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The true nature of a Gospel church and its government
The true nature of a Gospel church and its government ... by the late pious and learned minister of the Gospel, John Owen ...
London: printed for William Marshall, 1689
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Chapter 6: Of the Office of Teachers in the Church, or an Enquiry into the State, Condition, and W…
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CHAP. VI. Of the Office of Teachers in the Church, or an Enquiry into the State, Condition, and Work of those called Teachers in the Scripture.
THE Lord Christ hath given unto his Church Pastors and Teachers, Ephes. 4.11. He hath set in the Church, First, Apostles, Secondarily, Prophets, Thirdly, Teachers, 1 Cor. 12.28. In the Church that was at Antioch there were Prophets and Teachers, Act. 13.1. And their Work is both described and assigned unto them, as we shall see afterwards.
BUT the thoughts of learned Men, about those who in the Scripture are called Teachers, are very various; nor is the Determination of their State and Condition easy or obvious, as we shall find in our Enquiry.
BUT the thoughts of learned Men, about those who in the Scripture are called Teachers, are very various; nor is the Determination of their State and Condition easie or obvious, as we shall find in our Enquiry.