the subject between Romanists and Protestants (Smith & English ;, 1859), by Edward Arthur Litton and Book Traces Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some remarks on the essay by Dr. Lightfoot, now Lord Bishop of Durham, on the Christian ministry : with reference especially to the Presbyterian formula of subscription required at ordination of ministers and elders, and to Dean Stanley's sermon preached at Glasgow on "the burning bush" (James Parker, 1879), by Charles Wordsworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lectures on the pastoral office (New York : Stanford and Swords, 1849., 1849), by William Meade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Von amt und gewalt der pfarrherren (W. Baensch, 1854), by Tilemann Heshusius and Friedrich August Schütz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The church and the sacramental system (Longmans, Green and Co., 1920), by Francis J. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mediaeval concept of an ecclesiastical office; an analytical study of the concept of an ecclesiastical office in the major sources and printed commentaries from 1140-1300. (Catholic University of America Press, 1956), by Donald Edward Heintschel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• De sacerdotio libri VI. (Ludov. Schumanni, 1834), by Saint John Chrysostom and Johann Albrecht Bengel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The office and work of the Christian ministry (New York : Sheldon and Co., 1869., 1869), by J. M. Hoppin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber nützliche Verwaltung des Predigtamts, Schulunterricht, Bildung der Gemeinden, und Lebensgenuss auf dem Lande : nebst einem Anhange über das Verbauern der Landprediger (Georg Joachim Göschen, 1802), by Christian Victor Kindervater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parochialia, with other tracts and fragments and a general index. (John Henry Parker, 1863), by Thomas Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the priesthood : in six books (Williams and Norgate, 1866), by Saint John Chrysostom and B. Harris Cowper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anleitung zur Bildung der öffentlichen Religionslehrer des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (Johann Friedrich Hammerich, 1802), by Johann Otto Thiess (page images at HathiTrust)
• Permanency of the pastoral relation. A sermon delivered before the ministerial conference of the Monroe Baptist Association, at Ogden, July 2, 1845. (Sage & Brother, 1845), by Pharcellus Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ministry worth preserving. (Whipple & Damrell, 1838), by Parsons Cooke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christian ministry (Philadelphia, Pa. : A.M.E. Book Concern, 1910., 1910), by R. William Fickland, Charles Simpson Butcher, and A.M.E. Book Concern (page images at HathiTrust)
• The muzzled ox : thoughts on the support of the Gospel ministry (Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1866), by Charles Fisk Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• The church of Christ (Smith & English;, 1859), by Edward Arthur Litton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The minister as a man (Jennings and Graham;, 1914), by Andrew Gillies (page images at HathiTrust)
• The necessity and the source of Christian courage in the work of the ministry : a discourse preached at the installation of P.C. Headley (S.S. Eastman & Co., 1857), by Joseph Haven (page images at HathiTrust)
• Von dem Beruff der Prediger. Vnd wie fern weltliche Oberkeit macht hat, dieselbigen jres Ampts zuentsetzen, nötiger Christlicher bericht aus Gottes Wort (durch Urban Gaubisch], 1565), by Joachim Mörlin and Martin Luther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mutual obligation, or, The duties of the pulpit and the pew to each other, and of both to God two addresses delivered in the Richmond street church, Toronto (Wesleyan Conference Office, 1869), by W. Morley Punshon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bishop of Montreal's address at the General Theological Seminary, MDCCCLII. (Church Depository, 1852), by Francis Fulford and United Church of England and Ireland. Diocese of Montreal. Bishop (1850-1868 : Fulford) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pulpit and the pew their duties to each other and to God : two addresses delivered in the Richmond Street Church, Toronto (J. Clarke, 1869), by William Morley Punshon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The call to the sacred ministry a discourse addressed to members of the Church of England (s.n.], 1844), by Clergyman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The herald of Zion being a series of essays, addresses, &c., relating to the Christian ministry (s.n.], 1856), by James Edgar and Thomas Crompton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached in St. Andrew's Church, Toronto, 26th November, 1905 being the first address by the minister, Rev. Thomas Crawford Brown, M.A., after his ordination and induction. (s.n., 1905), by T. Crawford Brown (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Christian ministry, its duties and responsibilities a sermon preached in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec, at the opening of the diocesan Synod, June 8th, 1888 (s.n.], 1888), by James Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual convocation, October 10th, 1889 lecture by the Rev. Principal Sheraton, The Christian ministry in its relation to the Christian people. (J.E. Bryant, 1889), by J. P. Sheraton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Priesthood in the light of the New Testament. The Congregational union lecture for 1876. (A.S. Barnes and company, 1876), by E. Mellor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kirche und Amt. (Verlag von Andreas Deichert, 1875), by C. F. W. Walther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Qualifications for ministerial power (Hartford Seminary Press, 1895), by Charles Cuthbert Hall and Hartford Theological Seminary (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pew to the pulpit (Fleming H. Revell co., 1897), by David J. Brewer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principles and practice of pastoral work in the Church of England (Rivingtons, 1875), by Henry John Blunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pastorale onderonsjes (F.W. Egeling, 1891), by C. F. Gronemeijer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preaching and preachers : criticisms and suggestions (Elliot Stock, 1902), by Joseph Gowan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Priesthood in the light of the New Testament : the Congregational Union lecture for 1876 (Hodder & Stoughton, 1877), by E. Mellor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ministry as a profession : three addresses delivered before the Divinity Club of the Harvard Divinity School (Divinity School of Harvard University, 1907), by Charles William Eliot, William Lawrence, George A. Gordon, and Harvard Divinity School (page images at HathiTrust)
