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

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 ⟨p. 370⟩men inspired of the Holy Ghost, as the Prophets and Apostles were.

The reason why a lively voice, continuing so long as from the beginning of the World, until the Apostles time, should cease with their death, doth appear, Heb. 1. 1, 2. where it is said, that God in many pieces, and after divers fashions, of old spake to the Fathers by the Prophets: but in these latter days he hath spoken unto us by the Sonne. For so long as the Word was delivered but by parcels, and that there remained something still behind, more clearly and manifestly to be revealed (which was till he spake fully and lastly by his Son) so long a lively voice was necessary, wherewith every new Revelation doth begin: but longer there can be no use of it; for that should plainly argue, that the Revelation of the Mystery of Christ by Christ himself, were not yet perfect.

The reason why a liuely voyce, continuing so long as from the beginning of the World, vntill the Apostles time, should cease with their death, doth appeare,