,Q,w. 4.4. ,r °YCt Eptille to theTheffalonians. E R. 1. felfe, in it felfe,is multiplied ; but in fubieffe: as At7.6.7. Reafons'of the duety : i hereby is Gods Kingdome en- larged : z Satans demolífhed : 3 our confummate blef- fednefTe halened. Necef iitie : t oppofites many to proceedings of Truth ; as Iannes and Iambres to c./Vlof s . a Perfecutions of all forts, from all forts of people railed. 3 Timoroufneffe of Predicants occafioned thereby. 4 Reproach of the word. 5 Ill hues of thole that preach and profeffe it. Theft,' and the like impediments, meets the Gofpell withal'.; that were there not a diuine verrue to breake through áll,it had Bopped in Sion,whence it firft began courfe. fin Now bleffed be God that bath giuen vs a King, nur g father to the Church, defender of the Faith once giuen to Saints : oppofites elle it hath as many, as euer any age af- forded; witnefiè the infurredtions of multitudes, when once tick cfeEluall doore is fet open; heRdes the iwarmes of I Locnils afrefh chirping atnongays: And, which with- out griefe I mention not, the many exorbitancies of men preaching, and protecting the Truth. All thefe exat our prayers for vnhindered paffage. You may adde in your meditation, the miferable eflate of many congregations in this Kingdome, difperfed, fhall I fay ? without a Shepheard; or tamifht with the Idole Shepheard. Amongst whom, befides confuted notices and rumours of one Icfus and his death, is fcarce to be found any other knowledge of lefus Chrifi' and him crucified. If any bowels be in vs, they will yearne at their mifery, and ,n pray God tofend them n Paslars after his omne heart, to feed them with knowledge and vnderflanding. And there are of that ° other fold, which our Sauiour fpeakes of, fheepe, as I hope, many, whom the Lord will hung home. P The fulneffe of the gentiles is not yet come in. Nations many, to whom the name of lefus hath not yet bin knowne : vainly, I thinke, we hope for /eves re- floring, till Indian Churches be colledted ; at leaß the Gof- pell preached veto them for a Teftimony againU them : jailor ? or doth our naufeating of the Gofpell, the lo per 22 I vfe. k ICor.16.9. l Apoc 9.3. ,tt Mat.9 36. ° Ier.3.i 5. °Iohnloi6. P IZoIi7. t I.2 s, ¡ R F,iejtVidi
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