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And that it may the better appear / that those functions do only remain / which are appointed to one certain place / and that the reader may have the clearer and plainer understanding of all this matter / all the whole ecclesiastical function may be well divided: first into extraordinary / or those that endured for a time / and into ordinary / which are perpetual. Of the first sort are the Apostles and Evangelists / which the Lord used for a time as it were for chief masons / and principal builders of his church / as well to lay the foundations of churches where none were / as also to advance them to such forwardness and height / until there might be gotten / for the finishing of the building and house of the Church fit pastors / elders / and deacons. And that being done / they went from those places into others / which thing may be perceived by the continual story of the Acts of the Apostles / and by divers sentences which are found in the Epistles of S. Paul. And therefore also / when the churches have been by antichrist even razed from the foundations / God hath stirred up Evangelists even immediately by this spirit / without any calling of men / to restore his churches again: of which sort was Master Wycliffe in our Country / Master Hus and Jerome of Prague in Bohemia / Luther and ♉winglius in Germany. &c. And after this sort / God may at his good pleasure work / when he purposeth to set in his gospel in any nation / where the whole face of the earth is covered with the darkness of ignorance / and want of the knowledge of God.

And that it may the better appeare / that those functions doe only remayne / which are appoynted to one certayne place / and that the reader may haue the clearer and playner vnderstanding of all this matter / all the whole ecclesiasticall function may be well deuided: first into extraordinarie / or those that endured for a time / and into ordinarie / which are perpetuall. Of the first sorte are the Apostles and Euangelistes / which the Lord vsed for a tyme as it were for cheefe masons / and principall builders of his church / as well to lay the foundations of churches where none were / as also to aduaunce them to such forwardnesse and heighte / vntill there mighte be gotten / for the finishing of the building and house of the Church fitte pastors / elders / and deacons. And that being done / they went from those places into others / which thing may be perceiued by the continuall storie of the Actes of the Apostles / and by diuers sentences which are found in the Epistles of S. Paule. And therefore also / when the churches haue beene by antichrist euen rased from the foundations / God hathe stirred vp Euangelistes euen immediatly by this spirite / without any calling of men / to restore hys churches agayne: of whiche sorte was Maister Wickliffe in our Countrie / Maister Hus and Ierome of Prage in Bohemia / Luther and ♉winglius in Germanie. &c. And after thys sorte / God maye at hys good pleasure worke / when hee purposeth to set in hys gospell in anye nation / where the whole face of the earth is couered wyth the darckenesse of ignoraunce / and wante of the knowledge of God.