CHRIST'S .ítlarrn FidI, That he bath the leven Spirits of God, that is, he bath the holy Ghoft , and all his fpirituall graces in his hands, to give to wbomfoever he pieales, for the quickning, of thetn, and the fanftifying of them, that if any of his members want fpirit, or any Ipirituall good, he hath it for them : Theft things faith he that hath the feven Spirits of God; This we handled the lá(1 day. Now wee proceed to the fecond Royalty of our Lord Je- fus Chrift, 7 hat he hath the (even Stars, he speaks of the fever Churches of eAIfaii,th :ift bath all their Miniflers in his hands, and he calls them Stars. FirR, becaufe the liars doe direét : Its a great help when Mariners can fee a Rarre in a darke night. When 'Paul and they that failed with him could fee n:ither Sun nor Starre, the company were without all hope of comming fafe to Land, 4fts27,2o. they knew not what to doe, when there was not a flarre to be feen:The (tars ferve for direction in the night. So good Miniflers are for direlion unto people, that ferve todireét people to Chritt. Like the ftarre in the Eaft When the Wi fentenraw thetarre,ahey rejoiced with ex- ceeding great joy, Matti:. 2. to. that (lure directed them to Chrifl, it went before them all the way, and Chewed them where to finde Chrift : fo a poore foule,re joyces to. finde a godly Minifter; O thinks bee, he is a ftarre to direct me to Chrifl. Secondly,Becaufe the liars doe Thine; Co good tMinifters doe thine forth, and hold out a light, to give light to them that fit in darkneffe, and in the fhadow of death. re are the light of the world, faiesChrift,ilfatth.S.r4. When a man fits in a darke houle, hee cannot fee to doe any thing, bur if one come and open a window, or a cafement, and letteth in light, now he may fee to goe about his bulrelfe : (o, Be- ibved, people that d wain darke parifhes, where no found Miniflery of the Word is, they know not what to doe to be laved : they erre, they wander , they grope, th> y Rumble and fall, they fee not how to be godly and happy for ever more. But when a fàit.hfull Mintfter comes, now light is le
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