( 3 ) proportion of Minifters gifts inone and the fame Congregation fhould be the ordinary cafe ( And rules mull be fitted to ordi- nary cafes, rather then to extraordinary+.) For God doth not (as we fee by long and fad experience)bei±ow his excellent gifts fo commonly, as that one Church ( ordinarily) fhould have many Learned ablemen: Thereare but few that are of eminen- cy for judgement andother Miniflerial abilities : Nit one for many Parifhes If therefore many of thefe Mould be placed together in one Church, it would be againfi the common good, and an unjuft ingrofl'ment, and injurious unto others. Provi- dence therefore by the rarity of eminent pares, cloth teach us to make it the ordinary courfe, that in every Congregation where there are many Paflors,fome oneofchiefeft parts be cho9 fen to be {landing Moderator of the reh. 4.13. 5. That which is lawfull for Private men to do to. wards one another , is lawful! Prudentially for Palllor' that are confcious of their own imperfection to do towards one that they think more able then themfelves. But it is lawful for Private men tobe fubjell one to another in humility : therefore it is lawfull for fuch Paffors, I. Pet, 5.5. [ Tea all ofyou be fub- jeft one to another, and be cloathed with humility] A voluntary fubjecion to another in lawfull a&ions is nowhere forbid- den but herecommanded ; and is a great part of Chriftian felfdenyal : and therefore lawful. 4. 14. <6, And it isa thing that dependeth fo much on the Wifdom and will of Pre=byters, that no man can hinder it. 'I can makeanother Minifter a Bifhop to me, whether other men will or not. Honorefl i7honorante I can a. In judgement efteem him more able, yea or moreauthorized,then other men. 2.And I can have recourfe to him for advice. 3. And I can give him a Negative vote in all my Minifferial Actions, fo far as they are left to humane determination : I can refolve to do nothing in fach matters, but, by his confent. And if I find reafon for this inhis abilities,andmy difabilities, it is Lawful. The thing there- fore being Lawful!, and fuchas none canhinder me from, l fee not why it may not be made thematter of Confenr, when the Churches Peace required] it. S. 15. 7. Moreover, as Divifionsjuftly provoked the Chur ,ches at firft to thinkoffuch lawful means, for the cure ; fo our Divifions
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