to drowfie SAINTS. their children, Ma(lers into their fervants, Minders into their hearers, let God alone with it, when, and what, and where the Harvef fhallbee. Lailly, Some Mini Iers are not godly, and then how can they looke for good fucceffe ? as God layes, If they had flood in my Counfell, and caufed my poople to heare my words, then theyfhould have turned them from their evil! way,Jer.2 3. ii. J dare not fay absolutely, that a carnali Minder (hall never have good fuccefle in his Minif +ery. As if a Minder fhould conclude lice were a good man, becaufe God hath blelfed his labours ; No, that is not a good argument : for, Furl, It is the Word that converts, and not the perfon of the speaker, J dare not eye God to the goodneffe of any mans person. God, as be is a Creator he is a wife God, and can write well with a bad pen, and cut well with a blunt naugh- ty knife. Seer ndly, Such may bee Pent of God, and gifted for the Miniftery, and therefore for all that J know, they may bee an Organ of eonverlon fometimes. Thirdly, Paul rejoyced that Chrift was preached by the Eire Apoates, though it were but of envy, Phil.i.i 5,16,17, s $. you will fay, how could he rejoyce in that ? that was a wicked manner of Preaching. Why furely hee could not rejoyce in it, but that hee did think that it might doe fume good. Fourthly, This mull bee thus, or elfe no man can be aflh- red of his faluation : For if, a carnal( Minif}er cannot be the n: canes of convert cn, then no man converted by him can be allured &c. Fifthly, They may fay at laf} day, Lord, Lord, wee have Prophefled in thy name, and in thy name have we caf# out devils, and yet Chri fl wí11 fay unto them, I know yen not, &C. Sixthly , Why elfè does our Saviour Chid bid people beam the Scribes and Pharisees, but that he implies, they may be a meanes of good to them. Seventhly,1ndas was lent out to Preach, Matth.to.4. T 3 Chri13 141
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