... ~· rd.-:[~ifeif(.~'al.-,-- 'lin~:g~·~----'_7_~6~ char- m:my Of.th;mhad .calli~-gsin fome fort, .A; be cxcraordinarie; & the like is robe though~ ·extcordinarif; Lfay;,fome for_t;, difl:it•guiOting i .ofr~e refornucion ofan herencall and_Apo.. the office ofceachingJ& the vfe c;>f ir. The of- · fhncall Church , as wirhonc dPubr IS dw 6cc which rh~yperformed, was-ordinary, bur ' Church of Rome. Secondly, we m:oy difcern(' rhe execucion of thisoffice)ih purging:md re· ofmen extraordinarily called bv th_c do[hinc ll:oringcruerdigion,not io rcfpettofchat trUe! .which they delIuer, which mUll: be rhe verYt order which God had fet downe in his word: doUrine of Prophcrs & 1\polllcs: and he rh'lq bucin refpect of rhc abufe ofit in thC RomiOt pleadeth cxrnordin:irie calling, &y~r bring1 Church,was excraordinarie. Which I declare any orher doCtrine, is nor ca!lrd by God,bu~ on rhis manner: Godcallcth men extraordiis deluded by rhc diuctl. Thus hath ~toftJ narilyJ when he binds not himfclfe eo ordina· taught vs to iudge of true and ftt(c Prophers, ric !awes of VOCjltiOnf fee downein his word. nor by their miudes, bur by their doltrine, And chill he doth three waies. Firtl:, by hts D~ut#romm.IJ. 3• And ~·hen Chrlfl: was de. owne immediatevoicc.And rhus was eAbramanded by lhe Scribes and Pha.rifcs, by what h11m called, and MtJ[~, in the burb,and fo were aurhoricic he did cllo(e rhmg~: he anfwered alrhc Apotlles of Chrill called immedmely; by demanding a like quell!on: whether !ohns and PatJ/ likewife afccr Chritl:s afcenfion. Se- B baptifmc, that is, his min.ilb:ry and dollrine, condly, he cabextraordinarily, by the miniwere of God or not LHk,.t 20. 4• and if his dofiery of crearures: as E/ijhAwascalled by~· lhinewercofGod,rhen al!Ohis<alling~and lMh,t.Kin.J9.thuswas /JArln called by M•fos: confequently rhe railing ofChr11l,bccaufe it and !'hilip calted to baptize the Eunuch, by was rhe office of lohnto tcllify of him. Third~ rhe mctfageof an Angel, Ail. 8. z6. Thirdly, ly, they may be d>fcerned r.y theirIiuesand by fpeciall infbna, and c:rraordinaric infpico.nucrf:uions. ChriA: bath fore rold, tha~ ta~ioo ·ofthe fpirit. E:<amples.hercofwe.haue there rhould come faH<: prophers in fbecpe1 in rh~ word ofGod: 10 Philip wholly hJS firll cloarhing, which are inwardly raucning ca)ling waoa Dea<on,wenc and preached the wolues,M•rh.7.1 S· How rhcn fhall.we know , Qqfp~~nSamaria,andlirll began theChurch rhemlrhe aofw<r is, by theitfruirs,thar is,not of:-God there; not by calling from the Apo· onlyby their doGrinc,but alfo byrheirlmes\ ~ Jlle$~_becaufc: tbey w.crc ignorant of ~1is preabecaufe their office is to teach, not ondy by · •hing;Ail. 8. '4••ncl.wc maynotthmke that doctrine,but alfo by ex1mple: Now rherne~ ''n;q dtd,emerpnze this worke vpQn h"owne whom God dlled ro rhe reftoriog ofthe Gof.l ' b~Ainr,"nd eh<ieforc by all hkehhood,lm ea!, pell, to them h~ gaue wirh fihcqlty ofiudg· Jin~ y;as by a fped!all mllmU of the fp1r1r oF ment, ·inregritie of heart and life·: which the God. Ag.aine,when the