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Obj: The Scribes and Pharises were not Pastors in Office, yet they Prea∣ched, Ergo, private-gifted. Bretheren may Preach.
A••s••: You doe w••ll to rank your selves amongst Scribes and Pha∣rises▪ l••ke Lettice, like Lips; R••m acu tetigistis; you have hit the nayl on the head: since you can have no help from true Apostles, now you
flee to false ones. This is Petitio principii, a beggerly begging of that which is to be proved.
1. You must prove that the Scribes and Pharisees were not Pastors in Office. So we did (say you) at the Disputation, thus: All Priests were to be of the Tribe of Levi. But the Scribes and Pharisees were not of the Tribe of Levi: Ergo, they were not Priests, and so by consequence not men in Office.
A. We desired you to prove your minor, viz. That the Scribes and Pharisees were not of the Tribe of Levi; which you did, thus:
Paul was a Pharisee, but not of the Tribe of Levi: Ergo no Pharisees were of the Tribe of Levi.
A. We replyed, that this was but one particular instance, and so could not make a rule, no more then one Swallow can make a Spring: besides you were told, A particulari ad universale non valet conse∣quentia; because one man is blind, ergo all men are blind; because one Lay-Preacher is a Caviller, ergo all are Cavillers; because one nayling Preacher is ignorant, ergo all are ignorant, &c. This was your Bakers Logick, and it savours of the Peel.
But to clear this doubt, I shall give you one place that plainly proves the Pharisees to be Priests and Levites, Ioh. 2. 19. compared with v. 24. The Jews sent Priests and Levites from Hierusalem: and who were they? v. 24. They that were sent, were of the Pharisees▪ So then you see they were Pharisees, yet of the Tribe of Levi.
2. Giving▪ though not granting, that they were not of the Tribe of Levi, yet that they were not bare gifted men, but Preachers in Office, is clear, Mat. 23.
Secondly, They sit in Moses Chayr, (i. e.) had the ordinary Office of Teaching the people committed to them: they were Doctors of the Law; and Christ bids the people, Hear them.
3. The Priests were to be of the Tribe of Levi, but the Scribes and Pharisees were Prophets; and these might be of any Tribe, as Ieremah was, and other extraordinary Prophets.
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Multi ex Scri∣bis & Pharisaeis erant Sacer∣dotes vel Le∣vitae. A Lap.
Per cathedram Meton. intelli∣gi•• honorem, gradum, digni∣tatem, auctori∣tatem docendi & jubendi, quam apud Ju∣daeos habuit Moses, quàm Scribae Mosen acceperint.
A Lap.