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             A good minister of Jesus Christ a funeral sermon for the Reverend Richard Steel, a faithful and useful minister of the Gospel, delivered Novemb. 27, 1692 / by George Hamond ...
             Hamond, George, 1620-1705.
             Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
          
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             A
             Good
             Minister
             of
             Iesus
             Christ.
             
          
        
         
           A
           Funeral
           SERMON
           For
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           RICHARD
           STEEL
           ;
           A
           faithful
           and
           useful
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           Delivered
           Novemb.
           27.
           1692.
           
        
         
           By
           
             George
             Hamond
          
           ,
           M.
           A.
           and
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Samuel
             Sprint
          
           at
           the
           Bell
           in
           Little-Britain
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Lawrence
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           ,
           M
           DC
           XCIII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           ,
           To
           my
           Respected
           ,
           and
           Beloved
           Friends
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           special
           Charge
           of
           Reverend
           Mr.
           Steel
           .
        
         
           
             THere
             are
             two
             Things
             which
             gave
             the
             Occasion
             of
             writing
             this
             Preface
             :
          
           1.
           
           
             That
             I
             may
             lay
             before
             you
             the
          
           Reasons
           ,
           
             why
             I
             make
             this
             particular
          
           Address
           to
           you
           .
           2.
           
           
             That
             I
             may
             take
             this
             Advantage
             ,
             to
             offer
             some
          
           Requests
           
             to
             you
          
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             following
             Discourse
             is
             now
             exposed
             to
          
           publick
           View
           ,
           
             because
             the
             Subject
             insisted
             upon
             in
             it
             ,
             is
             of
          
           general
           Use
           and
           Concernment
           to
           all
           
             who
             have
             a
             due
             Sense
             of
          
           Religion
           ,
           
             and
             really
             look
             after
             the
          
           Welfare
           
             of
             their
             precious
             immortal
             Souls
             .
             For
             therein
             ,
             they
             are
             directed
             how
             to
             make
             a
             Difference
             between
             such
             as
             feed
             them
             only
             with
          
           Chaff
           ,
           or
           Ashes
           ,
           
             and
             those
             that
             break
             to
             them
             the
          
           Bread
           of
           Life
           :
           
             Between
             such
             as
          
           subvert
           
             them
             ,
             and
             those
             that
          
           build
           
             them
             up
             in
             the
          
           most
           holy
           Faith
           :
           
             Between
             such
             as
             would
             engage
             them
             in
          
           furious
           Contentions
           ,
           
             and
             those
             that
             endeavour
             to
          
           
           
             keep
             them
             in
             the
          
           Unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Bond
           of
           Peace
           :
           
             Between
             such
             as
             follow
          
           cunningly-devised
           Fables
           ,
           and
           speak
           Lies
           in
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           
             and
             those
             that
          
           rightly
           divide
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
           
             Of
             what
             Importance
             these
             things
             are
             ,
             the
             Serious
             and
             Considerate
             will
             quickly
             apprehend
             .
             But
             it
             is
             likely
             that
             they
             who
             are
             immerst
             in
             the
             Love
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             or
             infatuated
             with
             the
             Pleasures
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             will
             despise
             or
             ridicule
             them
             .
             If
             what
             is
             therein
             offered
             ,
             shall
             ,
             by
             the
             Blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             make
             Impression
             upon
             any
             ,
             and
             prevail
             with
             them
             to
             enquire
             ,
             and
             search
             into
             the
             holy
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             declared
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             touching
          
           
           
             these
             Matters
             ,
             I
             shall
             greatly
             rejoice
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             I
             think
             that
          
           ye
           
             are
             ,
             in
             a
             special
             manner
             ,
             concerned
             to
             review
             and
             ponder
          
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           
             upon
             those
             very
             Grounds
             that
             induced
             me
             to
             make
             this
             particular
          
           Inscription
           
             of
             it
             to
             you
             ;
             and
             my
          
           Reasons
           
             are
             two
          
           .
        
         
           First
           ;
           
             Because
             it
             was
             upon
             your
          
           Invitation
           and
           Request
           
             (
             as
             it
             was
             represented
             to
             me
             )
             that
             I
             undertook
             the
             Preaching
             of
             my
             Brother
          
           Steel's
           
             Funeral
             Sermon
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             Application
             was
             made
             to
             a
             very
             Reverend
             and
             Excellent
             Servant
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             have
             performed
             that
          
           
           Labour
           of
           Love
           ,
           
             and
             that
             I
             did
             earnestly
             importune
             him
             to
             accept
             it
             ;
             but
             he
             absolutely
             refused
             it
             .
             For
             though
             he
             professed
             his
             very
             great
             Esteem
             for
             the
             Memory
             of
             Mr.
          
           Steel
           ,
           
             and
             that
             he
             would
             be
             ready
             upon
             all
             Occasions
             ,
             to
             shew
             it
             ;
             yet
             he
             concluded
             ,
             that
             it
             was
          
           most
           proper
           
             for
             me
             to
             perform
             that
          
           Service
           ,
           
             as
             being
             ,
             by
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             ,
             brought
             into
             such
             a
          
           Conjunction
           
             with
             him
             in
             the
             Ministration
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             Whereby
             I
             saw
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             way
             to
             change
             his
             Resolution
             ,
             or
             to
             invalidate
             his
             Reason
             .
             This
             I
             now
             mention
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             have
             a
             plain
             ,
             tho
             brief
             ,
             Account
             of
             that
             Procedure
          
           ;
           
           and
           so
           to
           prevent
           ,
           or
           remove
           ,
           some
           Surmises
           ,
           which
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           have
           been
           entertained
           by
           such
           as
           determine
           things
           meerly
           according
           to
           their
           own
           Preconceptions
           or
           Prejudices
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           none
           will
           interpret
           my
           solliciting
           of
           that
           
             eminent
             Person
          
           to
           have
           yielded
           to
           that
           Request
           which
           was
           made
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           have
           proceeded
           from
           any
           Unwillingness
           in
           me
           to
           afford
           my
           Service
           (
           such
           as
           it
           is
           )
           toward
           the
           solemnizing
           of
           my
           deceased
           Brother's
           Funeral
           .
           For
           to
           that
           I
           was
           forward
           enough
           ,
           both
           out
           of
           that
           Affection
           and
           Honour
           which
           I
           had
           for
           him
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           the
           Desire
           which
           I
           had
           to
           gratify
           
           you
           ;
           especially
           in
           that
           which
           might
           conduce
           to
           the
           promoting
           of
           your
           Faith
           ,
           Holiness
           and
           Comfort
           .
           Upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           think
           my
           
             first
             Reason
          
           must
           be
           allowed
           to
           have
           its
           Weight
           ,
           That
           the
           Motion
           of
           Preaching
           the
           Sermon
           ,
           coming
           from
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           ,
           that
           now
           it
           should
           be
           tendered
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Reason
           ,
           why
           I
           direct
           these
           Papers
           to
           you
           ,
           is
           ,
           Because
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Sermon
           was
           preached
           ,
           ye
           requested
           me
           to
           make
           it
           publick
           .
           In
           this
           also
           I
           complied
           with
           
             your
             Desires
          
           ,
           tho
           not
           without
           some
           Reluctance
           from
           my
           own
           Temper
           and
           Inclination
           ,
           which
           
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           forward
           to
           thrust
           out
           any
           Thing
           of
           Mine
           into
           the
           World.
           For
           I
           saw
           there
           were
           others
           far
           better
           qualified
           for
           Writing
           ,
           who
           have
           abundantly
           furnished
           those
           that
           will
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Labours
           ,
           with
           great
           variety
           of
           profitable
           and
           
             excellent
             Books
          
           .
           And
           let
           me
           have
           leave
           to
           add
           farther
           ,
           That
           tho
           I
           complied
           with
           your
           Motion
           to
           
             Print
             the
             Sermon
          
           ,
           without
           much
           Gainsaying
           ,
           yet
           I
           have
           been
           inflexible
           to
           the
           Importunities
           of
           others
           ,
           in
           some
           
             like
             Instances
          
           .
           Seeing
           then
           ,
           that
           from
           
             first
             to
             last
          
           ,
           ye
           have
           influenced
           me
           in
           this
           Undertaking
           ,
           ye
           may
           reasonably
           claim
           
           a
           
             special
             Interest
          
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           ye
           will
           
             kindly
             accept
          
           this
           Tender
           of
           it
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Having
           laid
           before
           you
           the
           Reasons
           that
           moved
           me
           to
           give
           you
           a
           special
           Interest
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           subjoin
           those
           Requests
           ,
           which
           I
           desire
           may
           be
           granted
           by
           you
           .
           I
           have
           ,
           ye
           see
           ,
           complied
           with
           your
           Proposals
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           ye
           will
           shew
           your selves
           as
           ductil
           to
           my
           Demands
           ,
           especially
           when
           ye
           find
           that
           I
           ask
           nothing
           of
           you
           ,
           but
           what
           your
           Duty
           and
           Concernment
           obligeth
           you
           to
           yield
           unto
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           
             I
             entreat
             you
             frequently
             and
             seriously
             to
          
           revolve
           
             in
             your
             Minds
             ,
             and
             carefully
             to
          
           recollect
           
             those
             things
             which
             ye
             have
          
           heard
           from
           ,
           or
           observed
           
             in
             your
             late
             worthy
          
           Pastor
           ,
           
             that
             may
             ,
             in
             a
             more
          
           special
           manner
           ,
           be
           instructive
           or
           directive
           
             to
             you
             in
             your
          
           Faith
           and
           Obedience
           .
           
             And
             that
             not
             only
             what
             he
             taught
             you
             in
             his
          
           publick
           Preaching
           ,
           
             but
             also
             in
             his
          
           Visits
           and
           Conferences
           
             with
             you
             .
             For
             therein
             ,
             he
             used
             to
          
           drop
           
             something
             that
             might
             more
             neerly
             touch
             your
          
           Circumstances
           ;
           
             as
             by
          
           answering
           your
           Cases
           ,
           
             or
             by
          
           exciting
           
             and
             directing
             you
             in
             the
             conscientious
             Discharge
             of
             your
             Duty
             toward
             God
             and
             Man.
             
