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OF THE

LEARNED AND REVEREND

JOHN SCOTT, D. D.

SOMETIME RECTOR OF ST. GILES'S IN the fieldS.

A NEW EDITION, IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

OXFORD,

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

MDCCCXXVI.

CONTENTS

four particulars: first, they try and exercise the virtues of

his subjects, 32. secondly, they chasten and correct their

faults and miscarriages, 35. thirdly, they harden and con-

firm incorrigible sinners, 39. fourthly, they execute the ven-

geance of Christ on them in another world, 42. The third

sort of the ministers of Christ's kingdom are the kings and

governors of the world, 45. by their subjection to Christ

they are not deprived of any natural right of their sove-

reignty, 47. but in the first place have the same command-

ing power over all indifferent things, and that in ecclesias-

tical causes as well as civil, that they had under the law of

nature, 48. and secondly, are as unaccountable and irresist-

ible as they were before, 56. What those ministries are

which kings are obliged to render our Saviour, shewn in

neral from Isa. xlix. 23. p. 60. particularly, first, they are to

protect and defend his church in the profession and exercise

of the true religion, 61. secondly, they are to fence and cul-

tivate its peace and good order, 62. they are to chasten and

correct the irregular, 63. they are to provide for the decency

of its worship, and for the convenient maintenance of its of-

ficers and ministers, 65. The fourth sort of ministers of

Christ's kingdom are the spiritual or ecclesiastical governors,

67. That Christ hath erected a spiritual government in his

church, ibid. That this government is episcopal, proved from

four arguments: first, from the institution of our Saviour,

71. secondly, from the practice of the apostles upon it, 76.

thirdly, from the universal conformity of the primitive church

to the apostolic practice, 86. fourthly, from our Saviour's

declared allowance and approbation of both, 103. Of the mi-

nistries of this spiritual government, which are either such

as are common to the bishops together with the inferior offi-

cers of the church; as first, to teach the gospel, 109. se-

condly, to administer the evangelical sacraments, 110. thirdly,

to offer up the public prayers and intercessions of Christian

assemblies, 112. Or such as are particular to the bishops;

as first, to make laws for the peace and good order of the

church, 114. secondly, to ordain to ecclesiastical offices, 117.

thirdly, to exercise that spiritual jurisdiction which Christ

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