2. When the Latin and English (of 1552, 1571) are compared together. In Ecclesia munus publice prædicandi ad hæc obeunda Ecclesia cooptati fuerint asciti in hoc opus TWO PROPOSITIONS. In the Congregation. to execute the same. Congregation. be chosen. called to this work. I. It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully called and sent to execute the same. II. Those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and send ministers into the LORD's vineyard. PROP. I. It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully called and sent to execute the same. 1. Divine Testimony. A. Old Testament. Jer. xxiii. 21, "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied."-See also Numb. xvi. Jer. iii. 15; xxvii. 14, 15. B. New Testament. Rom. x. 14, 15, "How then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach except they be sent ? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things." Ministers, 2 Cor. vi. 4. Ambassadors, 2 Cor. v. 20, Ephes. vi. 20. Stewards, 1 Cor. iv. 1.-See also Matt. ix. 38; x. 1, 16; xxi. 34; xxiii. 37; xxiv. 45; xxviii. 18. Mark i. 6, 7; iii. 14. Luke iv. 26; xxii. 35. John iii. 27; x. 16; xx. 21; xxi. 15. Acts i. 23-26; viii. 17; x. 3–5; xiii. 2, 4; xx. 28. 1 Cor. i. 17; xii. 8, 16, 19, 27, 29, 30; xiv. 40. Ephes. iv. 11. 1 Tim. ii. 1; iii. 1; v. 22. 2 Tim. ii. 2. Tit. i. 5. Heb. v. 4, 5, 12; xiii. 7 and 17. 2. Human Testimony. A. Fathers. Cyril. Alex. de Ador. in spirit. et verit. lib. v. B. Council. Sixth general Council at Constantinople. Art. xiii. Sueveland, PROP. II. Those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and send ministers into the LORD's vineyard. 1. Divine Testimony. New Testament. Acts vi. 6, "Whom they set before the Apostles, and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them."-John xx. 21. Acts i. 24; ix. 15; xiii. 23; xx. 28; xxii. 14. Rom. x. 15. 1 Cor. iv. 1. Tit. i. 5. 1 Tim. iv. 14. 2 Tim. ii. 2, 4. 2. Human Testimony. A. Fathers. Clement of Rome, Epist. to the Cor. c. xliv., B. Confessions. 1 Helvetic, Art. xvi. Bohemian, c. ix. 1. As compared with Article XXV. of those of 1552. Title. Agendum est in ecclesia lingua quæ sit populo nota. in Ecclesia publice legatur aut recitetur lingua populo taretur. B. In the English. It is most seemly and most agreeable to the Word of 2. When the Latin and English are compared with each other. 1 De precibus publicis dicendis in lingua vulgari.—Day, 1571. TWO PROPOSITIONS. I. It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of GOD to have public prayer in the church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people. II. It is a thing plainly repugnant to the custom of the Primitive Church, to have public prayer in the church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people. PROP. I. It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of GOD to have public prayer in the church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people. 1. The Testimony of Reason. Unless the understanding be engaged in it, prayer, as an act, is worthless. 2. Divine Testimony. A. Old Testament. Neh. viii. 8, "So they read in the book in the law of GOD distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading."-See also ix. 5. B. New Testament. 1 Cor. xiv. 18, 19, "I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue."-See also vv. 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 14-19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 31. 3. Human Testimony. A. Fathers. Orig. cont. Cels. lib. vi. p. 402, "Every one B. Confessions. 2 Helvetic, c. xxiii. Wirtemburg, c. xxvii. * See Council of Trent, Sess. XXII. c. viii. and Can. ix. PROP. II. It is a thing plainly repugnant to the custom of the Primitive Church, to have public prayer in the Church, or to minister Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people. Human Testimony. A. Fathers. Just. Mart. Apol. 1. c. 67, "After this we all rise together, and send forth our prayers. And, as we have said before, when we have ceased to pray, bread and wine and water are brought, and he who presides sends up prayers and thanksgivings according to his ability, and the people proclaim assent saying the Amen."-See also c. lxv. Apost. Const. VIII. c. ix. sqq. Tertull. Apol. c. xxxix. Cyprian de Orat. Dom. Sam. vi. Justinian Princ. Novell. Constit. Basil, 1562. Constit. c. xxxvii. pp. 409, 410. Ambros. in 1 Cor. xiv. 2. Chrysost. in Epist. II., ad Cor. Hom. XVIII. tom. x. p. 568. August. Serm. cxlvii. 4. De Verb. Apost. tom. v. col. 804, ed. Par. 1679-1700. Lib. de Magist. 2, tom. I. col. 542, in Ps. xviii. Basil in Hexaem. Hom. IV. tom. I. p. 39, ed. Par. 1721-1730. Hieron. in 1 Cor. xiv. 14, 16. Bibl. cum Gloss. Ord. et Expos. N. de Lyra in 1 Cor. xiv. part vi. fol. 55, 2, Basil, 1502. Testimony of an ancient work ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite, De Eccles. Hierarch. cap. iii. 2, tom. 1. p. 300. Opera, Ant. v. 1634. Liturgies traditionally ascribed to the Apostles, to James, (see S. Jacob. Miss. in Lit. Sanct. Patr. fol. 2, 2, 7, ed. Par. 1560), Mark, Peter, John. Patristic-Chrysostom, (see Miss. in Lit. Sanct. Patr. fol. 3, 20, 2, 21, Par. 1560), Basil, (see Miss. in Lit. Sanct. Patr. fol. 12, 13, Par. 1560). B. Confessions. Confessions of Adversaries, Lyra ad, 1 Cor. xiv. 17. Aquin. ad 1 Cor. xiv. 14, vol. xvI. p. 84. |