• Y Weinidogaeth. (D.H. Jones, 1879), by John Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter from President Roosevelt regarding the need for more men of ability to lead the aggressive forces of Christianity. ([New York?, 1908), by Theodore Roosevelt and John R. Mott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address by the Rev. Charles C. Jones (Savannah : Thomas Purse & Co., 1837., 1837), by Charles Colcock Jones, J. Durelle Boles, J. Durelle Boles Collection of Southern Imprints, Thomas Purse & Co, and Columbia Theological Seminary (page images at HathiTrust)
• The clergyman's obligations considered: as to the celebration of divine worship, ministration of the sacraments, instruction of the poor, preaching, and other official duties, and as to his personal character and conduct, his occupations, amusements, and intercourse with others, with particular reference to the ordination vow (Printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker, etc., 1830), by Richard Mant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essay on the ministerial office : an exposition of the scriptural doctrine as taught in the Ev. Lutheran Church (Schulze & Gassmann, 1870), by Matthias Loy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commentaries suited to occasions of ordination (Swords, Stanford, and Co., 1833), by William White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Walther and the church (Concordia Publishing House, 1938), by C. F. W. Walther, Theodore Edward William Engelder, and Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A young man's view of the ministry (Association press, 1923), by Samuel Moor Shoemaker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ministry of reconciliation, its authority and responsibility : the primary charge delivered to the clergy of Indiana, delivered in St. Paul's Church, New Albany, at the opening of the Annual Diocesan Convention, on Thursday, May 11, 1854 (Austin H. Brown & Co., printers, 1854), by George Upfold and Ind.) Methodist Episcopal Church. Diocesan Convention (1854 : New Albany (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Manual of parochial work : for the use of the younger clergy (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ;, 1888), by John Ellerton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rabani Mauri de Institutione Clericorum Libri Tres (Sumptibus Librariae Lentnerianae, 1900), by Archbishop of Mainz Rabanus Maurus and Aloisius Knoephfler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The minister as preacher (Student Young Men's Christian Association, 1909), by Charles Edward Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The right sort of men for the ministry (New York : Student Young Men's Christian Association, 1909., 1909), by William Fraser McDowell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The task golden (Interchurch World Movement of North America, 1920), by William A. Quayle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The challenge of the ministry ([publisher not identified], 1910), by James Baer Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unity of the church ; The ministry ; The apostolical succession (D. Tilton Bigelow, 1852), by James Hervey Otey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Pfarrer als Theologe. (Leipzig : Dörffling & Franke, 1927., 1927), by Wilhelm Schlatter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Young minister's companion : or, a collection of treatises on the pastoral office ... (Boston : Printed by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1813., 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise of the nature of a minister in all its offices : To which is annexed an answer to Doctor Forbes concerning the necessity of bishops to ordain. Which is an answer to a question proposed in these late unhappy times to the author, What is a minister? (London : Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe, 1670., 1670), by William Lucy and Puritan Collection of English and American Literature (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters concerning the constitution and order to the Christian Ministry: addressed to the members of the Presbyterian Churches in the city of New York. To which is prefixed a letter on the present aspect and bearing of the Episcopal controversy (Philadelphia : Towar & Hogan ; Pittsburgh : Hogan & Co., 1830., 1830), by Samuel Miller and Samuel Miller Library Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters on clerical manners and habits: addressed to a student in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J. (Princeton : Moore Baker, 1835., 1835), by Samuel Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters on clerical manners and habits : addresssed to a student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. (New York : G. & C. Carvill, 1827., 1827), by Samuel Miller and Samuel Miller Library Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pastoral care (London : Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1799., 1799), by Alexander Gerard and Thomas F. Torrance Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The advantages of a settled pastorate (Philadelphia : Lutheran Publication Society, [1907], 1907), by Newton H. Royer and Hamma Divinity School (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essay on the pastoral office as a divine institution in the Church of Christ : containing a particular reference to the manner in which it is exercised amongst the Wesleyan Methodists (London : J. Mason, 1839., 1839), by Alfred Barrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pastor and the prelate (Edinburgh : Robert Ogle and Oliver & Boyd, 1843., 1843), by David Calderwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of the priesthood : an argument in three parts (London : Holdsworth and Ball, 1830., 1830), by Thomas Stratten (page images at HathiTrust)
