486 Rom. s..t S. of 3. z The duty of Paúors urged. Nc toca ni qui fingere tor fapi- eatie corda po- putoram iltio- flrare debe>rt, occupare praju- mas. Ambi. odic. so. Baps example for applying himfelferather toedcation then fpecula- rion. opertet enm qui inftrnit rudesanimas, talera effequi pro isgcnio au- ditoram Polit feaptare.Grat. caul f. Doti. The MmiPrery is not a com- mon gift to all - s Corax.29. vie. Anabaptifts confuted. Ephefaani, Chap. .. V g R. Ti. have any love toC brill, then their feetJhould beprecious, whobring us gladtidings ofpeace. For the Mialfters fent ofChrift; wemuff be exhorted to remember we owe unto ourpeople the dutyofPaftors ; Preach, exhort, convince. rake heed, left through our negligence wee makea hunger-rot among the (beepof Chrift : Thofe that have but half an eye,fee that through our default the people perifh for want of knowledge. Bring not the guilt of blood uponyourfoules; what elfe canfollow, "Me blind lead the blind? Feare that anathema , Woe to meei f tpreach net the Go#iel, I Cor. 9.17. And fee that for the matterofyour preaching,it be the wholefome Word, preach the doétrine ofrepentance. Donot trifle in the Pulpit, weigh your matter, how it will edifie , before you broach it to the people. What if you know fome things that are not obvious, mutt they , as wild figs , needs come forth e Remember that grave prefident ofBaftl, when comingto open, that God refted the Ieventh day , hee had occafion fitting to pleafe itching cares with fubtile fpeculations concerning numbers, the holy man , as able asany to fbew,he contemned that which they magnified, didpalle it over with filence. Why e becaufethe theorie of fuck things was not fittingthe capacityof the people; becaufe (faith he) the Churchk prefent and expet`,teth not araeg intact, but 7a, atnlaázwr oeçc óex,dowrr 76r14r7op ifúynarr. I would fuchcould remember it , who have made preaching a pro- phane medley, being not unlike them lingo fpeaketh of, who not knowing how tocontaine things within even bounds, feek fyllogifmos in Grammar,infleftions in Logick , card with the word of God all kind offtrange language. Think of it, wheredo Shepheardsfeed a Is it not in their Mailers walke e Withwhat inhard weather , but with their Mailers flore a So mutt we leade them to thofe greene palliates, feed them with the wholefomeWord. Againe, for manner, conde- fcend to their capacities whom yee teach, be they never fo fimple and weake. Look in that zTbef. 2.7. S. Paul,that was profoundenough, knew tonguesenow, walked likeanurfc, ftammeringto their under- flandings. Think it not your creditto walk in theClouds, it argues you want bothwit and Clerkfhip. Do not checkgood devotion with bitter inve61ives againilPrecifeneffe, but let your fpeech befementum bonis, & antlers, pravis, and (Ibefeech you) doe thisdiligently. In the next place he faith, hegave, (not all) to bee Apoftles , but fame; Whenceobferve, That the Calling ofMiniftery is net Common to all but to fame onely that are good in the eyes ofChrift for (ucb purpefe. Are all Apoftlese are all Prophets a are allTeachers? Toonehe giveth thus, and to another thus, as pleafeth him ; For lookeas all the body is not an eye, fo all the bodyofChrift is not a Minifler,whofe office it is to be in this myfticall body, as the eye is in the natural! This is to bee marked aainft the Anabaprifts , who (hand over head) thinke any may run-out , and take this honour to himfelfe, when he once knoweth in any meafure the mylerie ofbeliefe : And they
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