The Bap.p.ti. ingofthe Eunuch. 287 heere is exmplary: By his carriage herein eueryone that is entrufed withthe difpenfingof theSacrament mayfee what heisbound vnto,namely, toacquaint the people carefully vpon what conditions onely, they may receiue the Sacra- tnentsto their comfort. Philip (nodoubt) had taught thaaanttch, that Baptifmc is a necelfary badge to beput on ,byeuery one, that would betaken to beaGhri than, andnow, that theEunuch fteweeh awillingnefre to receiue that badge, he feeketh tobinde him, to a dueenquiry into hitnfelfe,whether.hee hauethatin him, without which heecan reeeiuenobenefit by the Sacrament. Andthat thus much ought to be doneby euery onethat medleth with the giuingofthe Sacra. menr, it iseatiie roprooue. r. Thedofirine appertainingto the right vfe of the Sacrament is a part ofthe counfell of God,and thereforenot to beefecreted bÿ shim, Matdefrethtobepare from thepeoples bldodx. z. TheMinifferisappoin- xAR.zo.4d.._ tedby officeto watchfor the peoples /Dales Y, and fuch a watch-man heels, that if Y Heb.cc. tl. he fera (wordcomming, he muff giuenoticeof ir,that if thepeople doedie for their iniquity,yet he maydeliner hitowneToolrr. Sith then it is a matteroffuch 2 Exeè; 3.g. hazard, and hath fuck a penalty annexed to ir, toprelle into thevfe ofholy thingsnot beingfo fittedand fo furnilhedas isneceffary, it is theMinifers pact toglue warning of thedanger, that fo ifanyman notwithffandingwing.* the eduenture,it mayappetire that he is a wilfull trefpa(fer, andhis owneheart may be ablero tefifie, that he was aduifed oeherwife. 3. Risquepart ofthe Pafors dune, to take, away (as muchasinhim lyeth) thepreciota fromthetueá, andto put aIer.rg.tq: a differencebetwixt the one andthe other, theprepared and the vnwoeehy,that (asfarreaspofliblemaybe) Holy thingsmaynot beegiaenvntodogsb. 4. Iris a bMaar.e. inatterof charity, towhich eueryman is bound, not tofeffer hisbrothermfie c, cLcwt.rg:y; but by all the manes heecan-to (top him from it. It is aMinifersdutymuch snore,as much as he may, to flay thepeople from committing fogreat an eulli, as is the entermedling with theMales of Gods Couenanr,the dueconditions not obferued. 5. There is. a particular iniun&ion, by which Thole that fern the Lordin the adminifration of holy things, are commanded togetherwith the fernfifytng of themfelues toprepare their brethrend, Now how (hall they prepare d z Chro.g ç.á their brethren butby teaching themwith all diligence, what things are necel- faryto the right vfi gofGodsordinances, and by chargingthem as from the Lord, not to dare toprowokc him to anger°, by their irreuerence, and by carleffe er Cor:rosí andprofane dealing with thole things which are offo highand holynature as the Sacraments. 'Thismuff lrfneedesmake againfthofewhowanteither ablenefreorcon- - kience,orboth, in this particular,that is, which eitherknow nothow todireel the people depending on them,to the right vfe ofthe Sacramenr,ntelfe, know-. ingfomewhatappertaining toit, want compafionouér thepeoples föules,and bluffer them to defileGods ordinances, bycomming to them, after a kindeof prefumptuous manner, andcum kickagainfl theefferingoftkeLorde. Thematter frsam;z' which Godlaidto Elias chargeabout hisfonnes was, Hlafame:ranintoaflander, andheflayed themnot z. Thefame is our finne, ifwe labournot with then-moilof gt ssnk ; our might to fopthe rudeneffe acidrafhneffe of thepeople, inthruting them-. into thevfeofthole vifible pledgesofhisgrace,without due prouifion.God gluevs all that wemay, confider ir, becaufe as the irreuerent andprophane dea. hug with theSacraments, isnoneoftheleaff linesofthis generation, fomuch Ofthe guiltthereof, it isto be feared will fallvpon vs, whodoenot dealeherein fofaithfully as we Ihould, invrging(as is fit) the conditionsnecefary,- and'in enquiringinto ourpeople howthey befurnifred. Thisisferondlytobevrgedaga tiff tholeofthepeople,Who ireapt (asthe y(4ut atollare) to fet at naught the care Oftheir Minifer, feekingro further them in thisbuftneffe.I t isa common faying,*hat, eedhrusable lumielfeaboat wt;let hün (poke tobimfefie, hefhallnot anfiderforvt, l hopewerireofágetoconftdtr Wbetwehaätt Cc E _.__.---`--- ra
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