Burroughs - Houston-Packer Collection BX7233.B87 G67 1660

A Multitude a. moving fight to Preach, to, to many : as heretofore we know it was enough fora faithful Minüter to be.filenced, fuch was their envy, and fo contrary to the Spirit of Jefus Chrif+': But I. cannot. tell how to build any point of Dogtrin_ upon this, becaúfe !'think that at this ;fine Chrit+ Jid goe up into the Mountaine, and With- drew himfelfe from the mot+ of the people, for io Lftnd the Text faith, And feeinn the multitude he went up into a mountain, and when he' was fit his Difciples came unto him : and it may be fore of the refl., but riot the Generality of them ;and fo in the 6 of Luke, there-having the fame Sermon recorded, The Text faith, That he li ft his eyes upon his Di fci pies, and faid, 61efJed are the poore, &c. So that it's probable that rather then he Would fpend his time at this prefenr among the multitude, he. retires himfelfé to fpeake to his Difci les, Why ? for his chicle work was about his Difciples, about the fending_out the i a, and dmak b them to be Apof+les, and therefore though the, preaching to all the multitude be a very good thing, and.' that the heart of Chrif+ was much in u-on all occafions,;yet not Chrili would mind his work that he was about, to fpeake to his Apof+les that he -was to fend abroad. From whence we may note, That men 'muff tend their pre- lent work, and not be upon thinking that they may do more good fine other way, and fo leave die prefent work that God calls them to : Let us look:: to the worke that we are about: for the prefent, and not be taken of to thin'(e, I but another worke maybe more ufeful, but is this my work for the pre fent, then let me goe upon it; and'conïmtt my -worke to the bleffing ofGod. And then zfly, Hence we may fee, That Chrif+ hath a fpe, -. cial regard unto his Minif+ers, he witted,awes from the. multi -: rude to fpeaketo :them; he, didri&tforbid any of:the people to come,but'the thing that Chril+'innded,wasto fpeakto them:, Chriff bath' á fpecial- regard' to his Minif+ers; he knows that great things doth depend upon them,: as afterwards in this Chanter; he calls theni the Salt tithe earth ;as if all the world would rot and putrifie if it were not for tEiem; And fp;he 4aIIs) them the Light of the world, as if all the world would be in darlmeffe-

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