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Show ' ~·..- ( •' I"" • ;; ,.. - by ']) ivine Inftitution. Chap. 2 ' _ _ .:._ __- -----~-:-:.-:.- -:-- La . · nJ who teafo" well, that « give for example thts mflance: g:cta ed (i • lly thofe who "is, all good Logici~ns? ~re to be honour ,e!r~::s of Logicians "judge well, or are JUdtctous; ~vhere, n~t ~w f 11 Logicians, in " are held forth, but two duues or fac ues. o h~ one enerall to " refpe8: of which they are to be honoured ' t d h ! difpofed "reajon well, the other fpeciall to judge w~/J; fcn te~c: epreferrin~ "not in a difldbution, but in. a comparauve en ' " the later before the fo.rmer: d · h h Apoll:les words Anfw Butneitherwillthtsfenfefran Wit t e I h 'f and me~ning : for hereupon this abfurdity w~~~ rl hw~:e;:~l~ we/1-mli"g in the former part of the fentenc~, : ort J EJrine all the duties of good !Vlinill:ers, and lubour:ng mwordan do ' (in the later part) onefpeciall p:u·cof thCII'offic~, ~her,t th<; otherf aood Minillers, for doing all. Neither doth t_h~ m ance gtv~r~_ o Ln iciJm help: for it may be truly faid or Loglclalli; that Logtaans w~o reafonwell, that is,all good Logician;, .are worthy of honour, efpecially they who are judicious, bccaule,tf they onlaly ~eafon well in invention, tl:ough they be not judici~u~, yet fuch . o a~e com· mendable. But it's not truly faid of 1\lmtflers, that tf tl.ey rulh well that is do their office well in Difcipline and Rt•le, thoug the; labour :Zotin word andDo[frinc, that th~y a_re commen~ab~~~ but otherwife; if Logician!, be good as well ~n ;udgement. as m ' 1 'vention, and fo perform both the p.lrts of their art well; lt may~ faid indeed, that they are commendable and honour~bl~'. but It cannot be ('tid without abfurdity, that fuch as are ]Udzct~ hre more commendable, or chiefly to be honoured above tho<e t at are both ingmuozu and judicivtt!, both parts are doubtleffe bet.ter then either alone : neither will the abfirrdity be hel_ped by faymg Logician! that rea(on weU, both in invention and in Jl~<lgemmt, arll worthy of honour, or double honour, efpecially they ~hat exce in judgement; for though fpeech be rational!, yet the like cE7:c be applied in this Text: forit lsnotfaidintheText,the 1!'1 that rule well are worthy of double bonolll", efPecially they that exch 1h p>·eaching which labour doth not hold -forth excellency ( a.s a~ been lhe~ed before, but only pofitively and limply P~ir;' takjn~hj preaching the common aC'c and work of all good Mm!llers, I J' )·12· The iffue of all is,that when men oflearning and i?dgeUent have wearied their'wits and ftrength, to lhoulder out rnhng E£ trs, 1'0111 SeCt. z. bJ 'Divine lnftitution. from this Text: yet fuch is the evidence and wifdome of the holy Gholl, in the word, that it may well appeare, the wc~kndl~ of God is frronger then men, and the foolilhneffe of God wifenhcn' men ; thewordscaiUlot but apProve two Cqrts'<ifElders,and ~ worthy of doUble honour, both they that ruleweU, though they labour not in preaching,andefpecially they thatdolabourinpreacb· ing; but this interpretacion will by no means fatis6e Come of a contrary judgement,for tltree reafons,to fpeak nothing of the fourth, the pretended probability of other ipterpretations, which.have been refuted a! ready. « Firfrfay they, the Text itfdfclearly rcnounceth non-preach" ing Elders ; for both forts of Elders fpoken of, are exprefly ac" knowledged in the Text to be worthy of double hopour, that is, "no~ reverence oply ,but maintenance at the charge of the Church; "but that non-preaching Elders lhould by Gods inilitutlon have ~' received maintenance at the Churches hand,i! a thing fo frrange, "and unheard of,that untill I fee itjuiUy proved,(faith B. Bilfon) ".I cam'lot'pot!ibly believe it. • -,Anfw. 1 I tis. very tme, the Apoftle by double hortour, doth not mean reverenCe only, but maintenance; Bnt why lhould it feem Co frrange a thing, and unheard of, that ruling Elders, though not Preachers, lhould partake in maintenance from the Churches treafury ? do you think fuch men fpeake in good eamefi, when they fo fpeak? Whence have the Chancellors, Commi!Eries, and Officialls their maintenance, but from the Church ? and do they labour in word and do8:Iine? arc not moll of them Civilians? and ifwenuy ufethc word without offence, meer Lay-men? but our ruling Elders, wee utterly deny them to be Lay-men as the word is commonly meant in this controvedic_; but Church-officers fet apart to their office by the election of the pcoplc,and by im· pofJtion of hands: but if they were Lay-men( which they .ire hdt) yet you fee ir is no firange or unheard of matter, that Chnrch~s lhould be boumifnll to tlie main~enance of funi:!ry forts of Church Rulets, wlio arc mcerly La}";m~n, as thei'r adverfaries mifconci! i~'thefc:to be;ye:1'5tvhat ~verd {he many CToyllers 9f Mutlks,ai1d Fders and Nuns,in't~c times ofPopery' werc they Pteacher$ pf the · W G'ri:Hwere diey not L:t}'Lmcn & women ?and yet did the Churches of thofc times -grt1dge them their m!Unten.mce upon pretence of . f. thcll- |