that_o probationer_n who_o be_v no_o officer_n may_v preach_v if_o it_o shall_v be_v not_o ordinary_o but_o occasional_o or_o only_o once_o see_v they_o will_v not_o allow_v they_o to_o baptise_v so_o much_o as_o once_o this_o be_v enough_o to_o prove_v from_o their_o practice_n that_o if_o baptise_v be_v a_o act_n peculiar_a to_o office_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v then_o preach_v be_v such_o and_o also_o that_o preach_a be_v not_o peculiar_a to_o office_n and_o so_o his_o except_v they_o out_o of_o the_o question_n can_v hinder_v the_o overthrow_n of_o his_o argument_n pag._n 92._o thereby_o that_o proper_a act_n quarto_fw-la modo_fw-la as_o he_o say_v these_o be_v pag._n 90._o shall_v admit_v of_o so_o much_o as_o one_o exception_n be_v strange_a logic_n and_o as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v they_o be_v peculiar_a to_o officer_n and_o yet_o not_o peculiar_a to_o they_o and_o therefore_o his_o exception_n pag._n 93_o can_v help_v he_o as_o to_o mat._n 28._o ver_fw-la 19_o 20._o 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of_o the_o ministry_n nor_o a_o universal_a church_n as_o its_o correlate_n in_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o dr._n collings_n book_n call_v vind._o revind_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n to_o pag._n 10._o he_o endeavour_v to_o open_v the_o term_n minister_n and_o ministry_n and_o to_o show_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o original_a word_n whereby_o the_o the_o former_a be_v express_v and_o all_o this_o to_o deny_v the_o name_n of_o minister_n unto_o gift_a man_n to_o all_o which_o we_o shall_v say_v but_o this_o the_o term_n be_v a_o generical_a term_n divide_v 1._o according_a to_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o ministration_n into_o 1._o civil_a rom._n 13._o 4._o 6._o 2._o ecclesiastical_a 1_o cor._n 4._o 1._o 2._o according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o ministration_n into_o 1._o a_o minister_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la which_o be_v past_a dispute_n 2._o a_o minister_n ex_fw-la dono_fw-la we_o do_v not_o argue_v the_o denomination_n from_o minister_a in_o 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etc._n the_o apostle_n be_v set_v in_o corinth_n though_o not_o limit_v or_o confine_v to_o that_o church_n all_o the_o strength_n of_o their_o argument_n from_o 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o depend_v upon_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n the_o church_n have_v it_o be_v say_v god_n have_v set_v in_o the_o churches_n etc._n etc._n there_o can_v have_v be_v no_o shadow_n of_o a_o argument_n hence_o for_o their_o be_v officer_n to_o a_o universal_a church_n and_o see_v in_o the_o same_o chapter_n ver_fw-la 12._o 14._o 17._o etc._n etc._n he_o speak_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n the_o body_n the_o body_n and_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o yet_o all_o natural_a body_n do_v not_o make_v one_o body_n and_o ver_fw-la 18._o god_n set_v the_o member_n in_o the_o body_n etc._n etc._n yet_o there_o be_v no_o catholic_n body_n how_o can_v his_o speak_n in_o the_o singular_a number_n the_o church_n for_o 28._o and_o that_o in_o the_o application_n of_o the_o same_o similitude_n prove_v a_o catholic_n church_n make_v up_o of_o all_o church_n to_o evidence_n that_o the_o sin_n of_o a_o people_n may_v nullify_v the_o office_n of_o a_o minister_n which_o they_o deny_v jus_fw-la diu._n min._n pag._n 146_o we_o ask_v whether_o if_o they_o murder_v he_o will_v not_o this_o nullify_v his_o office_n and_o if_o so_o why_o may_v not_o their_o sin_n other_o way_n make_v void_a the_o office_n also_o object_n mr._n poole_n say_v we_o confound_v the_o nullify_n of_o the_o office_n and_o the_o hinder_v the_o exercise_n of_o it_o 2._o he_o demand_v whether_o this_o hold_n of_o the_o apostle_n or_o no_o whether_o if_o the_o catholic_a church_n be_v confine_v to_o one_o congregation_n and_o that_o prove_v heretical_a and_o vote_v down_o the_o apostle_n will_v this_o make_v their_o office_n null_n or_o no_o he_o say_v this_o follow_v upon_o our_o principle_n for_o the_o church_n the_o correlate_n cease_v they_o must_v needs_o cease_v also_o &_o ejusdem_fw-la est_fw-la 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that_o shall_v impartial_o read_v our_o book_n may_v see_v 2._o the_o apostle_n be_v extraordinary_a officer_n our_o question_n be_v only_o about_o ordinary_a officer_n the_o apostle_n be_v neither_o of_o man_n nor_o by_o man_n but_o be_v make_v by_o a_o extraordinary_a call_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o it_o do_v belong_v only_o to_o christ_n to_o null_n their_o office_n because_o ejusdem_fw-la est_fw-la instituere_fw-la &_o destituere_fw-la but_o we_o can_v but_o complain_v that_o mr._n poole_n have_v here_o offer_v abundance_n of_o wrong_n to_o we_o in_o report_v to_o the_o world_n that_o we_o say_v apostle_n be_v constitute_v officer_n by_o the_o church_n allege_v act._n 1._o and_o not_o content_v himself_o with_o sayit_n once_o he_o come_v over_o with_o it_o again_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o pag._n 32._o of_o his_o book_n whereas_o we_o have_v express_v the_o contrary_a and_o that_o in_o express_a term_n in_o speak_v to_o act_v 1._o which_o he_o say_v we_o allege_v for_o it_o let_v 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he_o and_o this_o answer_v what_o follow_v if_o the_o apostle_n refuse_v any_o choose_v will_v have_v hinder_v their_o be_v deacon_n as_o p._n 121._o or_o the_o want_n of_o ordination_n will_v have_v make_v election_n null_n as_o he_o say_v pag._n 122._o yet_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o call_n may_v consist_v in_o election_n for_o their_o approbation_n or_o ordination_n may_v be_v only_o causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la they_o may_v not_o be_v essential_a though_o they_o can_v not_o be_v without_o they_o but_o it_o be_v he_o that_o forget_v not_o we_o for_o the_o present_a question_n be_v about_o the_o people_n power_n of_o choose_v not_o about_o election_n as_o essential_a to_o a_o call_v nor_o of_o apostle_n power_n in_o election_n as_o to_o what_o he_o add_v pag._n 123._o about_o argue_v a_o minori_fw-la ad_fw-la majus_fw-la affirmative_a we_o answer_v it_o be_v mr._n pool_n that_o run_v upon_o the_o gross_a mistake_n for_o our_o argument_n be_v fetch_v from_o the_o same_o 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