t. draivje 'S I N T S. let before thee an' open doore, and no man can fhsit it. Rev. 3.8 good Mimf}ers }hall nave Liberty to preach in their Rations, as long as he laical-es, and they never can be hindred, till he is plealéd fo to permit it, or appoint ir. So when Paul was at Ephefta though he had never fo many adverfaries there, that would fame hinder him if they could, Yet as long as Chrift gave him an open doore, to preach and to do good, none of them all could withf }and him. A great doore and effec`}uall is opened unto me, and there are many adverfaries, s Cer.16.q. PiePt, Chrift hath the placing of his Mn:iflers. As he faith to Ieremiah, i have fet thee. SoCirrift layes to all his true Kni- tters, J have fet you. God hath fet to all men the bounds of their habitations. A1. I ß.z,6. that one man (hall dwell here ; another there, one in this Parifh, another in that Parifh. How much more does he appoint unto his Knitters their habi- tations, that John the Bapti fl (half be in the Wildernefie of Judea, Titus (hall be in Creete, Epaphras (hall be at Colofe, Epaphrodituc at Philippi, Timothy at Epbeftn, and the like. Nay, he is no Knitter of Chrift that is not of Chrilis pla- cing. As the Apoftle fpeakes. Take heed unto yourfelves and to all the floel e o 'er which the Holy Ghofb barb made you overfeers. 4th.z42.a8. Over which the Holy Ghat hath made you overfeers. He is a true Minif}er to this or that Congre- gation ; chat can fay that the Holy Ghoft hash made me an ov edict to them. The Realbn is, fîrft, Becauié no man is a Paftor or a Shepheard to any fheepe, that did not enter in by the doore into thole Cheep. He that entreth in by the doore, is a amp- heard of the Cheep. Jah.I o. z. Now who is this doore but Je- fus Chri/l ? lam the doore faith he, By me of any man enter in, he!hall be faved. As it followes there in the ninth verfe.As -he is the doore, no man can enter into the Miniftery rightly but by him. He midi have his Letters of Orders from him. So he is the doore into any flocke, and if a man have not inf}itution and indufti, n fibril him, he is no Shepheard of V the I#5 Reaf.I.
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