A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded vpon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…

But contrary wise, Princes ought to establish and maintain in the Church, Elders and Deacons, according to the Apostolical institution. Now Elders are either such as labour in the Word and Doctrine, or else such as are appointed for Discipline only. They who labour in the Word and Doctrine, are either such as do only teach, and are ordained for conserving in Schools and Seminaries of learning, the purity of Christian Doctrine, and the true interpretation of Scripture, and for detecting and confuting the contrary heresies and ⟨image 141⟩[…] ⟨image 141⟩[…] ⟨p. 162⟩errors, whom the Apostle calleth Doctors or Teachers: Or else they are such as do not only teach, but also have a more particular charge to watch over the flock, to seek that which is lost […] to bring home that which wandereth, to heal that which is diseased, to bind up that which is broken, to visit every family, to warn every person, to rebuke, to comfort, &c, whom the Apostle calleth sometimes Pastors, and sometimes Bishops, or Overseers. The other sort of Elders are ordained only for Discipline and Church government, and for assisting of the Pastors, in ruling the people, overseeing their manners, and censuring their faults. That this sort of Elders is instituted by the Apostle, it is put out of doubt, not alone by Calvin, Beza, and the Divines of Geneva, but also by Chemnitius, exam. part. 2. pag. 218. Gerard loc. theol. tom. 6. pag. 363. 364. Zanchius in 4. praec. col. 727. Martyr in 1. Cor. 12. 28. Bullinger in 1. Tim. 5. 17. Junius animad. in Bell. contr. 5. lib. 1. cap. 2. Polanus Synt. lib. 7. cap. 11. Pareus in Rom. 12. 8. & 1. Cor. 12. 28. Cartwright on 1. Tim. 5. 17. The Professors of Leiden Sin. purr. Theol. disp. 42. Thes. 20. And many moe of our Divines, who teach that the Apostle