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A03882	A treatise concerning the properties and offices of the true Church of Christ VVritten in Latin, by the reuerend Father Iames Gordon Huntley of Scotland, Doctour of Diuinity, of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English, by I.L. of the same Society. The first part of the second controuersy; Controversiarum epitomes. English. Selections	Gordon, James, 1541-1620.; Wright, William, 1563-1639.	1614 (1614)	STC 13997; ESTC S118148	27,620	62

them to haue this extraordinary calling neuerthelesse by these ensuing arguments we will manifestly proue that it must needs be confirmed and approued by those who haue their ordinary vocation in the Church of God 4. The first argument S. Paul was immediatly and extraordinarily called by God as he writeth himselfe and yet he was sent to Anainas who had the ordinary vocation that by him he might be instructed and baptized And afterwards together with S. Barnabas he was ordained by the imposition of hands by those who were the ordinary Pastors of the Church Lastly he writeth that according to the reuelation which he had he went to Ierusalem and conferred the Gospell which he preached with the visible Church and ordinary Pastors of the same least he might seeme to haue runne or laboured in vaine they therefore who refuse the approbation of the visible Church albeit they be neuer so extraordinarily called therunto they doe but labour in vayne 5. The second argument We m●st not easily beleeue euery one who affirmeth himselfe to be extraordinarily sent by God according to that admonition of S. Iohn Belieue not euery spirit but proue the spirits whether they be of God because many false Prophets are gone out into the world But this proofe or triall cannot be better done then by Christs Church which is as S. Paul writeth the pillar and ground of truth The which also S. Iohn clearly sheweth by the words following when he sayth he that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not in this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error It is therefore a most certayne rule whereby this extraordinary vocation is examined to demaund whether it will submit it selfe to the approbation of the visible Church and will heare her or no For he who heareth the Church hath the spirit of truth and the true extraordinary vocation but he who will not heare the Church hath the spirit of error and the false extraordinary vocation 6. The third argument The holy Ghost neuer contradicteth himselfe for otherwise which God forbid he should not be the spirit of truth but of falshood for truth is neuer repugnant to truth but to falshood seeing that therfore it is manifest that the ordinary vocation is from the holy Ghost that extraordinary cannot be opposit vnto it which is truly from the holy Ghost For otherwise God should be opposit vnto himselfe which were impiety to thinke wherfore it necessarily followeth that the extraordinary vocation must agree with the ordidinary and be subiect vnto it as also it must establish and confirme but not impugne it Hereupon sayth the Apostle the spirits of the Prophets are subiect to the Prophets if they be subiect to the Prophets much more to the whole Church of Christ. 7. The fourth argument There would arise a greate confusion in the Church of God if euery one were permitted to preach and administer the Sacraments that should affirme himselfe to be extraordinarily called without any other examine or approbation of the Church For so euery phantasticall fellow might freely bragge and affirme himselfe to be extraordinarily called by God And vnder that pretence and title might preach administer the Sacraments and exercise all other Ecclesiasticall offices 8. By these arguments some more learned amongst our Aduersaries being conuinced do acknowledge that all extraordinary vocation should be examined and approued by the ordinary Pastors of Christs Church But they adde moreouer that this is true when the Church it selfe followeth the word of God and as long as the ordinary vocation remaineth in her But in vayne do they adde these conditions because we haue already proued that the true Church alwayes followeth the word of God nor can departe or decline in any sort from it For otherwise she were not the true Church of God but the Sinagogue of Satan And the Apostle also expresly saith that the ordinary vocatiō of Pastors their continuall successiō shall remayne alwayes in the Church of God vntill we meete all with Christ in the end of the world By which wordes of the Apostle Caluin also and Beza being conuinced do confesse that there must alwaies be Pastors and Doctors in the Church of God and that the said Church cannot consist without them The same also their confession made at Rochell acknowledgeth in the 25. article 9. Some of our Aduersaries doe heere obiect vnto vs the example of Christ and his Apostles for say they their doctrine was neuer approued by the aunciēt Church of the Iewes whereas notwithstanding it was extraordinary But this is a very friuolous and odious comparisō of Christ and his Apostles with their ministers For it was expressely foretould by the Prophets that Christ was to abr●gate the old Law and the carnal vocation and succession thereof and that he was to ordayne another more excellent and spirituall the which he effected indeed Wherefore seing that now the Apostles had another farre more excellent vocation instituted by Christ there was no reason they should aske any vocation from Moyses But we read no where that the vocation ordayned by Christ was to be abrogated by any other whosoeuer but contrarywise the holy Scriptures do plainly teach that the vocation ordayned by Christ should endure till the end of the world wherefore our Aduersaries can proue nothing by this argument vnlesse they will bring in and establish another Messias and a new Law-maker who hath authority to abrogate and chaunge the law and vocation of Christ which is the blasphemy of both Turkes and Iewes FINIS 1. ad Tim ● v. 6. 7. Os●e ● 19 20. Isaiae 62 v. 5. Cant. 4. v. 8. Ioan. 3. v. ●9 2. ad Cor 11. v. 2. Apoc. vlt. v. 17. ad Rom. 12. v. 5. 1. ad Cor. 1● v. 27. 1. ad Ephes. 1. v. 22. 23● 〈◊〉 4● v. 7. Luc. 1. v. 33. Luc. 17. v. 21. Psalm 2. v. 8. Psalm 27 vel 28. v. vlt. Psal. 32. vel 33. v. 1● Psalm 86. vel 87. v 3. Psalm 45. ve● 46. v. 5. Matth. 5. v. 14. ad Hebr. 12 v. 22. 2 ad Cor. 6. v. 16. 1. Tim. 3. v. 15. ad Gal. 4. v. 26. ●d Ephes. 4. v. 13. Marc. vlt. v. 15. Ad Titū vlt. v. 5. Ioan. 6. v. 57. 58. Matt. vlt. v. 19. Mart. vlt. ● 16. ● Luc. 22 v. 1 ● 1. Cor. 3. v. 2. ad Hebr. 5. ● 12. 14 Hebr. 5. 〈◊〉 12. 14. Act. 20. v. 28. Matth. 10. v. 32. 33. Genes 5. v. 15. Isay 54. v. vlt. Matth. 16 v. 18. Ioan. 16. v. vlt. Isai● 6● v. 12. Ad Ephes. 5 v. 31. 32. Cant. 6. v. 8. S. Cypr. in tract de vnitate Eccles. S. Aug. Tom. 9. de Symbol ad Cathec lib. 4. cap. vlt. Ad Rom. 8. v. 9. S. Aug. Tom. 9. tract 26. in Ioan. S. Aug. Tom. 7. de vnitat Eccles. c. 19 Calu.