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             I
             desire
             you
             who
             are
          
           Traders
           and
           Dealers
           
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             have
             frequent
             recourse
             to
             his
             Book
             ,
             entituled
             ,
          
           The
           Tradesman's
           Calling
           ;
           
             and
             to
             peruse
             it
             ,
             not
             only
             as
             a
             Divertisement
             to
             entertain
             your
          
           spare-time
           
             withal
             ,
             but
             to
             select
             those
          
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           
             that
             are
             most
             accommodate
             to
             your
             Employments
             ;
             and
             to
          
           observe
           
             them
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
          
           please
           God
           ,
           obtain
           his
           Blessing
           ,
           
             and
             be
             a
          
           Credit
           to
           Religion
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             I
             recommend
             to
             you
             his
             Book
             ,
             entituled
             ,
          
           An
           Antidote
           against
           Distractions
           ;
           
             and
             so
             to
             acquaint
             your selves
             with
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             become
          
           
           come
           familiar
           
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             leave
             such
          
           Impressions
           
             upon
             you
             ,
             as
             may
             abide
             in
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             and
          
           actually
           to
           
             excite
             them
             ,
             when
             ye
             are
             exercising
             your selves
             in
             Religious
             Duties
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Endeavour
             to
             write
             after
             his
             Copy
             ,
             and
             to
             imitate
             him
             in
             Works
             of
          
           Charity
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           
             in
             which
             he
             was
             very
          
           abundant
           ,
           
             and
             very
          
           prudent
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Approve
             the
             Sincerity
             of
             that
             Love
             and
             Respect
             which
             ye
             professed
             your selves
             to
             bear
             to
             your
          
           deceased
           Pastor
           ,
           
             by
             your
             Readiness
             to
             perform
             any
             Office
             of
             Love
             ,
             Kindness
             or
             Assistance
             to
             his
             disconsolate
          
           Widow
           ,
           
             and
             his
          
           Children
           ,
           
             in
             any
          
           
           
             thing
             wherein
             ye
             may
             gratify
             them
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           Maintain
           Union
           and
           Concord
           
             among
             your selves
          
           .
           Let
           nothing
           be
           done
           thrô
           Strife
           ,
           or
           Vain-glory
           ,
           but
           in
           Lowliness
           of
           Mind
           ;
           let
           each
           esteem
           other
           better
           than
           themselves
           .
           Look
           not
           every
           Man
           on
           his
           own
           things
           ,
           but
           every
           Man
           also
           on
           the
           things
           of
           others
           .
           Let
           this
           Mind
           be
           in
           you
           ,
           which
           was
           also
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           
             My
             concluding
             Request
             to
             you
             all
             ,
             is
             ,
          
           Let
           your
           Conversation
           be
           as
           becometh
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ.
           Be
           Blameless
           ,
           and
           Harmless
           ,
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           ,
           
           without
           Rebuke
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           crooked
           and
           perverse
           Nation
           ,
           among
           whom
           ye
           shine
           as
           Lights
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             I
             leave
             these
             my
          
           Requests
           
             with
             you
             :
             And
          
           commend
           you
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           which
           is
           able
           to
           build
           you
           up
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           you
           an
           Inheritance
           among
           them
           that
           are
           sanctified
           .
        
      
       
         
           Books
           sold
           by
           
             John
             Lawrence
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           the
           Poultry
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           on
           the
           Thanksgiving-Day
           at
           Crosby-Square
           .
           By
           
             Samuel
             Slater
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           4
           to
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Mr.
           Ronolds
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           4
           to
           .
        
         
           Bp.
           Wilkins
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Preaching
           .
           8vo
           .
        
         
           
           Addy's
           Short-hand
           .
           8vo
           .
        
         
           
             Praxis
             Catholica
          
           ;
           Or
           ,
           The
           Country-man's
           universal
           Remedy
           ;
           being
           excellent
           Physical
           Receipts
           .
           By
           
             Chistopher
             Pack
          
           ,
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           .
           8vo
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Good
           Minister
           OF
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           .
        
         
           
             2
             Tim.
             II.
             15.
             
          
           
             Study
             to
             shew
             thy self
             approved
             into
             God
             ,
             a
             Work-man
             that
             needeth
             not
             to
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             rightly
             dividing
             the
             Word
             of
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           WE
           are
           ,
           this
           Day
           ,
           to
           solemnize
           the
           Funeral
           of
           a
           good
           and
           faithful
           Servant
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           
           entred
           into
           the
           Joy
           of
           his
           Lord.
           Wise
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           skilful
           in
           turning
           many
           to
           Righteousness
           ;
           and
           now
           (
           as
           we
           have
           good
           ground
           to
           believe
           )
           he
           shineth
           as
           the
           Brightness
           of
           the
           Firmament
           .
           He
           is
           now
           no
           more
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           the
           Living
           :
           and
           many
           they
           are
           ,
           who
           will
           find
           him
           wanting
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Pillars
           is
           removed
           out
           of
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           upon
           Earth
           a
           .
           The
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           and
           about
           this
           City
           ,
           will
           quickly
           be
           sensible
           that
           there
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Watch-men
           taken
           away
           .
           His
           desolate
           Family
           is
           full
           of
           Lamentation
           ,
           because
           the
           Covering
           thereof
           will
           no
           more
           overshadow
           it
           .
           Some
           weep
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           Spiritual
           Father
           ,
           who
           begat
           them
           to
           Christ
           through
           the
           Gospel
           :
           Others
           
           miss
           their
           Nourisher
           ,
           who
           was
           wont
           to
           give
           them
           their
           portion
           of
           Meat
           in
           due
           season
           .
           And
           as
           for
           my self
           ,
           I
           am
           deprived
           of
           a
           Brother
           greatly
           honoured
           and
           beloved
           by
           me
           ,
           whom
           I
           always
           found
           an
           helpful
           and
           concordant
           Fellow-Labourer
           in
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           On
           all
           hands
           ,
           there
           are
           those
           who
           recount
           their
           Loss
           ;
           but
           to
           him
           to
           die
           is
           gain
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           departed
           and
           gone
           to
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           best
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           to
           say
           no
           more
           touching
           the
           special
           Occasion
           of
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           as
           being
           known
           to
           you
           all
           ,
           as
           ye
           declare
           by
           your
           coming
           hither
           in
           greater
           Numbers
           than
           usual
           .
           But
           it
           is
           likely
           that
           some
           will
           be
           disappointed
           of
           their
           Expectation
           :
           for
           I
           suppose
           ,
           that
           several
           came
           to
           hear
           an
           eminent
           Servant
           of
           God
           ,
           
           who
           is
           richly
           furnished
           with
           all
           Kinds
           of
           Ministerial
           Abilities
           ;
           whereas
           they
           now
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           hath
           laid
           this
           Service
           upon
           one
           who
           is
           destitute
           of
           those
           Accomplishments
           :
           nevertheless
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           ,
           through
           the
           Help
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           speak
           the
           Words
           of
           Truth
           and
           Soberness
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           ye
           may
           know
           before-hand
           ,
           what
           Subject
           is
           provided
           for
           your
           Attention
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           your
           Thoughts
           will
           be
           the
           better
           fixed
           )
           I
           shall
           let
           you
           understand
           ,
           that
           my
           Design
           is
           to
           set
           before
           you
           the
           rough
           Draught
           ,
           or
           Representation
           
             of
             a
             good
             Minister
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           stiles
           him
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           4.
           6.
           
           And
           I
           think
           my
           Choice
           will
           be
           for
           your
           Edification
           :
           For
           while
           I
           describe
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           I
           shall
           but
           hold
           up
           to
           your
           View
           a
           Glass
           or
           
           Mirror
           ,
           wherein
           ye
           may
           behold
           the
           reflected
           Portraicture
           of
           our
           deceased
           Brother
           .
           And
           when
           ye
           maturely
           consider
           his
           Idea
           ,
           ye
           cannot
           but
           find
           your
           Thoughts
           running
           into
           such
           Issues
           as
           these
           ;
           He
           was
           lately
           with
           us
           ;
           and
           did
           we
           then
           understand
           what
           a
           Jewel
           we
           possessed
           ?
           He
           is
           now
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           are
           we
           duly
           apprehensive
           of
           our
           Loss
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           common
           Instance
           of
           our
           Infirmity
           ,
           and
           Inadvertency
           ,
           that
           we
           seldom
           prize
           Mercies
           according
           to
           their
           proper
           Worth
           ,
           Excellency
           and
           Usefulness
           ,
           until
           we
           have
           lost
           them
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           is
           usual
           to
           hear
           Men
           breathing
           out
           
           Job's
           Lamentation
           ,
           
             O
             that
             I
             were
             as
             in
             Months
             past
             .
          
           Let
           us
           then
           become
           so
           wise
           ,
           as
           thankfully
           and
           faithfully
           to
           improve
           present
           Blessings
           and
           Advantages
           ,
           lest
           
           our
           Saviour's
           Minatory
           Prediction
           overtake
           us
           ;
           
             The
             days
             will
             come
             when
             ye
             shall
             desire
             to
             see
             one
             of
             the
             days
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             see
             it
             .
          
           b
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           I
           shall
           ,
           without
           farther
           prefacing
           ,
           apply
           my self
           to
           handle
           the
           Words
           which
           I
           read
           to
           you
           .
           They
           are
           directed
           to
           Timothy
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Admonition
           or
           Advice
           ;
           
             Study
             to
             shew
             thy self
             approved
             unto
             God.
          
           —
           But
           when
           ye
           thorowly
           ponder
           them
           ,
           ye
           may
           perceive
           ,
           that
           in
           them
           is
           contained
           the
           
             Delineation
             of
             a
             good
             Minister
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           that
           drawn
           by
           the
           skilful
           Hand
           of
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           held
           and
           guided
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           himself
           .
           But
           ,
           in
           framing
           his
           Character
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           
           not
           enough
           to
           shew
           himself
           alone
           ;
           or
           by
           himself
           :
           For
           he
           placeth
           near
           him
           the
           Image
           or
           Picture
           
             of
             a
             wordy
             ,
             proud
             and
             wrangling
             Pretender
             .
          
           Thus
           ,
           in
           one
           Frame
           ,
           ye
           often
           behold
           the
           Picture
           of
           a
           beautiful
           Person
           ,
           with
           a
           deformed
           Negro
           or
           ugly
           Satyr
           standing
           by
           him
           :
           For
           Contraries
           illustrate
           one
           another
           .
           In
           the
           Canticles
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           is
           represented
           
             as
             the
             fairest
             among
             VVoman
          
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           placed
           as
           
             a
             Lilly
             among
             Thorns
          
           c
           .
           The
           like
           Course
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           take
           here
           .
           He
           sets
           forth
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           very
           lively
           Colours
           ;
           and
           withal
           ,
           he
           depaints
           a
           
             vain-glorious
             ,
             contentious
             Sophister
          
           .
           Neither
           can
           we
           well
           read
           the
           Text
           ,
           but
           our
           Eye
           will
           glance
           
           upon
           the
           Words
           which
           immediately
           go
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           follow
           after
           it
           ,
           In
           which
           he
           discovers
           a
           bad
           Minister
           ;
           that
           when
           we
           compare
           him
           with
           a
           good
           one
           ,
           and
           are
           made
           sensible
           of
           the
           Contrariety
           that
           is
           between
           them
           ,
           we
           may
           cleave
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           relinquish
           the
           other
           .
           The
           Deformities
           and
           malignant
           Qualities
           of
           a
           bad
           Minister
           ,
           are
           laid
           open
           in
           the
           14th
           and
           16th
           Verses
           :
           the
           Sum
           whereof
           is
           this
           ;
           
             That
             a
             bad
             Minister
             is
             one
             who
             strives
             about
             VVords
             to
             no
             profit
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             subverting
             of
             the
             Hearers
             :
          
           and
           he
           is
           one
           ,
           whose
           Art
           and
           Occupation
           lies
           
             in
             prophane
             and
             vain
             Bablings
             ,
             which
             tend
             to
             the
             increase
             of
             more
             Ungodliness
             .
          
