/ C.~.ap ,J,- tbe-:{ipijifeto tbe (jafatians, I 71r Fj.i'BI>q1ay bee P.tibbiJJCd to t!Je;wor.ld,_vnder A God cals by.the voiccs,.andconfcntobn~d, ·_I IF!H'Jl.eof th.~-il.poHies.oLan@er, rf they , foilowing ~ha lawcsof h" word. Excraordi· · ·l'•!e tn rile dai•• ofthe _Apoflle•; they, by narie is, when God cals otbelWr(e. Andrhis YhCir.aurhoruy 1 curre.themotf: and rhercfor:a 1 he doth th~:eewaies:firH,byimmedJatevoitc. .Paul faith, !f •'l!''~'h othm•ifc, lrl himbt_,., T bus God called Abraham. and Mofcs, and cwfcd. And they prouided, that no counterthus were the Apofllescalled: The fccond is, feits lhould bee forl.led vndcrcheir names, af• by the 111e_lfagc of a creature. Thus A.rop t~r thdrdeparcu;c, A nd hcreupon,Mn, the and the t<ib.~ .ofLeui was ealle~ byJM.ofm£ • laH of the Apolllcs, concludes the new Tcli'-'"' by_Efi!J4! /'hil•p was ealled by an ~ngell nan)Cilt lVith this~claufe, if ••, man {halladdc ~9 baptiz' th.eEunuch, A&.~i~6. ·The rhrrd vnt9 tbcfc :hint/, God [hall addc vnlo him :be is, by inflinct, Thus Ph>lp:Ja iDeacon prea, plagutsthat arcwritlcninth/4bao{&,Rcu.zz.t8; chcJ in Samaria,A/1,8. H-oThus rhemenOf V. ~riy .dcmaudJ, ofwharvalue is the tefliCyprus, anJ Cyrene preached among .rhe moi;ie olthe Church, Ian{\ver;conlidcr the GcntrlesJ .<'\(the hand of G:i>d was with diem, Ch~rch d•~flinct from the Apofllcs, and then . rhough othcrwifc they were ·but- priuateper– the icflimonie rhcreE>f is farr~ inf<riour ro !B fons, dil, tt, •9, 10. Of tbis kinde was the cl)!'" ApollolicaJ( t,eA.ificatiop, concerning callrngoffhcfirfl preachera ofthe Gofpell. theword of God. Forthe Church tsto bee It may bee ooiectcd, that !hey.did nor con~ ruled by ll1e tcllun_ouie of the .8-pollles, in firme their callings and dollrme by miracles, ~he written word: and the fentence of the whichthcyflwuldhauedon~.ifthoircallings C~urch,is notalwajcs;and,alcogether certen. haGi bceneexcraordinaric.lt3Ilf\fcr:theyprcao. por 10yncd wirh r[1ac emd~nceofl:heSpirir5 ched no new doctrine, but rheolde aria aunwher~wtth euery ccflimonie ApoL!olicall is cienrdoClrineof the Prophets and ApoUles, accoi1:panied. , . ~ which they hadherccoforcconfi·rmed b-v-nlir · Furrhcrmot~, that weemay,P.ecapableof racle•. NowoldedoClrine needcs iJanc;., mlthefe two re(limonies, and rake rhe benefite racles,bur newgoCl~ine,Cu<;~,;ljare thell?op.es rhereof,wl(our (clues for our pa_rrs,inull yeeld decrees and dccrerals. Againo, it may bee al- . fubtectron & obedrenoc ro the wor-d-of God. l<adged, rh~t men mayfaifely pretend extra· lnlhrs'our obc.drencc,OJOIJ we ~e.allured,rhat urdrnarie calling. Ianfwe•, H,t)ue,erules bee ttis indcede of God,.as our Sauiour Ghri(l obferued thcycannot..T~c firfhis,thatcxcrarait.h,loh.j. V ,tz; , • • ' ""' OrJtnary UCUCrtakesplace, butwhep theteiS ']:his doctrine toi1ching rhe ,c.e~tcnti~. of C noroomcforordmanc. 