A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

2. Ministers lawfully called and ordained, and none other hath Christ appointed to be Pastors or Shepherds, to feed the flock of God, Jer: 3. 15. Eph: 4. 11. Act: 20. 28. 1 Pet: 5. 2. Much of this feeding consisteth in the dispensation of the Sacraments. And he who hath appointed this food to be received by some, hath also appointed to be given, and administered by others. Surely he who is so much displeased with Pastors, who feed themselves and not the flock, will ⟨p. 88⟩not be well pleased with the flock which will be their own feeders only, and will not be fed by the Pastor. Grotius had an extravagant notion of communicating, where there are no Sacramental Elements, or where there are no Pastors to administer, yet although he went too far, those against whom I now argue, do far outreach him, for where there are both Elements and Pastors to administer, they hold there may be a Sacrament without any Pastor; Yea, this Socinian and Anabaptisticall way, takes away the very distinction of Pastor and flock in the Church, as if any of the sheep were to feed the shepherd, as well as he them.

2. Ministers lawfully called and ordained, and none other hath Christ appointed to bee Pastors or Sheepherds, to feed the flocke of God, Ier: 3. 15. Eph: 4. 11. Act: 20. 28. 1 Pet: 5. 2. Much of this feeding consisteth in the dispensation of the Sacraments. And hee who hath appointed this food to be receaved by some, hath also appointed to be given, and administred by others. Surely hee who is so much displeased with Pastors, who feed themselves and not the flocke, will ⟨p. 88⟩not be well pleased with the flocke which will be their owne feeders onely, and will not be fed by the Pastor. Grotius had an extravagant notion of communicating, where there are no Sacramentall Elements, or where there are no Pastors to administer, yet although he went too farre, those against whom I now argue, doe farre outreach him, for where there are both Elements and Pastors to administer, they hold there may be a Sacrament without any Pastor; Yea, this Socinian and Anabaptisticall way, takes away the very distinction of Pastor and flocke in the Church, as if any of the sheep were to feed the sheepherd, as well as he them.