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But the gouernment, wherewith Christ gui∣deth his church, we know to be two fold: one, wherein he of himselfe, and by his holy spirit, without any help or seruice of man, raigneth inwardly in the hearts of beleeuers, and wor∣keth in them to will and to performe, and is e∣uen
all in all: and mooueth vnto that which is good, defending vs from euill against Sathan, the worlde, and all our enemies: The other, wherein he so guideth the church, as hee also vouchsafeth to vse the help and ministerie of others, aswell Angells, as men especially, to the preseruation of the church; As of Angells the Apostle speaketh, They are ministring spirits, sent forth to minister, for their sakes which shalbee heires of saluation: and of men, he saieth, Wee are Gods ministers, by whome yee haue beleeued. For like as in a man the head of it selfe, by vertue of the minde, which liueth & worketh chieflie therein, doeth so rule the whole bodie, that it also vseth the helpe of euerie member to the profite of the whole bodie: so Christ, the head of the church, doth in like sort beare himselfe in the gouernment thereof, not for his owne cause, or that hee needeth our ministerie, but doth it for our necessitie, yea for our manifest commoditie and honour.
Phil. 2.13 Eph. 1.23
Heb. 1.14
1. Cor. 3.5.9