Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
There is therefore need that both our hands should be employed in doing good. Now the two hands of a Christian Kingdom are the Magistracy and Ministry thereof. The business of Reformation calls for both. As we commonly use our hands for the washing and cleansing of each other. So if the Minister be extravagant, the Magistrate may correct him; then the right hand washeth the left: If the Magistrate do amiss, the Minister may admonish him, then the left hand clenseth the right. ...
For more, see John Arrowsmith on ministry and magistracy.
For more, see John Arrowsmith on ministry and magistracy.