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ANE AFOLD ADMONITIOUN TO THE MINISTERIE. 173
indifferentlie, (Tit. 1. 5, 6, 7;) him quhom he called Elder in the 5
verse he calleth Byschop in the 7. In suche sort, that, quhen the
Apostle commandeth Timotheus and Titus to ordene elderis or
presbyteris in everie citie quhair they wer not, he giffeth consequentlie
210 the lyke command and powar to uther presbiteris or elderis of cities
to do the lyke quhen neede requyred, seing the elder and byschope
ar bothe ane. The Apostle Peter callethe him self ane elder. (1
Pet. 5. 1.) Ergo, ane elder must be als gryt as a byschope, or els
ye must mak a byschope gryter then ane Apostle, which is absurde.
Jerom sayeth, lidem episcopi et presbyteri fuerunt, quia, illud nomen
dignitatis est, hoc etatis, and agane, Episcopi nouerint se magis con-
suetudine, quam veritate dispositionis Dominica, Presbiteris esse
maiores; and in effect as Timotheus ordaned elderis, by laying on
of the handis of elderis, Despyse not the gift that is in ye (sayeth St
220 Pauli) whiche wes giffin ye by prophesie, with the laying on of the
handis of the company of the eldarschip. (1 Tim. 4. 14.) Behold
a ground for presbytreis, and for paritie betuene elderis and
bischopes.
Now, gif ye wald inferre imparitie to haif bene amang the Apostles,
becaus sum ar called leist, sum giytest, sum cheif, sum pillaris, it
importeth nothing, by reasone that is not spokin, in respect of thair
estate or jurisdictione, bot in respect of thair gracis and giftis of the
Holie Cost that wer in them. As is manifest of the text. If then,
(sayeth Paul,) ye haif judgement of thingis pertening to this lyfe,
230 set vp them quhilk ar estemed leist in the Kirk, (1 Cor. 6. 4;) least
estemed as concerning judgement, that thei might judge of warldlie
thingis betuene brethren, for so it followeth. Agane he called him
self the least of the Apostles, and of all sanctes ; why? becaus he
persecuted the Kirk of God. (1 Cor. 15. 9. Eph. 3. 8.) Tharefter
he sayeth, I aucht to haif bene commended of you; for in no thing
wes I inferiour to the verie cheif apostles. How so? he subjoyneth,
the signes of ane Apostle wer wrocht among you, with all patience,
with signes and wonderis and gryt workis. (2 Cor. 12. 11, 12.) And
agane, he sayeth, that he went up to Jerusalem to the Apostles, and
240 communicated with them of the Gospell, but particularlie with them
that wer the chief, &c.; that of them which seemed to be gryt he
wes not taucht, and thei that wer the cheif did communicat nothing
with him, &c. And that James, and Cephas, and Johne, whiche wer
counted to be pillaris, gave to him and to Barnabas, the richt handis
of fellowschip, when thei knew of the grace that wes given them, &c.;
quhair it is evident, that he called theis Apostles gryte, cheif, and
pillaris, for thair wisdome and knawledge, for he is speaking of the
communicating of the Gospell, of teaching and graces of the Holy
Ghost. (Gal. ii. 2. 6. 9.) Surelie when there arose a stryfe among
250 the disciples of Chryst, which of them sould scheme to be the grytest
(as concerning earthlie dignitie and dominion) give he wald haif
indifferentlie, (Tit. 1. 5, 6, 7;) him quhom he called Elder in the 5
verse he calleth Byschop in the 7. In suche sort, that, quhen the
Apostle commandeth Timotheus and Titus to ordene elderis or
presbyteris in everie citie quhair they wer not, he giffeth consequentlie
210 the lyke command and powar to uther presbiteris or elderis of cities
to do the lyke quhen neede requyred, seing the elder and byschope
ar bothe ane. The Apostle Peter callethe him self ane elder. (1
Pet. 5. 1.) Ergo, ane elder must be als gryt as a byschope, or els
ye must mak a byschope gryter then ane Apostle, which is absurde.
Jerom sayeth, lidem episcopi et presbyteri fuerunt, quia, illud nomen
dignitatis est, hoc etatis, and agane, Episcopi nouerint se magis con-
suetudine, quam veritate dispositionis Dominica, Presbiteris esse
maiores; and in effect as Timotheus ordaned elderis, by laying on
of the handis of elderis, Despyse not the gift that is in ye (sayeth St
220 Pauli) whiche wes giffin ye by prophesie, with the laying on of the
handis of the company of the eldarschip. (1 Tim. 4. 14.) Behold
a ground for presbytreis, and for paritie betuene elderis and
bischopes.
Now, gif ye wald inferre imparitie to haif bene amang the Apostles,
becaus sum ar called leist, sum giytest, sum cheif, sum pillaris, it
importeth nothing, by reasone that is not spokin, in respect of thair
estate or jurisdictione, bot in respect of thair gracis and giftis of the
Holie Cost that wer in them. As is manifest of the text. If then,
(sayeth Paul,) ye haif judgement of thingis pertening to this lyfe,
230 set vp them quhilk ar estemed leist in the Kirk, (1 Cor. 6. 4;) least
estemed as concerning judgement, that thei might judge of warldlie
thingis betuene brethren, for so it followeth. Agane he called him
self the least of the Apostles, and of all sanctes ; why? becaus he
persecuted the Kirk of God. (1 Cor. 15. 9. Eph. 3. 8.) Tharefter
he sayeth, I aucht to haif bene commended of you; for in no thing
wes I inferiour to the verie cheif apostles. How so? he subjoyneth,
the signes of ane Apostle wer wrocht among you, with all patience,
with signes and wonderis and gryt workis. (2 Cor. 12. 11, 12.) And
agane, he sayeth, that he went up to Jerusalem to the Apostles, and
240 communicated with them of the Gospell, but particularlie with them
that wer the chief, &c.; that of them which seemed to be gryt he
wes not taucht, and thei that wer the cheif did communicat nothing
with him, &c. And that James, and Cephas, and Johne, whiche wer
counted to be pillaris, gave to him and to Barnabas, the richt handis
of fellowschip, when thei knew of the grace that wes given them, &c.;
quhair it is evident, that he called theis Apostles gryte, cheif, and
pillaris, for thair wisdome and knawledge, for he is speaking of the
communicating of the Gospell, of teaching and graces of the Holy
Ghost. (Gal. ii. 2. 6. 9.) Surelie when there arose a stryfe among
250 the disciples of Chryst, which of them sould scheme to be the grytest
(as concerning earthlie dignitie and dominion) give he wald haif
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