THE .DINITIE ofPreaching, > Their. g. zo. Des/i not Propbecying: He vertenextbefore this,Ihandlednot farrehenee,nowwell necrehalfe ayecre agoe.My meaning was tohaue therealto treated, both vpon thisand thatwhich followeth, ifthere hadbeenopportunity.But now,this Letlure beingwell be- gun,(and 1 pray God it may fp long continue) andmy felfe, beingcalled to beare a part therein, I thoughtwith my Pelf, I couldnot chufe a morefit Text,wherewith, rofet onwith thisworke, itbeingfodirefted toprocure honour tothis preaching bufineffe, whichtheGentlemen of thereparts(for their owngood and theTownes)haue feemedfodefrrousof,and vpon which they profefftohaue dependance. I de-, lightnot to be long inpreambles, I am comehither to difcharge thedutyofa Preaches,not oían Orator.Thus then,itwas'Pater aduife in theprecedent ver&, T1:ó Colic. toeueryone fenible inhimfelfeof the gracesofGodsSpirit, filch asdoaccom. Tcor. rent: ofthe pany faluarion,tobeware ofquenching them; and foaccordi,gly toendeauour tokeep life inthem,yea,and toaddemoreheatevnto them,by all good meaner. Now afpeciall means, both tocontinue and augment this facred fire, is here prefcribed,and it is this,notto difpi¡eProphecjing: fohaueyou ofa fhortText the connexion in (port, Icannot bee profitabe toyou in difcourfing vpon there 'words,vnleffe I make youto know,what thatis,wlrich is termcd,Propheejing, and What not defpifePrcpkeejing. Indic ftri&ell takingof-the word,roPro- The opening Fhss7,it isto foretellfomefurure thiog,andfoaccordingly they were anciently nfthewotds termed Prophets, towhomGod reuealed his fpeciall purpofestouching theaf- ter rimes. But now in thenew Teflament we find thisPrepbecjieg, not fo Much to fignifie a reuealing before hand, bydiuine infpirement, what touching States and Common-wealths,andparticular perfous (hall enfue, asan exooun. ding the Scriptures in fuch fort , asmightbet} aduance thecommon benefit, )dc thinker I find inPaid an enaft definition of Prephecing; it is a (peaking Ggg to
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=