Chap. I. Of a PASTOR. CHAP. I.Of a PASTOR.

A Pastor A PASTOR is the                    Deputy of Chriſt Christ           for          the reducing           of Man          to the O-          bedience Obedience of          God.           This definition definition definiti-         on is           evident, and con-taines contains the direct ſteps steps of Paſtorall Paſtoral      B     Duty, 2  Of a Paſtor. Duty and Auctority. For firſt, first, Man fell from God by diſobedience. disobedience. Se - condly, Chriſt Christ is the glorious in-ſtrument instrument inſtru-ment of God for the revoking of Man. Thirdly, Chriſt Christ being not to continue on earth, but after hee he had fulfilled fulfilled the work of Reconcili-ation, Reconciliation, to be received up into heaven, he conſtituted constituted Deputies in his place, and      B     theſe 2  Of a Paſtor. theſe these are Prieſts. Priests. And there-fore therefore St. Paul in the beginning of his Epiſtles, Epistles, profeſſeth professeth this: and in the firſt first to the Coloſsians Colossians Coloſſians plainly avouch-eth, avoucheth, that he fils up that which is be-hinde behinde of the afflictions afflictions affli- ctions of Chriſt Christ in his fleſh, flesh, for his Bodie’s Bo-die’s ſake, sake, which is the Church. Where - in is contained the compleat complete definition definition definiti-on of a Mini-ſter. Minister. Miniſter. Out of this Chartre Char-ter of the Prieſthood Priesthood may be plainly gathered garhered both the Dignity thereof, and the Duty : The Dignity, in that a Prieſt Priest may do that which Chriſt Christ did, and by his auctority authority , and as his Vice-gerent Vicegerent . The Duty, in that a Prieſt Priest             is    Their Diverſities. Diversities.     3 is to do that which Chriſt Christ did, and after his manner, both for Doctrine Doctrin and Life.