tbe.Jjpift/111to the (jatatjanr. 159 1 ,~rthe $•\fit.<.Jn.<he pucpofe.and refalutiod a. <ion oftbcChureh,wh•<happrooues &giue•/ ,9{thtiFf'"\ll,eh~~rts. A:gainc,,dley~lle~dg<J tc!lmJOllic of thct.r.wlll and ability, H eethat tn~i aiLChqfi1~n~in~be ncw.>1;ellament,llhi hath rhefc thmgs,isCertamely calledof God. A1"''·5• 10 k;;,.!;, ;dj'{i<fttJ.and,th<t<>iliCc:o6rh-.:pricfl<l! Now ;put the cafe a ma.n wants the lira of ~pf<,~"Jl, l<WJ:'!',tMlhtte priea• m tAat thtf the[~thi.C~rb~caufcbee cntred with cmJJ con. Ma:h9.38, Eph· 5· u . Ad:.~o. •8~ ~f"'to offer tl}cmJiclues_m {apificeto·Guu·: Qltenoc, b.e•ogcarflcd wtth./tmbmousand c.o- ;ma to'te,y=.fiJ¥iJI~t>lrI"Lthintheil\.plaoc• an~ !lgltl'!-'j'kiJtc• :.theo1ailf-.~~1hatili~caUing talJJngs, af,tj}FJlJi\(l~rJlilf<:J<ilanb~th~ 1\ttllol ll;l~llr.'~w6lpftlic Chutcfi,t>.good andlaw. · JJ!~childrsn_.-ll\~. 1&n.d1 to,m~"~80nf~ilio!IJ-1 . fgUll•llktl tl~!l)l.c rcpJ:nrt of•hts baddc~onfttl ~~'cir faith"WES9\tqey,~<~Jua1Mfo.•to Qll'c: 1 cnce,<tts aHo accepted ofGod. i' XlW}lYc;\hCJI?tll~a<ige,r)la.~'fll<J.j>o•+er•.of'ihe I ' .The fourrh po1~toto.licli ob,feru,ed 1 Is that , ~s isgi</<lllo tl]~<:;gur~b.!1aillivcrJtt tSihil IPauJ.,Oliil\~tJu.e~ilundes.o'f"CaJimgs rn the · ~ ~~Xf' (o ~il.l~yfe&•~mi~ . . Utilim. thorc• I . Church.Oneis,whcn lllOl~are'caiJed by rrren) . .q 1b~lopgs.Jp !h~ )\1<Qj(\~fulonejin the d~ aad not byGod:anJ rhus are a! falfc teachm j P.:n[arip.ne[F\1f,lf96\!• • ·-! ~ d..-,,n~: .•m called. TllcfccondiS,whenmenarec•Jiepof ; .~ocpndiy,I"I\'1/'PJoPaulfairh(ilotofmm,G,/• g. God b)' tb.e fuinificry'<>fnrenitlros ~re allor- · J}J<hft,) I ~tllF!, that cuery.lawfuJJcalling d!nary rn.l'!l!lcrs ofthe1vordcaJieJ.Thc third i,s,!ir9HP 1 an,d!\9!:i>fmep as authors rherco6! is, whe_o ffi$n.are called·nor by·men,. b~t ~l>y ~n~~pa~r~eRig~t· fo _ca.ll b,elongs,to God; Chnllinuucdlatdy. AndP~ulh~r<·IJg~ifics;,. j;f.cFat6qr f.h~I\Jls forth labourers into tJ-;e that he htm!clfc·•nd the rea ofrhe 1'\.po(!.Jes,' I Ylfieya;d : ilie,S<y>nc g1••~f:l~l1or~and Tea> I!ICCC calledac;cording to thtsWird way. Ail~ Cf1c~s: the,H~Jj,Gho!l nJaki'S ouef-fcers. It in thisrcfpett, beepurs a diffrr.ence cecweenc nuy beealicaqgj;d, ri)at.thA.Chur<h bath au• r)leApoltles,and all the MmHters of·rhc i1ew ilioiiry ro calfand ordatn~'\lliJUllers: I an· T dlamcJ;J(. For in.rhat thoy werecalled JUJ· !iv<f 1 thatths}:!lor,ches,authorif:Y is no more qr~diorcly, they wcre•lfo taught by immedi- &pra ll)im!ie(y 'lf f; rpice,wh.e<<:byit doih re• ·ate mlpiration,and alfoaided byl'he infallibleJ!tli~:dedare,yinqapprooue ll'hoiu God bath a!fill•nccofGods Spirir.<\;nd of all thi• they c~l(ed. . , "'''•'· c·•k;o1•' • ' :h~dpronlJ(es,Matrh.to. zj)1to. Luk.to.i6. Thirdly,whcrcas P~ul,(bo~pr'oc!aimes hfs ' 1Hence we may gather the arrenty of our re. calling,_ (paul~n Apof/" of I-fusrChrift,) I ga- 'ltgton. Thee!lonriall not<.<aftth<! Churcli, is· tber,tllatthecalhngsof rheMmi!l.crs of the tatth: faith.!lands in rlllatloll'to•theword of Gofpel mu!'