TbeVignityof7'reaching.- 579. td ApoflleS firft ', they beingby him.inilrufted in the things;,whiehpet tainéh Luke ;i ;. tothe kingdomeofGod i, and precise' to ordaine nothing, but that which t .3. z3 themfelues had receiued k : as theywerediligentin refpe& oftheir personall indu(ry, fo they appointed filchasthemfelues (in regard of thefub(lanceof,_, their office)and gaue order (for the perpetuating ofthis,courfe)tomakeebaiceof fäithfaawenvatdbeemployrd in this reruicem : and Paid faith exprefly, That maTien.:: :; are afeendedon high toginsgifts vntomen, reef) that there mightbefuch forthe, hef. ti, gathering togetherofthe Saws to the endof the world01 now,as fucha calling P 4.i was ofold andmuff continue till time fhall beno more; fo thefpeciallintend- 8'. ment wastoTeach.See for proofe in theold Teflament,Deter. 3 3.10. 2 Chron. 15.3. and in the new, Mat. r 8.19. Therefore, (as weegather byourSauiours o Iohn fpeechtoNicodemut)they ofthis profelfron were calledMalleriin ffraele , and 3.10. after in the fame fort Teacbert. P Thematter of their teaching was in tite oldTefiament termed the fudge.P4het;aa anent and LowofGode, and in the new,itis laid tobewbatfeeasrCMVfl bath com rMatae.to, mended ',and morebriefly the f word, f m 4 :a, The manner oftheir Teaching in theoldTe(iament, isreported to be Rea- ding en the boekeofeheLaw, diginElgiaingthefenfe, andcaaf gthepeopletovnder- f@andthcreaaing': in the dew,apublrfhistgofthefétet efebe Geld. :adealingveto t Nehe. s.8.. doepeopletheGefpeilofGed.. ".t' o phefóaq Now inTeaching, it is manifeft, that thereica furthermatterthen the pub, s t Thef. a. e, lilhing to the people, byreading from outthe booker the words and tenant of theScripture. Burry ordinary man will quickly conceiuefomuch, outofthe natureof theword, Teach : Doth aSchoolmafierteach his Schollerin reading tohimhis rule,vnleffehe do silo caufe him to underhand it,&!hew him how he may pra&ife that which is thepurpofe of it? Goth a'man ofoccupation teach his apnrentife his tradeby propoundingeaten generallprecepts , if hedo not difcouer tohim that , which we rearme the myftery of hisprofession inpar. ticulars ?Thus far we arecome in the proofe ofthis firftbranch. It is the ordinanceofGod, that there Iboaldbe aCalling ofmen, todeale betwixt him endman ; and that everyone called to thiscalling Ihould bee apt to Teach f. Hethat wants this knowledgeisnoPrieftfor me, faid the Lordofytlim.3.a; old a. A greeing heereto is the wholefome order of our EnglilhChurch, in ZHofea. which no man isadmittedPresbyter , but heis heft exhorted by the Bilhop , 511' fo , Ise to toconfiderthathis offtceisofgreatexcellency , andof great difficulty, luck ofBifhops, as hee cannotby any other meases codtpaffe , but withDefirino andExhortation PrieSs, and takoneatof theScripture ; And then after he is asked, Whether heis determined Deacons. to infiruet the people committed to his charge with theScriptures, in the end (a Bible beingdelivered intohiehand) bee his willed to takeauthority to Preach the WordofGod. Andby the bookeof commonPrayer it is mani- feft , that noneought to admiuifter the Sacrament of the Lords Supperto the See the book people, buthe who may boldly fayto thepeople, 7ftherebeany ofpnwblcbPtaier none cosmos quiet his confcience, brit regnireth further teenfs!!orcomfort, letbim cometoofthensime. a to,orfomeetherdifcreetandlearnedt lliniflerofGodswerd,andepenhugriefe ,thatberarionstobe mayreceiae fachshoji! ycesenfell,'dune,andcomfort ,41bit coafciencemaybe relieaed.sometimes r. 'Iris notmeant, chat he(houidhauesomewhat in him, who mull openly in the fed at theair- Congregation make fuch an offer? Our learned, men ,doe in their writings cre2 Reofthp deride that of the PopishDecretals, which require 'little moreof a Prieft, ...'..... then to fetch one according to the rule ofhis Rubricke , the appointed ferp,., di!? isice forthe day. I mull yet adioyne One thing more , before I quit this 3g,rs yom¡- branch , namely , that this is an Gods ordinance , that ofthis fort therehis per Cirrui- fhould bee tome in curry Towne, and that the fame Ihould performe this Ñotc,neiwe Teachina n leruice'euery Sabbath. Theordinancefor every tow may be pro- (R ndaitoS bably colle&ed, out ofthe anti=fcatteringofthe tribeof Lea, throughall the bsaeptaa, Gg g2 land,
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