• The highest office; a study of the aims and claims of the Christian ministry (New York, Chicago [etc.] : Fleming H. Revell company, [1923], 1923), by Jeff D. Ray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Irenicum : or, the peacemaker. (Richmond, Va. : From the Franklin Press, 1820., 1820) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pastor and the prelate, or Reformation and conformitie ([Holland?] : [publisher not identified], 1628., 1628), by David Calderwood and Thomas F. Torrance Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité de l'employ des saints Pères pour le jugement des différences qui sont aujourd'hui en la religion. English (London : Printed for John Martin, and are to be sold by Robert Boulter ..., 1675), by Jean Daillé (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An apologie for the ministry and its maintenance wherein is set forth the necessity, dignity and efficacy of a gospel-ministry against the Socinians, Swenckfieldians, Weigelians, Anabaptists, Enthusiasts, Familists, Seekers, Quakers, Levellers, Libertines and the rest of that rout ... / by Tho. Hall. (London : Printed by A.W. for Joseph Crawford, 1660), by Thomas Hall and Samuel Shaw (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The difference of that call of God to the ministry which is by the power of his own gift and measure of life, revealed, and of that, which is received of man, and taught by man, as is manifest by these two severall calls, herein declared, with several principals relating to this second call, answered / by Richard Hubberthorn. (London : Printed for Thomas Simmons ..., 1659), by Richard Hubberthorn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Benj. Calamy, D.D. and late minister of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, Jan. 7th, 1686 by William Sherlock ... (London : Printed for John Amery ..., and William Rogers ..., 1686), by William Sherlock (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• One sheet for the ministry against the malignants of all sorts by Richard Baxter. (London : Printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons ..., 1657), by Richard Baxter (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A discourse of the pastoral care written by Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum. (London : Printed by R.R. for Ric. Chiswell, 1692), by Gilbert Burnet (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A treatise of the nature of a minister in all its offices to which is annexed an answer to Doctor Forbes concerning the necessity of bishops to ordain, which is an answer to a question, proposed in these late unhappy times, to the author, What is a minister? (London : Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Man ..., 1670), by William Lucy (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The cleere sense: or, A just vindication of the late ordinance of Parliament;: forbidding persons not ordained, or not allowed of, as intending the ministry, to preach, from such malignant interpretations as some ill-affected labour to fasten on it, therby to authorize their opposition against those other most warrantable duties of expounding scriptures, mutuall edification, &c. which the scriptures do require of every Christian within his own sphear and relations. Which may also serve for an usefull caution to those gentlemen of the magistracy, souldiery & committees in the severall towns, garrisons, places of strength, cities, counties, througout the kingdome, to whom the said ordinance is respectively recommended by both Houses of Parliament. Published according to order. (London : Printed by M. Simmons, 1645), by England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A discovery of some of the sins of the ministry,: made in a confession, published some years since by divers ministers, and now made publick again, for its usefulnesse, as briefly comprehending the chief duties of that great and weighty work of the ministry. (London : [s.n.], Printed in the year, 1660) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The pastor's care and dignity, and the people's duty a sermon preach'd at the assembly of ministers at Taunton, 7th September, 1692 / by G.T. (London : Printed for John Salusbury and R. Osborne, 1693), by George Trosse (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A plea for the ministry, or Certain propositions asserted out of the Scriptures concerning the ministry.: As concerning its continuance. Ordination. Work. Maintenance. With the answers of divers objections that occurre. / By William Wickins pastor of Andrew Hubbard, London. (London : Printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill and William Raybould, at the Blew Anchor, and at the Unicorn in Pauls Churh-yard, 1650), by William Wickins (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The persecuted minister, in defence of the ministerie, the great ordinance of Jesus Christ.: Setting forth the severall names of Apostles, prophets, &c. [brace] 1. That there is a ministerial office. 2. That the sacrament of baptisme by a lay-person is invalid. 3. That necessity is no plea. 4. That the long omission of the Lords Supper is unwarrantable. With many other things, plainly and methodically handled / by William Langley late of S. Maryes in the city of Lichfield, minister ... (London : Printed by J.G. for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie-lane, 1656), by William Langley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The parson's counsellor with the law of tithes or tithing in two books : the first sheweth the order every parson, vicar, &c. ought to observe in obtaining a spiritual preferment, and what duties are incumbent upon him ... : the second shews in what manner all sorts of tithes, offerings, mortuaries, and other church-duties are to be paid ... / written by Sir Simon Degge, Kt. (London : Printed for Henry Twyford ..., 1676), by Simon Degge (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A practical discourse relating to the Gospel-ministy [sic]. Preached by Thomas Foxcroft, A.M. at his ordination to the office of Pastor of a church in Boston, on Wednesday, November 20. 1717. ; Published and enlarged at the urgent request of a gentleman of his auditory. With a preface by the Reverend Mr. Benjamin Wadsworth, Pastor of the said Church. (Boston: : Printed for Nicholas Buttolph, at his shop at the lower end of Corn-Hill,, 1718), by Thomas Foxcroft, Benjamin Wadsworth, and Mass.) First Church (Boston (HTML at Evans TCP)

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