(52) fomany Congregations : And fo alto for Worlhip and Pérfonalcondu 1., He is not aPriett to that flock, c.Much lets when he undertaketh notone parilh. Obj. Soyou mayfry ofoneof the old City Churches, fuch as Alexandria where the Bifhoppreached but to one Congregation ; or ofour Parifhes that have Chappell, where the Curate tracbeth in theChappels ; or wherever there are many Presbyters to a Congregation : All do notpreach, at leaft to all the people. Anf:a. I doubt not but Alexandria and allfuch places,fhould have had many Churchesand Bi(hops,as theChriftiansgrew too many to be in and underone. 2.,But yet when they had feveral Churches and Presbyters, the people were not at all tyed to their ownParifhes, but mightcome to hear and joyn with the Bifhop asoft. as they ¡pleated : which though they could not do all at once, they might do by turns, Tome onedayand Tome another : And fo they did. So that (till theyhad perfonal Communion with him,though not every day. 3. And they lived in. Vicinity, where they were capable of Converfe, and perfonal notice, and private help from one another. 4. And the Presbyters alljoyned in perfonal overfght or Government of the wholeflock, and were each one capable of perfonal admonition and exhortation to any member. g. And thole that attended the Bittop and did not frequently officiate in the chiefadi- ens, yet were prefent with the Church,and af3ifted him in officiating, and were ready to do the reft when ever. he appointed them or there was need : fo that though guoad exercitium they didnot the chiefparts ofthe work every day, or ufually, yet, r. it was all the three parts of the Pafloral office:.which.they did; and undertook to do, in feafon : 2: And-that to the faine Church in perfon by themfelves. So that though Churchesthat fwell to a difordered bulk, are not in that perfe4 order as more capable Societies may be; yet whiled their Communion is perfonal, prefent, asaforefaid, the Churchfpecier is not altered asinour Diocefesit III. A divers fundamentum vd ratio fandandi, proved; adiverfityofRelations: But a true Pariah Bithop and our Diocefanes have fundamenta that are in fpecie divers ;- Andfo have a particular Church -and aDiocefane Church : Ergo, a Pariah Churchand .Bifhop, anda. Diocefane Church andBifhoparefpecie divers. The Major is undeniable._ The Mihor I prove by Viewing the diverfity. i. The Fundamentumof theRelation ofa Particular Church,, iseither z.Of the.Relation ofthe Church to God : 2, Or their relation as fellow members one to another : 3. Or of their joynt relation to their Paftors or Bithops: 4. Or of their Bifhops or Paftors relation to them. For certainly aChurch is not only compounded ofvarious Materials, but its form is a compounded of thefe Four Relations fée together, and every one is Efléntial to it (And he that cannot diftinguilh cannot underftand.) Now everyone of all thefecompound. ingRelations, is founded in a mutual confent. r. The Relation of the Members, Paftors; and the whole Church to God is founded in Gods confent, and theirs : Gods is fignitied r. By his Scrip. ture Inftitution and Command: a. By his qualifying and difpoling the per foils; 3.. By his providential giving them opportunity.: 4, And ad ordiueat where.
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