2. Of such as wil take the over-sight of the Flock of Christ, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde; not as being Lords over Gods heritage, but examples to the flock, 1 Pet. 5. 2. 3.
3. Of such as with the Apostles, seeke not theirs, but them, that wil willingly spend, aad be spent for the flock of Christ, 2 Cor. 12. 14, 15. that wil acknowledge a necessity to be laid upon them, and a woe to be pronounced against them▪ if they preach not the Gospel, 1 Cor. 9. 15, 16, 17, 18. yea rather then they wil be bur∣thensome, wil cause their owne hands to minister unto their necessi∣ti••••▪ Act. 20. 33, 34. 1 Thess. 3. 6. 7. 9. 10. & 2 Thess. 3. 8. 1 Cor. 4. 12.
4. Of such as wil rejoyce in the tribulations, and afflictions which shall happen unto them, for the dispensing of the Gospel; that w•••• freely hazzard their lives amongst Pagans, and unbeleevers, to bring them to the knowledge of the truth, as it is in Jesus, Act. 15. 26. 2 Cor. 11. 24, &c. and wil think themselves happy, that they are accounted worthy to suffer for the profession of their Master Christ, Act. 5. 41.
Such like men as these, would I have imployed, to rebuild the walls of the spirituall Jerusalem, to seperate the stones which shall be sound (in the ruines of the Antichristian fabricks) to be pollishing proofe, (at least in their esteeme) out of that masse of rubbish which they lye amongst, according to the method which the Apostles used in their gatherings of the like nature in the primative times, for without all controversie, to take any other course to effect the work▪ is a way to joyne light, with darknesse, Christ with Beliall, Beleevers and unbeleevers, to make Christs Kingdome, an imperfect Kingdome, his Government an imperfect Government, his Agents imperfect Agents, and so become wil∣full & stubborn opposers of that method, and order, which was used by our Saviour, and his Apostles in their gatherings of Churches.