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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. IT is a general word used to express the work of any, in the Service of God; whereon it is applied unto the Prophets and Teachers under the Old Testament, Joh. 4.38. I sent you to Reap that whereon you bestowed no Labour; [Greek or Hebrew], others have laboured, and you have entered into their Labours: That is of the Prophets and John the Baptist. Yea, it is so unto the Labour that Women may take in the serving of the Church, Rom. 16.6. Salute Mary, [Greek or Hebrew], who laboured much; which is more than simply [Greek or Hebrew], Vers. 12. Salute Tryphoena and Tryphosa, [Greek or Hebrew], who laboured in the Lord. Vers. 13. Salute the beloved Persis, [Greek or Hebrew], who laboured much in the Lord. So wide from Truth is it, that this word should signify a Labour peculiar to some sorts of Ministers, which all are not in common obliged unto.
2. IT is a general word used to express the work of any, in the Service of God; whereon it is applied unto the Prophets and Teachers under the Old Testament, Joh. 4.38. I sent you to Reap that whereon you bestowed no Labour; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, others have laboured, and you have entered into their Labours: That is of the Prophets and John the Baptist. Yea, it is so unto the Labour that Women may take in the serving of the Church, Rom. 16.6. Salute Mary, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, who laboured much; which is more than simply 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Vers. 12. Salute Tryphoena and Tryphosa, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, who laboured in the Lord. Vers. 13. Salute the beloved Persis, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, who laboured much in the Lord. So wide from Truth is it, that this word should signifie a Labour peculiar to some sorts of Ministers, which all are not in common obliged unto.