A14096:13
The doctrine of the synod of Dort and Arles, reduced to the practise With…
The doctrine of the synod of Dort and Arles, reduced to the practise With a consideration thereof, and representation with what sobriety it proceeds.
Amsterdam : Successors to G. Thorp, 1631?
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that Christ gave some to be Apostles, and some Prophets, & some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers, now observe the end of their ministry in the words following, for the repairing of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edification of the body of Christ. As for Bad living Christians; they have no delight in Gods word at all; the ministry of the word is but a vexation unto such; and Gods ministers are accounted by such, as Elijah was, no better then troublers of Israel, and why? But because they can prophecy no good unto such but evil. And as for the ⟨p. 5⟩sick, though weak in body, yet if not weak in faith, we can afford them abundance of consolation in God even to the assurance of their election. If weak in faith, and oppressed under the burden of their sins; yet is there no cause why they should despair by reason of any doctrine of ours; but rather good hope that these troubles of mind may prove as pangs of childbirth to deliver their souls into the world of grace.
that Christ gave some to be Apostles, and some Prophets, & some Evangelists, and som Pastors and Teachers, now observe the ende of their ministery in the wordes followinge, for the •epayring of the Saints, for the worke of the ministery, and for the aedification of the body of Christ. As for Bad living Christians; they have no delight in Gods word at all; the ministery of the word is but a vexation vnto such; and Gods ministers are accoumpted by such, as Elias was, no better then troublers of Israel, and why? But because they can prophecy no good vnto such but evil. And as for the ⟨p. 5⟩sicke, though weak in body, yet if not weak in faith, we can affoord them abundance of consolation in God even to the assurance of their election. If weake in faith, and oppressed vnder the burthen of their sinnes; yet is there no cause why they should despayre by reason of any doctrine of ours; but rather good hope that these troubles of minde may proove as panges of childbirth to deliver their soules into the world of grace.