Church of I.crufalem. :C 1 ~Lord in mercy ioyned rogethcr for the confiri f • i l I j was difperfed,rhereeame men ofCyprosand · marion of cl<e cm-rh of their calling, And h~ ~ AB:.n.:o Cyreneto Antioch,wirhout:my outwardcaL that tcacheth whalclome doll:rine, & bring~ ling,and yet preached there, nodeubt by rhe forth connary fruirs, is in clue regard a faliC ! I i ioA:intt ofthe holy Ghofi:,a5 appeares,in that prophet,thogh hi~ do[frinc be neuer fo trQC", rhe hand ofGod was with rh€. The like !lay Fourthly whom God callcrh extraordinariofLHth1r,a~d the t:efl,namely,thar they were ly, them doch he furnifh wichegifrs abouc the 1 fl:irnd vp by tpcciali intl:inlt of the fpirit of ordinarie m~afure ofme-n: as namely, with God; whereby thry were moued to reRorc knowledgc,i:t"ale,wiledomC", confl:ancy, coutheGofpcllto his former puticy 9 as they dtd. rage,& othergifrs,thac feruc for che difch.,u·gc Bnr fame will fay~ this CloQrine bic:rhopen a ofexcraordinarie callings. And this we fin de gap'ro :11l hcrctickcs and decciuers, for they to be true in the fir a miniller1 bfthc: Cof'pcl1 ll1:ty likcwife plca.d.c exrraordina;ie inJlinlts, but erpccially in Lt4tlur, whom God norablyj and by this meanes 1 ,··{cducc and dece-i.ue rhc: ·armed with boldnes,& courage t'o withll:an~ P.eople o( God. I.anrwcr,cherc be ccrtam fp~· the wholeChur~h of Rome. In 1 our age foin9 c1a)I not<:S :wd ma.rkc~,· wh~rc-by we may. dlf- D ~art-vps ha~e f-a1d,chey were Elia1, ]Dblf Bap-: ccrnc an. ·exttaordmartc callmg from. the 1llu· tifl,and Chntl::.buc by this !ail nbre rhc-y haue 'ions ofche diuel,whcrby he fubometh here- .bec:nedefcricd:for when their gifcs were exaciokes,N>dccciuethC. world.Firft,excraordina~ mined, they h:tue beene tound tocome farr~ a:.icc'alliog.ncuer harh place,bur wh~nordinafhorr ofthe giffs of many ordinary men. , rie C,alhng failcth.Ttlere betwo fpecuH rimes, Now ifwee lay all thetC nares c:ogithc:r,itwil whe,r1~1·G-o.d caller& men cxrraordinatily.The 'ealily appearc, char the firtl preachers oFthd !H-{t is, in thc.founding and planti11g ofthe Gofpcll in rhia fall age, Jhay ar !call fame o~ Churyh:and hereupon were the ApolHcsand 'them, be faid truJy to hau'e receiued excraor-: jin~ngoliftscallrd cxmordin,ily.The fecond dinary callings from God.Fot firll,rhey prea- .tilJ.n Js,.when rhe Chprch ofGod is defaced, chcd in fuch a time, when no face of a crU,c· and V~l..\ucrf:ill Appfh.Ji~ takes pl~ceo:for then, Church was to be fcene, and agenerall Apo·' there~SJ19 place fQr otdmary callmg;& there. llafie oucr-fpread the world. Secondly, the'y fwc to rollore rh.e ChHrch againe to her forrenewed the vory doUrine of rhe ApoQles~J mer,,c_ll;irehP calleth-men oxrrapi.d•sanly:we 1 Prophcls, Thirdly, they adorned theird6·, m~·ll"l~ looke .for.ilny -reforma~ion -ofadlew \ J!lrane with•god!y life and conuerfation. An·~ .!ro-the)i' that li~e,t(lc.riof'nlefle the-occafion \ aallly; werc>aW, or moll o( rhem furnill•ed ih• \ ·.~- · ·· - ·· T t t gr_ear.
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