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3. But yet, in order to their being used as instruments, God is wont to furnish them with a suitable capacity for it. There are those gifts that he bestows upon them, making them meet for this service; these gifts therefore are given to men to profit withal, 1 Cor. 12. 7. And accordingly there is a diversity both in kind and degree, which God arbitrarily distributes to these and those.

4. There are two ways in which we are to teach others viz. by Precept and Example. In this latter Christians are equally concerned; he that hath received Grace, ought to walk worthy of it, and we are told what its teachings are, Tit. 2. 11, 12. As to the former, there is a different obligation •ying upon the people of God: every one ought according to his call to teach others; but every one is not a like concerned.

5. Hence Christians are bound to teach others, either by the obligation of their General Calling, or by a Special Calling. The general calling of a Christian, obligeth him to glorify God with all that he hath, still reserving the station that God hath set him in; thus Christians are bidden to teach one another, Col. 3. 16. But there is a special calling that God hath given to some, who, besides that, have gifts and abilities for it; are called by God to the Ministry of the Gospel, these are of his giving, Jer. 3. 15. And notwithstanding gifts, men must wait for this till called to it according to the Gospel Rule,