Hif1oryof thePuritans, exaznin'd. 239 " Book. Be diligent in them, that the Encreafe " coming thereby,, may rnanifefl untaall Men. Take heed unto thyfe1f,. and unto teaching, and " be diligent in doing them : For by doing this, " thou (halt fave thyfelf and them that hear thee. " Be to the Flock of Chrifl a Shepherd, not a " Wolf: Feed . them, devour them not: Hold up " theWeak, heal the Sick, bind together the Bro- G4 ken, bring again the Outcafts, feek the Loft, be 54 fo merciful, that ye be not rem;ifs.: Sa nninifter " Difcipline, that you forget not Mercy ; That " when the chief Shepherd thali come, ye may re- " ceive the Immarcefüble Crown of Glory through " yefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Neal, p, 4.055. That admitting Timothy was a proper Bifhop, which they deny, yet that hewas or- dain'd by the laying on of the Hands of the Presby- tery as well as Saint Paul ; 2 Tim. iv. 14. Mr. Calvin (fays the Bithop, Defenceof the Remonflrance, p. 52.) was more fkill'd in the Harmony of the Scripture than our felves; yet in his Ear, it founded well, that .wpEFráuTeprov fhould ' be the Office to which 'Timothy was ordain'd by Paul, and not a Company of Men that or- dain'd him.' Neal, ibid. St. Jerome declares once and again, That in the Days of the Apoflles, Bifhops and Pref- byters were the fame. St. Bierom fays quite the contrary. In his Epi- l'de to Evagrius, [Ep. 85.] he has thefe Words ; Et ut¡clamas ITraditiones Apoftolicas /umptas de veteri `Ieflamento, quodAaron, & Filii ejus, atque Levita; in 'Templo fuerunt, hoc fibi Epifcopi, Pre;Zyteri Diaconi vendicent in ecclefd.. Contra Jovinian. Lib. 2. To. r. Op. In veter Teltamento & in novo, alien Ordinem Pontfex tenet, alium Sacerdotes , aliurr Levita. Id. ib. Epifco_ pus, Presbyter ac Diacozus non flint Meritorum no- t mina,
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