[ 4<)0] manded thefe Difciples. To the performmce of this Commiffion he promif~d them to give them the Holy Spirit to bring all things to their re– membrance, and to ·lead theri1 intoall Truth, and to be with them even to the end. The Spirit thus eminently given for this fp~cial work, was Chrifrs promifed Subfiitute, or as Tertuliian calls · him his Vacarim and Agent, fo that what the Spi· rit fo commanded Chrift commanded : Cbrifi's Commiffion to them· contained much proper to themfelves vi~. By this extraordinary help of the Spirit to Remember what Cbrift had commanded them, and what they had feen him do, and to de– liver it with fpecial Power, and feal it with fpe– cial Gifts and Miracles, and to Record it Suffi– ciently and Infallibly as his Hifi:ory, Ooetrine and Law, for the ufe of the whole World unto the . end. And fo he was'with them to the end oftheir .f\ge, and is with their t:ecorded Word to the end of the World. And his Commiffion contained much common to others, that is, To Preach rhe fame Chrift, and gather Difciples , and Baptize them, ,and to teach the Difciples all thofe Com– mands which Cbrill: had delivered to his Apoflles by his l\1ourh or Spirit ; And with thefe al(o ~in this Work Chrill: will be to the end of the \ World. - ' § 3· Here we mufl: firll: confider what was the Apoft1es Powet· and Work. 2. And then whether all Biibops have the fame. 3. And what the extent of their Work was, 'vhen they are fent to all Nations, or all the World. . § 4· ,J. It is plain that [All Power] is not theirs but Chrifis : They are bur his Minifters•. z. Tney are not Authorized eo be ·Legiilators . . . . ~~
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