Five disputations of church-government and worship

Sect. 5. Before I name them, lest you misapply what is said, I shall first desire you to observe this very necessary distinction: Its one thing to ask, Who is to take himself for a called and true Minister; and to do the work, as expecting Acceptance and Reward from God: and its another thing to ask, Whom are the people (or Churches) to take for a true Minister, and to submit to as expecting the Acceptance and bl•ssing of God in that submission from hi• administrations. Or its one thing to have a Call which will before God justify his Ministration and another thing to have a Call which will before […] justify the Peoples submission, and will justify in foro Ecclesia, both him and them. And so its one thing to be a Minister whom God and Conscience will justify and own, as to Himself and another thing to be a Minister to the Church, whom they must own, and God will own and bless only as to their good.

Sect. 5. Before I name them, lest you misapply what is said, I shall first desire you to observe this very necessary distinction: Its one thing to ask, Who is to take himself for a called and true Minister; and to do the work, as expecting Acceptance and Reward from God: and its another thing to ask, Whom are the people (or Churches) to take for a true Minister, and to submit to as expecting the Acceptance and bl•ssing of God in that submission from hi• admin•stratio•s. Or its one thing to have a Call which wil before God justifie his Ministration and another thing to have a Call which will before 〈…〉 justifie the Peoples submission, and will justifie in foro Ecclesia, both him and them. And so its one thing to be a Minister whom God and Conscience will justifie and own, as to Himself and another thing to be a Minister to the Church, whom they must own, and God will own and bless only as to their good.

In the first sense, none but truly sanctified men can be Ministers;