Question 21 – Seeing the church is a society or spiritual incorporation of persons under rule, government, or discipline, declare who or what are the rulers, governors, or officers therein under Jesus Christ?

Answer – They have been of two sorts:

1. Extraordinary, appointed for a season only; and,

2. Ordinary, to continue unto the end of the world.

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