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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28801	Examen legum Angliæ, or, The laws of England examined, by Scripture, antiquity and reason cujus author anagrammat[os] est, A gomoz boa oz̄ bary.	Booth, A., 17th cent.; Boon, A.	1656 (1656)	Wing B3738; ESTC R38641	162,879	175

Romans was chosen by the Emperour Tac. 1. Annal. l. 1. cap. 1. pag. 2. Civil Supream Magistrate who in this respect as well as others is (c) Rom. 13.4 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Minister of God and ought by good Laws to appoint the Ministers their imployment and see that they do their work for proof hereof I will not much insist upon the practice of (d) 2 Chro. 8.14 Solomon in building the Temple nor upon Solomon (e) 2 Chro. 20.21 Jehosaphat and (f) 2 Chro. 31.2 1 Kings 2.27 35. Hezechiah their facts in appointing the Levites their Offices and courses lest that should seem to comply over-much with the Levitical service although something by way of Analogy may be proved from thence and much more might be said of Solomon his putting the High-Priest from his Office and appointing another in his room 1 King 2.27.35 and of Asa (g) 2 Chro. 14.4 and converted (h) 2 Chro. 33.16 2 Chro. 17.7 8 9. Manasses their commanding Iuda to serve the Lord. But the fact of Iehosaphat 2 Chr. 17.7 8 9. seems to me a good Testimony in this matter and undeniable It 's said that he that is Iehosaphat (i) It 's said Nehem. 6.7 that Nehemiah appointed the Prophets to preach at Jerusalem in the thirteenth year of his reign sent to his Princes Benhail Obadiah c. to teach in the Cities of Iuda and with them he sent Levites Shemaiah Nathaniah c. and with them Elishama and Jehoram Priests And they taught in the Cities of Juda and had the Law of God with them and went about throughout all the Cities of Juda and taught the people Five things I conclude from this context 1. That these Princes Priests and Levites were appointed to the work of teaching by the King 2. That the Princes as well as the Priests Levites taught the people 3. (k) Laws of Geneva p. 2 3. 1. The Ministers are first approved of by the Council 2. Th●n received by common consent into the Company of the faithfull 3. Then sworn before the Signiorie to serve God faithfully in the worke of the Ministery This is called the Ministers Induction pag. 3. That the Kings command was the ground of their Commission to teach the people 4. That some Teachers are not tied to particular Congregations 5. That this reaching was no Ceremonial or Levitical service nor performed in the Temple this preaching was in the City out Juda out of Jerusalem they had the book of the Law of God with them out of this they taught the people This book of the Law was that which the King was commanded to read and contained the moral as well as the judicial and ceremonial Law which being read to Josiah melted his heart and that which with the Prophets as commentaries thereupon was read in the Synagogues of the Jews every Sabbath-day (l) Acts 15.21 Acts 13.15 If we should consult the Papists and rigid Presbyters in this matter The Papists tell us that all authority to teach or preach for it 's all one is to be derived from the head of the Church on earth that is the Pope and that the Bishop as the Popes Substitute with a Presbyter are to ordain the teaching Priests and so they did in England in the Bishops time The rigid Presbyters of this age tell us that the Presbytery are to ordain those who are to teach or preach and such as teach or preach without their ordination which is done by the imposition of hands of other Presbyters or Preachers do greatly sin against God but I think it will not be denied that whosoever may offer up publick prayer may also publickly teach or expound the holy Scriptures King Solomon did the one 1 Kings 8. And I see no reason but that he or any other in his condition may do th' other if he be apt to teach and able to divide the word of truth aright we cannot in the New Testament expect the civil Magistrares to put forth or execute such a power as Jehosaphat did for that was contrary to their principles to further the preaching of the Gospel or the religion of Christians which those Pagan Emperours and Kings accounted (m) Acts 25.19 Sueton. in vita Claudii Caesaris Sect. 16. Broughton in Daniel Conclus in fine a barbarous Superstition therefore the Lord of the Harvest sent forth labourers in●o his Harvest the Apostles and Evangelists with larger Comm●ssion than to teach in the Cities of Juda. First to the lost shee● of the house of Israel and the Apostle Paul was immediately sent to the Gentiles and then the Commission was to preach the Gospel to every Creature These were not tyed to any pa●ticular Congregation But besides these there were Pastors and Teachers sent Rege●volsc Hist Eccle● Slavoni Provin l. 1. cap. 3. pag. 12. Pectus Valdus a rich Mercant of Lions was chos●n Pastor of the Church their Anno 1160. Act. 1.23 and 5 6. Calvin Instit lib 4. cap. 19. Sect. 31. and c. 14. Sect. 31. Fuller Holy state l. 2. c. 12. pag. 87. M●gd Cent. 2. c. 7. Cent. cap. 7. and r●ised up for edifying and building up the Church of God and untill Churches or particular Congregations were setled the preaching was at large but when the number of believers was increased and multiplied then were they divided into particular Congregations and had their Pastors and Officers by (n) Acts 9.30 Acts 11.22 26. and 13.8.15.2 3. suffrage or (o) Simpson Church Hist lib. 2. Cent. 12. pag. 429 430. Election and those Congregations of believers called also the Church as occasion was (p) The manner of the Election of Pastors in the Slavonian Churches Anno 1467. You may see at large in Regenvolscii Historia Eccl. Slavon Provin lib. 1. c. 1. p. 30 31 32. sent forth others to preach the Gospel to such places where there was need and where the Gospel was like to be received to gather men to Christ and this was done in defect of the work of the Supream Magistrate (q) Const●ntine the Great and Theodosius before the reign of Antichrist and afterwards Otho and Henry the fifth Emperours and others nominated and appointed Bishops and others nominated and appointed Bishops and others to preach Simpson Church Hist lib. 1. pag. 6. Whites way to the true Church Sect. 50. p. 389 390. Petrus Valdus and the Bretheren of that societie who were raised up about the year 1160. in that and the next century and afterwards John Wickliffe his followers by their publique preaching gathered more Churches and converted more souls to Christ than all the Bishops and Presbyters had done in 600. years before Many of which Churches remain to this day whose Office it is to appoint the Gospel to be preached to the world and the Lord did from time to time in every age as might easily be shewed when there wanted a Christian Magestrate and also during the