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A15991	Three partes of Salomon his Song of Songs, expounded The first part printed before: but now re-printed and enlarged. The second and third partes neuer printed before. All which parts are here expounded and applied for the readers good. By Henoch Clapham.; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon. English. Clapham.	Clapham, Henoch.	1603 (1603)	STC 2772; ESTC S116334	255,503	332

building the Church till all the elect of Iew and Gentile be come into one body but that is not yet atchieued as yet therefore that twofold ministrie is to be vsed yea not to cease till adding to the Church cease And that I hope will not be till the whole world be summoned to iudgement by fire Secondly it may appeare in the commission giuen to the Apostles in Math. 28.19 20. Goe forth to all Nations Preaching and Baptizing and loe I am with you vnto the end of the world Word and sacraments is the substance of their commission but they vntied to any one people In thi● worke some must succeede seeing hee promiseth his presence for euer They were not to liue for euer therefore some other to the worlds end must succeede in the word and sacraments who also shall not be tied to any one particular people Thirdly the Apostle Paul chargeth Timothie the Euangelist to keepe the commandement without spot and vnrebukeable vntill the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ but Timothie was not to liue so long therefore the Apostle in the Euangelists person doth charge such as should succeede in that ministration Fourthly when our Sauiour telleth vs of false prophets that shall come like wolues in sheepes clothing that is with a deuouring doctrine couered with Christian conuersation he doth not say we shall know them by the name of Prophet for that should agree to ministers of his owne sending but by their fruite that is these that were true disciples of Christ should know them by the fruite of their lips namely by their ministrie scattering from Christ. Otherwise they should vsurpe both the conuersation of Christs sheepe and also the terme Prophet which pertained to his owne ministrie And in referring them onely to their ministeriall fruite and not also to the Churches testimonie from whence they co●e hee closely intimates that some should be such true prophets sent forth by him bringing no testimoniall from men whom notwithstanding his disciples should acknowledge for their worke sake And vnto workes of diuine redemption Christ did send the Iewes for proofe of his being the Messiah much more may a true Prophet be so acknowledged by his worke of Gathering to Christ. The scriptures so do plainely teach that the ministerie of Apostles Euangelists and Prophets is a ministerie continued to the worlds end The same that were the ancient for substance of ministration the difference onely consisting in some forme of externall calling or other extraordinary qualification Which by the way doth conuince such of not●ble ignorance as referre their principall triall of ministers to some outward forme of calling Next to the Scriptures let vs heare the voice of sundry Ministers of the Church who had receiued of God to be faithfull Ignatius most ancient teacheth the Magnesians how the Pre●byters or Priests were Loco Senatus Apostolici in place of the Apostolicall Sena●e And vnto the Trallians hee affirmeth the Church presbyters to be the Session and con-ioyned company of Apostles euen as the chiefest Presbyter represented the person of Christ in their holy session And Cyprian succeeding in another age doth teach the Deacons to be the more submisse vnto the Priests why quoniam Apostolos id est Episcopos Praepositos dominus elegit c. because the Lord Iesus himselfe did elect the Apostles that is the Episcops and Ouer-seers Whereas the Deacons after Christs ascention were but chosen of the Apostles for being ministers vnto them And in this path haue successors still walked affirming the keyes giuen to the Apostles to be now in the hands of the Presbyters All of them clayming authoritie for preaching the word and administring the sacraments from the Apostles Mandate in Math. 28.19 Now if the Ministers alotted vnto their particular Church do succeede the Apostles because of their ministeriall word one and the same with the Apstles how much more are these like to the Apostles who besides the matter of ministration which is word and sacrament haue also a libertie to preach whersoeuer Such were the 70. dispersed amongst the nations and such were these of whome Eusebius maketh mention who saith he in Pantaenus time did trauell to and froe for promouing and planting the caelestiall word with diuine zeale after the manner of the Apostles whome there he term●th Euangeilists But let vs heare some of our Moderne writers and that of speciall good report in the Church Martin Bucer boldly affirmeth that we haue yet Apostles stirred vp although not so sent and qualified with like excellencie as at first And in such sence William Tindall is called an Apostle of England and Knox of Scotland But of maister Caluin all such are termed sometimes Euangelists sometimes Prophets Why Because such succede the one so well as the other in the same worke of gathering out of confusion into order Peter Martyr speaking of such as God so hath stirred vp in this last age he saith first that Ordination is not to be expected in such seeing it is not to be had And secondly that A calling from God is not lacking to such a one whenas he is bound by precept to doe that he doeth that is to preach the trueth of Christ according to that measure receiued These saith Caluin that in this age haue held forth the Torch vnto vs that thereby wee might from dayly errour returne into the way that they haue beene holy Prophets of God the excellent yea diuine manifestation of their ministerie vttered forth that doth witnesse the same To benefite the Church thus they were neuer called of wolues who burned with madnesse after deuou●ing and destroying it To heale therefore this incurable euill specially when vsuall remedies failed it behooued them to be sent of God his hand for bringing helpe whom the world would willingly haue hindered And this hee well noteth to haue been signified by the Prophets which in the old testament are promised to be r●ised vp for seeking vp the sheep that were scattered in every mountaine The Lord promiseth not to stirre vp a Priest for that was not his office being a minister standing to the temple but a Prophet for his calling was to call Priest and people● to Order And this selfe same doctrine did our Wicliffe teach aboue two hundred yeares since as appeareth in his Articles discussed in the Councell of Constance Nor see I what the Apostle meaneth in Ephes. 3.5 where he saith The Gospel is in another sorte now reuealed to the Apostles and Prophets except by P●ophets he vnderstand that ministerie which ay succeed●th the Apostles Whereas some take the prophets in Ephes. 4.11 to be onely such as had the gift ofsp●ciall fore-telling things they not onely haue the 1. Cor. 14. wholy against them where the new testaments prophets are largely declared to be onely such as waited on expounding and applying the scriptures but also these writers against them Ambrose Ierom Brun● Lombard Aquinas all on the