It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public
preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the Congregation,
before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And
those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen
and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto
them in the Congregation, to call and send Ministers into the Lord's
vineyard.
XXIV. _Of speaking in the Congregation in such a tongue as the
people understandeth_.
It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom
of the Primitive Church, to have public Prayer in the Church, or to
minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people.