S4o Cirap.d. t^eaaweterrtaricvpon not to intermeddle with the publike duties ofthem'tniiflerie, forcuery man is to abide in the calling whereinGodhathp1a- cedhim,and therein tohue contented. I. Cor. 7. For no man may takevinohimfelfe this honour,but he that is callcd,as was Aaron,Hcb.5.4.For albeit itbe ttuc which Ambrofe writeth,` s rae tai thatin the beginningofthe reachingof the Gofpe.I,& foun- dingof the churchcf theNewTef ment, all Chriffians did teach and baptize indifferently :y'et aftcrward,whcn the Chur- cheswere founded, it was not lawfull,neither isit now. And though therebe neithermalencr female in (hrif4, but we areall to meinhim,Ga1.3.z$:narnely,in receiuing oftheGofpel:'et in difpenfing of it,there is great difference : it beeing vnlawefull for a woman topreaclt,or pubhkely to teach. lper*itnot a see. man toteich, tJim.2. t 2. Let wosaèn keepeflence in she Char. cher,foritis not permittedunto them tofpea(e, z.Cor,r4.34. A- 11 poc.2.2o.This coudernneth the fantafficallopinion of' theA. nahaptif s,that all men may fpeake publikcly without anydtf ference,accordingto th.e.iufüinft ofthefpiri.t, and meafure of his gifis. Againe, when Paul faith , He that it taught in the :yard, 20 Cc. him that taught him in the werd, &c. he (limes what the dtuieofthe minirfter is, that lookes to hue by his miniflerie,' namely,not to feed his auditoria with Philofophie,ar fables,or lying Legends: nor to preach Poetical) fiflions, Thal tudicall dreames, Schoolernens quiddities, Popifhdecrees, or humane ! 15 conftitutions,or:to tickle the itching tares ofhis auditory with the fineringing fentencesofthe Fathers (for what is the chaff I to the wheate?) But he mufl-preach the wordof God :: for there is I nowordnor writing in the world befides ,thatbath a promife Ì to be the power ofGod to faluation. Rom. 1. able to make ` 3 menwifeto faluation. 2. Tica1.3. 15. to tr,lue an inheritancea- inongft them-that are fanaified.A1.2o.To be liuely&nigh- tie inoperation , fharper then any two edged (word, entring through,cuen to thediuiding afunder oldieCoyleand the fpi- rit, the ioynts and themarrow, and to be a difcerner of the ! 3 E thoughis and intents of the hearts , Heb. 4. 12, and thatcan make the man ofGod abfolute to entry goodworke. 2. Tim. 3. a 7.but onelythisword giuen by diuine'infpiration.It beeing not onely the feed by whichwe arebegotten andborneanew, but the food by which_we are nouridhed: bothmilke for the babt:,
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