are ye my disciples; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 8: 31, 32.-If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things inay be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Pet. 4: 11.

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil ways, and from the evil of their doings. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, I am against them that prophecy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness, yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. Jer. 23:22, 31, 32. -For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. Tit. 1: 7-9.

How the Christians are to be known by the love and charity which is manifested among them, read :-A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have

loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13: 34,35. --In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. And this is his commandment, That weshould believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 1 John 3: 10, 23. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. John 15: 12. -Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. Eph. 5:2, 3. -Seeing ye have purified your souls, in obeying the truth through the Spirit, unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 1 Pet. 1: 22.-Add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, Godliness; and to Godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, Charity. 2 Pet. 1: 5--7.

ARTICLE TWENTIETH.

OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH OF GOD, CONCERNING THE ORDINANCE AND REGULATION OF CHOOSING, ORDAINING AND SENDING FORTH HER MINISTERS.

Of the ordinance and regulation of the Church, in choosing, ordaining and sending forth her Ministers or Pastors, we believe and acknowledge: That, as a house, city or country, cannot stand and subsist without laws and government; nor can the human body subsist, unless every member of the body perform its proper functions which the wise Creator hath assigned to it: so also hath the Lord God ordained ordimances, laws and commandments in his church, whereby it may be established, improved, strengthened and edified.

And as the eyes, the mouth, the hands and the feet are the most necessary members of the body, therewith to see, speak, labour, and stand, that the body may thereby be supported and subsist;, so has Christ the Lord ordained in his church, first, by his own personal commanding voice, his Apostles, as the most necessary members in his body, the church sending them out to preach the gospel to all nations, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever he had commanded them: whose mission was followed and established by signs and wonders from on high.

This likewise did the Apostles by the Holy Spirit command their followers to do, namely: That they should choose, appoint and ordain in the Church, Pastors, teachers, rulers and helpers

who should with their pious walk and holy conversation shine forth as bright stars in this spiritual heaven, and as the messengers of peace, bear the glad tidings of the glorious gospel to the ends of the world, to turn the children of men from their evil ways unto God their Saviour; that thereby his body, the church, be replenished, believers established and edified.

And, as it is well known that, without faithful and true Pastors and Ministers, the Church cannot subsist; and that for want of wholesome doctrine, pasture, the sheep of Christ's flock go astray and are scattered; also that this want is often attributable to the unworthiness of the people: it is therefore incumbent to the people of God, who are in need of a faithful pastor, not to turn their minds to those who have been taught, and acquired their knowledge in the schools of human wisdom, and who with enticing words of man's wisdom, endeavour to sell for gain this their acquired knowledge; and who do not with, an humble and pure mind preach Christ fervently, and follow him in the regeneration: but the true members of Christ should, according to the counsel of God, turn their minds, by prayer and fasting, to the Lord of the harvest, who is the true Sender-forth of labourers, that he, in his divine wisdom, would raise up Shepherds unto them, endowed with wisdom and truth, and set them as householders over the household of God, to give them their portion of meat in due season; inspire them with heavenly ardour, to feed the flock of Christ's sheep, not for the fat and wool, but willingly and of a ready mind, point out to them by doctrine and example the road that leads to life and immortality; and thus by the grace of God, to keep what is committed to their trust, and to finish the course of their high calling in Christ Jesus.

Therefore should all true believers, who stand in need of a faithful minister; after seeking the face of God, with ardent prayer and supplication, look out for a faithful and pious brother, who is able to keep under his body and bring it in subjection; and in whom the fruit of the Spirit is evidently and clearly seen; and him, after he is chosen by the united voices of the church, and duly examined by the elders and ministers of the church concerning the unity of his faith with the word of God, in all points, and with the ordinance of the church, that he may be found qualified to teach and instruct others in the way of life and truth, as being well acquainted with it himself. And such an one after he is thus found to be capable, shall, in the name of the Lord, come forth to teach and instruct the people, proclaiming to them the will and counsel of the Lord. And after there are manifest indications, that the preaching of the gospel is intrusted unto him by the LORD, In that he is a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth; (2 Tim. 2. 15,) and that by his preaching he bring