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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91955	Episcopal government instituted by Christ, and confirmed by cleere evidence of Scripture, and invincible reason. / Collected by the pains of R.R. Preacher of the Gospell.	Rollock, Robert, 1555?-1599.	1641 (1641)	Wing R1885; Thomason E238_6; ESTC R4045	29,352	39

the flesh so God the Son appointed the other to continue until his second comming to judgement and both to remaine in that same case for Dignitie and Authoritie wherein they were first established My second Argument is this If the callings of the Apostles c. cannot be called extraordinary quo ad post neither in regard of their extraordinary gifts nor extraordinary manner of calling nor the extent of their charge nor their infallibilitie of Spirit then it is not extraordinary at all in regard of the time to come But for none of these foresaid respects can their calling be called extraordinary in regard of the time to come And therefore it was not extraordinary in regard of the time to come I prove the Assumption and first that their calling cannot be called extraordinary in regard of their extraordinary gifts the gift of Prophecie and the gift of Miracles c. for then if it shall please God to bestow extraordinary gifts upon ordinary Ministers of the Gospel their calling should cease any longer to be ordinary which is absurd to say for it is evident in Scripture That ordinary Ministers both of the Law the Gospel have had extraordinary gifts as Samuel who was a Priest which was an ordinarie calling for although Samuel was not of the Tribe of Levi yet he was a Nazarite who might by Gods own appointment serve at the Altar and yet he had extraordinary gifts 1 Sam. 1.11 Zachary was a Priest and yet he had the gift of Prophecie Iohn 11.50 51. so the Apostle Iames saith That Elders in his time had the gift of Healing Iam. 5.14 15. and yet no man will say that the calling of an Elder was extraordinary other then are now so the calling of a King is an ordinary calling and yet David King of Israel was a Prophet as well as a King and in a word we read in ancient Histories That many Church-men have had extraordinary gifts and yet their callings were ordinarie and so I conclude that extraordinary gifts doe not make an extraordinary calling Next the extent of their charge doth not make their calling extraordinary because necessitie requireth that it should be so untill the time that the Gospel should be propagated to the ends of the earth so that if there be any Nation yet unconverted as without doubt there are too many the Governours of the Church are bound so far as they are able to labour their conversion to the faith of Jesus Christ for I thinke no man will say but that that charge given to the Apostles goe teach all Nations c. remayns still in force Thirdly as for the manner of their calling being without Education Triall and Ordination it makes it extraordinarie in regard of the time past but not in regard of the time to come for the High Priest and Priests under the Law the manner of their calling was extraordinary in regard of the time past and without both Triall and Education and yet notwithstanding their calling was Ordinary in regard of the time to come and to be continued in the Church untill Christ his comming in the flesh And lastly infallibilitie of Spirit which the Apostles had makes not their calling extraordinary for they behoved to be infallibly guided because they were to lay the foundation whereupon others were to Build they were to Plant others only to Water that which they had planted they were to establish the Faith which all ages to come are bound to professe and so it was most necessary that they should be infallibly guided by the Spirit Further Christs promise is not only to be with his Apostles but with them and their Successours untill the end of the World And loe I am with you saith hee untill c. Now I will prove by evidence of Scripture That the calling of the Apostles was an ordinary calling and to be continued untill the second comming of our Saviour with the same Power and Authoritie both for Ordination and Jurisdiction which they had themselves My first testimony is in Mat. 28.19 out of which I form this argument They that were commanded to teach and baptize all Nations untill the end of the World their calling was ordinary and to continue untill the end of the World But the Apostles were commanded to teach and baptise all Nations untill the end of the World And therefore their calling was ordinary and to continue untill the end of the World The reason of the Proposition is this because the Apostles were not other wayes able to keepe this Commandement but in their Successors in the Generations to come if it had pleased God by his Omnipotent Power to preserve them alive and keep them in health of bodie and strength of Minde for that end I thinke none would have been more able then they but it pleased him not to doe so and therefore it is most evident that this Commandement must bee kept in their Successours and consequently That the calling of the Apostles was ordinary in regard of the time to come My second Testimonie is in Marke 16.15 The Argument is this They who were commanded by Christ to preach the Gospel to every creature that is to all men without exception untill the end of the World their calling was ordinary and to continue untill the end of the World But the Apostles were commanded by Christ to preach the Gospel to all men without exception untill the end of the World And therefore their calling was ordinary and to continue untill the end of the World This Argument is of that same force with the former for if they to whom our Saviour gives this charge were to preach the Gospel to all and every man without exception then the Apostles being not able to doe it themselves were bound to deliver that commandement to faithful men and they again to others and so from age to age to be traduced as long as there is men upon earth to whom the Gospel must be preached and so still The calling of the Apostles must be ordinary and to be continued untill the end of the World The third Testimony is in Matthew 18.18 and John 20.23 The Argument is this They to whom our Saviour Christ gave the Keys of the Kingdome of Heaven their calling was ordinarie and to continue untill the end of the World But our Saviour Christ gave to his Apostles the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heaven And therefore their calling was ordinarie and to continue untill the end of the World This has ever beene constantly maintained That our Saviour Christ gave the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to the Apostles and their Successors to this end that as long as there were sinners upon earth the gates of Heaven might be opened to the Penitent and shut upon the impenitent so as long as there is a Sinner upon earth to repent or a penitent Sinner to be pardoned as long must there be men endued with Apostolicall power to preach Repentance to all