The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August…The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August…

There is then in the Church 1. An Unity of Order, as the Apostle rejoiced when he beheld the^w Order of the Church at Coloss. And this consisteth, 1. In Variety of Offices, and in the due and regular Subordination of those one unto another, and of the body unto them all, as the^x Apostle telleth us, that God hath set in the Church first Apostles, secondarily Prophets, thirdly Teachers, &c. And that Christ when he ascended up on high, gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors, and Teachers, ⟨p. 32⟩for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the Ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; and these the^y Apostle requireth the rest of the Body to Esteem very highly in love, to obey them, and submit themselves, unto them, because they watch for their Souls▪ 2. In Variety of Ordinances in the which^z Christ is set forth before the eyes of his people; Such are Reading the Scripture, for as in that Church of the Jews,^a Moses and the Prophets were read in the Synagogues every Sabbath day; So the^b Apostle directeth the Reading of his Epistles in the Christian Church. Preaching of the Word, ^chow shall they hear, saith the Apostle, without a Preacher? and how shall they preach except they be sent? Prayer, as the Temple is called^d an house of Prayer for all people, and Peter and John went up to the Temple at the hour of Prayer: Baptism, ^eGo and teach all Nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the