fome reade di·v.erfitiei; But it is not fo w~ll(that.~ Thing~, t~atare diver(e, may 1 erogerher confu[edly on heapes .: Bur eachm~!!be forted to his feveral! ranke arid /lace; elfe are they not dwtded. So as, dwijion, IS the better reading : anddivifiow is forotder. r . l 1 {j · G · h H ·.r, · · And ordcrisathing whtgh y pea lng to o o, asr et ree ~er; onnn Trinitie 76t (We fee) have purthemfelvcs in order, toilieW.how "Yell rhey love It. Andorder!.s a thing fo neei·ely conc~rnm~ us,as breakeorderonce,and breakeboth your jiAves(fauh , G 0 0 inzechJrie) both that of Beauty, and that ofBonds. Theflaife ofBw1ty : For~ Zccluo; 1 ; . no;~~"'"· no manner of decencie or co.melineffe without •t; but all_our of fafiuon, Theflaffi of BMds : For, no "f.'N~"'-• no kind of(leddtneffe or conftancte, but allloofe without it. All fallsbacketot?e~rftTohu,and~ohN, For,. alltsToht~(empty,and Gen.•.•:,- , voyd)if theSpirit fill not With H~sgifis: And all IS Bohu c~.difordered rude Chaos of 1l'lll1i1r.( confulion) if CK "' Is T order It not by HtsPlawand caNmgs. Every body falls ro be doing with every thing,and fonothing done: nothing w~~~ done, I am fure•. Eve: ry man therefore,what ever htsgtfc be, to ftaynU he have Hts place and ftandmg by CHRr s t afficrned him. It is judged needful! (this) everiil1 fecular matters. Wrire onenever fo fai~ a hand, if he have not the calling of a puhli.~e 1(grari'e, h,is writing isnot at~thentica/1, Be onenever fo deepeaLA•vyer,tf he have nor the place of aIt~dge, he can give no definitive fenrence. N6 remedy then: theremull bedivifionofplam, of adminiflration no lcffe than ofgifts; , . vVtll you know what thofcplaces bee~ Eight of themarc reckoned up at the Wh>nhtl/4!! XXVIII. rerfe. Not to ttouble you with tHofethat were ereded, as needfullar m bee, firfr,but were not toendure.but fdt a time: Thofe that we-re to endure, ate teduc;:ed to three, arid Ltand together; •Teachers, 'Helpers, J Go'liernours. Athreefolddivijim, taught even the heathen by the light of tiaFure, In their fieligion. They had them all threein their: i r.ei1.:v.,.,, thetr Teacher!; • I<e9J'i>•r; tHetr Helpers; 3 hm""""'"'• their Governourr; The vety fameptefcribedby Go o to His people : •theirTt•C'hers; tbePriefls. 'their Helpers,the Levitei: 3 their r!o'liernours, theSoilnes of Aarm,cal– led,Ne{iim, as true and proper Hehrtl!l for Pr.elates, as Pr.tlati .sLatine. 'The fame is i:l'Nfl!ll knowen in thechurchofChrijJ ehrough all amiquitie: •Prethyteri;to1t4th; • Diaconl; tohtlpe : l Epi[copi, togoverne · Andn~vet any other. . . . . All thefe three here goe under the name of "'""'"'• the proper terme 6f iheiow:; rftof thethree. We tUrne it <..AdminiftratiQn: It is(indeed) minifterieor fervice; and that on foote, and through theduft: For, fo is the nature of the word, An ill word f?rpride,; who ~ad rathe~ ~eareofwords.founding of dominim,thanof fervke; fpe– ctally this fervtce : For,tt IS bUt the order of Deiconfhip; andpridewouldbeat leall morethan aDeacon; Yet, foweare allliyled here, and no other n;;me for any. The very highelbrebutfo. TheKinghirnfelfe, rwicemadeaDea•on (Rom. r3.).CddJ Rom:•f•; Deacm : no othertitle; 'tlie beft K!ngthatwas (Da.,id) is faid but to have flrved Ach•l·J6.' his time Alt.rj.~e~.Jed?thatwas all. Theg~oriouslights of heaven are faid (Deu+) o,.,, 4 ,, 0 ; tobecrqatedmmt~liflertllm, but for our fervtce. TheAngtl.rof heaven·arc but mini- Heb.•·••· f/ringfiirits,Heh r. Nay CHRIsT Himfelfeisfty\ed nootherwife (Rom.,5.}but , , .. , thAt be WitS a<.Minifterif the Circum,·ifiim. He that is L o ii o liJf all; and gives all the Rom,r.s.a. ofjces,calls His ownebut Co: . . , ,Thefe places we fayd before,dre divided forottler. Now I adde fuither;they are Di~i4t~ehey _ ~tvtded,not fcttttered, or let fall: Fot, that iScafuall. Dividing isoot fo: but (as it is ;,',i.•~•f•':ft~~ In the XI. ver.) proutv#lt; avoluntarie alt. He that dijlri6Ntes, knowes what,andto · whomHe dorh ir. Places therefore are to bedi'l'lidedbykmwledge : not fcatteredor fwnbied fo.r by hap and hazard. The Winde is ro blow no man topreferment (Pfa!; Pfal.7f.~; LXXY.)Ittsthe L o ~ D, that is to difpofeof them. . -· , :1\nd ho\v td difpofe or divide them ~ According to the former divitions of the Spmt. That thefe thould firfttake place : the'fecond depend up'on.thofc firfr : none taken tothe fecmd,nll he have pa:ftthejlrfl. ForChrijls Places,are for theHoly Ghofls Gt(ts. Wtthout inf}iring with the grac'e, no .:.fiiring to the place ther~ thould be.' theHoly Ghojl is b:t ~is gifts, to point out thofe,thatlhould bctakeniruo thefeadmi· nijlrAtions,
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