perfonscontent; and the Magiltrate alloweth it as Valid a his bar ; and the Mini(ler bleffeth them and declareth Gods con- fent : But yet thePower that the Husband bath over the wife is only fromGod as the conferring caufe; andall that the rift do is but to prepare and difpofe the perfon to Receive it ; fave' only that confequently,theconfent ofGod is declared by the Miniíter. Of which more anon,iA. hen we fpeak ofOrdination. Se&. 10. 3. AMinifter is a man [ feprated, or fet a part ] to the work of the Gofpel. For he is to make a callingof ir, and not to do it on the by. Common men may do fomewhat that Minifters do, even in preaching the Gofpel : but theyare ttom, i.r,:, not [ feparatedor fet apart to it, and fo entrufled with it, nor snake a Calling or Cowie ofemployment ofit. } Minifters there- fore are Holy perfons in aneminent fort, becaufe they have a two- fold Sanftification. I. Theyareas all other Chriftians fan&i- Pied to God by Chrift through the fpirit , which fo devoteth them to him,and brings them foneer him, andcalls them to fuch holy honourable fervice, that the whole Church is called a Roy- x Pct.t.s.9. all Priel}hood, aHoly Nation, ec. to offer fpiritual facrifice to Rom. t. 6. God. And Chrift bathmade them Kings and Priefts to God. But 2. They are moreover devoted and fan&ified to God,(not onlyby this feparation from the world, but) by a feparation from the refof the Church to nand neerer to God, and be employed inhis moil eminent fervice I I mentionnot mans Or- dination- in the Definition, becaufe it is not effential to the Mi- niftry, norof Abfolute Neceflìty to its being (ofwhich aeon. ) But that they be fee apart by the willof Chrift and fan&ified to him, is of Neceffity. Sect k I . 4. ThefeMiniflers have adouble fubje& towork up- on,or obje&about which their Minifiry is Employed. Thefrrfl is [Theworld, as that matter out of which e Church is to be raif- ed ] The fecond is, Believerscalled out of the world ] Thefe Be- lievers are, [EitherOnly Converted, and notinvefled ina Church ate ; or fuch as are both Converted and Invefled : ] Thefe later are either [ fuchas arenot yet gathered into a particular Church, or . fuch as are. ] For all thefe are the obje&s ofour office. Se&, :2. ß. Accordingly the firft part of the Minifterial office, is . toPreach the Çofpel to unbelievers and ungodly onesfor their- Converfson. This therefore is not, as Tome have imagi- ned,
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