Is it lawfull to seeke an Ecclesiasticall function?
It is lawfull for him that hath gifts, but yet not rashly, but cir∣cumspectly, & moderately, and with a mind prepared to aduance
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It is lawfull for him that hath gifts, but yet not rashly, but cir∣cumspectly, & moderately, and with a mind prepared to aduance
the Church of God, when and where it shall seeme good vnto God, and with this condition, that he doe not ambitiously seeke, or by force occupie the Calling, that hee do not hinder the iudge∣ment, but leaue it freely to those to whom it belongeth: for this is nothing else, but to offer his paines vnto the Church, that the talent committed vnto him may not bee buried; for the gifts of the spirit are giuen for the edification of the Churcha 1.1. And 1. Tim. 3.1. If any man desire a Bishoprick, he desireth a worthy worke. And 1. Cor. 14, 1. Desire spirituall gifts, and rather that yee may prophecie, that is, that for the time ye may teach the Church.
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