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A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that…A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that…
A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.
London: printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons for Thomas Underhill, 1644
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.
Our Answer to this consists in two branches. 1. In case a Minister be set aside by the Church merely through his own default. 2. By the Churches ⟨p. 83⟩default without any desert of his. In the former case it is evident he ceaseth to be a Minister to them any longer, as appears in four conclusions.
OUr Answer to this consists in two branches. 1. In case a Minister be set aside by the Church meerly through his own default. 2. By the Churches ⟨p. 83⟩default without any desert of his. In the former case it is evident he ceaseth to be a Minister to them any longer, as appears in foure conclusions.
1. It is clear from the Word, that a Pastor or Teacher in these days hath no Apostolical power over all Churches, but only limited to that one Church where God hath set him. Paul gives not the Elders at Ephesus a general Commission to go teach all Churches, but to go feed that one flock over which the holy Ghost hath made them over-seers. Act. 20. 28. So Peter gives direction to Elders to feed that flock of God only which was among them, and take the over-sight thereof. 1 Pet. 5. 2.
1. It is cleare from the Word, that a Pastor or Teacher in these dayes hath no Apostolicall power over all Churches, but onely limited to that one Church where God hath set him. Paul gives not the Elders at Ephesus a generall Commission to go teach all Churches, but to go feed that one flock over which the holy Ghost hath made them over-seers. Act. 20. 28. So Peter gives direction to Elders to feed that flock of God onely which was among them, and take the over-sight thereof.