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Some
Popifh
Objcaions
anfwcred.
I
er.;.
x
q.
!Airliners
are
Ch.ills gift.
How
to
know
thofe whom
Chrift giveth
in
mercy.
Three forts
of
Minihers.
Ephefians,
Chap.
4,
V
H
R.
H.
Fourthly,
it
mutt
he
marked
that the Apoftle doth not
int end to let
downe
all
functions
in
the
Church,
but
filch
as
labour
in
Word
and
Doórine,
for building
the body
of
Chrift,
as
the next verfe giveth
us
to
underftand.
Thefe foure Rules mutt be marked.
e.
The
firft
explaineth
the
text.
2.
The
fecond teacheth
how
farre
we yeeld to
fuperiority of
Minifters, againft the
Papifts, who
will have
Peter above
all
theApoftles
in
a
fuppofed
jurifdi!ion:
we
fay
an
Apo
file
is
above
a
Prophet,
and
not
one
Apoftle
above
ano-
ther,
The
third
anfwereth
the
Papifts likewife, for when we
aske them
where
is
their Pope their Vifible heads they
fay,
He
gave
Apoflles,
&c.
till
we aB
meete,
&c.
c4nfiv.
Some
of
thefe belonged onely
to the
firft
building,
to
raise
the
frame
of
the Church:
Some are
perpetual!
as
the
two latter.
Now
here are foure
things to be confidercd
in
the
verfe.
r.
That
all
there Minifters
are
the
Prince
-like
gift
of
Chrift
Afcendud to
glory.
z. That
he
faith,
he
made
fame
only, not
all: againft
Ana-
baptists.
3.
That
he gave
not
one,but
many
kinds
of
Minifters:
4.
That
he giveth
not
onely the extraordinary, but
alfo
ordi-
nary
and
perpetual!,
as
well the P.
+(tor as
the Apoftle.
For the
firft, it doch
teach
us
:
That
thofe who
doe
labour
in
the mini
-
fiery are the fßeeiad'gift
of
Chrifl
unto
ue.
Of
which thefe
3. things.
e.
We
will
Phew
that
it
is
fo.
z.
How
we may know
thole that
aregiven
us
of
Chrift.
3.
What
ufe
we may make
of
it.
a.
The Lord, ter.
3.15.
calling
his
people
to
repentance,
he
bid.
deth them repent;
and
what
will he give
theme
Paliers according
to
his
heart,
who
may
feede them
with
wifedome
and
underfianding
:
and
ter.
53.
zq.
the Lord
doch
rp?rayd
the
unthankful] people with
this
fpeciall
favour,that
he
had
fens his
Prophets unto them
early
and
late.
z.
Now
to know whom
Chrift
giveth;
we
mutt know,that Chrift
bath
himfelfe diverfely difpofed
in
the
giving
of
Minifters.
There are
three forts
of
Minifters.
Some are ignorant and fcandalous.
Some
of
knowledge,
and free from
crime, but
unfandtified.
Some
are truely Sanctified.
The
firft
Chrift permitteth
or
inflicteth
as
judgements,Mat.
28.19.
For
to
him
is
allpower
and
judgement committed
in
heaven
and earth.
The
fecond
Chrift
giveth,
and
that for
the good
of
the
Church
:
for
if
men
be
qualified for
life and
doctrine,
ami
have
a
calling,
are inwardly excited
and
outwardly
called, that
is,
approved
of
the
Church,
defired, or after accepted by the people,
they are
to be held
as
Minifters, given
for
the good
of
the Church,
though