Two discourses concerning the Holy Spirit, and His work the one, Of the Spirit…

And as it was usual with him to join others with himself in those Epistles which he wrote by immediate Divine Inspiration, so in this Act of laying his Hands on an Evangelist as a Sign of the Communication of extraordinary Gifts, he joined the Ordinary Presbytery of the Church with him, that were present in the place where he was so called. It is evident therefore, that both their Call and their Gifts were extraordinary, and therefore so also was their Office. For although Men who have only an Ordinary Call to Office may have Extraordinary Gifts, and many had so in Primitive Times: And although some might ⟨p. 151⟩have Extraordinary Gifts, who were never called unto Office at all, as some of those who spake with Tongues, and wrought Miracles; yet where there is a Concurrence of an Extraordinary Call and Extraordinary Gifts, there the Office is Extraordinary.

And as it was usual with him to joyn others with himself in those Epistles which he wrote by immediate Divine Inspiration, so in this Act of laying his Hands on an Evangelist as a Sign of the Communication of extraordinary Gifts, he joyned the Ordinary Presbytery of the Church with him, that were present in the place where he was so called. It is evident therefore, that both their Call and their Gifts were extraordinary, and therefore so also was their Office. For although Men who have only an Ordinary Call to Office may have Extraordinary Gifts, and many had so in Primitive Times: And although some might ⟨p. 151⟩have Extraordinary Gifts, who were never called unto Office at all, as some of those who spake with Tongues, and wrought Miracles; yet where there is a Concurrence of an Extraordinary Call and Extraordinary Gifts, there the Office is Extraordinary.

(§ 13.) THE Power that these Officers in the Church were entrusted with, was Extraordinary: For this is a certain Consequent of an Extraordinary Call, and Extraordinary Gifts. And this Power respected all Churches in the World equally; yea, and all Persons, as the Apostles also did. But whereas their Ministry was subordinate unto that of the Apostles, they were by them guided as to the particular places wherein they were to exercise their Power, and discharge their Office for a Season. This is evident from Paul's Disposal of Titus as to his Work and Time,