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Two discourses concerning the Holy Spirit, and His work the one, Of the Spirit…
Two discourses concerning the Holy Spirit, and His work the one, Of the Spirit as a comforter, the other, As He is the author of spiritual gifts ... / by ... John Owen.
London: printed for William Marshall, 1693
OF Spiritual Gifts. PART II. › Chapter 3: Of Gifts and Offices Extraordinary: And first of Offices.
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.
(§ 3.) THERE are four things which constitute an extraordinary Officer in the Church of God, and consequently are required in, and do constitute an extraordinary Office. (1.) An extraordinary Call unto an Office, such as none other have or can have by virtue of any Law, Order or Constitution whatever. (2.) An Extraordinary Power communicated unto Persons so called, enabling them to act what they are so called unto, wherein the Essence of any Office doth consist. (3.) Extraordinary Gifts for the Exercise and Discharge of that Power. (4.) Extraordinary Employment as to its extent and measure, requiring extraordinary Labour, Travail, Zeal and Self-denial. All these do and must concur in that Office, and unto those Offices which we call Extraordinary.
(§ 3.) THERE are four things which constitute an extraordinary Officer in the Church of God, and consequently are required in, and do constitute an extraordinary Office. (1.) An extraordinary Call unto an Office, such as none other have or can have by virtue of any Law, Order or Constitution whatever. (2.) An Extraordinary Power communicated unto Persons so called, enabling them to act what they are so called unto, wherein the Essence of any Office doth consist. (3.) Extraordinary Gifts for the Exercise and Discharge of that Power. (4.) Extraordinary Imployment as to its extent and measure, requiring extraordinary Labour, Travail, Zeal and Self-denial. All these do and must concur in that Office, and unto those Offices which we call Extraordinary.
(§ 4.) THUS was it with the Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists at the first, which were all Extraordinary Teaching Officers in the Church, and all that ever were so, 1 Cor. 12. 28. Ephes. 4. 11. Besides these, there were at the first planting of the Church, Persons endued with Extraordinary Gifts, as of Miracles, Healing and Tongues, which did not of themselves constitute them Officers, but do belong to the second Head of Gifts which concern Duties only. Howbeit these Gifts were always most eminently bestowed on them who were called unto the Extraordinary Offices mentioned,