           We
           must
           then
           allow
           a
           little
           of
           our
           time
           to
           search
           out
           his
           Marks
           and
           Properties
           ,
           though
           
           very
           cursorily
           .
           And
           if
           ye
           well
           observe
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           quickly
           discover
           his
           Spirit
           and
           Temper
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           a
           Man
           of
           Heat
           ,
           ready
           to
           strive
           ;
           but
           not
           apt
           to
           teach
           .
           He
           hath
           a
           Torrent
           of
           Words
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           empty
           and
           insignificant
           .
           d
           He
           is
           all
           Tempest
           and
           Whirlwind
           ,
           to
           rend
           and
           tear
           in
           pieces
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           a
           Stranger
           to
           the
           
             Things
             that
             make
             for
             Peace
          
           .
           But
           
             the
             Servant
             of
             the
             Lord
             must
             not
             strive
             ;
             but
             be
             gentle
             unto
             all
             Men
             ,
             apt
             to
             teach
             ,
             patient
             :
             In
             Meekness
             instructing
             those
             that
             oppose
             themselves
             ;
             if
             God
             peradventure
             will
             give
             them
             Repentance
             to
             the
             acknowledging
             of
             the
             Truth
          
           e
           .
           The
           contentious
           Wrangler
           is
           one
           who
           will
           dispute
           every
           thing
           to
           the
           
           shaking
           of
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           nothing
           settled
           or
           determined
           .
           It
           was
           the
           grave
           Aphorism
           of
           a
           Person
           of
           great
           Experience
           among
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Itch
             of
             Disputing
             ,
             bred
             the
             Scab
             in
             the
             Church
          
           f
           .
           It
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           grievous
           to
           such
           as
           love
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           ,
           to
           see
           so
           many
           Volumes
           of
           Controversal
           Writings
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           contending
           Parties
           do
           asperse
           and
           damn
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           yet
           when
           the
           Matter
           in
           debate
           is
           calmly
           stated
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           in
           several
           Instances
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           only
           a
           Strife
           about
           Words
           g
           that
           fills
           up
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Wrangle
           .
           
           And
           therefore
           ,
           did
           we
           attend
           unto
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           here
           declares
           ,
           we
           might
           find
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           sober
           Person
           to
           be
           for
           ever
           out
           of
           love
           with
           all
           hot
           and
           furious
           Contentions
           ;
           for
           he
           fixeth
           two
           black
           and
           disgraceful
           Blots
           upon
           them
           :
           1.
           
           
             That
             these
             strifes
             about
             VVords
             are
             unprofitable
             :
          
           They
           have
           in
           them
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           :
           They
           have
           nothing
           in
           them
           that
           may
           make
           a
           Man
           wiser
           or
           better
           .
           And
           to
           disparage
           them
           the
           more
           ,
           he
           adds
           ,
           Titus
           3.
           9.
           
           
             That
             they
             are
             unprofitable
             and
             vain
          
           h
           .
           Every
           discreet
           Person
           before
           he
           engage
           in
           any
           Undertaking
           of
           consequence
           ,
           will
           deliberate
           and
           consider
           :
           
             Cui
             bono
          
           ?
           What
           Advantage
           or
           Benefit
           
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           very
           serious
           Question
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           propounded
           to
           many
           Disputers
           ;
           To
           what
           End
           do
           they
           pester
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           with
           their
           needless
           ,
           unprofitable
           and
           vain
           Controversies
           ,
           and
           thereby
           disorder
           themselves
           ,
           and
           disturb
           others
           ?
           Whatsoever
           doth
           not
           edify
           ,
           is
           without
           the
           Compass
           of
           the
           Charge
           and
           Employment
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ.
           He
           hath
           Work
           enough
           to
           do
           about
           things
           necessary
           and
           profitable
           .
           'T
           is
           possible
           ,
           that
           some
           other
           things
           may
           
             be
             lawful
             ;
             yet
             if
             they
             be
             not
             expedient
             ,
             if
             they
             do
             not
             edify
             ,
          
           he
           may
           let
           them
           alone
           ,
           and
           not
           meddle
           with
           them
           *
           .
           
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostolical
           Canon
           were
           better
           observed
           by
           us
           all
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           26.
           
           
             Let
             all
             things
             be
             done
             to
             edifying
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Though
           it
           might
           be
           sufficient
           to
           caution
           us
           against
           Strifes
           about
           Words
           ,
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           unprofitable
           and
           vain
           ;
           yet
           ,
           to
           beget
           in
           us
           a
           greater
           Aversation
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           adds
           .
           That
           they
           are
           very
           mischievous
           ;
           for
           
             they
             subvert
             the
             Hearers
             ,
             and
             will
             increase
             to
             more
             Ungodliness
             .
          
           The
           Work
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           to
           
             build
             up
          
           his
           Hearers
           in
           Knowledg
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           Holiness
           and
           Comfort
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           to
           nourish
           them
           with
           the
           sound
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           :
           Acts
           20.
           32.
           
           
             And
             now
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             I
             commend
             you
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             VVord
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
             which
          
           
           
             is
             able
             to
             build
             you
             up
             :
          
           —
           They
           are
           then
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Satan
           ;
           who
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           subvert
           their
           Hearers
           ;
           To
           turn
           them
           upside
           down
           ;
           as
           the
           Word
           signifies
           ,
           Matth.
           21.
           12.
           
           
             And
             overthrew
             the
             Tables
             of
             the
             Money-Changers
          
           i
           .
           Satan
           is
           half
           sure
           to
           make
           a
           Prey
           of
           such
           as
           he
           hath
           so
           unsetled
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           have
           no
           stable
           Foundation
           to
           bottom
           upon
           .
           
             VVhen
             Men
             become
             Scepticks
             in
             the
             Essentials
             of
             Religion
             ,
             they
             are
             in
             the
             next
             Disposition
             to
             become
             Atheists
             :
          
           And
           such
           Instruments
           of
           Satan
           as
           will
           serve
           him
           to
           subvert
           their
           Hearers
           ,
           will
           also
           lend
           him
           their
           Help
           
             aedificare
             in
             Gehennam
             ,
             to
             build
          
           
           
             them
             up
             for
             Hell
          
           ;
           and
           the
           effectual
           way
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           is
           for
           them
           to
           deride
           and
           ridicule
           all
           serious
           Godliness
           ,
           and
           to
           flatter
           or
           harden
           Men
           in
           their
           vicious
           Courses
           ;
           and
           then
           ye
           may
           be
           sure
           they
           will
           be
           good
           (
           or
           rather
           bad
           )
           Proficients
           in
           the
           School
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           
             for
             they
             grow
             worse
             and
             worse
          
           k
           .
           In
           brief
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           Devil
           who
           is
           the
           greatest
           Gainer
           by
           unprofitable
           Sermons
           and
           furious
           Contentions
           .
           For
           ,
           by
           them
           ,
           the
           Spirits
           of
           Men
           are
           exasperated
           ,
           the
           secure
           Sinners
           are
           hardened
           ,
           Charity
           is
           expelled
           ,
           Divisions
           are
           perpetuated
           ,
           edifying
           Doctrine
           is
           excluded
           ,
           and
           every
           evil
           Work
           befriended
           :
           
             For
             where
             Envying
             and
          
           
           
             Strife
             are
             maintained
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             Confusion
             and
             every
             evil
             VVork
          
           l
           .
        
         
           Having
           said
           so
           much
           of
           the
           bad
           Minister
           ,
           whom
           we
           could
           not
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           pointing
           him
           out
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           shall
           dismiss
           him
           ,
           and
           commend
           to
           you
           the
           Apostle's
           Admonition
           ;
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           5.
           
           
             Having
             a
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             ;
             but
             denying
             the
             Power
             thereof
             ;
             from
             such
             turn
             away
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           we
           shall
           prosecute
           
             the
             fair
             and
             amiable
             Character
             of
             a
             good
             Minister
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           here
           lays
           it
           before
           Timothy
           for
           his
           Imitation
           ;
           
             q.
             d.
          
           O
           my
           Son
           Timothy
           ,
           be
           not
           thou
           like
           unto
           those
           Affecters
           of
           Vain-glory
           
           
             and
             Applause
          
           ,
           who
           (
           by
           Wit
           and
           Sophistry
           )
           will
           undertake
           to
           prove
           and
           disprove
           ,
           whatsoever
           their
           Humour
           or
           Interest
           shall
           prompt
           them
           unto
           .
           Their
           Words
           may
           be
           copious
           ,
           and
           well
           placed
           ;
           their
           Periods
           handsom
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           artificial
           Composure
           :
           But
           what
           will
           all
           this
           advantage
           
             the
             Doctrine
             which
             is
             according
             to
             Godliness
             ?
          
           Nay
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           their
           frivolous
           Disputes
           and
           fiery
           Contentions
           ,
           will
           obstruct
           it
           .
           Therefore
           do
           thou
           (
           O
           Man
           of
           God
           )
           bid
           defiance
           to
           Pride
           and
           Passion
           ;
           
             And
             do
             thou
             follow
             after
             Righteousness
             Godliness
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             Love
             ,
             Patience
             ,
             Meekness
          
           m
           :
           
             Give
             Attendance
             to
             Reading
             ,
             to
          
           
           
             Exhortation
             ,
             to
             Doctrine
             .
             Take
             heed
             to
             thy self
             ,
             and
             to
             thy
             Doctrine
             ,
             continue
             in
             them
             ;
             for
             in
             doing
             this
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             both
             save
             thy self
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             hear
             thee
          
           n
           :
           And
           (
           to
           sum
           up
           all
           )
           
             study
             to
             shew
             thy self
             approved
             unto
             God
             ,
             a
             Work-man
             that
             need
             not
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             rightly
             dividing
             the
             VVord
             of
             Truth
             .
          
           If
           thou
           observe
           these
           things
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           
             a
             good
             Minister
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           o
           .
        
         
           That
           ye
           may
           ,
           then
           ,
           have
           a
           more
           clear
           and
           distinct
           View
           of
           such
           an
           excellent
           Person
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           here
           delineates
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           represent
           him
           in
           his
           several
           graceful
           Properties
           ,
           as
           
           they
           are
           laid
           before
           us
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             e.
             gr
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           one
           who
           is
           
             very
             studious
             and
             industrious
          
           :
           One
           that
           sincerely
           designs
           ,
           and
           sedulously
           endeavours
           ,
           with
           Fidelity
           ,
           to
           discharge
           that
           Trust
           which
           is
           reposed
           in
           him
           by
           God.
           And
           he
           that
           doth
           so
           ,
           may
           be
           confident
           of
           his
           Assistance
           and
           Blessing
           in
           his
           Work.
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           12.
           
           
             I
             thank
             Christ
             Jesus
             our
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             enabled
             me
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             counted
             me
             faithful
             ,
             putting
             me
             into
             the
             Ministry
             .
          
           This
           Property
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           ,
           may
           be
           extracted
           out
           of
           that
           Monitory
           Word
           which
           the
           Apostle
           here
           makes
           use
           of
           p
           ;
           
           and
           is
           by
           our
           Translation
           render'd
           Study
           ;
           by
           the
           vulgar
           Latin
           ,
           
             Be
             very
             careful
          
           q
           :
           by
           another
           ,
           (
           having
           an
           eye
           to
           the
           Primitive
           Theme
           )
           
             Make
             haste
          
           r
           .
           We
           may
           take
           in
           all
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Sense
           will
           be
           more
           pregnant
           ,
           
             q.
             d.
          
           Lose
           no
           time
           ,
           but
           presently
           set
           about
           ,
           and
           effectually
           bestir
           thy self
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           thy
           Ministerial
           Office
           and
           Duty
           .
           Excite
           ,
           and
           preserve
           in
           thy self
           ,
           such
           an
           active
           and
           vigorous
           Frame
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           stands
           in
           opposition
           to
           Slothfulness
           .
           Rom.
           12.
           11.
           
