of CONFORMITY. againíl the Will of Chrifl. And, there- fore, He cannot mean this, as an encou- ragement to all, in all cafes, to Minifler publickly, whether the Church receive ad. vantage, or difavantage from it. TheThirdpaffage Youcite is, Eph. 4.1' o, &c. in which there is nothing declared, but that Chrift gave force Apooles, and force Prophets, and fame Evangelios, and force Paflours andTeachers, &c. i. e. that, for the Infirution and Edification of the Chrioian People, and for the good of the Chriflian Church, he hath appointed di- vers orders of Men, to Miniíler to this Church according to their feveral 011kes. But how cloth it follow from hence, that thefe Teachers may not, in force Cafes, contributemore to the Edification, and building up, of his Church, in Love and peace, by their f lente, and private en, deavours, than by their publick Labours? And if they may, it is their duty ; And if it be their duty, there is nothing in this Text that forbids it : but the whole propofition, and all that St. Paul intend- ed in it [lands as firm, if' force lay aide the Publick Exercife of their 05ce, as if every individual perfon for ever conti- nued it, D4 The 55
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