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The way of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The way of churches…The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches…
The way of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The way of churches walking in brotherly equality, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another measured and examined bight golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars / by Mr. J. Cotton ...The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches walking in brotherly equalitie, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another measured and examined bythe golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars / by Mr. J. Cotton ...
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1645
THE Way of the Churches of Christ in NEW-ENGLAND, Measured by the G… › Chapter 2 › Section 1
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Answ. The contrary is evident from the Text, as may appear by three several reasons from the words of the Text.
Answ. The contrary is evident from the Text, as may appeare by three severall reasons from the words of the Text.
Reas. 1. From the words which the Apostle useth, [Greek or Hebrew], which do not distribute several gifts only, but several persons, to whom those several gifts are severally committed, according as the same Apostle distributeth the same divers sorts of gifts to the same divers sorts of persons, 1 Cor. 12.8. To one (saith he) is given a word of wisdom, (to wit, for direction of practice, whereto the Pastor attendeth) to another the word of knowledge (to wit, for direction of the judgement) whereto the teacher attendeth, and both by the same Spirit, who distributeth to every man severally, ver. 11.
Reas. 1. From the words which the Apostle useth, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which doe not distribute severall gifts onely, but severall persons, to whom those severall gifts are severally committed, according as the same Apostle distributeth the same divers sorts of gifts to the same divers sorts of persons, 1 Cor. 12.8. To one (saith he) is given a word of wisdome, (to wit, for direction of practice, whereto the Pastor attendeth) to another the word of knowledge (to wit, for direction of the judgement) whereto the teacher attendeth, and both by the same Spirit, who distributeth to every man severally, ver. 11.
Reas. 2. Though Office be one thing, and gift to discharge an office another, and the actions or exercise of every several gift doth not always argue a several office; yet in this place it is the scope of the Apostle to express the different offices, or functions of Pastors and Teachers by their different and proper acts; for here he speaketh of the divers members of the Church, as of divers members of the natural body, who having divers offices, or functions in the body, are to perform different proper actions, according to their different functions; as we having many members (saith he) in one body (ver. 4, 5.) and all the members have not one office, (as the translator turneth it when the Original saith, have not one action, or practise, but both expressing the same meaning;)