Selected quad for the lemma: diversity_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
diversity_n	apostle_n	body_n	member_n	374	5	8.0494	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85410	The controversie between episcopacy and presbytery stated and discussed, by way of letters, at the desire of a person of quality and learning. / By J. Gailhard, A.M. & D.	Gailhard, J. (Jean)	1660 (1660)	Wing G119; Thomason E1083_3; ESTC R202264	41,795	51

so then they are no Ministers but they are laymen so there are laymen Elders and Rulers in the Church and though here the Church be taken for the universal Church of which particular Churches are members and parts yet these particular Churches of Congregations must have in themselves that which is essential to a Church as it is a Church and integral to this or that Church as it is such for else it will not have the being of a Church nor the well-being of the same but we know it cannot have the being of a Church without doctrine not the well-being without discipline and as doctrine is necessary and administred by Preachers so discipline is necessary and administred by Rulers and as the object of the Preacher to wit Preaching doth differ from the object of the Ruler which is Ruling so that Ruling is not Preaching neither is Preaching Ruling therefore the person that Preacheth and the person that Ruleth must be two distinct and different persons but if they say these functions may be administred by one and the same person I will Reply then the functions of all the members of one body may be in one member of the same so hearing seeing smelling feeling c. may be in the hand or in some other member the reason is clear from the comparison of the Apostle the life and strength whereof doth consist in the diversity and difference of members and of their functions and since this comparison is so much pressed by Saint Paul we think it ought not to be neglected by us but to conclude this although we confess that in the Church a Minister may be and is a Ruler yet thereby we do not both eye the Ruling office in the Ch●rch which may be and sometimes is in it though there were no Preachers as it happeneth in some places where though they have no Min●●ters yet they love Elders to Rule and some either De●●on of other in such a case to read the Word before the Congregation of which places I have the charity to believe they a●e a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 though they have not the Word preached yet they have 〈◊〉 read till Go● be pleased to afford the● Ministers B●t to draw ni●● to the end of this whole matter we will ●ome to that place which is so s●●l and so clear for this truth as that whatsoever they an●e● to it is but three or four wo●ds for the which they can g●ve no reason nor p●esident in Scripture so that I account it 〈◊〉 answe●able the place is well known 1 Tim. 5 1● the words are there L●● the Elders that rule well be counted w●●thy of ●●n●le ●●s●●●● esp●●ially they who labour in the W●rd and Doctrine Hence doth appear that there are tw●●in●s of Elders some who do preach and some who do not as lay-Elders for an int●●du●tion unto the proof 〈◊〉 this we must take notice that Saint Paul doth write to Timothy instructions for the discharge of his office only of which this Te●●●s It is ●nown that Timothy was a Minister in the Church of Ephe●●● and an Oversee● not 〈◊〉 other Ministers as having any 〈◊〉 over them but of ●is flock which for a time only was committed to his cha●g● and perhaps he was the superintendent of others his fellow Presb●ter●●● Thus 〈◊〉 a● to be a Moderator in their Assemblies having been pre●erred to it either by Saint Paul's credit o● el●e which I b●lieve the rathe● by vertue of the choyce made of 〈◊〉 by his fellow Presbyters because of his piety and prudence he 〈◊〉 ●uch there were some that stood between him and the p●●●le there were Elders as they are called here whom he was to 〈…〉 els and she accounted by others worthy of double 〈…〉 are Rulers whose quality was honour●●●e of 〈…〉 they Ruled well b●● 〈◊〉 more 〈◊〉 be●●●es the other 〈…〉 perfection well they labo●●red in the word 〈…〉 that 〈◊〉 they were not only Ruling ●●ders but al●o 〈…〉 El●●●s ●●●m the place I a● he thus two sorts of Presbyters 〈…〉 There but of them one sort ●●●h not preach and t●e o●he● 〈◊〉 preach therefore there is a kind o● lay Presbyters be●●●●●●●ed the Minor as proved here are asserted some who role 〈…〉 in the word and doctrine and some who only rule but tho●e that only rule and labour not in c. they do not preach therefore 〈◊〉 are some Elders who do not preach but perhaps they will say that this is spoken but of one person in whom this preaching and Ruling are gradually distinct that is one and the same person is a ruling Elder and a labourer but I argue here is a double subject one general and another special but every subject here is a person therefore there is a double person the Minor is clear because universal and special are really distinct so here must be a real distinction of persons and therefore the same person which is the Elder labouring in the word and doctrine is not that person that is the ruling Elder only that general and special are really distinct it appears because Genus and Species are such as it is clear from Aristotle's definition of description of both as Species and Number are really distinct because this distinction is between res and res but to avoid falling off from the question we say hence the preaching Elder may be a Ruler when the Ruler shall not be a Preacher as now let us put Elder for the Genus as it is here and Ruling with Preaching the difference or several Species rather as anon we will prove it to be then we must draw these true propositions A preaching Elder is a Ruling Elder but a ruling Elder is not a preaching Elder this I say in Logick every man is an animal but every animal is not a man every living thing is a substance but every substance is not a living thing so every Minister is an Elder but every Elder is not a Minister because although every Species hath the Genus yet the Genus shall not be spoken equally of both Species in one and the same subject But the truth doth throughly appear from the particle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 specially which is particular restrictive and specificative but that which is part rest and specif is distinctive therefore this particle is distinctive of things if joyned with things and of persons if joyned to persons as appeareth by the word et qui this is clear from other Scriptures where being ordinarily joyned to persons it doth really distinguish them as 1 Tim. 4.10 God is the Saviour of all men especially them that believe whether there be not a distinction between all men and believers Is not the particle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 added to restrain and specifie believers from all men Are all men redeemed and saved Is not this proper to believers and here to say that Believers are not specified from all other men that are not believers it is to make a sad confusion between