2, The Preface. Diocefs r one Church .? Are you grangers in England or do raa not know what abundance we have that in one Fari(lr are every weck fcandalous, bydrunkenne fè, cur(ing, fwearing, railing, or fach like ? And can all the Pafirs travail fo far to the Presbyterie to frequently without negleiling their Pafloral work ? or can all th.fe people be perfwaded without the Magifirates [word to travail fo far to anfiner for their impiety ? Will they not tell us, we have fomerrhat elfe to do ? Are me not like to make them su.ait fcven years and [even, before the moll of them can have a tolerable tryal, when fomany hundred Pariies, cf which forneone may have hundreds of obflinatefcandalous perfous, muff all gofofar, and have but oneyudicature ? 2. 1 befeech you give me leave but fromScripture, and from Dr. Hammonds t'araphrafe, to lay before you the work of a Bifhop, and then tellme whether one manor ten, or an hundredcan do this work forone of our ordinary Di- eaI's, anymore then one man canbuild a City ? 1. A Bi[hop mull be the publick Teacher of all theflock which he is to overfee. Andcan one man undertake this for many [core or hundred Churches ? a, A Bi/hop mull perfondly overfee andtake care of all the flock, as Ignatius [peaks, enquiring of each oaae by Name; andcan a Bi(hop know and perfonally infrufl fa many hundredPari(hes ? Thefe twoparts ofhis office I prove together : At .2o. 20. [ I taught you publickly, and from houle to houle. 28. Take heed therefore to your felves and to all the flock, over which the Holy Gholt hath made you Overfeers, to feed the Church of God which he hath purchafed withhis own blood. 31. Thereforewatch, and rememberthatby the (pace of three years, I cea(ed not to warn every one night and day with tears. See Dr. Hammond on the Text, who tellsyou that it is [poke toB!Plops. ;Pete
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