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The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…
The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter of their nonconformity against Mr. J. Cheney's answer called The conforming nonconformist, and The nonconforming conformist : to which is added the second part in answer to Mr. Cheney's Five undertakings / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1680
A DEFENCE OF THE NON-CONFORMIST'S Plea for Peace, AGAINST Mr. J. CH… › Chapter 6
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But you say, Christ used the words, and no extraordinary thing then conferred, &c.] Ans. 1. If Christ intended their after-reception of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost, it followeth not that we must use such words, that can promise or give no such spirit. 2. There were five several sorts of Mission or Commission then given to Christ's Ministers.
1. Christ sent out the twelve and seventy temporarily to Preach, do Miracles, and return; and gifted and blessed them accordingly.
2. He chose twelve as related to the number of the Tribes, and ordained them stated Apostles to the Jews, or Circumcision; and he qualified them accordingly by his Spirit.
3. He ordained them Apostles to all the world (indefinitely) and accordingly renewed their Commission: For this he qualified them with ordinary gifts of his Spirit initially now at his resurrection, together with their new Commission, and more ⟨p. 15⟩fully and miraculously at Pentecost: You know how ignorant the Apostles were of Christ's Death, Sacrifice, Resurrection, Ascension, &c. till he was risen: And then Christ opened their understandings in these Articles, and gave more Faith (and answerably we must conceive other grace was given) than they had before. This cannot be denied: And is not this giving of the Holy Ghost more than man must now pretend to imitate?