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A treatise I. Of faith. II. Twelve fundamental articles of Christian religion. III. A…
A treatise I. Of faith. II. Twelve fundamental articles of Christian religion. III. A doctrinal conclusion. IV. Questions and answers upon church-government. Taken from written copies long since delivered by the late Reverend Mr. John Cotton, teacher of the First Church in Boston, in New-England.
Boston: printed by Bartholemew Green?, 1713
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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.
But the former is plain out of the Text, and therefore so is the latter, in 2 Cor. 6.6. The Apostle saith, He with other Apostles approved themselves as the Ministers of Christ, by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned.
Obj. But by these Paul and the rest approved themselves as the Ministers of Christ, and therefore he speaketh of Ministerial Gifts, not as Gifts accompanying Salvation?
A. The Inference is naught, for a man cannot approve himself as a Minister of Christ by Ministerial Gifts, without such Gifts as do accompany Salvation; and therefore the Apostle doth plainly instance, not only in Ministerial Gifts, but such as also do accompany Salvation, as pureness, long-suffering, love unfeigned; in 1 Cor. 12.4, 6. The Apostle saith, there be diversities of gifts and graces, which he distinguisheth from operations, ver 6
Obj. He speaketh of Ministerial Gifts, not of Gifts accompanying Salvation?