2.98 C HAP. XVIII. ches. And thefe Overfeers, that thus go before , help , diref, and govern their brethren , are not to impeach their free- dom or power in any thing : for be they never fo great they are not their owne, s z Cor.;, zz, but i the Churches to whom they admi- 2; Miter , the churches being Chrifs ; and Chrift Gods. II. And although God bath often- times called to the work ofhis Minifie- rie, men that were unlearned; as Pcter,& M4t8. Andrewe, and others,that were k hfhér- Ansos 7,14 men, Amos a i heardman , and fundrie the like; and fo can fill (ifit pleaíehim) make lmpleunlettered men , publifhers ofhis Golpel, & teachers to his church : yet finde we in the fcriptures, that the Church path had force trayned up in flu- die and learning; by manes whereof (God prospering their endeavours) they knight be fitte to teach and governe the Church ofGod. The Levites that were taken in n, feadof the firf-borne of If- 18.6, z 8,6. rael, and giuen as a gift to the Lord , to nNum.8 4 doe the fervice ofthe Tabernacleof the 3 chron. '2z ;, Congregation : were trained up troni 24,30. their youth,to execute their nminiferiall anions,
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