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

[Greek or Hebrew] without •, is put for especially, as well as when it hath •, 1 Tim. 4.10. who is the Saviour of all ⟨p. 54⟩men, especially of these that believe. [Greek or Hebrew]. This skilled Grecian would have us to conceive it thus: God is the Saviour of all men who believe much: and so it shall be a comfortless text for those of little faith.

〈non-Latin alphabet〉 without •, is put for especially, as well as when it hath •, 1 Tim. 4.10. who is the Saviour of all ⟨p. 54⟩men, especially of these that beleeve. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. This skilled Grecian would have us to conceive it thus: God is the Saviour of all men who beleeve much: and so it shall be a comfortlesse text for those of little faith.

Surely this man had need to be more happy in his third exposition; and now let us know what it is? He saith, that though we could evince, that the Apostle here speaketh of some other Elders besides the Ministers of the word; yet we shall have no advantage for our ruling Elders: for the Apostle being to prove that the Ministers of the word ought to be maintained, why might he not, saith he, use this general proposition, That all Rulers, whether public or domestic, whether Civill or Ecclesiastical, are to be honoured? When the Apostle speaketh of the choosing of Deacons, he will have them to be such as have ruled their own houses well. This is his last refuge, and how weak, let any ma judge. We have heard of many sorts of Rulers, but who did ever hear (before Sutliffe told it) of Domestic or Civill Elders that rule well. Had not the word Elders been in the Text, but the word [Greek or Hebrew] alone, he might have been the bolder to have given this sense. But since the Apostle speaketh not generally of