An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of…

To the third we answer, He which is first named, hath not always some prerogative or dignity above him which is last named▪ else do the Papists rightly argue, that Peter was the chief of all the Apostles, because they find him named before all the rest, Matth. 10.2. Act. 1.13. The Apostle intended to reckon out all ordinary offices in the Church; but he intended not the precise order. Chrysostom upon this same place saith: Vide quomodo ista indifferenter ponat quod minutum est primo: quod magnum est posteriore loco. Ephes. 4.11. he putteth Pastors before Teachers: here to the Romans he putteth Teachers before Pastors.

To the third we answer, He which is first named, hath not alwayes some prerogative or dignity above him which is last named▪ else doe the Papists rightly argue, that Peter was the chiefe of all the Apostles, because they finde him named before all the rest, Matth. 10.2. Act. 1.13. The Apostle intended to reckon out all ordinary offices in the Church; but he intended not the precise order. Chrysostome upon this same place saith: Vide quomodo ista indifferenter ponat quod minutum est primo: quod magnum est posteriore loco. Ephes. 4.11. hee putteth Pastors before Teachers: here to the Romans he putteth Teachers before Pastors.

To the fourth we answer, That though it be ordinarily most convenient, that the office of attending the sick be committed to women, yet it is not essentially necessary to the office: And as Aretius noteth upon the place, we may under [Greek or Hebrew] comprehend not only widows appointed to attend the sick, but old men appointed to receive and entertain strangers: