pedalo OM. 377 Prophets were Preachers of the Word, and fo were the Scribes, who were therefore called Text -Men or Mafters of the Text; and faid to fit in Mofes's Chair, becaufe they expounded the Law. Alto in theJewifh Church they did by the Impofïtion of hands called Semica, or- dain Presbyters ; fome of whom were for Ju- dicature, and others for Teaching the Law : Thus Preaching came down fucceffively to the Times of the Gofpel, in which we have a folemn Command To Preach to every Creature ; To be in"tant in feafaut out of feafon, To labour in the Word and Doctrine; nay, To travail in birth till Chrift be formed in men. The Apofiles, after their Matter Jefus Chrift who was the great - eft of all Preachers, difperfed themfelves up and down the world to propagate the Gofpel. Paul went Preaching from 7erufalem to Iuyri- A cum, Mary, was in Egypt, Matthew in Ethio- pia, Thomas in India, Simon Zelotes in Britain, and others in other places, all labouring in the fame Work.After the Death oftheApoflles,this Ordinance was much efteemed in fucceeding ages. Anciently the very Bithops of Rome were wont to Preach ; and in the fuppofed Epifile of Clement to lames the Brother of the Lord, mention is made of quotidiana Prwdicatio. Tertullian fpeaks of feeding the peoples Faith Sands Vocibus, with holy Words ; And Origen faith, Omnes Epifcapi erudiunt, all the Bifhops Preach. In the Old, though" not as they are called, Apoftolical Canons, we have this ; .E,pif- copus non docens depo,tatur, Let the not - preaching Bithop
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