2c)6 j C H R I S T'S Earns a, Fourthly, another life is for dire &ion ; to Phew what a, lively Min;ftry is and how wee may have a true lively Mi- niftry, that is in one word to preach with affe&ioa ; as uin- ttlian layes ofEloquution, affeaions are the foule and life of Eloquution ; fo J may lay of Preaching, affections are the Ide of Preaching; now by affe &ions, Jdoe not meant feign- ed and forced affections, they are no affe &ions indeed but when a man Preaches fo for the matter and manner indeed, affe&ionate matter, and with a true affe &ed heart,that he may move the hearts of men ; as one layes, the World is now full of knowledge, as a Drunkard is full of. wine that his fto- mach is not able to digeft ; fò J fay, people have more know- ledge, then they can well digeft, the ftomach :wants heat to conco& it for their good ; as Rodolphtns Agricola 1peakes, a- ay man that bath Learning may teach; but to move the heart and affections, it requires more a great deale. This is lively Preaching, when a Minifter lets himfelfe to bee in mens bo- fónes ; what a lively Preacher was the :lpoftle Paul vch may fee by his dealing with Agrippa, bee made the Kings heart even yearne againe with his (peaking; the King con - feft how his 1peaking worked within his bofome,.Hlmol thus perfwadeff mee to be a Cbrifgian,A &. 26. a8. So you may fee by the Galathians, bis Preaching did not onelyconvert ma- ny of them, but thole whom bee did not convert, he did won - derfally worke upen their hearts, That they could have been contented to have pluck,t out their Eyes, and have given them to him, Gal. 4. i C. Such a lively Preacher was hee in the a. of Judges, that when he Preach'd, he act all the people a mel- ting, a weeping like little Children that had been beaten, Yudg. 2.4, ç. J grant it may be, the beft and liyel eft Mini - fters under heaven cannot doe fo now, peoples hearts are more hardned. But yet though wee cannot undertake to move any one mans heart, that's the werke of God., yet ourMiniftry maybe lively. Fir(t, by labouring to make the things that wee Preach as it were lively before peoples eyes ; as the Apoftie preached, Cbrifl
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