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Owen mediates the charge of schism brought against those who sought to reform the Church according to Scripture.

Rom. 10:14, 15; for the work of preaching unto the conversion of souls being a moral duty, comprised under that general precept of doing good unto all, the appointment of some to the performance of that work, by the way of office, doth not enclose it. The second, or authority, proper to them who orderly are set apart thereunto, ariseth from,— 1. Christ’s institution of the office, Eph. 4:11. 2. God’s providential designation of the persons, Matt. 9:38. 3. The church’s call, election, appointment,
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