112, The `Preachers T lets. 'banenot chofen thisman,he is not gifted for thisweighty bufne fe: ifthey for all that fhallglue the outward allowanceofaMini(terrohim , iom in their certaineknowledge God hath not graced with giftsfufficient for the callingof aMiuifer, what puni(hment inall likelyhood this ralhneffe is liableveto, I leaue it toeuerymansconfciencethat feareth God to examine: and I pray God giue them whom itconcemeth hearts to confider it. Nymph. Iioynewithymínyoar ood tiara, andyetperhapsmenofplacemay plead Akita ofxeeefty,teadmit men efno better fafciency ;there bang not that lore oflear- xed men andFreachert;to fiermfheueryfexeralcongregation. Epaph. What is tobee borne withal in cales of ineuitable neciffity , is one thing,and what is tobepermitted when the good messes isnot wan ting,is a- notherthing:for thisour land,firfl,I think there wasnester any trial rakcn,whe they the numberof learned men were proportionable to the tale of feuerall parishes:Secondly,the Vniuerfities are liketothe marketplace,in which (land many ofgoodquality, ofwhom ifyou demand, wbyffandyou here ? They will fMaeaos,8. anfwere ,8ecaefenomanhigh hiredvai. And the federal' Colledges, 'metes itis Laid of theteethof the fpoufe) lsbeaflockeeffheept in goadorder, whichgoevp gCant.4.a. from thewafhing whichawry mebringout iwinnes, akdáone ùbarren among theme. Thirdly, the Scripturetellerh vs, that Chrff afcendedvpoubigbtesinegifts vote h Epheh4.8, mesh.: Why thenMould we thinke his hand fo (hortned, as that it fhould bee deemedvnpoffrble to furnifh this whole Church with preaching Mini(lers t Fourthly ,ifthat be true which fome fay , That there are morelearnedmenu Enq, land,then inallthereformed CherchesofEuropebefidet, then there isnocaufeto' plead any fach neceffsty. And therefore Iaccount thatas a colear, rather then any argument. Nymph. l [tare mefsr,Ibaue toomuchinterreptedyox . prayyonthereforeproceed ironerproofsofthùpoint, that there ie asuceffity lasdvpenexert' Mnifler thatfhallvn dreads the wereoffodes, tobeeablatedoe more then bareieyrendtheholy Scriptxres vu- te thepeople. Epaph. The next reufonwhicb haue to fttcngthen thisprinciple,is groun- dedvponthis,becpufe Ifinde by theScripture, that it is amatter ofvery great difficulty tobea good Minifter. Thereare two things principally required in aMuffler : the one, that he beable toexhort withwholefome Doctrive : the other, iSitus a.4: that he haue skill toimproxe them thatfayagain(( it i.: Whereto agrceth that fay- Yeritatapro- ingofAugaffine, that Neemull beeamaintainereftrxth, and awiihfianderoferror. putw1e,,& For which caufethe fpirituall builders in Gods building k, which is theChurch, error's expug. are not vnfitly compared to thofe who builded theTemple in iVehemiae his »atorarsg.de time,who4idthewar4ewish the onehand , andwith the etherheld thefwordL. Itisa DODr.chr.l.4. Marne for aMinifler, ifit than fallout withhisfpiriruallworke, asToboas the a.4. k g. Ammonite faidinfcorneofthe re-edified Citty andTemple,of the lewes,A!_ t 1N,h lfem.4.1 though theybraid , yetifaFoxe gee vp, betfñall aimbreaGtdoro ,ie theirffónJWallm. on Nehe.4.3. So, I fay,it(hall be a blemilb toa teacher inGods Church, ifhe (hall build fo »Cams,tç, weakely that thole Foxes, thofellttleFaxes^, (ofwhom the, S oufe complai-. neth) fhallbe able byand by tobreake downe the building. Well then letany manconfider either of there two,and tell mewhether it benot a matterofvery great difficulty in anygood meafure to performe it.TheProphet /fayfaith,thác TheLord hadgisesshuma iossgaeeofthelearned, for that one peece of ferssice, That elfay54.4 be might knew tominifer a word in timeto him that is weary: Andyet this is but onebranchofa Miniflers office. Ifwithalladde to it otherparticulars, fuch as are wifdome in admonifhing, courage in reprouing, foundne(fe in apr- ning thetrealisreof the holy Text, difcrerion inapplying accordingro times and pecfons,with the like, which art required of curry Mtnilher in hisplace ; then wee cannot but yeeldthat behad needto bee able todoe fomething more pa Tim.3.t S. then reade, who (hallfeeketodebase bias/die inthe knelt ofGodP ashe ought to doe.
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