SECT. VI. What Ruling well imports.
THe next is, rule well, that is, certainly, Govern his flock Committed to him; now this word will imply no distin∣ction from the other, Presbyter, by their own Consent, this is a part of that other teaching Elder, he is a Ruler too; and if a Ruler, then no doubt, if a good teacher, he rules well; or else as may happen out, he may be a good Teacher, and a weak Ruler, and again, a good Ruler, and a weak Teacher: So that if Ruling do not make a distinction in the Office, ruling well doth not; for Offices are not distinguished by the diligence or qualities of their Officers, the men that use them, but their Officers, the men that use them, by their Offices; there are good and bad in every Office, and so in the Ministry, but his goodnesse or badnesse in Execution of his Office makes a Man a good or bad Officer, but not of another kind of Office. By this phrase then, that ru∣leth well, cannot be understood any thing which can enforce a new Office; I will therefore remove to the 3d. phrase, (labour in the Word and Doctrine.