Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…Aarons rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…

His third Argument goeth thus, We have in the Text first, second, and third; when the Apostle speaks of these which might be liable to present view, but then he breaks off with [Greek or Hebrew], after that miracles, which lasted somewhat longer then the Apostles and Prophets; and last we have [Greek or Hebrew], and these may be ordinary gifts, and this [Greek or Hebrew] relates to helps, Governments: that Calvin thinks the helps were some Officers the Church hath lost: But being put both in one case without any conjunction copulative, why they may not (I believe he would have said, why may they not? for the sense can be no other) belong both to one thing, and this [Greek or Hebrew] may not have some influence upon the times and after age. Answ. If this be his manner, we shall not much fear the dint of his Arguments, when it comes to the Schools, which he calls for. What a great matter is made of mere nothing? First, he offereth violence to the Text, because if [Greek or Hebrew] note posteriority of time, and ordinary gifts, then [Greek or Hebrew], which is compounded from [Greek or Hebrew] must much rather note the same thing, and so we shall have not only gifts of healing, but miracles too, ordinary and continuing administrations in the Church. Next he offereth violence to the Greek language: for when [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] signify posteriority, not only in the enumeration, but in the time of existence, then the one must needs signify a pre-existence, and the other a post-existence, they cannot be contemporary from their beginnings; yet Mr. Hussey will needs ⟨p. 222⟩have [Greek or Hebrew] before miracles, and again [Greek or Hebrew] efore gifts of healing and diversities of tongues, to signify posteriority of time, though he cannot say that gifts of healing and diversities of tongues were not contemporary but posterior in time to miracles, And further observe that when the Text runs in this order, first Apostles, secondarily Prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, &c. Mr. Hussey will make this the sense, that there were Apostles before prophets, there were Prophets before teachers, there were Teachers before miracles, there were miracles before gifts of healings, &c.

His third Argument goeth thus, We have in the Text first, second, and third; when the Apostle speaks of these which might be liable to present view, but then he breaks off with 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, after that miracles, which lasted somewhat longer then the Apostles and Prophets; and last we have , and these may be ordinary gifts, and this relates to helps, Governments: that Calvin thinks the helps were some Officers the Church hath lost: But being put both in one case without any conjunction copulative, why they may not (I beleeve he would have said, why may they not? for the sence can be no other) belong both to one thing, and this may not have some influence upon the times and after age. Answ. If this be his manner, we shall not much fear the dint of his Arguments, when it comes to the Schooles, which he calls for. What a great matter is made of meer nothing? First, he offereth violence to the Text, because if note posteriority of time, and ordinary gifts, then , which is compounded from must much rather note the same thing, and so we shall have not onely gifts of healing, but miracles too, ordinary and continuing administrations in the Church. Next he offereth violence to the Greek language: for when and signifie posteriority, not onely in the enumeration, but in the time of existence, then the one must needs signifie a pre-existence, and the other a post-existence, they cannot be contemporary from their beginnings; yet Mr. Hussey will needs