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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 111: That a Gospel-Ministry is to continue to the end of the world. And for what ends▪
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1And if you say, How shall we know, what is an extraordinary Office, and what is an ordinary Office, seeing the Apostle, Eph. 4.11, 12. reckons them up altogether?
- 1Quest.
1I answer, It's true, the Apostle there mentioneth extraordinary and ordinary Officers, because he is to speak of the whole fruit of Christs Ascension to his Church, and so because Apostles were a great and principal part of Christs gift to his Church, and the influence of their labours upon the Church to the end of the world, and therefore they are called the foundation, Rev. 21.14. Hence they are mentioned as well as the ordinary; only the difference between these two may appear in the qualifications of either, for to an Apostle was required gifts of miracles, an universal Commission and Authority, infallibility of assistance, &c. but to the ordinary Elders there is no such thing required, but what may be in an ordinary manner attained unto.
- 1Answ.
Thirdly, When we say, A Ministry is appointed for spiritual ends, it's good to know in particular what they are. And