A26914:82
The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom &…
The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom & magistracy under the name of a church & church-government usurped by the Pope, or liberally given him by popish princes opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3▪ It was instituted for great and necessary ends, that the Ministry might be Christs Agents, Messengers, S•eward•, &c. for the furthering the affairs of his Spiritual Kingdom, and mens salvation in the world, 1 Cor. 4. 1, 2. 1 Tim. 3. 1, 2, 3, &c. Acts 20. 28. 1 Thess. 5. 12, 13. ••b. 13. 17.
3▪ It was instituted for great and necessary ends, that the Ministry might be Christs Agents, Messengers, S•eward•, &c. for the furthering the affairs of his Spiritu•l Kingdom, and mens salvation in the world, 1 Cor. 4. 1, 2. 1 Tim. 3. 1, 2, 3, &c. Acts 20. 28. 1 Thess. 5. 12, 13. ••b. 13. 17.
4. It was first put into the hands of Apostles ch•s•n by Christ himself; who were to be the Gatherers, Edifiers nd Guides of his Church, and to be its foundation built on Christ, and the transmitters of the Gospel, and a stated Ministry to the following Ages.