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V
f
R.
II,
Eph
fanr,
Chap.
g..
cation,
and
miniftring
the Sacraments.
TeacLers]Minifters
that
laboured
,in
the
Word
of
doótrine
or know
-
wh°
chers.
ledge. For
as
the Perfons
are
here
diftinguifhed,
fo
the gifts rlre-
where.
There
are
three
diftinct
Words
that
make difference
of
three
kinds
t
cot
[,
6.
of
Minifters:
troviAo4rs
71,t1715'
4
o.trmt.
Rom
rs
7.
A
fecond
thing to
be marked
is,
that
there divers
orders,
are
divers
There
in
degree, one above another
:
for
as
the
Fathers fpeake,
the
upper
deter in
de-
Order
can
be what
the lower
can, but not on
the contrary
:
an
Apo-
greet
file had
the gift
of
Prophefieoften,
as
of
Paul and Peter
it is
manifeft,
could doe what the Evangelifts, Paftors
and
Doctors
could
doe,
in
more
excellent manner.
Thirdly,
we mull know
that
Come
of
there Minifters are extraordi-
Of
rhefe
fonte
nary
and
temporary:
Come
ordinary
and
perpetual].
°°`ly
t`°'p
°'
rary.
The
three
firft,ofthe
firft
kind.
The
two
Taft,
of
the
latter.
a. For, the
firft
were given to lay the foundation and perfect a
r,
Church,
according
to
the plat-forme which God
prescribed
:
if
there-
As namely the
fore we
fay
they
muff
be continued, we
muff
either affirme,
that they
"p°ftica.
did
not perfect the building
of
the
Church,
for
the platforme
of
ir,
or
elfe we
mutt fay, that
it
perfectly builded,
is
razed
againe
from the
foundation
:
the
firft
affertion
derogateth from
the Apoftolicall
and
Evangelical!
miniffery
:
the
fecond from
the
truth,
for the
Church
hath promue
of
perpetual! prefervation.
Secondly,
we
fee
that things
in
doing require many
things, which,
z:
whrn
they
are
done,
are needleffe
:
as a
houle till it be built requireth
M
:tfons,
Brickelayers,
Carpenters, Tylers and fuch
like,
when it
is
finifhed, it necdeth
none,
but thofe that
may keepeit
Winde
and
water
tire
:
fo
the houle
of
God, the Church,
for the
firft building, required
Apoftles, Prophets,
Evangeliffs; being built
by them,
it
ftandeth
in
nccde
of
faithful(
Teachers
and
Paftors,
and
fuch ordinary Mini
-
fters.
3. c.afofes as
he
was
a
Lawgiver, having authority to order the
forme
of
the Church
and
Common
-
wealth
of
lfael,
had none
to
fucceede
him,
no more have
the Apoftles (who
from
Chrift
had
au-
thority
to prefcribe the forme
of
the
Church)
any fucceeding
them
in
this regard.
4. None haththofe
properties
and
priviledgesofan
Apotfle above
4.
named.
5.
None
ever
that havebeene
inffruments
of
reforming
and
rcêdi-
5.
fying
the Churches defaced,
did challenge
this dignity. So that
it wt..arefuo-
muff
be
determined, that though fo farrc
forth
as
the
Apoffles
taught
eceded
unto in
the
Word,
adminiltred the Sacrament,
looked with other
Elders to
Preaching the
the
government
of
the
Church,
though thus farre the Pallor
and
-Do-
o,
in'thepro-
¿tor doefucceede
them, yet
fo
farre
as
they
were to build the
Church
per
privitcdges
and order
the
platforme
ofit,
and had extraordinary gifts to this pur-
pie
n Ayo-
pofe, their
office
thus farre dyed in
theirperlons.
Fourthly,