'J]]efccondrs,ihar lbcword,isof great v(e. For when·the mindc > they which,pleacie acallrng exrraordinarrly, and confcicncc, bym~aoesof !he.double remufl bee tned by the word, both for dGdrine Uimonie before m,entioned, plain.ely appre-1 )lnd lif« forchis is an infalhb"leway todifco· J;~epqm,rhere is a foundation laid of!hefeare ucr falfe teachers, Matthew ] .H . D euteron. . of, ~od, and of iu~rly.ing fatth: and before 13.1S. J.~nsauthonry isfaidto be from hca- ~~ee,qe aifured, that,thcScriptqrei:§,lh~ wprd ucn,bccaufc hisB•pttfme,that is,his dodrme o(~pd, it is not pq!hbk,thatwefhould conwasfo, Luk. :o. 4· The thrrd rs, tharoxttol· cdti;A< hdldca fatth .in the promiles ofGod. ordmanc reachet.s m thefe !all daics, alter .Ar1J f)lewan.t of.fhis c'rrenry i•H!'an.Y," an they haue brought men to receiue the Go(: "oper"gappc to hereGe, apoll~(j;, A!heifme,l .pell, are tobee oodaiued as other ordinarie, '& all!~\quitic. SrJi.P'Jdly,j>y.t!Ji§J~ap.He~r~s,: _Mrniflers after the Lawes_ofG.ods word. For ,I hit rl)e,<;:hur~hof-lt'!me f<re.tQ grHifely,tn t~cy are norextraprdrnancm re(pell:oftheir' te.~c,Jiiig, thatw,eeean,notRqo.l\}~,qScnpture; dotlri~e,•which is the d.oOI~in~ ol .rhe wor.d, ,to,bet,hc; w<;>rd ~(9\>4 ~-uh'?l'l i!J~!S~Imony .~Pf· rn refped of therr office!or (una!ion, ln 8fr~~Ch~rc.h,)p!hf{e lalterttOJes,,agd that ' .which regard-they are pal,lourj-and teaclicrs; wttJNuttt, wee~o~l,dhauenocerte(Uteofre- D app ll9t.Apollles or Euangc]i(l" but their Irg19n; whcreascne.rcnimoni>of tt,eSl'irir, a callings are.:xrraordinarie, inrefpecto( the 9r fl[e ,curdcnce thereof m Scnpture, with common~byfeof theoffice of teaching!and the te!JJn<onre o[rhe Apofllcs, will doe the , in rclpeCI of. rhe cGmmon corrupuon of q~~9,~fultictcmly,tqouiOhtheChijrchOwulJ dodnnc. Th<fc three rui<S, as cauears obbehfent, . . . (erued, wee 11\•J, eafllyp~rc~ruewho arc cal- ·'Tjlc feqond maine point is, .T,hat.iris ne-' led e_xrr~ordinarily, ~>ha not, and rhey are cdT~'rie, .that men fl1puld beear~uredin their all fully verified in the firll preachersof the cii~~i,ence•, that the callrog,,amj;mthoritie Gofpcl. . ,. - ' o\ t,\1<;ir teashm,j;of God. It may bee de- .Thirdly, itis obieCled,tharthey which are ma~nded, how we in the(e daies OJOuld be af. lawfully called, areordained by them, whofe ("urcd hereof. l anfwer'thu" a~i•ersconGdeauncellours haue beene fuceeiftuely ordairlU9Q,mull bee had of rhe6rll Mini flers of: ned by the Apoflle.. lan[wer: Succcffion is t~e Gofpcll, and of tbcrr fucce!Tours. Touthree-foldc. ,Tl)e firll is, of perfons and do· ching the firfl Minillers anJ planters of the tlrineioyp)ly rogerher: and this wastn the Gofpell, within rhefe So. ycares. We mull primitiueCqurch. Thefecondis,of perfons c0nllder, that acalling'' of two forts: Ord1alono~ and thiSII)ay bee amonginfidelund .nanc1and Ex.rr::ordmanc. Ordmar1c 1s,when htlrCtlckcs. The third is, of dod:rinealone. P • And
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