e1 `The Prezcheraplea. 10 asIfaidbefore) foforthofewhich are reported morelargely by theEisang, lilt, I perfwzdemy felfethere is noman, but(ifhe will fpeake the truth, but of hisowne cpnfcience)he will confeffe, that helearneth more by them,when by preaching theyareenplaned, then when they arecsnely read unto him. filly we haue in theBiblevery few copiesoftheApoflles fermwssi thofe that be,are in the bookeoftheAEI's, and yet many times,this isall which is faidof them: *herreachedinlefw therefurredllen from*dead?, they-wow too.vndfrapreaeare theword,preacbed Chisft,preachedthe things thatconennethe Kingdomsof Gae0,and As, 8.41 many the like fpeeches:all which are likeunto the littlea/aud,which the(truant lira, ofElia:law'; which choughat the fi,ll it was battthj a masskasd,yct at laft it covered the faceofhearfen; fo thefe,beingçlaufes ofvery few words,yet mini- r, Kin.t8;4a fter tuft matter ofmany large difcourfes , and the fame alfo very needful for thewell vnderlandingof them. Ifit thall be laid , thattheApoihes writings Were fermons. f anfwcre, they caintotproperly bee called their fermons : Paul writingto theRomans,faith, that betides this labourof tnriting, hewas ready a1fatopreach the Güellvntothem C;fothat he did not accounthiswritlngeo bcefllem.iie. preaching; TheEpilles of theApoftles were the fummes of that doCtrine which they had taught by wordofmouth, andaccording to the te¡iòrwhere- of, _their delirewas , that theMiniflersof theplaces to whom they wrote` Shouldyroceede. I know they were teas! in theChurches,gecotdingas frwas í044; meete, that a matterwritten to awhole Congregation fould bee commuait, eared to all inpublike: but what then?I doubt nor, butthe Paltórs in the retie., rail affemblies, did (aswe nowdoe)preach vpón tholeEpiftles, andOpen and apply them to their auditories : and fo muchmay earlyappeare, as by other places, foefpecially by that fpeech to the Hebrewes, by theAuthorof the E pille written co themrlbejeeh you alfo brethren;feferthewords oftxbertation : for Ilsaéwrittenaweyou a fewwords.: which fpeech(ask is Wellobferuedby twosÍiéb .r;.ati; learned interpretersdour lattertimes) the Apotilepurppfely vfedj, left hisCaluin.aad writing lhotildbe anoccafon toany, of leffening that dueelfniatfen, Which cm laop n hu the ordinary courfe ofpreaching did deferue :Itisaloneasif theApoftlehad p laid : Brethren notwitbfandngY llthis whit, Ibane wrratenvntoyon :yet Iprayyaw eantianeyouraccuftoe ed reverenceto the labours of'yourowne8?ariers:I, a the naciste ofan Wile regsirrtá,haco wrineabriefly, tbereforeyon/:all1h11needtbe affiliated. ef Jarwatchftell andlearned Owerfeers,who ¡ballenlarge tbefe pointt,whreh Ibane draW* astt wereintoa narrowram , andbypowerful! exhortations applythem either toyour eeaòfortor reproefe,gutheirknewledgeinyour eftatsfromWrit to rimethandiredl them; This is the meaning of that place, plainely propiogthe necelfìtyofioyning thepaiuesofa Preaching Miniler; With thewritingsadd Epifilesof the App- lies of Chrift lefus. Obferue this alto further with rise touching that place' that that phrafe(wardofexbortation)'therevfed , as it is but once moreinthe' new Teftament(as far as Icancall tomind) fo therewhere it is,it is put dire4'. ly forthat preachingoras Imay terme ir)(ermöning,which was wontinpub- like affeo:bltes to follow the reading of the Scripture.. And thus baneyou xA40td,i; myanfwere to this fecond lour reafon why reading lwuldbepreaching, He- caufefotfoot, thereby is communicated -to vs thefummeand lubflanceof the worthy fermons which Chrift and the Prophets and Apolles haueformerly deliuered, The weakneffe Of which reafon, I hope this (hurt difcourfe hath madeyou to perceive. Nymphus. ForShea eraalleadgedrajas, 'abase iedrerestyfatrrfiedAlta/ doe nowexpel1, *hatpaws!Ifay, touchingthe lafEreafoa whyreadìnpfloyldbee rats eking. Epaph. The third reafon (as I remember) was, that readingmay therefore truly be calledpreaching , becaufe in ourChurch the reading of theScripture fo orcked, .chat lift, there is aportionoftheold Teftamentread, next ache nesv,
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