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Enumeration of ecclesiastical functionaries in Ephesians iv. 11, 12,

and 1 Corinthians xii. 28, 230

Ordinary Church officers, teachers, rulers, and deacons, 232

Elders, or bishops, the same as pastors and teachers, ib.

Different duties of elders and deacons, 233

All the primitive elders did not preach, 234

The office of the teaching elder most honourable, 236

Even the Apostles considered preaching their highest function, 237

Timothy and Titus not diocesan bishops of Ephesus and Crete, 238

The Pastoral Epistles inculcate all the duties of ministers of the

Word, 241

Ministers of the Word should exercise no lordship over each other, 243

The members of the apostolic Churches elected all their own

office-bearers, 244

Church officers ordained by the presbytery, 245

The office of deaconess, ib.

All the members of the apostolic Churches taught to contribute

to each other's edification, 246