C>taNa.Ir 334 1111 t at things are requUfi .e to anable acini act. t.Abiliti :. Mat.a. 2 3 LAíf Three things mull be dcare to Minüttr: r.Godt glatie. ',mans iahtatiid fineeriti_ of the truth. IG c..p Comrnentarie vpon the this endof hiscalling ? AArf.Hereunto cwothingsate required: r, abili- rie, z.affeólion: both which prouoke diligence,and faitbfultnes : eA6i1- litie, 1.ofiearning 2. of judgement. For the former : he mull bea- ble to feed withwholefome do&rine. We will not put forthour chil- dren tonurfcs whiofe breaswant milke, vnleffe wewould flame them; fo the Lord itcuer committeth hischildren ro drienurfes though often in judgement be kaue , and permit themvnto fpiriruall famine. Seeing therefore the ?Hefts upper fhould preferue knowledge, and the Paliors breafls fhou(d be like Iolephs granaries,flored with al prouifionagainfl the tirase offamine ;let all idle,and idoli Miniflers that thrufl themielues in for I''aflors , and can onely feed themfelues, confider of theirdanger betimes,ieaf# too late repentance cauCe them to know what it is toMarne the Lords people , and murther fo many Rules , themeanefi of which the whole world cannot counteruaile. For the latter,he mull be ofable iudgemenr, sud wifedome, to know thenature, sod coullirutionof his people, the flare of his flockc;whether they beof weake or firong Go- maks, and Co whether they needmilke or fironger meare, a. He mull be able like a skilfull cooke, to know how to feafon the food hedeliue- ret h ; he is nor prefently fit tohe a cooke,that canput on a white apron, orconforme in a ceremonie; but as he mull be a man of skill in his qu aline, fomull hebe a man of a good tali , end haueexperienceof that he prepareth for others, wifely deliucring points not onely profitable for theperlons prefent , but things alloproper to the prefent occafions, and befittingoccurrences. 3. He mull not onely know when his pro- uifïonis well feafoned, but allowhen it is feafonable : like a good Ile- ward, whoalrereth the dyer of thehoule, according as the feuerall lea- tons feuerally furnifh the market:foras euery one muff hauehis portion, fo muff he haue it in due feafon:a word in time tohim that is weary , is a fruit of a learned rongue,and to feed the impenitent with judgement, is wifcdome,leeing an humble tattle is brokenwith threatniug and a fe- cure heart is hardned with promifes. But to the further furnt(hment ofthe Minifler, the fecond thing mull be added, namely the affection of lone. Which mull looke threewayes at once ; 1. toGod. z. to man. 7,. to the truth. The glorie of God mull beprized aboueall things, whichwill make him fpeakeonely for God, and he that fpeaketh onely for God , cannot but be wholefomely conuerfant in his word, lob. 7. 18. For loue of Gods glorie effeéleth two things, both concurring to wholefome do&rine. z. concealment of humane wifedome: 2.demonfiration of the fpirit, z. Cor,z.4. that is, a fecret power andauthoritie ofthe fpirit, going with his word, cnlightning with his owneother mens vnderflandings,and heating by his
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