4 The manner of Chrifis preaching. darkneffe were it not for the light of the word, they fhould be full of light and fo should enlighten others : Minifters they should be filled with the will of God, as 'tis faid of epaphra.r, in the 4. Colo f he prayed for the people that they might be filled in all thewill of God, v. TS. O its an excellent thing for a Minifter to be filled Nil, hit the will of God, as a fair is filled with the wind 1 Thofe who are moll inftru&ed by Chriíl, they are fittett to inftruóc people : Chrift he falls a preaching to them, that they may preach to the People : Thofe cannot preach to the hearts of people that have not had Jefus Chrift Preaching to their hearts before. And befides, Chrift faw that the work was very difficult : the work of the Miniftry is a hard work,therefore Chrift fpends a great deale of time, as in praying for them before, fo after he hadchofen them in inftru ing of them,they were to be fet a s a light upon an hill ; and the eyes and obfervations of men would be upon them to watch them in all their wayes, They muff beare the brunt of all,and if there be any hazardable work they mull approach. This work of God is very difficult. It's a Speech of Luther, what is it to preach ? But for a man to drive the envy of people that are evill upon himfelfe : And therefore it was that Chrift made fuch a preparation of his. A- pof}les before they were to goe abroad : And that's the 4. Confideration about the Preface to Chrifts Sermon;his Auditors, whom he had. And then the ç. Confideration by way of Preface is,, The manner ofChrifts Preaching , And there are 3 Things obfervable (I would gladly take up all things in Scripture, for the Scripture is not like a Carpenters Yard, that a great deale of chips lyes about and are of no ufe, but it's like a Golds -Smith Shop that every dull is precious , fo whenwe have to deale in Scripture, we íhould not negle& the leaf' Particle, for we (hall find it of much ufe. There are 3 Things that are recorded about the manner of Chrifts Preaching. Firft,
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