           
             Not
             slothful
             in
             Business
             ,
             fervent
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             serving
             the
             Lord
          
           s
           .
           From
           hence
           
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           
             Of
             all
             Persons
             in
             the
             VVorld
             ,
             the
             good
             Ministers
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             should
             not
             be
             idle
             or
             slothful
             ,
             but
             studious
             and
             industrious
             in
             their
             proper
             VVork
             ,
             and
             persist
             therein
             with
             Alacrity
             ,
             Activity
             ,
             and
             Constancy
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Reasons
           that
           may
           prevail
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           engage
           them
           hereto
           ,
           are
           many
           and
           weighty
           ;
           
             e.
             gr
          
           .
        
         
           1st
           .
           They
           should
           be
           furnished
           
             with
             a
             more
             than
             vulgar
             Measure
          
           of
           sacred
           Knowledg
           ,
           in
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           declare
           the
           whole
           Counsel
           to
           the
           Edification
           of
           his
           Church
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           they
           are
           set
           for
           the
           
             Defence
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           t
           :
           and
           should
           endeavour
           
           to
           be
           able
           ,
           
             by
             sound
             Doctrine
             ,
             to
             exhort
             ,
             and
             convince
             the
             Gain-sayers
             ,
             and
             to
             stop
             their
             Meuths
          
           u
           .
           Now
           ,
           most
           evident
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           desire
           to
           be
           meetly
           qualified
           for
           such
           Undertakings
           ,
           must
           
             give
             Attendance
             to
             Reading
             :
             They
             must
             meditate
             on
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             give
             themselves
             wholly
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             their
             Profiting
             may
             appear
             to
             all
             .
          
           It
           would
           be
           a
           great
           Reproach
           to
           Teachers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           be
           like
           those
           Teachers
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           derides
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           7.
           
           
             Desiring
             to
             be
             Teachers
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             yet
             understand
             neither
             what
             they
             say
             ,
             nor
             whereof
             they
             affirm
             .
          
           What
           think
           ye
           then
           will
           become
           of
           the
           
           Lazy
           and
           Slothful
           ,
           when
           the
           most
           Studious
           and
           Industrious
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           deep
           Sense
           of
           their
           own
           Imperfections
           ,
           cry
           out
           ,
           And
           who
           is
           sufficient
           for
           these
           things
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           will
           feel
           himself
           obliged
           to
           be
           studious
           and
           industrious
           ,
           when
           he
           reflects
           upon
           that
           
             blessed
             Work
             ,
             wherein
             his
             Employment
             lies
             ,
          
           The
           Conversion
           and
           Salvation
           of
           precious
           immortal
           Souls
           ;
           which
           ordinarily
           ,
           are
           much
           concerned
           in
           his
           Sedulity
           and
           Fidelity
           .
           For
           though
           God
           doth
           confer
           his
           Grace
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           own
           Soveraign
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           ;
           
             for
             it
             is
             not
             of
             him
             that
             willeth
             ,
             or
             of
             him
             that
             runneth
             ,
             but
             of
             God
             that
             sheweth
             Mercy
          
           x
           ;
           
           and
           he
           may
           choose
           the
           foolish
           Things
           of
           the
           World
           to
           confound
           the
           Wise
           ;
           yet
           Ministers
           cannot
           in
           Faith
           ,
           expect
           that
           God
           should
           give
           the
           Increase
           ,
           unless
           ,
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           there
           be
           Planting
           and
           Watering
           y
           :
           and
           that
           not
           in
           a
           remiss
           ,
           or
           unconcerned
           Manner
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle's
           Example
           ;
           Col.
           1.
           28
           ,
           29.
           
           
             VVhom
             we
             preach
             ,
             warning
             every
             Man
             ,
             and
             teaching
             every
             Man
             in
             all
             Wisdom
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             present
             every
             Man
             perfect
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             :
             Whereunto
             I
             also
             labour
             ,
             striving
             according
             to
             his
             VVorking
             ,
             which
             worketh
             in
             me
             mightily
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           will
           see
           cause
           enough
           that
           
           he
           should
           be
           studious
           and
           industrious
           ,
           when
           his
           Heart
           is
           under
           due
           Impressions
           of
           that
           
             tremendous
             Account
          
           which
           he
           must
           give
           to
           Jesus
           Christ.
           For
           such
           a
           time
           will
           certainly
           come
           .
           The
           Charge
           which
           the
           Apostle
           gives
           is
           terrible
           as
           a
           Clap
           of
           Thunder
           ;
           2
           Tim.
           4.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           
             I
             charge
             thee
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             who
             shall
             judg
             the
             Quick
             and
             the
             Dead
             ,
             at
             his
             Appearing
             ,
             and
             his
             Kingdom
             ;
             Preach
             the
             VVord
             ,
             be
             instant
             in
             season
             ,
             out
             of
             season
             ;
             reprove
             ,
             rebuke
             ,
             exhort
             with
             all
             Long
             suffering
             and
             Doctrine
             .
          
           The
           Negligent
           will
           then
           find
           ,
           that
           all
           Excuses
           and
           Evasions
           will
           be
           rejected
           and
           despised
           .
           It
           will
           avail
           nothing
           to
           plead
           ,
           That
           
             their
             other
             Businesses
             or
             Diversions
          
           were
           so
           many
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           neither
           Time
           nor
           Inclination
           to
           study
           or
           
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           :
           for
           no
           Pretensions
           could
           secure
           the
           unprofitable
           ,
           slothful
           Servant
           ,
           from
           falling
           under
           that
           dreadful
           Sentence
           ,
           
             Take
             the
             Talent
             from
             him
             :
             —
             Cast
             the
             unprofitable
             Servant
             into
             outer
             Darkness
             ;
             there
             shall
             be
             weeping
             and
             gnashing
             of
             Teeth
          
           z
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           suffice
           to
           have
           been
           spoken
           touching
           the
           first
           Property
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ.
           He
           is
           one
           that
           is
           studious
           and
           industrious
           ;
           that
           hastens
           to
           his
           Work
           with
           Alacrity
           ,
           and
           persists
           in
           it
           with
           Constancy
           .
        
         
           2dly
           .
           The
           second
           Property
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           ,
           
           
             That
             he
             is
             one
             who
             chooseth
             and
             pursueth
             a
             right
             End
             ,
             both
             in
             his
             Undertaking
             and
             Acting
             :
          
           He
           hath
           his
           Eye
           always
           upon
           the
           Mark
           ;
           and
           all
           his
           Studies
           and
           Endeavours
           have
           a
           direct
           and
           proper
           Tendency
           to
           it
           :
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             That
             he
             may
             approve
             himself
             unto
             God.
          
           What
           the
           Apostle
           prescribed
           to
           Timothy
           ,
           he
           practised
           himself
           :
           2
           Cor
           5.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           
             Wherefore
             we
             labour
          
           (
           or
           
             endeavour
             )
             with
             an
             holy
             Ambition
          
           a
           ,
           
             that
             whether
             present
             or
             absent
             ,
             we
             may
             be
             accepted
             of
             him
             :
             For
             we
             must
             all
             appear
             before
             the
             Judgment-Seat
             of
             Christ.
          
           Two
           Things
           the
           good
           Minister
           doth
           reach
           after
           .
        
         
           
             (
             1.
             )
             That
             he
             may
             be
             approved
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             That
             God
             may
             ratify
             his
             Approbation
             .
          
        
         
         
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           he
           may
           obtain
           an
           Approbation
           b
           ;
           and
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           as
           is
           given
           after
           Trial
           :
           Jam.
           1.
           12.
           
           
             Blessed
             is
             the
             Man
             that
             endureth
             Temptation
          
           c
           
             (
             or
             Trial
             )
             ;
             for
             when
             he
             is
             tried
          
           d
           ,
           
             he
             shall
             receive
             the
             Crown
             of
             Life
             .
          
           Men
           are
           sometimes
           too
           rash
           and
           precipitate
           ,
           in
           passing
           their
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           take
           
             Brass
             for
             Gold
          
           :
           But
           God
           searcheth
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           will
           never
           approve
           any
           Person
           whom
           he
           hath
           not
           thorowly
           tried
           .
           When
           
           Jesse's
           Sons
           came
           before
           Samuel
           ,
           he
           looked
           upon
           Eliab
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Surely
             the
             Lord
             's
             Anointed
             is
             before
             me
             :
             But
             the
             Lord
             said
             unto
          
           Samuel
           ,
           
             Look
             not
             on
             his
             Countenance
             ,
             nor
             on
          
           
           
             the
             Height
             of
             his
             Stature
             ;
             because
             I
             have
             refused
             him
             :
             for
             the
             Lord
             seeth
             not
             as
             Man
             seeth
             ;
             for
             Man
             looketh
             on
             the
             outward
             Appearance
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord
             looketh
             on
             the
             Heart
             .
          
           Happy
           then
           are
           they
           ,
           who
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           many
           Defects
           and
           Infirmities
           ,
           can
           appeal
           to
           God
           for
           their
           Sincerity
           :
           Psal.
           17.
           3.
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             proved
             my
             Heart
             ,
             and
             tried
             me
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             and
             shalt
             find
             nothing
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           nothing
           inconsistent
           with
           Uprightness
           or
           Sincerity
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           That
           God
           may
           ratify
           his
           Approbation
           :
           for
           it
           is
           God
           who
           will
           pass
           the
           final
           and
           decisive
           Sentence
           :
           
             It
             is
             not
             then
             ,
             he
             who
             commendeth
             himself
             ,
             (
             or
             is
             commended
             by
             others
             )
             that
             is
             approved
             ,
             but
             he
             whom
             the
             Lord
             commendeth
          
           e
           .
        
         
         
           Many
           are
           they
           who
           are
           ambitious
           to
           purchase
           the
           good
           Opinion
           and
           Praise
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           
             love
             it
             more
             than
             the
             Praise
             of
             God
          
           f
           .
           But
           of
           all
           Persons
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           it
           looks
           worst
           in
           a
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           to
           be
           
             Animal
             gloriae
          
           ;
           to
           hunt
           after
           Applause
           ,
           and
           to
           feed
           upon
           the
           Breath
           of
           popular
           Acclamations
           .
           What
           dismal
           Effects
           have
           sprung
           from
           the
           poisonous
           Root
           of
           affected
           Popularity
           ?
           Therefore
           the
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           must
           fortify
           himself
           against
           the
           Insinuations
           of
           good
           Report
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           against
           the
           Vexations
           of
           evil
           Report
           :
           and
           be
           content
           
             to
             pass
             through
             Honour
             or
             Dishonour
             ,
             evil
             and
             good
             Report
             ;
             and
             so
          
           support
           himself
           with
           the
           Approbation
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Testimony
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Clause
           
             [
             study
             to
             approve
             thy self
             unto
             God
             ]
          
           is
           well
           paraphrased
           by
           the
           Syriac
           ,
           
             Let
             it
             be
             thy
             Care
             to
             present
             thy self
             before
             God
             ,
             with
             great
             Integrity
          
           g
           .
           Good
           Ministers
           are
           conscious
           to
           themselves
           of
           many
           Infirmities
           ,
           and
           bewail
           them
           before
           the
           Lord
           ;
           As
           their
           Unskilfulness
           in
           explicating
           the
           great
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           the
           Remissness
           of
           their
           Zeal
           ;
           their
           Entanglements
           ,
           Diversions
           ,
           Distractions
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           :
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           a
           sweet
           Refreshment
           ,
           and
           Relief
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           say
           ,
           That
           they
           have
           sincerely
           desired
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           Gospel
           of
           his
           Son
           Jesus
           Christ.
           
        
         
         
           And
           great
           Reason
           there
           is
           ,
           why
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           should
           study
           to
           approve
           himself
           unto
           God.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           it
           is
           God
           who
           entrusts
           and
           employs
           him
           in
           the
           Ministration
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           And
           to
           him
           he
           must
           give
           an
           account
           of
           his
           Stewardship
           .
           If
           the
           
             Office
             of
             the
             Ministry
          
           were
           merely
           an
           
             Humane
             Constitution
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Instructions
           ,
           Rules
           and
           Measures
           ,
           which
           Ministers
           were
           to
           be
           determined
           by
           ,
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           their
           Office
           ,
           were
           all
           of
           
             Man's
             Appointment
          
           ,
           then
           would
           it
           be
           sufficient
           for
           them
           so
           to
           demean
           and
           carry
           themselves
           therein
           ,
           as
           to
           gain
           the
           Approbation
           of
           Men
           :
           
             But
             if
             the
             Office
             ,
             Work
             and
             Rule
             ,
          
           be
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Men
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           their
           Concernment
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
           their
           Duty
           ,
           to
           seek
           the
           Approbation
           of
           God.
           The
           Apostle's
           Way
           of
           Reasoning
           in
           another
           like
           Instance
           ,
           will
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           guide
           us
           to
           what
           we
           are
           to
           conclude
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           2
           Tim.
           ii
           .
           4.
           
           
             No
             Man
             that
             warreth
             ,
             entangleth
             himself
             with
             the
             things
             of
             this
             Life
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             please
             him
             ,
             who
             hath
             chosen
             him
             to
             be
             a
             Souldier
             .
          
           And
           may
           we
           not
           argue
           ,
           
             à
             Minori
             ad
             Majus
          
           ,
           He
           that
           is
           bound
           to
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Captain
           of
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           under
           his
           
             Sacramentum
             Ministeriale
          
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           entangle
           himself
           in
           Matters
           of
           a
           foreign
           Nature
           ,
           especially
           when
           they
           are
           obstructive
           to
           his
           proper
           Work
           ;
           much
           more
           ,
           if
           inconsistent
           with
           it
           ?
           but
           he
           should
           bend
           all
           his
           Thoughts
           ,
           Cares
           and
           Endeavours
           to
           please
           him
           ,
           who
           hath
           chosen
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Minister
           .
           When
           ,
           I
           
           say
           ,
           the
           Office
           is
           from
           God
           ,
           yet
           that
           leaves
           room
           enough
           for
           Men
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           delegated
           Power
           from
           Christ
           (
           in
           the
           ordinary
           Way
           )
           to
           try
           the
           Persons
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Execution
           of
           that
           Office
           .
           And
           having
           found
           them
           fit
           ,
           
             to
             ordain
             them
             with
             Fasting
             ,
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             Imposition
             of
             Hands
          
           ;
           and
           so
           solemnly
           to
           invest
           them
           therewith
           h
           .
           Yet
           still
           it
           must
           remain
           unshaken
           ,
           That
           Man
           doth
           not
           make
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           neither
           may
           Man
           ,
           by
           his
           proper
           Authority
           ,
           appoint
           the
           Minister
           his
           Rule
           ,
           nor
           apportionate
           his
           Work
           :
           For
           that
           belongs
           to
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           only
           ;
           Eph.
           4.
           8
           ,
           to
           ver
           .
           14.
           
           
             When
             he
             asscended
             up
             on
             high
             ,
             he
             led
             Captivity
          
           
           
             captive
             ,
             and
             gave
             Gifts
             unto
             Men
             :
             —
             And
             he
             gave
             some
             Apostles
             ,
             some
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             some
             Evangelists
             ,
             and
             some
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
             ;
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             for
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             for
             the
             edifying
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           should
           study
           to
           approve
           himself
           unto
           God
           ;
           because
           ,
           
             from
             him
             alone
             ,
             he
             is
             to
             receive
             his
             full
             and
             ultimate
             Reward
             .
          
           Sad
           and
           miserable
           would
           be
           the
           Lot
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           if
           the
           Favour
           of
           Men
           and
           earthly
           Preferments
           were
           all
           that
           he
           might
           look
           for
           after
           his
           greatest
           Sedulity
           and
           Fidelity
           .
           The
           Apostle
           Paul
           had
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           more
           in
           his
           Eye
           ;
           for
           he
           professeth
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           something
           else
           which
           kept
           him
           from
           fainting
           and
           sinking
           under
           
           all
           the
           Burdens
           of
           his
           Services
           and
           Sufferings
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           ,
           
             That
             he
             looked
             not
             at
             the
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             ;
             because
             the
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             ,
             are
             temporal
             ;
             but
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
             are
             eternal
          
           *
           .
           And
           a
           great
           and
           precious
           Promise
           they
           have
           to
           encourage
           them
           in
           their
           Labours
           ,
           and
           to
           support
           them
           under
           their
           Burdens
           ;
           1
           Pet.
           5.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             Feed
             the
             Flock
             which
             is
             among
             you
             ,
          
           (
           or
           in
           as
           much
           as
           in
           you
           lies
           )
           ;
           
             and
             when
             the
             chief
             Shepherd
             shall
             appear
             ,
             ye
             shall
             receive
             a
             Crown
             of
             Glory
             that
             fadeth
             not
             away
             .
          
           This
           may
           suffice
           to
           have
           been
           said
           ,
           touching
           the
           second
           Property
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           He
           is
           one
           
           who
           studies
           to
           approve
           himself
           unto
           God.
           
        
         
           3dly
           .
           His
           third
           Property
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             That
             he
             is
             a
             Work-man
             ,
             that
             needeth
             not
             to
             be
             ashamed
             .
          
           There
           are
           two
           Branches
           in
           this
           Part
           of
           his
           Character
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           If
           you
           look
           upon
           him
           absolutely
           ;
           so
           he
           is
           a
           Workman
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           If
           ye
           look
           also
           upon
           the
           
             Modification
             adjoined
          
           ;
           so
           he
           is
           a
           Workman
           that
           needeth
           not
           to
           be
           ashamed
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Workman
           he
           must
           be
           i
           ;
           and
           that
           Work
           which
           he
           is
           called
           unto
           ,
           is
           no
           easy
           Employment
           ,
           but
           very
           laborious
           ;
           for
           the
           Word
           used
           
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           is
           translated
           a
           Labourer
           ;
           Matth.
           9.
           37.
           
           
             The
             Labourers
             are
             few
          
           :
           And
           Ver.
           38.
           
           
             Pray
             ye
             therefore
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             Harvest
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             send
             forth
             Labourers
             into
             his
             Harvest
          
           k
           .
           Neither
           is
           his
           Labour
           like
           to
           some
           kinds
           of
           Recreation
           ;
           in
           which
           Men
           do
           but
           play
           ,
           while
           they
           take
           a
           
             great
             deal
             of
             Pains
          
           :
           But
           it
           is
           hard
           Labour
           ,
           even
           to
           Laffitude
           and
           Weariness
           ,
           to
           the
           wasting
           of
           their
           Strength
           ,
           and
           exhausting
           of
           their
           Spirits
           .
           For
           so
           doth
           the
           Scripture
           set
           forth
           the
           Working
           and
           Labouring
           of
           the
           good
           Ministers
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           1
           Thess.
           5.
           12.
           
           
             Know
             them
             that
             labour
             among
             you
             :
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           l
           .
           
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           17.
           
           —
           especially
           they
           who
           labour
           in
           the
           Word
           and
           Doctrine
           .
           This
           ye
           may
           find
           exemplified
           in
           two
           Instances
           ;
           The
           Former
           is
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           spent
           and
           tired
           out
           with
           his
           Journey
           ,
           Joh.
           4.
           6.
           
           
             Jesus
             therefore
             being
             wearied
             with
             his
             Journey
             ,
             sat
             thus
             on
             the
             VVell
          
           m
           .
           The
           Latter
           is
           of
           the
           Disciples
           ,
           who
           had
           toiled
           out
           themselves
           all
           night
           ,
           Luke
           5.
           5.
           
           
             Master
             ,
             we
             have
             toiled
             all
             night
          
           n
           .
           These
           places
           are
           produced
           to
           shew
           ,
           That
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           a
           Work-man
           ,
           whose
           Employment
           requires
           very
           hard
           Labour
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           time
           allowed
           him
           for
           Idleness
           or
           Remissness
           ,
           
           though
           some
           time
           be
           indulged
           to
           him
           for
           his
           Relaxation
           ,
           through
           his
           Master
           's
           tender
           Compassion
           ;
           Mark
           6.
           31.
           
           
             And
             he
             said
             unto
             them
             ,
             Come
             your selves
             apart
             ,
             and
             rest
             a-while
             :
             for
             there
             were
             many
             coming
             and
             going
             ,
             and
             they
             had
             no
             leisure
             so
             much
             as
             to
             eat
             .
          
           However
           God
           may
           deal
           with
           such
           as
           stand
           all
           the
           day
           idle
           in
           the
           Market-place
           ;
           yet
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           endure
           any
           Loiterers
           in
           his
           Vine-yard
           ,
           in
           which
           even
           the
           Fig-tree
           ,
           which
           was
           barren
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           allowed
           to
           have
           a
           Standing
           o
           ;
           much
           less
           might
           the
           Dresser
           of
           the
           Vine-yard
           expect
           to
           be
           tolerated
           ,
           if
           he
           brought
           forth
           no
           Fruit.
           Our
           Saviour
           told
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           
             that
             he
          
           
           
             had
             ordained
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             bring
             forth
             Fruit
             :
          
           and
           that
           Fruit
           was
           their
           converting
           of
           Souls
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           explains
           it
           ,
           Rom.
           1.
           13.
           
           —
           
             That
             I
             may
             have
             some
             Fruit
             among
             you
             also
             ,
             as
             among
             other
             Gentiles
             .
          
           The
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           may
           intercede
           for
           the
           Enlargement
           of
           the
           time
           of
           God's
           Patience
           toward
           an
           unfruitful
           People
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           is
           upon
           their
           Engagement
           to
           use
           double
           Diligence
           in
           cultivating
           of
           them
           :
           Luke
           13.
           8.
           
           
             Lord
             ,
             let
             it
             alone
             this
             year
             also
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             dig
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             dung
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           ye
           have
           one
           of
           the
           Apellations
           by
           which
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           denominated
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Work-man
           .
           But
           because
           I
           told
           you
           ,
           that
           my
           Design
           in
           this
           Discourse
           would
           be
           to
           give
           you
           some
           distinct
           Representation
           of
           
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           necessary
           to
           add
           some
           other
           Titles
           by
           which
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           doth
           notify
           him
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           ye
           may
           see
           him
           in
           a
           clearer
           Light
           ,
           and
           form
           more
           perfect
           conceptions
           of
           him
           .
           The
           good
           Ministers
           ,
           then
           ,
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           have
           
             two
             sorts
             of
             Titles
          
           conferred
           upon
           them
           :
        
         
           Some
           ,
           that
           set
           forth
           
             their
             Dignity
          
           :
        
         
           Others
           ,
           that
           bind
           them
           to
           their
           Duty
           .
        
         
           In
           reciting
           the
           Former
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           very
           brief
           :
           yet
           may
           I
           not
           silently
           pass
           them
           over
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           be
           injurious
           both
           to
           them
           and
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Their
           Titles
           that
           do
           set
           forth
           their
           Dignity
           .
        
         
         
           Of
           these
           I
           shall
           mention
           four
           only
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           They
           have
           the
           glorious
           Name
           of
           Angels
           set
           upon
           them
           p
           ;
           Rev.
           1.
           20.
           
           
             The
             seven
             Stars
             are
             the
             Angels
             of
             the
             seven
             Churches
             .
          
           Angels
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           are
           the
           highest
           Rank
           ,
           and
           most
           noble
           Order
           among
           all
           the
           Creatures
           :
           And
           they
           have
           the
           Denomination
           of
           Angels
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           the
           Messengers
           of
           the
           great
           God.
           And
           such
           are
           all
           good
           Ministers
           of
           Jesus
           Christ.
           Ambassadors
           ;
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           20.
           
           
             Now
             then
             ,
             we
             are
             Ambassadors
             for
             Christ.
             Messengers
          
           ;
           Hag.
           1.
           13.
           
           
             Then
             said
          
           Haggai
           ,
           
             the
             Lord's
             Messenger
             in
             the
             Lord's
             Message
             ,
             to
             the
             People
             .
          
           This
           
           Title
           was
           not
           appropriated
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           Prophet
           immediately
           called
           and
           inspired
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           communicated
           to
           all
           those
           who
           are
           appointed
           and
           authorized
           by
           God
           to
           deliver
           his
           Messages
           to
           his
           People
           ;
           Mal.
           2.
           7.
           
           
             The
             Priest's
             Lips
             should
             preserve
             Knowledg
             ,
             and
             they
             should
             seek
             the
             Law
             at
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             the
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           They
           are
           called
           Elders
           q
           ;
           Acts
           14.
           23.
           
           
             VVhen
             they
             had
             ordained
             the
             Elders
             in
             every
             Church
             :
          
           Tit.
           1.
           5.
           
           —
           
             Ordain
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
          
           .
           The
           name
           of
           Elders
           was
           honourable
           among
           both
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           .
           The
           Jews
           dignified
           their
           Rulers
           ,
           both
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           with
           the
           Title
           of
           Elders
           :
           And
           
           so
           did
           the
           Greeks
           use
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           signalize
           such
           as
           were
           of
           eminency
           for
           their
           VVorth
           or
           Office.
           For
           thus
           doth
           one
           of
           them
           inform
           us
           ,
           We
           call
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           those
           Persons
           Elders
           ,
           whom
           we
           esteem
           the
           best
           ,
           or
           most
           excellent
           ,
           and
           the
           Ancients
           r
           :
           There
           are
           few
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           heard
           of
           the
           Roman
           Senate
           and
           Senators
           s
           .
           And
           Antiquaries
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Saxon
           word
           Aldermen
           ,
           hath
           the
           Signification
           of
           Ancients
           ,
           or
           Elder-men
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           They
           are
           denominated
           Guides
           t
           ,
           such
           as
           have
           the
           Conduct
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           go
           before
           them
           in
           the
           Way
           of
           Religion
           ;
           Heb.
           13.
           7.
           
           
             Remember
             them
             which
             have
             the
             Rule
          
           
           (
           or
           are
           the
           Guides
           )
           
             over
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             spoken
             unto
             you
             the
             VVord
             of
             God.
          
           And
           ver
           .
           17.
           
           
             Obey
             them
             that
             have
             the
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             and
             submit
             your selves
             ;
             for
             they
             watch
             for
             your
             Souls
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             must
             give
             account
             .
          
           The
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           have
           a
           Power
           to
           lead
           ,
           though
           not
           to
           compel
           u
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           They
           are
           dignified
           with
           the
           Name
           of
           Presidents
           w
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           over
           others
           in
           the
           Lord
           ;
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           17.
           
           
             The
             Elders
             that
             rule
          
           (
           or
           preside
           )
           
             well
             ,
             account
             worthy
             of
             double
             Honour
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           farther
           enlarge
           upon
           those
           Titles
           that
           set
           forth
           their
           Dignity
           ;
           yet
           somewhat
           may
           be
           inferred
           
           that
           is
           obvious
           to
           every
           understanding
           Observer
           ;
           That
           
             Men
             ought
             to
             honour
             those
             whom
             God
             delights
             to
             honour
             .
          
           Or
           ,
           let
           me
           lay
           this
           before
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1
           Thess.
           5.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             And
             we
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             know
             them
             that
             labour
             among
             you
             ,
             and
             are
             over
             you
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             admonish
             you
             .
          
           To
           
             know
             them
          
           x
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           ye
           may
           distinguish
           them
           from
           other
           Persons
           ,
           or
           to
           salute
           them
           when
           ye
           meet
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           some
           
             friendly
             Conversation
          
           with
           them
           ;
           but
           to
           yield
           them
           such
           Observance
           as
           may
           testify
           that
           Honour
           and
           Obedience
           which
           ye
           owe
           to
           him
           that
           sends
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Messages
           which
           they
           bring
           you
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           clothed
           with
           his
           
           Authority
           .
           And
           all
           this
           must
           be
           done
           not
           slightly
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           Complement
           ,
           but
           in
           Reality
           and
           Sincerity
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           for
           the
           Degree
           of
           your
           esteem
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           must
           not
           be
           after
           a
           low
           and
           vulgar
           rate
           ,
           but
           raised
           to
           a
           double
           height
           in
           Comparison
           :
           
             very
             highly
          
           y
           .
        
         
           Let
           no
           Man
           think
           that
           I
           mentioned
           these
           magnificent
           Titles
           conferred
           on
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           out
           of
           Ostentation
           or
           Ambition
           ;
           for
           they
           have
           learn'd
           to
           bear
           Contempt
           ,
           when
           cast
           only
           upon
           their
           Persons
           ,
           or
           their
           outward
           State
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           yet
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           
             magnify
             their
             Office
          
           ,
           when
           Men
           do
           despise
           or
           reproach
           it
           .
           And
           for
           this
           ,
           the
           Apostle's
           Example
           is
           their
           Warrant
           ,
           
           Rom.
           11.
           13.
           
           —
           
             Inasmuch
             as
             I
             am
             the
             Apostle
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             I
             magnify
             mine
             Office
          
           z
           .
           They
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           but
           earthen
           Vessels
           ,
           yet
           they
           carry
           an
           inestimable
           Treasure
           ;
           
             Pearls
             in
             Oyster-shells
          
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           4.
           7.
           a
           .
           That
           all
           the
           Glory
           may
           be
           ultimately
           carried
           up
           to
           God
           :
           
             For
             they
             preach
             not
             themselves
             ,
             but
             Christ
             Jesus
             to
             be
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             themselves
             your
             Servants
             for
             Jesus
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           This
           may
           suffice
           to
           have
           been
           spoken
           of
           the
           Titles
           that
           set
           forth
           their
           Dignity
           :
           I
           shall
           be
           a
           little
           more
           copious
           in
           those
           that
           bind
           them
           to
           their
           Duty
           :
           And
           I
           shall
           single
           out
           such
           as
           are
           of
           like
           import
           
           with
           that
           of
           a
           Work-man
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Text.
           As
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           are
           stiled
           
             Bishops
             ;
             Acts
          
           20.
           28.
           
           
             Take
             heed
             to
             your selves
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Flock
             ,
             over
             which
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             hath
             made
             you
             Over-seers
             .
          
           If
           the
           Greek
           word
           b
           had
           been
           rendred
           here
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           generally
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           been
           translated
           Bishops
           .
           The
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           3.
           1.
           
           
             He
             that
             desireth
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             desireth
             a
             good
             VVork
          
           c
           .
           The
           Apostle
           calls
           it
           a
           
             VVork
             ,
             not
             an
             Honour
          
           ,
           saith
           Grotius
           ;
           or
           ,
           as
           another
           glosseth
           ,
           A
           Work
           ,
           not
           a
           Dignity
           ,
           or
           a
           more
           delicate
           and
           softer
           kind
           of
           Life
           .
           Let
           such
           as
           glory
           in
           the
           Name
           ,
           do
           the
           Work
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           Men
           will
           pay
           them
           
           due
           respect
           .
           Sure
           we
           are
           ,
           that
           the
           Charge
           that
           is
           given
           them
           ,
           is
           very
           strict
           :
           1
           Pet.
           5.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           
             The
             Elders
             which
             are
             among
             you
             ,
             I
             exhort
             ,
             who
             also
             am
             an
             Elder
             :
             —
             Feed
             the
             Flock
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             among
             you
             ,
             taking
             the
             Oversight
             thereof
          
           ;
           —
           or
           doing
           the
           Work
           of
           a
           Bishop
           toward
           them
           d
           .
           And
           what
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Bishop
           was
           ,
           the
           Learned
           Dr.
           Hamond
           hath
           informed
           us
           ;
           
             It
             was
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             
               Mouth
               of
               the
               People
            
             ,
             to
             offer
             up
             their
             Prayers
             ,
             Supplications
             ,
             Intercessions
             and
             Thanksgivings
             to
             Almighty
             God.
             To
             receive
             to
             Baptism
             those
             that
             ,
             upon
             due
             trial
             ,
             were
             found
             meet
             for
             it
             :
             To
             administer
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ;
             which
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             times
             
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             was
             done
             very
             frequently
             :
             To
             visit
             the
             Sick
             ,
             and
             to
             pray
             for
             them
             :
             To
             stop
             the
             Mouths
             of
             Gain-sayers
             ;
             to
             admonish
             disorderly
             Walkers
             :
             To
             cast
             out
             the
             Obstinate
             and
             Incorrigible
             :
             To
             receive
             Penitents
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             after
             sufficient
             trial
             made
             of
             their
             Repentance
             :
             To
             take
             care
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             Orphans
             ,
             Widows
             and
             Strangers
             .
             And
             ,
             in
             short
             ,
             to
             attend
             to
             all
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God.
             
          
           He
           that
           will
           conscienciously
           give
           up
           himself
           to
           all
           these
           Services
           ,
           will
           need
           no
           other
           Argument
           to
           convince
           him
           of
           the
           Labouriousness
           of
           that
           Office.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           have
           the
           Name
           of
           Pastors
           set
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           very
           directive
           ,
           to
           shew
           them
           their
           Work
           and
           Employment
           ;
           
           Ephes.
           4.
           11.
           
           
             Some
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
          
           e
           :
           1
           Pet.
           5.
           2.
           
           —
           
             Feed
             the
             Flock
             that
             is
             among
             you
          
           f
           ;
           i.
           e.
           Do
           all
           things
           that
           belong
           to
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Pastor
           .
           The
           Shepherd's
           Work
           in
           the
           literal
           Sense
           ,
           is
           very
           busy
           and
           toilsom
           .
           Jacob
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           long
           exercised
           in
           it
           ,
           gives
           this
           account
           of
           it
           ,
           Gen.
           31.
           40.
           
           
             Thus
             was
             I
             in
             the
             day
             ,
             the
             Drought
             consumed
             me
             ,
             and
             the
             Frost
             by
             night
             ;
             and
             my
             Sleep
             departed
             from
             me
             .
          
           Neither
           can
           we
           suppose
           ,
           that
           a
           Shepherd
           ,
           in
           the
           Metaphorical
           Sense
           ,
           should
           exonerate
           himself
           of
           all
           Care
           ,
           and
           indulge
           himself
           in
           his
           Ease
           .
           It
           was
           never
           known
           that
           a
           Title
           to
           an
           Office
           should
           discharge
           a
           Man
           from
           his
           proper
           Work
           and
           Employment
           .
           
           We
           may
           infer
           what
           God
           requires
           and
           expects
           from
           those
           whom
           he
           constitutes
           Shepherds
           ,
           whether
           in
           a
           Political
           ,
           or
           in
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           Sense
           ,
           by
           the
           sharp
           Reproofs
           and
           severe
           Menaces
           ,
           which
           he
           useth
           against
           the
           Negligent
           :
           Ezek.
           34.
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             prophesy
             against
             the
             Shepherds
             of
          
           Israel
           ;
           
             prophesy
             ,
             and
             say
             unto
             them
             ,
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             against
             the
             Shepherds
             ,
             VVo
             to
             the
             Shepherds
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             that
             feed
             themselves
             :
             Should
             not
             the
             Shepherds
             feed
             the
             Flock
             ?
             The
             Diseased
             have
             ye
             not
             strengthened
             ,
             neither
             have
             ye
             healed
             that
             which
             was
             sick
             ;
             neither
             have
             ye
             bound
             up
             that
             which
             was
             broken
             ;
             neither
             have
             ye
             brought
             again
             that
             which
             was
             driven
             away
             ;
             neither
             have
             ye
             sought
             that
             which
             was
             lost
             :
             but
             with
             Force
             and
             with
             Crueley
             ,
             have
             ye
             ruled
             them
             .
          
           I
           should
           desire
           no
           more
           of
           
           any
           Man
           ,
           that
           thinks
           a
           Pastor's
           Life
           to
           be
           a
           Life
           of
           Ease
           and
           Divertisement
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           experiment
           ;
           though
           it
           be
           but
           among
           a
           few
           ,
           and
           those
           well-disposed
           People
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           quickly
           find
           how
           much
           his
           Work
           will
           daily
           grow
           upon
           his
           hands
           :
           To
           satisfy
           the
           Doubting
           and
           Scrupulous
           ;
           To
           set
           in
           joint
           the
           Bones
           which
           have
           been
           dislocated
           or
           broken
           ,
           by
           the
           Falls
           of
           such
           as
           have
           been
           overtaken
           or
           surprized
           by
           Sin
           g
           .
           To
           bear
           with
           the
           Infirmities
           ,
           Slowness
           of
           Capacity
           ,
           and
           Untowardness
           of
           such
           as
           he
           labours
           to
           instruct
           :
           To
           apply
           sutable
           Remedies
           to
           their
           various
           Spiritual
           Distempers
           :
           To
           look
           after
           ,
           and
           bring
           back
           such
           as
           have
           gone
           astray
           ,
           
           either
           through
           their
           own
           Levity
           ,
           or
           the
           Craftiness
           of
           Seducers
           :
           With
           Patience
           ,
           Pity
           and
           Compassion
           ,
           to
           bear
           with
           those
           that
           oppose
           themselves
           .
           And
           besides
           all
           this
           ,
           meekly
           to
           treat
           the
           Petulant
           and
           Exorbitant
           ,
           and
           to
           cicure
           or
           tame
           such
           as
           have
           altogether
           broken
           the
           Yoke
           ,
           and
           burst
           the
           Bonds
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           They
           are
           called
           
             Servants
             or
             Ministers
          
           .
           Sometimes
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Subject
           or
           Matter
           of
           their
           Ministration
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           are
           stiled
           
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Word
          
           ;
           Luk.
           1.
           2.
           
           
             Even
             as
             they
             delivered
             them
             to
             us
             ,
             which
             from
             the
             beginning
             were
             Eye-witnesses
             and
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Word
          
           h
           .
           Sometimes
           to
           set
           forth
           their
           Relation
           to
           their
           Lord
           and
           
           Master
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           or
           in
           whose
           Service
           ,
           they
           do
           minister
           :
           So
           they
           are
           
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           1.
           
           
             Let
             a
             Man
             so
             account
             of
             us
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
          
           i
           The
           Word
           made
           use
           of
           in
           the
           original
           Greek
           ,
           translated
           
             [
             Minister
          
           ]
           doth
           primarily
           signify
           a
           Rower
           ,
           one
           that
           doth
           tug
           and
           sweat
           at
           the
           Oar
           k
           .
           The
           Poet
           could
           say
           ,
           That
           they
           who
           handle
           the
           Oar
           ,
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           two
           things
           ;
           Of
           God
           ,
           to
           help
           them
           with
           a
           good
           Wind
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           own
           Labour
           .
           The
           Appellation
           then
           of
           a
           Rower
           ,
           being
           ,
           in
           a
           Metaphorical
           Sense
           ,
           applied
           to
           a
           Servant
           ,
           or
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ,
           may
           admonish
           him
           to
           continue
           his
           Care
           and
           Industry
           
           without
           any
           intermission
           ;
           for
           ,
           ordinarily
           ,
           the
           Wind
           and
           Tide
           are
           against
           him
           .
           And
           when
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           if
           the
           Rower
           sit
           still
           but
           a
           little
           ,
           his
           Vessel
           may
           be
           carried
           far
           backward
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           lose
           more
           in
           one
           Hour
           than
           he
           can
           recover
           in
           many
           .
           If
           a
           Minister
           be
           remiss
           ,
           when
           false
           Doctrines
           ,
           or
           Immoralities
           in
           Practice
           ,
           like
           a
           Tempest
           ,
           bear
           down
           all
           before
           them
           ,
           such
           Disorders
           will
           quickly
           follow
           ,
           as
           will
           not
           soon
           or
           easily
           be
           rectified
           or
           reformed
           .
           Let
           him
           therefore
           animate
           himself
           with
           the
           Apostle's
           Spirit
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           Gal.
           2.
           5.
           
           
             To
             whom
             we
             gave
             place
             by
             Subjection
             ,
             no
             not
             for
             an
             hour
             ,
             that
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Gospel
             might
             continue
             with
             you
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           They
           are
           frequently
           stiled
           
             Ministers
             or
             Servants
          
           ;
           but
           by
           a
           Word
           ,
           differing
           very
           much
           in
           the
           
           Original
           from
           the
           former
           ,
           which
           also
           doth
           engage
           them
           to
           much
           Diligence
           and
           hard
           Labour
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           This
           Word
           is
           used
           sometimes
           in
           the
           strict
           Acceptation
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           is
           rendred
           a
           Deacon
           ;
           as
           1
           Tim.
           3.
           8.
           
           
             Likewise
             also
             must
             the
             Deacons
             be
             grave
             —
          
           l
           .
           The
           occasion
           of
           erecting
           that
           Order
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           ye
           may
           find
           recorded
           in
           Acts
           6.
           and
           their
           proper
           Work
           was
           ,
           To
           take
           care
           of
           ,
           and
           to
           manage
           the
           Stock
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           in
           ver
           .
           2.
           is
           set
           forth
           by
           their
           
             serving
             of
             Tables
          
           m
           :
           but
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           Word
           in
           the
           larger
           Acceptation
           ,
           is
           far
           more
           frequent
           ;
           to
           denote
           ,
           
             A
             Minister
             of
             the
             New-Testament
          
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           3.
           6.
           
           
             The
             Minister
          
           
           
             of
             God
          
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           6.
           4.
           
           
             A
             Minister
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           4.
           6.
           
           That
           which
           I
           intend
           by
           adding
           this
           Appellation
           ,
           is
           as
           a
           farther
           Demonstration
           ,
           That
           the
           Calling
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           requires
           much
           Industry
           and
           Diligence
           in
           those
           who
           will
           discharge
           their
           Duty
           with
           Fidelity
           :
           for
           the
           Verb
           from
           which
           the
           Word
           ,
           which
           we
           render
           [
           Minister
           ]
           is
           derived
           ,
           doth
           signify
           to
           make
           haste
           ,
           or
           to
           work
           n
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ye
           have
           had
           an
           Account
           of
           this
           Property
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           That
           he
           is
           a
           Workman
           :
           To
           which
           ,
           I
           have
           added
           four
           Titles
           more
           of
           the
           same
           import
           ,
           
           because
           this
           seems
           most
           conspicuous
           and
           eminent
           ,
           in
           that
           Character
           which
           the
           Text
           sets
           upon
           him
           :
           And
           there
           remains
           a
           little
           more
           to
           be
           spoken
           touching
           that
           Adjunct
           ,
           which
           is
           added
           concerning
           him
           ;
           For
           the
           Apostle
           did
           not
           satisfy
           himself
           with
           calling
           him
           a
           Work-man
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Illustration
           or
           Amplification
           ,
           he
           subjoins
           ,
           
             That
             he
             is
             a
             Work-man
             that
             need
             not
             be
             ashamed
             .
          
           The
           Text
           hath
           it
           in
           one
           Word
           ,
           unashamed
           o
           ;
           and
           this
           leads
           Interpreters
           into
           several
           ways
           of
           explaining
           the
           Sense
           and
           Meaning
           of
           it
           .
           For
           some
           understand
           it
           actively
           .
           A
           good
           Minister
           must
           be
           a
           well-resolved
           Person
           ;
           that
           no
           Shame
           ,
           Disgrace
           ,
           or
           Reproaches
           of
           Men
           ,
           should
           
           daunt
           or
           discourage
           him
           from
           professing
           or
           preaching
           the
           Gospel
           .
           The
           Apostle
           Paul
           was
           well
           fortified
           against
           those
           Impressions
           ,
           which
           Shame
           might
           make
           upon
           weaker
           Minds
           ;
           for
           he
           saith
           ,
           Rom.
           1.
           16.
           
           
             I
             am
             not
             ashamed
             of
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
          
           p
           ,
           and
           often
           mentioneth
           his
           Parrhesia
           :
           His
           speaking
           openly
           ,
           with
           Liberty
           and
           Confidence
           ;
           as
           Acts
           9.
           29.
           
           
             And
             he
             spake
             boldly
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             .
          
           —
           Acts
           13.
           46.
           
           Then
           Paul
           and
           Barnabas
           
             waxed
             bold
             ,
             and
             said
          
           ,
           —
           q
           .
           Neither
           could
           all
           the
           Calumnies
           raised
           against
           him
           ,
           nor
           Injuries
           done
           him
           ,
           make
           him
           ashamed
           ;
           2
           Tim.
           1.
           12.
           
           
             For
             which
             Cause
             ,
             I
             also
             suffer
             these
             things
             ;
             nevertheless
             ,
             I
             am
             not
          
           
           ashamed
           .
           —
           Impudence
           is
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           most
           hateful
           in
           an
           evil
           Matter
           ,
           and
           draws
           down
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           upon
           brazen-faced
           Sinners
           ;
           Jer.
           6.
           15.
           
           
             Were
             they
             ashamed
             when
             they
             had
             committed
             Abomination
             ?
             nay
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             at
             all
             ashamed
             ,
             neither
             could
             they
             blush
             ,
             therefore
             they
             shall
             fall
             among
             them
             that
             fall
             .
          
