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The duty of pastors and people distinguished [sic]. Or A brief discourse, touching the…The duty of pastors and people distingushed [sic]. Or A briefe discourse, touching the…
The duty of pastors and people distinguished [sic]. Or A brief discourse, touching the administration of things commanded in religion. Especially concerning the means to be used by the people of God (distinct from church-officers) for the increasing of divine knowledge in themselves and others. Wherein bounds are prescribed to their performances, their liberty is enlarged to the utmost extent of the dictates of nature and rules of charity: their duty laid down in directions, drawn from Scripture-precepts, and the practise of Gods people in all ages. Together with the several ways of extraordinary calling to the office of public teaching, with what assurance such teachers may have of their calling, and what evidence they can give of it, unto others. / By John Owen, M.A. of Q. Col. O.The duty of pastors and people distingushed [sic]. Or A briefe discourse, touching the administration of things commanded in religion. Especially concerning the means to be used by the people of God (distinct from church-officers) for the increasing of divine knowledge in themselves and others. Wherein bounds are prescribed to their peformances, their liberty is enlarged to the utmost extent of the dictates of nature and rules of charity: their duty laid downe in directions, drawn from Scripture-precepts, and the practise of Gods people in all ages. Together with the severall wayes of extraordinary calling to the office of publike teaching, with what assurance such teachers may have of their calling, and what evidence they can give of it, unto others. / By John Ovven, M.A. of Q. Col. O.
London: printed by L. N. for Philemon Stephens, 1644
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Consider then,
1. That of our Saviour to Saint Peter, Luke 22. 32. When thou art converted, strengthen the Brethren, which containing nothing but an application of one of the prime dictates of the Law of nature, cannot, ought not to be restrained unto men of any peculiar calling as such: not to multiply many of this kind, (whereof in the Scripture is plenty) add only that of Saint James, Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, &c. from these and the like places it appears to me, that
1. That of our Saviour to Saint Peter, Luke 22. 32. When thou art converted, strengthen the Brethren, which containing nothing but an application of one of the prime dictates of the Law of nature, cannot, ought not to be restrained unto men of any peculiar calling as such: not to multiply many of this kinde, (whereof in the Scripture is plenty) adde only that of Saint James, Brethren, if any of you do erre from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soule from death, &c. from these and the like places it appeares to me, that
1. There is a general obligation on all Christians, to promote the conversion and instruction of sinners, and man erring from the right way:
1. There is a generall obligation on all Christians, to promote the conversion and instruction of sinners, and man erring from the right way: