declare_v wherein_o we_o do_v dissent_v in_o this_o matter_n and_o upon_o what_o ground_n answ_n that_o office_n be_v a_o relation_n which_o respect_v employment_n as_o its_o end_n we_o grant_v that_o it_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o the_o employment_n or_o whole_a employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n as_o its_o correlate_n we_o deny_v unto_o all_o relation_n there_o be_v a_o relate_v and_o a_o correlate_n absolute_o necessary_a so_o as_o no_o relation_n can_v have_v a_o be_v without_o these_o two_o now_o office_n be_v a_o relation_n and_o so_o must_v be_v between_o two_o and_o there_o be_v 1._o the_o relate_v viz._n the_o officer_n as_o be_v undeniable_a 2._o the_o correlate_n viz._n the_o church_n our_o brethren_n in_o their_o definition_n of_o office_n seem_v to_o make_v the_o whole_a employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n the_o correlate_n and_o in_o the_o same_o page_n they_o assert_v that_o office_n be_v better_a define_v by_o relation_n to_o the_o work_n then_o by_o relation_n to_o a_o 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quest_n 1._o whether_o office_n be_v a_o relation_n to_o the_o work_n and_o employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n or_o to_o a_o church_n answ_n we_o affirm_v office_n to_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o church_n and_o we_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o the_o work_n and_o employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n as_o its_o correlate_n and_o that_o upon_o these_o ground_n argum._n 1._o from_o that_o certain_a rule_n of_o relation_n relatum_fw-la &_o correlatum_fw-la quâ_fw-la talia_fw-la sunt_fw-la simul_fw-la natura_fw-la adeoque_fw-la se_fw-la mutuò_fw-la ponunt_fw-la &_o tollunt_fw-la the_o relate_v and_o correlate_n as_o such_o be_v together_o in_o nature_n and_o so_o do_v mutual_o put_v and_o take_v away_o themselves_o one_o relate_v give_v be_v to_o the_o other_o one_o can_v be_v in_o act_n or_o actual_o without_o the_o other_o relatorum_fw-la uno_fw-la posi_fw-la to_o ponitur_fw-la &_o alterum_fw-la if_o one_o be_v in_o be_v the_o other_o be_v in_o be_v also_o if_o there_o be_v a_o father_n than_o there_o be_v a_o child_n if_o there_o be_v a_o master_n than_o there_o be_v a_o servant_n and_o so_o in_o all_o real_a relation_n the_o relation_n be_v destroy_v or_o deny_v if_o both_o be_v not_o in_o be_v it_o be_v no_o relate_v unless_o there_o be_v something_o that_o it_o be_v relate_v to_o now_o our_o brethren_n grant_v page_n 2._o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n be_v separable_a from_o the_o office_n by_o sickness_n imprisonment_n banishment_n rejection_n of_o the_o people_n and_o they_o say_v page_z 3._o that_o the_o people_n may_v easy_o out_o he_o of_o his_o work_n etc._n etc._n by_o all_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o according_a to_o the_o own_o principle_n office_n do_v continue_v and_o remain_v when_o the_o work_n and_o employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n do_v cease_v and_o be_v at_o a_o end_n and_o thence_o we_o infer_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o office_n shall_v be_v a_o relation_n to_o the_o employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n for_o 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assert_v office_n to_o be_v a_o relation_n unto_o the_o employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n argum._n 2._o from_o the_o necessity_n of_o a_o praeexistence_n of_o the_o mean_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o cause_n unto_o the_o effect_n the_o mean_n must_v have_v a_o be_v in_o order_n before_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o end_n the_o cause_n must_v have_v existence_n before_o the_o production_n of_o the_o effect_n the_o relation_n must_v be_v antecedent_n unto_o that_o action_n which_o be_v peculiar_a to_o that_o relation_n now_o according_a to_o our_o brethren_n principle_n the_o employment_n of_o the_o ministry_n be_v the_o end_n of_o office_n page_n 39_o they_o interpret_v ephes_n 4._o 12._o of_o the_o end_n for_o which_o those_o gift_n be_v give_v which_o be_v mention_v for_o 11._o he_o give_v some_o apostle_n and_o some_o prophet_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n be_v mention_v for_o 11._o and_o so_o that_o be_v one_o end_n of_o those_o office_n yea_o our_o 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assembly_n meet_v for_o lawful_a end_n and_o though_o the_o trial_n of_o gift_n and_o the_o person_n render_v a_o account_n of_o their_o proficiency_n in_o such_o study_n may_v be_v subordinate_a end_n of_o such_o action_n in_o the_o university_n yet_o the_o edification_n of_o the_o hearer_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o main_a and_o principal_a end_n of_o divinity-lectutes_a or_o common_a place_n we_o know_v no_o gospel-rule_a for_o such_o action_n without_o this_o as_o the_o chief_a end_n 3._o by_o our_o brethren_n grant_n we_o suppose_v it_o will_v be_v lawful_a for_o gift_a man_n to_o preach_v charitative_o they_o distinguish_v jus_fw-la divin_n page_n 78_o 80._o between_o a_o private_a brotherly_a teach_n admonition_n exhortation_n of_o one_o another_o and_o a_o authoritative_a public_a teach_n the_o first_o they_o say_v be_v ground_v on_o charity_n and_o be_v the_o common_a duty_n of_o all_o christian_n by_o the_o royal_a law_n of_o love_n and_o prescribe_v to_o all_o even_o to_o 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he_o do_v this_o to_o moses_n and_o therefore_o this_o objection_n will_v as_o much_o deny_v that_o officer_n may_v ordain_v or_o impose_v hand_n on_o officer_n as_o that_o the_o people_n may_v do_v it_o 2._o if_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v be_v command_v by_o god_n immediate_o to_o lay_v on_o hand_n upon_o the_o levite_n yet_o see_v this_o be_v the_o first_o institution_n of_o the_o levite_n office_n it_o will_v not_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v a_o pattern_n for_o the_o institution_n of_o a_o new_a office_n must_v be_v give_v forth_o by_o the_o lord_n immedediate_o to_o some_o person_n or_o other_o 3._o if_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v use_v in_o old_a testament_n day_n by_o the_o people_n and_o in_o new_a testament_n day_n there_o can_v be_v show_v no_o repeal_n of_o that_o rule_n by_o which_o they_o do_v it_o than_o they_o may_v still_o use_v it_o let_v any_o show_n a_o repeal_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n if_o they_o can_v we_o read_v that_o timothy_n and_o titus_n and_o the_o presbytery_n lay_v on_o hand_n but_o at_o the_o utmost_a that_o can_v only_o prove_v a_o enlargement_n of_o the_o power_n or_o that_o more_o person_n may_v do_v it_o it_o do_v not_o prove_v that_o the_o person_n who_o former_o do_v it_o now_o may_v not_o do_v it_o it_o can_v only_o show_v that_o some_o officer_n may_v lay_v on_o hand_n it_o do_v not_o show_v that_o the_o people_n who_o former_o might_n now_o may_v not_o lay_v on_o hand_n object_n 3._o when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n lay_v on_o hand_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a that_o all_o the_o israelite_n do_v put_v on_o hand_n but_o it_o be_v do_v by_o some_o chief_n of_o they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o rest_n etc._n etc._n answ_n