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Show MafteJi' John Cottons 4Rfrm· T caching : and in the exercife af thefe he promifeth. to ~ with his ApoiHes, and their fucceffours unto the: end of ~he world• v27'. ~o. Suwffoursl _fay, for the ~pol\lcs themii:lv,es were nat to co"" tmue them{tlves• 1n the exerclle of. tbQ!'Ci a.a~ to the end of the · world, in ~!heir owoe petfons, butinthek lqccclfon,, ~be,ori;lin~· rY Minillers of tbeGofpel. Secondly, from theen<J!wh}IChrift gave Panora, and Teachers as wei~ a_s Apo!\le$ and Evan&clifts ; which W<l.tfoo th.~ worlse J the Mm1flery, for the gathermg together of the S•intlb ~n;:eU 'It .for 1h~ building of them Ul"toa perfo'& man,Ephef. 4 . 11, v, 13. Thlfdly from the Eftate of the Chu~ch , wh~rein it feldo~ 9r neve~ f~lleth out, bot fome aypocrites arc fouf\d : and bpiides .them-, ·many ·Infants, and t~efc had need <ilf wnvc~~ing Gca~e, F?mthly, from the ordmary way ofConvarfioJt, wbicnitby hcarmg ' the word , and the word preached by a 1\llinille~ Cent 'l!.om. 10, •+ W 17. either therefore there muft be no converfio~ of foulca after the dcce~e af the Apoftles and Evaflgelifts: qr .t~ofc who are to be converted, muft be cQOvertad by private Chri· !hans, or by the ordinary Minillers ·of the Gofpel, the fuccef· fouof the-~!Hes; burfurei:Y not the firll: for God will have in everyage-fome or mberoonl(<lrted to hi! Grace to [>('Ollfe.bi1 11ame throughout aU Generations. ~ ·· ' _Not the f~c?nd: for they !hall not He ·ordinarily. c~nv~rted by pnvate ~hr11luns, for tbe Apoftle faith, Faith cometh by btll!ling1 and h;.,.mg by a Pr<ach.,, a.ntJhim fine. Therefore the third way remameth, that Faith is iruendod of G<,>d to be wrought from age to age by the ordinary Miniflery of the Gofpel. ' .l~ the Converfion of foules were accidencall to the wo,ke of the Mmtfter, itwerethenpr«terfcopumtjficientu befides the intent of the worker. But it is neither befide the inten~ion of the principal! w_orker, God Cf•r htwork!,th all thingJ according 10 the Counfoll of . h~<owmwzU, Ephef. 1. 11.) nor befides the intention of the Mini· fier' for as b.lth been faid, it is one maine illtent and end of his ~ffice, to make Difciples, and gather Saints; and Solomon maketh It an act of wifdome, and therefote not an act of accidentall c...fualt~ to win?e foules, Prov. 11. 30, lf It be fa td why are they calkd Paftors, if they be alfo Fa· .then? ·Pallors aFeforfeeding, n0t for begetting. An["'• ~'~- Mafler Roge-r WiHiatru • . J4wfw. Palhm are alfo ·Fathers : and though they .be called Pallors, yet the ordinary Minillen of theGofpel have other T'· 11es al'fo, whiCh imply more then feeding: as they arc called Te~c!'" rs• and Teachers of the ignorant, Rom. 2, 2o.(to minifter fa• .,ng k~owledge to them) as well as of men of underftanding. And Elders m the greek Languaj!:e have their name from Embalfadors 'll1wPiinp®- an Elder, from "'Pi•Pv< an Embalfador, and· it is on: worke of heavenly Embaffadors co befeech men to'be reconciled \IDtoGod,;~ Cor. 5o20. yea-and Paftors themfelvn ( whofe work., !~ ·~roperly co feed) their feeding is with the word of ·Life, whiCh 11 a~le to quicken dead Coules' to life, as to nouri!h'livingf<mles 100 growth in Cbrill Jefus. The whole worke of Peters Ap<>llolicall calling was wrapped up in a Paftorall name,~ and-wofke ,:]obiS · 21. 15, 16,17; Thofe two Reafons therefore are voyd of trueandfound rea-· fo11o which moved the:Examiner co enter upon this paJP;r;e. iF-irjl, , btc.JU[e (faith he) fo m:my excellent 1Jnd wurthyper[onJ m>in!J cprtaih for Convtr[<on, IJ1ld yet Account them{elv<r fixed and con.fo.<m UJ!iniJiers to p~rticuldr Congregation~, &:. S.condly, that in theft great E•rth-qua~~,l of all EjlaleJ civiii....U fP!rituall, fuch a t.Minij!ty might be/9ught-afrer, whofo praper work/< rmght-be pr.eaching/or converting .of Joules to Chrij!, For by that w~i~h hath been _raid may plainely appeare that th~fc: conll:ant Mtmlten whcrmamly preach for Converfion (fa·· be.1c che~ attend, notto that onely?.bucto building up alfo) they doe herem attend to a proper \VOrke oi their calling : and -no !It t~looke for another new Mini !try (fay of Apoflle~ ·or · Ev.angchlls) to attend converfion of foules onely, is to looke for a blefljng which the Lord hath not promifed: and belides himfelfe hath ordained fufficient ordinary meanes Tor that end, as hat·h beeu !hewed both herr, and In fomdormer paffages of this T reatife . To CHAP· XXVI. I~ this Chapter the Ex<tminer falleth upon the fecond· p~t of d1!courfe, about Engli!h Preachers, to wir, about tfw lawful· nci!CofheaJing of lhem, and though he faidbeforcin the former chapter, |