I be Treacber.r plea. S t t Epapb. The calling ofthe Church , I acknowledgeto beefoneceffary,that without it(a fettled forme of Churchgouernnent being efiablifhed) no mania tdbe reputed alawfull Minifter,rhoughhe be drherwifeofneuer fo great fufñ. ciency. God (I know)callethmenextraordinarilyfometimes,asnamely , in the'fidìfounding andplanting oftheChurch : (fo were theApoftles andBuan+ gehas called :)and when the Church of Lod is defaced ; and an vniuerfall A. p6aafie fpread ouer it; (Coit is thought they were caned, whoreaored the fin. cér cy ofreligion,after the long night ofPopery.) But this extraordinary kind ofcalling neuer takcth place,butwhen-ordinary callingfaileth. Now though the calling and allowanceof the Church is neceffary , yet irisnot fufficient to the being of a Minifter. The office of the Church is onely to approne, it is God that makethaMiniaer. And therefore theChatchistyedtoa law, toht, lhthdr pads.), spen noman 1, but topra to frff t ,and to vfe avery precife exami- f5 Tsa. TSa, tiation before they feperate any man to theoffice of a Minifter. The Chur-t a Tim. ;.to dies duty istolearchout what menthe Lord hashcbofen,totakeapart in themini- fñtation".I know them be error committedherein, and men in their choi- sipe4r (Rind ele6tions,may be deceiued.Itfarethmany times with the Governors of m Ads th`e.huich,äs it did with lash in t9 a Campe , When -afbfalonwas flaine, and x sSam,tB;, the armyof thöfewhich ioyncd withhint in the confpiracy,was ouerthrowne, ¡mb was purpofed by a meffenger toinforme David of the fucceffe of thebat- till:: hereupon one safbinsaaaofferedhimfclfeto Indic carieroftydings: Leah : ¡hutisim backe, takisganoeiter, one Cnflroto be thefitter for thatferuice, Ahi miuunotwitlltätiding continued to importuneleak, Ghat (Ipray thee)ifIron álíä. after Cnfbi? Andagaine,Yet what ofInes? And neuer left mill he hadob. rained licence to run al Co. Honing gotten this leaue torun, he ran bytheway of theplame,and ouer -went Cofbi,andcame firft toDasid,and made wife,as if lieceuld have told tydmgs, Butwhen the Kingcameto particulars, then he was (dent,'Ifawagréariutoüü ,but knew not wbat, The cafe fohandeth ma- s'y times in theChurch. The fpirituall loabr, the leaders Y ofGods people, in- yl3s6dA, tend (perhaps) to fendnone but (hufies , men ofwhofe faitFfulneffe and fufh- ciency, they haue goodexperience: but yet haplyCome Ahimaazor other,fome that might well Ray tobearetidmír another time,aeppethin,andputtethforward liimlelie, andby importunity'puichafeththat whichotherwife delert couldnot obtaiae, and fo runneeh by the wayoftheplaint (that coramos and too much troden path ofSymony)and ouer-goeth the worthier; andbeingfirft come in- to the faceofGods Church, feemeth tobeable to bring outofhie treetfdre,:birgs both old andnew o, Bnt ifyorsgrow withhim intoparticularn, you fhallßndeçMar.t ;. ;a. hiíri like thepelt in the Gofpell, eves /peeeb/efe',(othat he mull bee fainetoaMnt,aa.ta, Band áfrde till C,/di commeth to refolueyou. Thus I fay an errour may hap. pen, and anouer-fight may be'commitred even bythe belt omerfeerr. But when this negligence becommethaenhome, and it waxethan ordinary matter, to make ofthe lotr f efebopeople, Triesofthe high plates`, fo that isamanner who ; l(in,t$.n; wsll,máy coferrate himfelfe, then aman may well crywithDamid, itis timefor thee Lord towork! < Ari(e, 0God ,andlift rip thineband d. And how fearefull a thing a PCatt tsó iris , for thofe which willingly fnffer it, may appcare by anexamplenot much dPCal. io,as, vnlike. God lent Samuel h to annoint oneof I/hat his Tonnes , to beeKing ouer s a Sam ia, lCraal : Sangria feeingEliab, becaufe ofhis countenance,and the height of his Baum, laid, Sorely the Lordsannaintedit beforehim: The like conceit had hee the tell ofhis brethren: but yet he received hill a ferretinformation, TheLord bathchafes none ofthefe. Put cafe that Samuel notwith(landing this direeliongi- trenhim,hadtookethehorneofoyle, andannointedforne otherbefide Amid, . had it not beets great contempt to haue proceeded contrary to command'? So in this cafe, they towhom theofficeand funetionoflayingonofhandsbe. longeth in Gods Church, when the Lordmall fay exprefly inhis word, I haul
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