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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
29. Christ hath ordained that certain persons qualified for that office, shall be separated as his Ministers to preach his Gospel, and baptize those that are converted, and gather Churches, and to be Pastors of the Churches gathered, and this to continue to the end. Matth. 28. 20. ⟨p. 27⟩Act. 14. 22, 23. Tit. 1. 3, 4, 5. 1 Thess. 5. 12, 13. Eph. 4. 8, 9, 10, 13, 14.
30. He hath appointed to these Officers, a threefold work in subordination to his own Prophetical, Priestly and Kingly office, that is, to Teach the Churches, to guide them in public worship as their mouth to God, and to Rule them by sacred Discipline. Matth. 28. 19, 20. 2 Tim. 2. 2, 24. 1 Cor. 14. 15, 16. &c. Act. 20. 7, 11. Act. 2. 41, 42. Heb. 13. 7, 17, 24.
30. He hath appointed to these Officers, a threefold work in subordination to his own Prophetical, Priestly and Kingly office, that is, to Teach the Churches, to guide them in publick worship as their mouth to God, and to Rule them by sacred Discipline.