A42763:7
CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1647
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AS our Lord Jesus Christ doth invisibly teach and govern his Church by the Holy Spirit: So in gathering, preserving, instructing, building and saving thereof, he useth Ministers as his instruments, and hath appointed an order of some to Teach, and others to Learn in the Church, and that some should be the Flock, and others the Pastors.
AS our Lord Jesus Christ doth invisibly teach and governe his Church by the Holy Spirit: So in gathering, preserving, instructing, building and saving thereof, he useth Ministers as his instruments, and hath appointed an order of some to Teach, and others to Learne in the Church, and that some should be the Flock, and others the Pastours.
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For beside these first founders of the Church of Christ extraordinarily sent, and furnished with the gift of Miracles, whereby they might confirm the Doctrine of the Gospel, he appointed also ordinary Pastors and Teachers, for the executing of the Ministry, even until his coming again unto Judgement, Eph. 4. 11, 12, 13. Wherefore, also as many as are of the number of Gods People, or will be accounted Christians, ought to receive and obey the ordinary Ministers