the honour and profit of the Office, and retuſe rhe Ws: of it + they have the work of "Teaching, and of overfight or Governm:; and admonition, and all require labour, x The fame word is 1 7179.5. 17. and tranllated »uling, it fignitics that ſuperint*nt., anti precedency, which the Elders or 3Minifters have over th: ſpective Flocks, and 1t is fail to be 71 the Lord, either to diff them from civil Othcees, or to ſhew both the original Rule an. 41 of their Ofhce ; it is ' from the Lord by Inftitution 5 an Kd To | managed according co his Laws, and directed to his ſervice, an! vor, as its end, y 'L he wi rd is often uſed in the new Teftamant, Affs 25, 2T. Rom, 15, 14. Col. 1.28. and 3, 16, and fignifies either the pur- ting into the mind by way of inf {trudtion, or upon the mind hy way of Counſel, threatning, or reproof; and that either publickly or privately : : 2 Now the Duty they owed to them iS, b To [7:08 AL EY as in = former words, that is, to own them in their Oit [1 have regard to their Teaching, and to ſubmit to their govern! an Sh —_ their labours, as knowing is often taken in Ss to Expreſs the atts of the will and affection, and the actions ail, the outward men, as well as of the mind, as 7/a!. 1. 6. ani 101, 2. To eſteem them very highly in love for their works fate v7 P33 TEENTES vid, Rom, 5.20. 2 Cor, 7.4 The words in the G: eck C:! LCN an emphaſis as cannot well be expreft in Engliſh, importing, « <2: and love to an hyperbole, their love was to be jorned with effec im, and efteem with love, and both theſe to abound an ſuperaboun rowarls them. We read ofa double honour, 1 7im. «<. 17. which 0821s the whole duty of people to their Miniſters. a Whether of Teaching, Ru ling, oradmonition, Their work is in it ſelf honourable,and work tr tends to your ealvation, and though their perſons be mean, yet t© t- ſtzem and love them for their work + if upon any of her account they deſerve it of you, yet their work is to be the chief reaton thereot ; &- pecially conſidering that their work more it ies cely refpettecdl them of this Church rather than any others ; and their labour v aS R097 ff the! '9 or as ſome real it 777 you ; to inftr uct, edific, and com! or vour inward man. 6 Some copies read it, with the m, &vJois tor eau)o1s, | y a lit! alteration of the Greek word, and then it jtill reters to their 16 wa, they ſhould be at peace, or live in peace with them. For oftentimes ſenttons ariſe betwixt Miniſters and 1 cople, whereby their ediNcation 1 hiadred. But I rather follow our own tranflation ; and lo it 15 9/8 duty of the people towards one another, to preſerve mutual peat among themſelves ; An yet thelc ts m2y reſpect the former :; the people give honour and reſpect to the! ir YA ifters, 1 May | means t9 preſerve Peace among them Ives - among, theCo imbir: 47'S | applauding of iome of their Teach: TS, an.l tie « 'onte -mpt of oth: TEINY great Schitins and divitions _—_— them. Our Savicpr ulſcth nec ry words to his Diſciples, Mt g. 50. — 1m whence the Apoitle m , take them, And the duty of pea ce he often prefieth in bs Epiſtles. Am 14. 19, 1 Cor. F..#S-Y Cor, 13. Ii. Ci - Fn tit, 12. 14 a he : t prevent Schiſm, which CReace, and may et 1
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\ortormed by both, though under a different Obligation. As in the Civil State all are to ſeek the good of the Common-wealth, though the Magiftrates and Governours are more tpecially obliged by Othce, dOr Atmmiſh; as the ſame word 1 rendred in the- former verle, here meant of brotherly, there of miniſterial adlmonition, wherein great pru lence 15 to be uted, as to time, place, perlons, manner :; And the mr uly are ſuch as keep not their place, alluling to Souldiers that keep nc. their rank, and ſtation, and are called in the Margin d:/order- ly, and that, 1. In civil reſpects, when men live without a calling, or he- ins in it, neglett it, or intrude into other mens Hutinels, and perform not the Duties of their Civil Relations, 2 In aral reſpects, when 11en follow not the lizht of Nature, and fulti} not th? Law of Natural J;clations. 2, In ſpiritual reſpettz, when men neglect or trangrels ' he Rules and Order of tiicir walking in their Church-State,either with reſpett to their Teachers, or one another. Ad:nonition belongs to ſuch, and is the firſt Rep of Church-Cenlure when regularly performed.e cA- »&y es, Or, the puſillanimous, men of little Souls,as the word imports, «ich as dare not venture vpon hazardous duties,or faint under the tears or feeling of Atfictions, or are dejected under the ſenſe of fin, and rieir own unworthineſs, or fears of God's Wrath, and affaulteit by Temptations which endanger their falling. f Ay7ze3, an alluiton to {ch as lift at one end of the burden to help to bear it, aniwering to the word ovyasinap3dyriu, Rom. $. 26. The Spirit help:th our infirmi- ties : And the weak are either the weak in Knowledge,weak in Faith, {12t underſtand not their own Liberty in the Goſpel, Rom. 14. 1, 1 Cor. 2. 3, And hereupon cannot prattiſe as others do, Their Conſcience is weak, 1 Cor, 8,12, And { were in Bondage to ſome Ceremonial ics, when thoſe that were ftrong ſtood faſt in their Liberty, Theſe
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