The DignityofPreaching. g$# rant bathanyman tothinke he iscalled,butby that-mines whichGodordab' ned to call theGentiles ? And what meanes findwe that tobe,other then this? . Geeteaob, preach the Got-bateemery Createires. What can beplainerthen this ?oManatr.w. Godhathreconciled vttacobimfelfeblCbrf, andbathgiaeaverb men,.MxiffryofxMca S c. Reconciliationr. Weewill Toone yeeld that by this placeit is proued,thattherey isno caroming unto God the Father, but byChrift :- Shall it not be as (irongly ported thence, that there isno ordinaryacceffe to Chril, but by the !v}inillry? What monadour Saaiour topity themultitude , beingwithout a fhepheard, '(aWeareris theLord, halo" s ) was itnot becaufe they were inapparent ha-ZMar.9.36. card offalaation,being fo deflitute? Why is the LandofZabalim,'and Neptba_ Tim laid to fit in darkenefe, and ix the Repo. of thefbadem ofdearb, vntillthe lightof preaching (hone among them a , but becaufe the inhabitants werein aMat, 10.56. thehigh way mild!, without Minifleriall inftru'&ion? Note that fpeech el, alongtime, witbaatOod, nedmithoutapriOreteachb. NoPriefito teach, no buChr.if3, irsterell in God. There is no Logicke in theworld to conclude otherwife. I am fame to flint my felfe in that , which Icould fay inthisargument. I heare what men fay, when theybee notable toelude the euidenceof thefe tel limo- nies. They obie&and cry out , Oh Craelej, ohBarbarifste! Now youdoeObier/. damneall that haueno preaching. I fpeake all this whileof a wayandbcourfegxfiver. towhichwe are tied, snd whereto wemull trait , andoutof whichwee may not venture. I takenot onme to prejudice thepower ormercy ofGod ; I will not foraworld fay in aPulpit , that there are none in heaven , which neuer heard a Sermon : Iamnot ignorantofGodsableneffetofane, as her pleafeth: I knowGod can glue bread fromheaven e; hecan make one fate of cloathes, e Exol,i6. or one paire offtoes toferne a mans turne forty yerres a, beecatscsufe the dDnst.0 . S. earth toyeeld cornewithout Cowing 0, he can make one pitcherofoyle topayliHn ;; a great dealt ofdebt(. But whatof this? Nowarrant hence for me to fny,huG /; i B 4 bandry isnot the ordinary mettes ofhatingCome ; lowingand mending the ordinary meanes to preferueapparell;providence and indufbry, andendeauoue to get mony, theordinary meanstopaydebts. Becaufe the Ifraelites were fed with Mantel, May l lie ender a hedge in the Strum, looking till Mannahdrop into my mouth? or becauleCorne oncegrewwithout lowing, got fell away my Plough And like Saimaa,(laggardg, (heath up my hands into mybo- 1rrou,ae.a , tome, andrenounce Husbandry? Or becaufeofthat of the Prophets widow, difchatging debtbya pitcher ofoyle, purpofely run myCelle intodebt many pounds, refoluingro leant tontine Ene-estor nitriteofoyle topay all? wee would laugh atfuch inferences, and thinkea man halfemad,' who (heuldmake fuchcontiufions. Andyeti knowthey arebettera great draie then shin; that becaufe wedoenot fay, they areall damnedwhich haueno preaching, there- forePreaching is not theordinary meanes to feeke faluation by ; Ifaytheft concluflons arebetter, becaufe wee haue evidence of fome, fuflainedin out- ward things by fuch vfuall meanes; but there isno certenty of anyparticular mans faluation,without minifleriall Teaching. As thereforenotwith(landitrg Gods dealingwith the Ifeaelites,with Hezeehiab,withthewidow,I may bold, ly fay, that hewho trollstobe fedfrom Heauen,fhall be fterued ; and hewho fuppofeth topay hisdebts with a pitcher ofoyle, (hallrot in prifon: So hewho thinks to be faued without preaching, (hallbe damned c Wemuff looke to what Godbids es do,andnot towhat he inhisabfolute powercan doe. Gods0¡,ieii. extraordinary working is no impeachment at all to the truth ofan ordinary eea(ef.Ii,B, rule. Therebee Come, which hauegotten that by the cnd, whichApr/1'.m- eapas. ports;touching himfelfe, how that he heard avoyce Paying tohim,Takevp used reade,rakf vpandreade.Andfo taking thenew Teftamenr, hefell fuddenly ztthe firlt openingof the bonite vpon that place : Net in glatronj anddreenkenneQe, tb.e. h And hereby it is fttppofed , llagaf ine was conuerted : Where. IaRw.., r i Ggg 3 upon
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=