The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

The lively voice was ever in the Church, from the beginning, to the death of the Apostles: All which time there was almost no Age, wherein at the least some holy man of God was not extraordinarily stirred up, to deliver the Doctrine of Truth, from the immediate mouth of God, although there were many times intermissions, as the History doth show. And the Church complaineth in the ^aPsalms: yea, this Doctrine was oftentimes corrupted and adulterated, but by new Revelations restored again and kept in the first Integrity.

The liuely voyce was euer in the Church, from the beginning, to the death of the Apostles: All which time there was almost no Age, wherein at the least some holy man of God was not extraordinarily stirred vp, to deliuer the Doctrine of Truth, from the immediate mouth of God, although there were many times intermissions, as the Historie doth shew. And the Church complayneth in the ^aPsalmes: yea, this Doctrine was oftentimes corrupted and adulterated, but by new Reuelations restored againe and kept in the first Integritie.

1. aPsal. 74.

In limiting the lively voice to the time of the Apostles, it must not so be taken, as if the lively voice of the Ministers of GOD did not continue still in the Church: but that is of Pastors, and Teachers, who are, and always were to fetch their light from the direction of the Prophets and Apostles; it is not of extraordinary ⟨p. 370⟩men inspired of the Holy Ghost, as the Prophets and Apostles were.

In limiting the liuely voyce to the time of the Apostles, it must not so bee taken, as if the liuely voyce of the Ministers of GOD did not continue still in the Church: but that is of Pastors, and Teachers, who are, and alwayes were to fetch their light from the direction of the Prophets and Apostles; it is not of extraordinarie