761- -Uj the S &No 1 No · Sermon 15 • mmif/r•tions. Anci whereChrift placeth,fo it is. For He placcth none b~ Ioh.to.7. Holy Gh1/commends. Chrijhsthcdme,of whichdoorethe Holy Gh~jlisthe ;;t e No man palfeth through the ioore, but whom the Parter openeth to. Nom ' 1 "• C )IRIs T, but by and through the Holy Ghoft: nor tothecaHmg, butb a~~o through thegift. They that come not that way (by the doore) get in by fome~th d back way; per Pfeudothymm, by fome fal(e p~fterne : That marrs all. Thts i ~r ~auh.l.s. If. true order;Vocavtt fervos, & tAlenta dedit: fois the Go!JeU: whom hecalls He';1 e talents to. If he have none givea him, hee came uncalled ;at lea!i by C ~ • 1 :ve~ Hecald him not: Hccalll.eun.fent; at leaft b~ Go o ; he fcm him not. Thoughh~ anfwer,Rere/am,CHR r sT fpokenottohtm. Thoughhecamerunnin~neve ~ Efayu.o6, faft,G o o fent him nor. Efay asketh .tV:oque!iions,~ tu hic?or ~aft q~ut•h:i ~ ~iJ, if by CH RI s 'I'; ~4ft q11n, tfotherwtfe. Andmanya.Qg.fiquu (G on wor) bave we among us. Eacboo<to What is thent<? be done, that C a •· I s T be not neglected, and His call? That hove "al/mg. every one betake himfelfeto fome callmg, or other. In theMtntflery, all: All Mini– .fters; Minifters, either of the church, or of theStateand Common-Wealth: Bur,all c.Mimftm. Thofe that are not, that difpofe not rhemfdves foro be, to bee holden Luke sJ.a. for fup~rf!uous creatures, for inutilia lt~r..ponderA, that etemberbut theground, and keepe it barrtn : With whom the earth IS burthencd, a~deven groanes undmhem; PC:d, 11 . 4 , De•fe .Adders they are,at CH R I s 'I' s call they fiopthm eates,who calls everyone to aCalling, to doe fome ferviceComeway, &< ,.Ji.gto Tobe in fome tAll:ng: but withall,to have agift meet for that calling. But,ilnot his,i(l, attheftrftd,le(tht:Spmts)notatthefecond(CH R 1 s 'I' s :) nogiftthcre noplm here. Canany man devife to fpeake with more reafon, than cloth the .!poftle(in rhe , Cor, 14 , 3 a. XIV. Chapter following~ If Any m.m beignorant, let hirn beig>~oT4nt ;(rhat is)hold - himfelfe for fuch, and not take on him theplace, or worke of the skilful!. It is a_gainO: Go o s will, ifhe doe. Haveyourefufed toga:ne /mow/edge? Then hA'!It Irefufed 'ou Hore1•. 6 , for being AnJ Prie.ftuf miwe. It is Go o Himfelfe inHofeaiV• Have younot ufedthe meanes ~ Haveyou mif-fpent the time when you fl1ould have laboured forthegift f C HR xs 't hathno p!Jcefor you. Whom the Spirtt fi~rnifhedwithgifts,fonhemit is C H R1 s 'I' providethplaces : forthem,and none elfe. Io 1(]1111.. 1 And yet, not everyplace for everygift,neither: Butwliave acAllingproper to his gift. Proper ro it, forthe kind; not to be mif-fort-ed imoaplaceno wayesmm: his g:ft lying one way, his place another. But put the right g:fi in the right place. ., IoMt~fort. z Proper for the kind,and proper for themeAJurealfo. For,astherebemf4/•m ingift>, [o there bedegrees inplaces, to anfwerthem. And oncis not to rhrufi him· felfe into a place difproportioned to the portion of his gifts (the iApofilecallsit ~· Cor.so.... ~··1~'~' ''l'>1"""' is to extend, to Hretch himfclfe to the full of hisrmafurt: ut"1.imr, is w firetch himfdfe beyond it ; to enter himfelfe farre beyond his fcantling:) Ruuf ameanegtft, ameane calting to content him. Durm fermo; for there is nonefomeane ingift, mat he undervalues his:tift,forany place,yea even of the befi worth. You Cor. •6. •'· may fectheferwo :(• the kind,and • thedegree:) thekiwd,inVzziAb: Heh~d noc•l- • ling to his worluof incen{e,ofburning iwwife; not at all. What became of him~ You may reade in his forehead. The degree,inYzz.ah: He had acAI!ing; was of cbeTrtb~: ~.Sam.6·-'· went only beyond his degree; prelfed to touch theArke,which was more than aLev:ll might doe, and was ftruckendead for it by Go o. Go o nolelfeangry wtth him that went beyond thedegreeof his uUing, than with Vzz.iAh,rhat had no kmdofral. ling at all. None that is in therdore,to over-reach or prefume above h1sdegree, but to keepe him within cornpalfe. . Now thegifis bedealt,and theplaces fild :the Spirits gifts put into CH RI s T' (that is) into rightplaw. Now fall wee to the third, to Gods divifion, rofetthej to r>orkt. Every thing (we faid) bath his being,for thewerktit is to doe. Gifts,' fi ling and all fortheworke. For, if theworktfollownot,the gifcis idle; you may ea it a1vay; the caUing is idle, ym1may caft it off. A vocAti~R it might be; a vo>•110~
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