r:5a CHRISTS.,plarm 1 they cannot, hinder his Minders from preaching; tillfChtifi i pleafe, as hee told his people : -Though the Lbtd hive you the bread of adverhty and the water of afßi6lion, yet (hall not thy Teachers bee removed into a corner any more : Bast thine eyes (hall fee thy Teachers, E fay, 30. 2o. q. d. though . I thy Minders have been put by , yet J will enflore them a- gaine, and they (hall not bee put by any more. J have pow- er to continue them as long as J will ; when hee called Noah to [reach to the old world, hee appointed him i zo yeares, and he continued him all that while, whether the wicked .. world would or no. eaf.r. And the Reafon is, firP,becaufe Minders are his.Em- baf adors. Now a King it is in his choyce , how long his Embaffadors (hall lye Liedger in a forrain Countrey, ho path to many bufineffes for them to doe and to long they (hall continue there. So, true Minders are the Embafladors of Chrifl, as the Ap.ofile Paul (Peaks , Now then wee are Em- baffadors for Chritt , as though God did befeech you by us, wee pray you in Chrifls Read, be reconciled unto God, z Cor. 5.2o, Wee are Chrifl's Ambaffadours, and therefore he will I continue us as long as hee lift ; as long as hee bath any bnli netfe to doe ; as loig as he bath any foules to fave, any men or women to reconcile to his Father, or to build up, fo long' bee will ccintinue us. Its á dolefull ligne when Chrill rakes away his Minitiers from a place , its a Ggne he bath no more foules to fave ; if hee had, hee would lec his Embaffi.dors lye befeechingRill : So that this is one great reafon, becaufe, Minders are his Embaffadors. Reafz. Secondly, becaufe Chrill bath all power in Heaven and in Earth , as bee told his ApoIlles, when he font them out to preach, All power is given to mee in Heaven and in Earth, Math. 28.28 . q.d. J have power to fend you , and J have power to continue your Miniflery as long as J think fitting, and J have power to take you away J have power to or- daine you eyther for Salvation or the damnation of men. Whom J' will J can convert by your Setmons , and whom J
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