A30572:597
An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first…An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first…
An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughs.An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1652
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Yea further, In a civill State there may be alteration, raising the dignity of the office,1 and making of it lower then before; but in the Church no such thing, the officers of the Church are always the same, no raising, no depressing, why? because they hold upon the Head. Others depend upon mans prudence, but these are institutions by Christ, and hold of the Head.
Yea further, In a civill State there may be alteration, raising the dignity of the office,1 and making of it lower then before; but in the Church no such thing, the officers of the Church are alwayes the same, no raising, no depressing, why? because they hold upon the Head. Others depend upon mans prudence, but these are institutions by Christ, and hold of the Head.
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2.1 Christ is the Head in regard of rule, because all Ordinances hold on Christ too, and all Laws. I will put both together, Ordinances and Laws, and Institutions do hold upon Christ the Head. It is not in the liberty of man to erect any new spiritual Ordinance in the Church, no nor to make Laws in the Church that are spiritual, that shall tend to the spirits of men, (according as I shall open it by and by.) No new Ordinance, no new Institution can be in the Church. In the civil State there may be thousands of new Institutions.2 I call that an Institution that hath an efficacy in it for the attaining of such an end by virtue of the Institution, not by virtue of any naturalness that is in the thing. As for example to instance in Divine Institutions. The Sacrament is an Institution, and therefore is a virtue, a spiritual efficacy to be expected from that and by that, through the strength of the Institution more then it hath in it in any natural way. So in preaching the Word, and Ecclesiastical censures, there is more to be expected, more efficacy to work upon the soul, for the spiritual man, by virtue of the Institution, then there is in the natural things that are done there.