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Burnet beautifully illustrates the honourable designations of the holy office. Pastoral Care, ch. 1. Compare also, Chrysostom De Sacerdotio, book iii. Gregory Nazianzen’s Oration, appended usually to Chrysostom, and Bowles’ Pastor Evangelicus—1665. 12mo. Pref. An old writer expatiates upon no less than forty-three Scriptural appellations of its dignity and usefulness. Sal Terras, cap. ii. by T. Hall. 12mo. Francof. 1658. Another writer counts sixty names, more or less applying to “the diversities of operations,” in the Ministry. Hottingeri Typus Pastoris Evangelici. l2mo. Basil. 1741. The remark of one of the Reformers carries with it a valuable lesson,—‘De nomine observandum—vocari Ministerium non Magisterium.’ Buceri De Vi et Usu S. Min. ‘The charge is named a Ministry, not a Magisterium.’