T/e ?Preachher.rp'ed. 139 as in tills , reben hieveyce is obeyeda; andhow can hisvoyce be obeyed tillit is ei t Sams f.s» knowne ? and whar,other ordinarymeanesofknowledge (hall weetruft veto betides preaching? S'.eing then the Sabbath day is afit time in regard ofpeo piesaffemblidg together , and feting.alfo the preaching and hearing of the word,isamainep artofthewor(hipofGod,andbyconfeyuencéefpeciallyin tended in the fir(} in(litoclanof the Sabbath, he that endeuoureth to enrcrtaiue hispeople euery lords day, with the opening and applying the Scriptures, eannoü iu(ì'ly be acoufcdto be one , who by toomuch familiaritydrawer: the ordinance ofGod. into eontempt. And if examples bee ofany force herein , they bermewanting: of oldAlafete'u the Synagogues emery Sabbath days That whichour Sauiourdid at Nazareth, is raidto haue beenhis, Ads euftome C. Infiinn sìrtyr tefkifyeth;that thereading andopeningof the Scriprmeela.¡t,utc 4 ,- fledetebniteily for airhome longwary Sabbmh day. Tenulban reports, that Usher dales (and they were neerethe timesof the Apotiles,aswere alto la/lineci or- Sawn Sarno. tyri) there roarna psbhke meeting, inwhich before thediffelohig ofie, they werenaffed ni /rra. with holyferment. Augufline faith of e/In:brofe, that hepreached emery Lordsday. omnidrede- And I remember the f ecchof a reuerend Bi(bo ofthis land, namely, that minita. p P Bnbiegten, Mini( orcori no morcenter into the Church vpon aSabbathday witboutyreacht g, and not be guiltyofa damnablefieno, shrrr.Aar on couldenteratanytime into the C011,re- gatiatu artheue death, cafe he founded not his belles when heenired. And farther,, that hecossmìttetb thetiisaneefa dabbe dew, whopaffetb suer a Sabbathwithout prca. ching,andinfedoing, csufrtha/ fsthepeepletopollutetheSabbathday.. You fee exam, pies and lodgement in this cafenot tobe defpi ed Nymphus. ovoll,fapp fe it beyteldedante, that it.b.egoodrocontinuetbe exercife of Preachigeuer7 Sadbarbday , yet itmay famefitperflneru to draw thepeople re hea. ring open theweeks.dajet, when menare otherwife intheirworldly afairesio bee bp. played., Epapb, That is it which i was rownext about to fpeake óf: I cannot fay,it is a matter ofneceflityfor aMtr,iftertotyehimfeaforhis Audicorstoaweek.Lo weekday day Sermon e yet ifa Preacher bee foto bellow his paints; and the Lecture. people, in rcfpe&oftheir dwelling together, as in Citiesandgreater Townes,: beready toredeemofrmetime*for fogoodapurpofe. I hold /t very commen. t dable. When Rauland Baruabae preachedat Antioch, wereade, that theGenorPy6e..g,r6, tilesbesought them , shittheywouldpreach thofewardsto them, inthefiracebetwixtthat widthSabbath day f. Now thoughIwill not fay,that that example is a Law, yetfA&.t;aa: I mull needs fay it is an allowance to filch a course : and that which was tie rd ,wm;ú commendable in them, cannot deferue blamiu others ofGodsChildrenoa /Saint. who are willing to diuett timeof their time allowed for outward bu(inef. Irma prozimé fes tofpirituall occalons; as namely for the increafing of their knowledge , ¡tuatSo/- and for the edifying themfeluet intheir moll holy Faith,. Neither can Cued a course iveP?o s ñµ be more an occahon of bringingpreaching into contempt, then the eflabli ,e flied order formeeting onWednefdayes and Fridaies to prayer and readingof seta. the Scriptures, canbee or is anoccafion 'tomake theregood exercifesto bee' lodono, defpifed. Nymph; Ibaut heardformfiar,that it is foundandlearnedpreaching Whichwe that arethe peoplemuß will,for, andnot often andcontinuallpreaching :andthatthewerdof Gadis comparebto raree,which though it be inmeasureprofitable, yet inabnndaneeuna. keth the feed rotten vnder theclods a. /a+manner, theyfaythat preaching inmòe nIcel. tntp,' derationmay dotmuchgood: butafitexcecde,maybeeanoccafonof&amateur, among the hearers. Epaph. It is a wofull thing, that menshould fo farce ftretch their wits to de. ceiue their owre foules,and ro beguileothers alto. Iwouldwe had all learned theApofll esrule,net to doeanytheng againfl the truth, butfor thetrntha. Tofatisfie you touching this that you bane named , hauing obferuedit (as you fay) outof e a Çorr;sç Ç ç the
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