to cdrowfe SAINTS. 1 207 reafon the cafe thus with your own Soules, O let me not put off this reproofe, it reproves me of my drunken doings, it re- proves me of my lecurity, it reproves me of my fins : if J put it off , J put oft the word of reconciliation : This is one of thole truths, that comes to reconcile me to God : J (rand out in rebellion, and defiance againui God, if J doe not take it home. So of any other paffage of the Word. Still when the Prophets would speak unto the people , this was their voyee, The Lord feat mee : fo fayes rfaiah, the Lord feat mee ; and Jeremiah too, the Lord feat mee. When they refuted to hear what he faid : O (ayes hee t Surely the Lord feat me to (peak thus sntoyou. One would think it were-enough to [}tike ter - tour into the hearts of men , to put oft any Sermon, any re- buke, any exhortation ofChrifts Miniufers, when they know the Lord fends them. May bee, the Minifer is as poorc a creature as one of you ; O but remember wha finds him, as Chrift fayes, hee that heareth you, beareth mee, and bee that defpifetb rest, defpifeth mee, and be that refufeth me, refufeth him that feat me, Luk .10.16. Secondly, Hee bath them, that is, hee hath the giving of them their Commiffion, as they have their Marion from him, fo they have their Commiffion from him too. They are not onely melfengers but Enrbaffadors. This Commi(lion bath two things ; firft, the heads of their Embaffage, that Chrift fends them to treat of. Secondly, the authority of their Em- baffage, that Chrift invetîs them with. For the firfi, the heads of their Commiffion , Chrift bath the appointing of them , what they (hall treat of and they are five. Firft, they (hall preach the Word. Gee and Preach the Gofpel to every creature,Mark.tó.r S. Secondly, to remit the fin of all them that doe embrace the Got-pet, Job.2o.a 3. that is, to pronounce all the Promifes of the Covenant of Grace, and in particular, forgivene(fe of fins to all true peni- tent and beleeving Soules. Thirdly, to adminif+er the Sa- craments of the New Tef#ament, to all the faid perforas, to whom the promiter of Eternall life doe belong, for the affu- P 2 ring
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