·ino be a meer arbitrary rite in the Apofiles pratlice, oy.t being ffl~ dom u(ed, they healed b] touch , by /hlldow , 6] hand-k._erchief, hJ I~Jing on ofhands, h] word ofmottth, &c. So that was an arbitra– ry rite which the Lord approved fo far as thereby to difcover his power. Something may be objected againfi this , as why then doch James prefs the Elders to anoint with oyl? I anfwer, that they might not negle8: the grace ofGod, which in thofe times was ufu– ally difpen(ed in aconcomitancie with this rire ; as long as the gifc remained; the accufiomed right and Symbol might be ufed: But you will fay he Goupleth it with amorall duty, with prayer,,which is an ACt: ofperpetuaJI worlhip. I anfwer, it is not unufuall in Scrip– ture to couple an ordinary duty with an extraordinary rite ; praytr, I and lAying 011 ofhands, Bapti{m, and lllJing on ofh~tnds ; and fo here prayer, and anointing with oyl: But you will fay God honou– -red it wicb a miraculous effect. I anfwer, fo he did the water ofSi– loam to heal eh,·blind, John9· 7· the pool ofBethefda to cure the difeafed,Iohn 5,z, Jordan for Naamans leprolie, &c. and yet thefe cannot be fee up as Sacraments , and fianding Ordinances. Secondly , In the Apofiles time it was promifcuoufly ufed and applyed to every member of the Church, buc with great prudence and caution; for the Apofiles only a·nointed thofe , of whofe reco– very they were affurtd by the Holy Ghofi:, as lames here feemeth to ret\rain it to fucb an object, where they could praJ in Faith; he that gave the gifc.did always fuggefi the feafons of uling it; wich the power he gave difcretion, that by a common ufe they might not expofe the gift to the fcorn; it was a mifi:ake in our leuned . Whita~c:r to fay, that .oleHm Symbolttm erat 1/ttfetudini& recupe· .rat<£ , & fj[fOd eApofto/i .nu//os ungere~t niji a morbo fiberatO.fj that anomti11g \ViUJJ SJmbol ofheallh already recoveretl, and that the ApofUes anointed none bJtt thofe t~llt were in afair way .()fre-. cover; ; however ·cis .true that ~he.y anointed none but thofe, of whom .they were perfwaded that they .would recover, other– wife the Appfile P~tu.! would~never have left Trophimus Jick,.at Msletum; 1 Tim. 4• 20. orforrowed fo. much .for Epaphrodi. ·tNs his lickrrefs, .if he could fo ealily .have helped it by anointing with oyl, Phi/. 2. 17. But now among the Papifrs, it is not given but to t~ofe that are half dead, or at thepoinc of death; fo the: Councel ot Floren~e decreed, .HrJc St4cr"mentum. illi de cujH.t · morte.nota.timetur, dari nrm debet• . · E..e ee 3., 3'~ In , 'I. <· ' ,, ~·; ~ ~- ~·
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