EplflleofS. PaidtoTftou. CHAP.I.7. two things : i. the fignification oftheRame : a. the force of the argu- ment. By the name 73op,he meaneth thofe whom before he called El- ders: and throughout the newTellament it is indifferently giuen to all teaching elders, that is,Paflors and Minifters;and fo is here to be taken. A title well knowne in theApolllcs daies in the tongue then commonly vied, to betoken a painful! office, and a diligent labour; borrowed from fuch as are let in the watchtower of cities or campes, to efpie, and by a loud voice, or found of a trumpet, or otherwife by a bell or warning p a Y , g pecce,to di(couer and fignifie, the approaching of the enemy : for fuch wereproperly called [ iw icxouos,j Bithops or watchtnen:and from hence the name was by theHeathen tranflated , to l gnifie !itch gods as they conceived the atronr oftheir countries, or cities : yea by the f iris of p ) Y Y p God in the Scriptures,to lignifieMagiftrats;fo calling them,toput them in miede ofthat care and charge which heauily lieth vpon them. And yet more frequently and fitly, it is attributed to the Paflors and teachers of the Church. Not only the great Pallor and Archbifhop of our foules, r. Pet. 5.4. and the Apoflles, AEI. 1.2o. but to other paflors and tea - chcrs,who in fo many places,as fo many cities ofGod,are let as on a hil, ço defcrie, and with thevoice ofChrill in the word , as with fo many ffluer trumpets at their mouthes , glue warningofthofe moll audit and fierce enetnies,and fpirituall wickednes, which feeke the vtcer fubuerfi- on of the Church, theCicieof God.And that thus the word mull needes generally be take in the newTcflament appeares, Phil. a.t.where the A- pofile writech to manyBithops in one.citie Philipi:and AEl.2o.28.fpea- keth to manyBifhopsin one citie ofEphefus: and here the Apoftles ar_ gument,and context can admit no other acception. How this general! title carneafter to be rctirained,it is not fo pertinent, and profitable to difcourfe.The learnedmay fee in Jerome vpon the place. As for my Idle (as before I promifed in the titleof Elders) 1111.113d not to trouble the peace of the Church about names and titles. Dolh. Thisvery name faflneth vpou eueryMiniftet thismairie duty, namly,to keep watch in his charge over the foules of this people, and to difcouer veto themboth Gods afreelion veto them; & their dilate with God. Thus the Prophets beeing the Bithops ofthe old Teflament, are called not only watchmen, Ezech.3. 17. and Seers, t .Sam.9.9. but Gods Trumpeters,lfa.58.e. and their fucceffours in the new Tellament , are called notonly eyes, and light ofthe boude, Matth.6.22. but alto voices: as Iohn Baptill was the voice ofthecrier, Mark. i. 3. Ioh. I. 2 3. Andyet the word con]idered in the compofftiou ofit, betokeneth a more intent watchfulnes, inflantly conuderiug the wants, and neceffities of the Church for the feafonable fupplyof the fame :by feeding, and by ruling, t 2 i adhuc T"no tempotic rasby- teris &PEpifco. é aömbuunm Chryiofì.homit. iprpdicitE. pticopum quern spenus Prxs by.erum nomi nauit.PrimaGus Apinvctcres ijdem Epifco pi& Prasbyb fueru"t.Lomi). hb.p.diftin@a, aEcci P i;. Dij tutclares. "?!n`Qa."' Apollo]; eoc& tueruentEplco. pos fed ilb vo cabuorr com- m"s]rerPras bytes!, & inter feaq"at., e. 'al"q"od 'c1O Epicupi poll Apo1olor"m etrgsmá sbv tifu habint;ieuud sra^is cordue- ditp.rGaonb dominieaven- taCe raft"nl of{. Hicrad Tita. ¡slime mini- fters are Gods r '. which
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