A09445:208
Of the calling of the ministry two treatises, describing the duties and dignities of…Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of…
Of the calling of the ministry two treatises, describing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publicly in the University of Cambridge, by Master Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Master Perkins his works, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to be expected.Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publickly in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, by Maister Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now dilligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Maister Perkins his workes, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to bee expected.
London: printed by I. Roberts for William Welby, 1605
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, because they are their fellow-labourers, both for that the Angels & good Ministers are both called Gods ambassadors, 1& Gods own servants or officers, in a more peculiar manner then any other calling: and for that their service is so like, that their names are common, one to the other. Angels being called Ministers, and Ministers Angels, as though they were almost all one.
First, because they are their fellow-labourers, both for that ye Angels & good Ministers are both called Gods embassadors, 1& Gods own seruants or officers, in a more peculiar manner then any other calling: and for that their seruice is so like, that their names are common, one to the other. Angels being called Ministers, and Ministers Angels, as though they were almost all one.
- 11 Cor. 4.2 Heb. 1.14 Mal. 2.7 Reve 2. & 3. •hap.1 Cor. 4.2 Heb. 1.14 Mal. 2.7 Reue 2. & 3. •hap.
Secondly, because the Ministers duty is, to convert and save souls, being a work, which (next to the glorifying of God, and doing his will) the Angels do take most delight in above any other: for if they be sent out for the good of them which shall be saved,