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You byd vs in the margent (to proue that the regiment of the Church should be spiritual) reade Ephe. 1. verse. 23. 1. Thes. 5. verse. 13. 1. Tim 5. verse. 2. Heb. 10. verse. 30.
In the. 1. Thes. 5. the Apostle beseecheth them to loue suche for their vvorkes sake, as labour among them, are ouer them in the Lord, and admo∣nishe them. What argument call you this? S. Paule mou〈1 line〉〈1 line〉s the Thes. to loue their Pastors: Ergo, the gouernment of the Church is onely spirituall.
And to note the distinction of these regiments ciuill and spirituall, the place vnto the Thessal.* 1.1 is well alleaged: for by the words (such as rule ouer you in the Lorde) the Apostle dothe put a difference betweene the ciuil & ecclesiastical regiment. For albeit that godly ciuill Magistrates do rule ouer vs in the Lorde, yet S. Paule 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 that is, by excellencie, ascribeth that vnto the ecclesiasticall gouernours, bicause that wheras the ciuill Magistrate, beside his care for the sal∣uation of the soules of his people, is occupied, in procuring also the wealthe and quietnesse of thys lyfe: the ecclesiasticall gouernours haue all their whole care set vpon that onely, whych perteyneth to the lyfe to come.
True it is that the ciuill gouernment is distinguished from the ecclesiastical: but there is some thing common to them both, as these ciuill offices wherof we speake.
The place to the Thes. which the Authors of the Admonition vse, pag. 227. to proue that the gouernment of the Churche ought to be spirituall, can not be vsed to make any distinction betwixt ciuill and ecclesiasticall gouernment. For by your owne con∣fession this portion (are ouer you in the Lord) which you would haue to make this di∣stinction, is aswell spoken of the ciuill Magistrate, as it is of the Pastor, and so it is in déede, and therfore this text is abused both by them and you. The Apostle vseth the same maner of spéeche; speaking of the obedience of wiues towards their husbands, Vxores subditae estote proprijs viris, sicuti decet in Domino: VViues be subiect vnto your owne* 1.2 husbands, as it behoueth you in the Lord. And yet you will not say that the gouernment of the husbande ouer his wife is onely spirituall. And therefore howsoeuer you 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ally out the matter, with saying that S. Paule heere 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 ascribeth this vnto the ecclesiasticall gouernours, yet it will not serue your turne, for he ascribeth it also to those that be ciuill. The ecclesiasticall gouernours haue all their whole care set vpon that onely whych perteyneth to the lyfe to come: True it is, and to the same ende ten〈1 line〉〈1 line〉eth the ciuill gouernment which they doe exercise, as I haue tolde you before.
1. Thes. 5.
Col. 3.