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Thou sayst, He fram'd i'th' Church a Government.
I say, not he, but Christ, that had him sent.
Christ, by his Spirit, first in him did move:
The Church the same, in Spirit did approve.
When Deacons first were in the Church appointed,
By those that with the Spirit were anointed,
Was that appointment to be call'd their own,
Or Christ's, whose Life and Pow'r through them was shown?
Paul in the Church did sundry things ordain,
(Bear with the word, the Scripture speaks it plain)
For Order sake. Was therefore th'Order his?
No sure, not his, but Christ's: And so in this.
I say, not he, but Christ, that had him sent.
Christ, by his Spirit, first in him did move:
The Church the same, in Spirit did approve.
When Deacons first were in the Church appointed,
By those that with the Spirit were anointed,
Was that appointment to be call'd their own,
Or Christ's, whose Life and Pow'r through them was shown?
Paul in the Church did sundry things ordain,
(Bear with the word, the Scripture speaks it plain)
For Order sake. Was therefore th'Order his?
No sure, not his, but Christ's: And so in this.
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