That none¹ may usurp or execute a ministry but such as are rightly called by the church whereof they stand ministers; and that such so called ought to give all diligence to² fulfill their ministry, to be found faithful and unblameable in all things.

1. Numbers 16:5, 40; 18:7; 2 Chronicles 26:18; John 10:1–2; 3:27; Acts 6:3, 5–6; 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 5:4 ↩︎
2. Acts 2:28; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; Colossians 4:17; 1 Timothy 1:18–19; 4:12; 5:21; 6:11–14; 2 Timothy 1:13–14; 3:14; 4:5; 1 Peter 5:1–4 ↩︎