! bee ,;,amfdl to.theirowncmn- · God: and thewordof God is no word vnto [ciences,<nd the confciences.of their hearers. 'C v-s,vnlelfe wee know it to.i:ie(o :an\! we know Aod that for ~iuersw«gh11e caufes. Fa{}, 'irro befo, becaufe itwa. written by the Apct,hcy~reemba!fadours, m{lruments, and the lUes, who inprcacbir.g and wtll1fig,could nor mou~h ofGod ,,and forrhiscaufc~hey.areto erre. Secondly, hence I gachcrl thatthedd·· lpealie m the oag1eofGod,and thistheycan· Cltine of theApol!les is the immediate word- ' rwF~ae, vnlelld.thcy knowrherufelues to be 'of God, bocau[c it was gitreu by'infpiration, I ca,lled. Sccondly,fi)ar rhecaUingof rhc-M i· ,both for mat:erandwordS> WIUfeas the do· n(f\crie may ren~ h-l edificatlon, there is reCtrineoftheChurch'·infermons,andthedc': l q~Jr.e,d rhe al1i~aJ1cc cf Gods Spirit in the creco of Councels, is borh~hc ivord of God,' reache~, ,thc pr,o,c(lion of him and.his mini- ~nd the wordof man.· Th!!word of God, as llcm,thectfed~0Ji opcratu:mofrhe Spmlln tt agrees with the writings<6hhe'Apotllci' 1hFhearts of rhd!C~rcn.. And he rhatw•nts and Prophets.- the word of man,as ills def~! · tf1c a!Turance of hJS c~llmg,cannot proy to 1 Cltu;,&a•ilis propounded iri tcal'lt\cs'deuifed 1 V:ou. H> (auh fo.ryhefe,rhmgs ;.neither can he ·b}'!man,,Jr may be obiedcd,thar Paul fpak~' 1 aapl¥,thcproQlif~~ ofGod robimfclf.Third- ,foJne things of himfclfe, and ndt from rh~ ly,the knm,Jcdge'ofpurca!Jing!.brecdsconi3 Lord,•.Corq,t':.A'et theL.hi,bH! l.Anfwer; fctcnceofour duties,diligenGeyand the !care the meaningis,-not the Lord !iyany expre!fc pf God, La{!Jy, .knowledge of.9ur callings commaunde!,11Cnt,butI by collection·and inIll theconfctcnccs of rhe hearers, breedcs a rcrprerution of.s'coiprure, and th~t by the•f· ' reucrcnccm thc1r hean~, and obc~1cr.ce to fi!lancc of GodsSpirit,v.4o. Seeingthen thC: thcminillerieofthe w_ord. Vponrhis,fome 'writings of rhc Apolllcs -•-,r, the immediate may demaund;how they rpaykno"' char they and mcereword ot God,they mu a beobeyed' •re called of God to the minifiery of the astf they hadbecnewrirtenwirhoutman, b)' word. An!ivcr: they may knowit,ifthcy finde rhc finger ofGod, threcthings in themfelues: the firfi is,thetc' •Laflly,fecing 11 is the property ofan Apo- (IJmome of thetr confciCnces, that they en- {!Je,ro becaJied immediately by lefus Chria, teed not for praifc 1 ho~our, lucre. ; but in the hence itfollowes,that theauthoiity,officel & fcarcofGod,"irb adeltre roglonfie him,and fun<tionof Apofilcs ce•fed with them, •nd toedifie theChmcb. The fecondis,•faculty did not pa!feby lucccfiion toanyother.Therro~oethat which they haucadeGrc •ndwill. fore it IS a falfnood thattbe Pope of Rome. In thiS faculty arc ro·otJ;ings; knowledge of fuccccds -PeterinApofiolicaJJ authority,and God and hiswaics, and aptnes to dclmertbat m themfallibleailiUanceof the Spirit, when' 'wh1ch they know. The third is, chcQrdina· he IS mh1sConfifiorie. 1 .--------~-----------------------------------~----~0~·~----------~A~n~d~----~
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