c;6 tOhf ervation 3· Reafm ~· The Parable of the Ten Virgin.r, ve'y ir, for rhe Lord J cius fell ~, and we are ro buy of hi_m ; only thefe are fervams under him, and app01med as an Ordmance of h1s for rhis end · the ApoRle conveys his miniflry , 2 Cor.z. t<lt . lincerelyand glorioully. ' Bu_r f or your felves J that is, feek for ic there, rhou~h you lay our never fo .mu~h of your mor:e¥, your rime, and rhoughcs, and afte6tions forir, and receive It rhere when Itls offered upon any terms, though you part wirh all you h~ve, that foyou may Ipake it youro~n, a.nd fo. have of your own , and fomay wuh comfort meet the Lord,; and this fuitS With the cuf!om of rhe Saims, eo fend them there where rhey got theirs. · \ SECT. II. THat the Spirit of Grace is principal!; and moft 4/JundantfJ dijfmftd in the miniftr} of the Gojfel hJ the t.MiniHers thtreof; That is, they are rhofe 1har fe ll ; this islheir bulinefs, and trade, and work, like theOlive-rree ro che Candlefl!ck, Zach-4-s,6. which r~ke rootinQi~ the Courts of Godrothisend, to•drop !11 thetr golden oyl ; bur fhll obferve It Is as fervants under che Lord Jefus, who gives what and when he will by rbem. You know the famousexpreffions of theApoflle, How can they hear unlefs the) hav eapreacherf Rom.Io.14. ,- . . -, · 2 Cor.3.7· The Gofpel is called The miniftr~tion oftheSpir1't in the mot<thes of the Apoftles and th , i<r Succej{ors ; bJ whtch•it u made mdre g!oriot<s than we Law delivered in tables of ftone, though lefs outwardglory , f or we have it but in earthen vej{els. Gal. 3· z. By whom rrceived you the Spirit ? by he"~ing of the Law? no, but by the hearing of Faith; thereby is the Spirit revealed and clifpenfed. · · '····· .· SECT. III. BEcaufe they are fer apart prin~ipally by the Lord for this end; . for Gods fepararion of any thing for an end, though the rhing be unlike ro brins rliat end about , yet by this it bath a flrange power accompanying it ; as the Brazen ferpenr, how comes it to heal? Ir was fer a part for rbat end, and fanetified of God; and hence God ferting apart an Ordinance, is prefent with his Ordinance; as Aaron and his Sons were fancl:ified forrbefervice of theTabermde: and this is done rwo ways. Fir!t, By rhe Churcb,according eo ihe will of God, they are fer apart from all other employmenrs, unlefs tbofe which other relations bind-them too, that fo they may dedicate their rime, their flrengtb, their private fludies, their [elves, their prayers, and rears, and all for rhem; and this oughr fo eo be unlefs neceffiry compels,Atf.6+TbeDifciples would give themfelves ro the word and prayer,and would not be cumbred about the Deacons office ; and fo their fludies; '1' awl exhorts T imothy eo give himfelf ro reading, to think on rhefe rhin£S, r Tizn+ 13,r 5. . Secondly, By rhe Lordhimfelf,Ga/.z.I5,I6. What is true of Gods feparating '1' aut to an extraordinary, is true in a meafureof all his fervancs fer.apart fo r ordinarywork, Mal.z.7~ Forrbe Church fomerimesmay not fer a man aparr, yer the Lord may aqd cloth; and hence (by rhefe fomeritnes he fends to call a Church before there is a Church eo call ) and how is fuch a one fer apart?
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