A treatise of the nature of a minister in all its offices to which is annexed an answer to Doctor Forbes concerning the necessity of bishops to ordain, which is an answer to a question, proposed in these late unhappy times, to the author, What is a minister?

SECT. III. The way to understand who these are.

AND now, in my Conceit, the readiest way to clear this truth, will be, to shew what Officers Christ hath appoin∣ted to this purpose, and this must be done two wayes: First, to shew Historically what was done; and Secondly, to shew how that History shall agree with the Design it had to bring men to Heaven, and how unfit other pretentions are to it. The History I shall divide into two parts; First, to lay the Foun∣dation of this glorious Building, to shew what our Saviour act∣ed himself in it, what the Church Discipline was in Embrione, in Ovo, in the Foundation, then to shew what Superstructures the Apostles built upon it, what it was in the birth when it was

a Chick. The first must be sought out of the Gospells, or the beginning of the Acts, where the Story of our Saviours imme∣diate Commerce with this World both in his life, and after his Death, is set down for us: The second part must be cleared from the later part of the Acts and the Epistles; and thus my design is layd.