C 2.99) but fo, it may be, one time good, if by accident it be another time bad. The weightieft accident mull preponderate. §. 9. 3. Order is a thing lawful in Church Affemblies and Affairs t theRated Prefidency of one, is a hated Order in Church Affemblies : therefore it is lawful that all things be one in Or- der, is commanded, t Coe. t 4.4o. And therefore in general On. der is a duo,, which is more then to be Lawful. And though the particularwayes of Order may } et be comparatively indiffe- rent, yet are theyLawful, as the Genus is neceffary. §. i o. And that this Prefidency isa point of Church Order,, is apparent in thenature and ufe of the thng : and al la in that it is commonly acknowledged a matter of Order in all other focie= ties or Affemblies, though but för the low and common afairs of the world : in a Jury you will confefs, that Order requireth that there be a Foreman : and in a Colledge that there be a Ma- tter : and thatan Hofpital, aSchool, and all Societies, have fo much Order at leaft as this, if not much more. And why is not that to be accounted-Order in the Church, that isfo in all other focieties ? 6. I I. 4. That which maketh to the Unity of the Churches or Pattors ( and is not forbiddenbyChrift) is both lawful and defirable : But filch is a flitted Prefidency : therefore, &c. The Major is grounded i. On nature it felt, that tells us how much of the ttrength, and beauty,and fafety of the Church, and of all focieties doth confeft in Unity. The Minor is apparent in the Natureof the thing : I. That Prefidency makes for Unity, is confeft by all the Churches that ure it to that end. z. And the continuanceof the fame makes fomewhat more for Unity then a change would do : there being force danger of divifion in the new elections : betidesother and greater inconveniences. 6. I z. 5. The perfon that is moll fit (Con fderaiis ('onfide- randis) fhouldbe chofenPrefident : But one and the fame per- fon ordinarily is molt fit durantevita : therefore one and the fame perfon fhould be continued Prefident. God doth not ufe to change his giftsat every monethlyor quarterlySelsions of a Claf fis or Provincial Synod.. Either the Prefident chofen was the fit.. tell at the timeof his choice, ornot : if hewere not, he was ill chofen : if hewere fo then,its like he is fo Dill, at leaft for a long time. And a mans ability is fo great and confiderable a gnalifi- Qq 2 cation
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