           —
           He
           hath
           an
           hard
           Province
           who
           is
           diepute
           with
           Ignorance
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           patronized
           by
           Impudence
           .
           For
           how
           shall
           he
           instruct
           ,
           or
           convince
           ,
           those
           who
           are
           not
           ashamed
           of
           Impertinencies
           ,
           Non-sense
           ,
           or
           most
           gross
           Absurdities
           ?
           But
           when
           the
           Truths
           of
           God
           are
           to
           be
           vindicated
           ,
           
             The
             Faith
             which
             was
             at
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           to
           be
           contended
           for
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           to
           be
           propugned
           ,
           the
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           should
           be
           
             bold
             as
             a
             Lion
          
           ,
           and
           pray
           earnestly
           to
           God
           for
           that
           
           Grace
           which
           was
           promised
           to
           the
           Prophet
           Ezekiel
           ,
           Chap.
           3.
           ver
           .
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           
             Behold
             ,
             I
             have
             made
             thy
             Face
             strong
             against
             their
             Faces
             ,
             and
             thy
             Forehead
             against
             their
             Foreheads
             ,
             as
             an
             Adamant
             ;
             harder
             than
             a
             Flint
             have
             I
             made
             thy
             Forehead
             .
             Fear
             them
             not
             ,
             neither
             be
             dismaid
             at
             their
             Looks
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             a
             rebellious
             House
             .
          
           This
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           active
           Sense
           ;
           and
           this
           way
           doth
           the
           Syriac
           Version
           look
           ;
           
             Shew
             thy self
             a
             Work-man
             ,
             without
             Confusion
             :
          
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Greek
           Commentators
           are
           reported
           to
           concur
           therein
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           also
           a
           
             passive
             Sense
          
           ,
           which
           may
           well
           be
           admitted
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           own
           Translators
           do
           prefer
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           I
           think
           )
           doth
           best
           sute
           with
           the
           Contexture
           of
           the
           Apostle's
           Discourse
           ;
           That
           a
           good
           Minister
           should
           so
           carry
           it
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           
           Ministerial
           Work
           ,
           that
           
             he
             need
             not
             be
             ashamed
          
           .
           The
           Apostle
           doth
           apparently
           insist
           upon
           that
           Antithesis
           which
           is
           between
           a
           contentious
           Sophister
           ,
           who
           strives
           about
           Words
           that
           are
           unprofitable
           and
           vain
           ,
           and
           a
           Work-man
           that
           needeth
           not
           be
           ashamed
           .
           When
           the
           Design
           and
           Management
           of
           a
           fallacious
           fiery
           Disputation
           is
           detected
           ,
           the
           Work-man
           hath
           abundant
           cause
           to
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           for
           
             his
             Folly
             will
             be
             made
             manifest
             to
             all
             Men.
          
           But
           when
           the
           good
           Minister's
           Work
           is
           most
           narrowly
           searched
           and
           sifted
           ,
           he
           may
           hold
           up
           his
           Face
           
             without
             spot
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           (
           his
           Infirmities
           being
           graciously
           covered
           and
           pardoned
           )
           
             he
             may
             have
             confidence
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             ashamed
             before
             Christ
             at
             his
             Coming
             .
          
        
         
           This
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           third
           Property
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           
           Christ
           ;
           He
           is
           a
           Work-man
           that
           needeth
           not
           to
           be
           ashamed
           .
        
         
           4thly
           .
           The
           Character
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           concluded
           with
           this
           Property
           ,
           
             That
             he
             is
             one
             who
             rightly
             divides
             the
             Word
             of
             Truth
             .
          
           For
           the
           clearing
           of
           this
           ,
           two
           Things
           are
           to
           be
           attended
           unto
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           dispatched
           with
           convenient
           Brevity
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           What
           is
           the
           Subject
           or
           Matter
           about
           which
           his
           principal
           Study
           and
           Labour
           is
           to
           be
           employed
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             The
             Word
             of
             Truth
          
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           What
           is
           incumbent
           upon
           him
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             That
             he
             rightly
             divide
             it
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           ,
           in
           ,
           and
           about
           which
           ,
           the
           Thoughts
           
           and
           Studies
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           are
           to
           be
           exercised
           .
           Not
           in
           doubtful
           Disputations
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           bare
           Opinions
           and
           Dictates
           of
           Men
           ,
           though
           of
           great
           Reputation
           and
           Authority
           :
           Much
           less
           in
           framing
           
             cunningly
             devised
             Fables
          
           ,
           or
           golden
           Legends
           ,
           which
           may
           raise
           in
           the
           Ignorant
           and
           Credulous
           ,
           Admiration
           ,
           Superstition
           and
           Rapture
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           Considerate
           and
           Prudent
           ,
           Disdain
           and
           Indignation
           .
           The
           Apostle
           hath
           informed
           us
           ,
           How
           the
           great
           Apostacy
           from
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           managed
           and
           carried
           on
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           4.
           1
           ,
           2.
           —
           
             By
             giving
             heed
             to
             seducing
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             Doctrines
             of
             Devils
             ;
             speaking
             Lies
             in
             Hypocrisy
             :
          
           but
           the
           good
           Minister
           must
           firmly
           and
           entirely
           adhere
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
           The
           great
           Repository
           whereof
           ,
           is
           the
           
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           bears
           upon
           it
           that
           glorious
           Inscription
           ,
           
             The
             Scripture
             of
             Truth
          
           ,
           Dan.
           10.
           21.
           r
           and
           
             the
             VVord
             of
             Truth
             ,
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Salvation
             ,
          
           Eph.
           1.
           13.
           and
           again
           ,
           
             The
             VVord
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           From
           hence
           must
           the
           good
           Minister
           derive
           ,
           confirm
           ,
           and
           improve
           all
           his
           Doctrine
           :
           
             For
             the
             whole
             Scripture
             is
             given
             by
             Inspiration
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             is
             profitable
             for
             Doctrine
             ,
             for
             Reproof
             ,
             for
             Correction
             ,
             for
             Instruction
             in
             Righteousness
             :
             That
             the
             Man
             of
             God
             may
             be
             perfect
             ,
             throughly
             furnished
             to
             all
             good
             VVorks
             .
          
           They
           then
           offer
           an
           intolerable
           Affront
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           
             speak
             wickedly
             for
             God
             ,
             or
             talk
             deceitfully
             for
             him
             ,
          
           Job
           13.
           7.
           
        
         
         
           2.
           
           What
           is
           the
           proper
           Work
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           to
           be
           occupied
           with
           reference
           to
           this
           Word
           of
           Truth
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             rightly
             to
             divide
             it
          
           s
           ;
           which
           cannot
           be
           understood
           in
           a
           literal
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           metaphorical
           Sense
           .
           The
           Conjectures
           of
           Men
           about
           the
           explicating
           of
           the
           Metaphor
           ,
           have
           been
           various
           .
           Some
           think
           it
           spoken
           in
           way
           of
           Allusion
           ,
           to
           the
           Priest's
           cutting
           abroad
           ,
           and
           dividing
           the
           Sacrifices
           into
           their
           several
           Parts
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           were
           very
           curious
           and
           exact
           .
           Others
           conceive
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           hath
           respect
           to
           those
           t
           Sections
           ,
           into
           which
           the
           Book
           of
           the
           Law
           was
           divided
           by
           the
           Jews
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           reading
           of
           
           it
           in
           their
           Synagogues
           .
           Others
           think
           the
           Metaphor
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           Mothers
           or
           Nurses
           ,
           who
           cut
           the
           Meat
           which
           they
           give
           their
           Children
           into
           small
           pieces
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           the
           better
           receive
           and
           digest
           it
           .
           But
           not
           to
           insist
           upon
           the
           Critical
           Part
           ,
           I
           think
           the
           Sense
           and
           Meaning
           is
           well
           expressed
           by
           the
           vulgar
           Latin
           ,
           
             Rightly
             handling
             the
             VVord
             of
             Truth
          
           u
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Syriac
           ,
           
             Rightly
             preaching
          
           —
           w
           .
           But
           if
           we
           expect
           something
           instructive
           from
           the
           Metaphor
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           I
           suppose
           it
           may
           afford
           us
           some
           light
           if
           compare
           these
           Passages
           of
           Scripture
           together
           .
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           Apostle
           doth
           stile
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             Stewards
             of
             the
             Mysteries
             of
          
           
           God
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           1.
           
           (
           2.
           )
           Our
           Saviour
           assigns
           this
           as
           one
           Property
           of
           a
           good
           and
           faithful
           Steward
           ,
           who
           is
           set
           over
           the
           Houshold
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           give
           to
           every
           one
           
             their
             portion
             of
             Meat
          
           in
           due
           season
           ,
           Luk.
           12.
           42.
           x
           distributing
           to
           every
           one
           their
           proper
           Dimensum
           ,
           or
           Allotment
           :
           as
           Exod
           16.
           16.
           
           
             Every
             Man
             according
             to
             his
             Eating
             .
          
           Herein
           then
           lies
           much
           of
           the
           good
           Minister's
           Prudence
           ,
           Care
           and
           Tenderness
           ,
           so
           to
           divide
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           may
           have
           their
           proper
           Portion
           :
           
             He
             must
             provide
             Milk
             for
             Babes
             ,
             and
             strong
             Meat
             for
             them
             that
             are
             of
             full
             Age
             ,
          
           Heb.
           5.
           13
           ,
           14.
           accommodating
           his
           Teaching
           to
           the
           Necessities
           and
           Capacities
           of
           the
           
           Hearers
           .
           In
           this
           ,
           their
           Lord
           and
           Master
           Christ
           went
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           hath
           left
           them
           an
           Example
           ,
           
             For
             he
             spake
             the
             Word
             as
             the
             People
             were
             able
             to
             hear
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           understand
           ,
           and
           profit
           by
           it
           ;
           Mar.
           4.
           33.
           
           It
           is
           a
           singular
           Grace
           or
           Mercy
           that
           God
           bestows
           on
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           
             The
             Tongue
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             speak
             a
             Word
             in
             season
          
           y
           .
           A
           Word
           in
           season
           to
           the
           Weary
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           refreshed
           :
           A
           Word
           in
           season
           to
           the
           Sorrowful
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           comforted
           :
           A
           Word
           to
           the
           Doubting
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           setled
           and
           established
           :
           A
           Word
           to
           the
           Secure
           and
           Impenitent
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           awakened
           and
           convinced
           ;
           and
           so
           to
           others
           ,
           
           as
           their
           Case
           and
           Condition
           may
           require
           ,
           for
           then
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           rightly
           divided
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           represent
           before
           you
           the
           Delineation
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           according
           to
           those
           four
           Properties
           which
           are
           suggested
           in
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           if
           ye
           have
           attended
           unto
           ,
           and
           duly
           considered
           that
           Character
           which
           hath
           been
           given
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           ,
           I
           presume
           that
           many
           of
           you
           will
           be
           apprehensive
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           without
           reason
           that
           I
           intimated
           ,
           in
           the
           entrance
           upon
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           hold
           up
           before
           you
           a
           Glass
           ,
           or
           Mirror
           ,
           wherein
           ye
           might
           see
           the
           Portraicture
           
           of
           that
           good
           Minister
           (
           whose
           Funeral
           we
           ,
           this
           Day
           ,
           solemnize
           )
           to
           be
           reflected
           .
           It
           would
           be
           no
           difficult
           Undertaking
           to
           draw
           the
           Parallel
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           Correspondence
           in
           every
           Particular
           :
           But
           that
           Performance
           would
           require
           near
           as
           much
           time
           as
           that
           which
           has
           been
           already
           filled
           up
           :
           Ye
           must
           therefore
           be
           contented
           with
           such
           short
           Recollections
           ,
           as
           I
           can
           recover
           upon
           the
           hasty
           Exercise
           of
           my
           Thoughts
           .
        
         
           The
           reverend
           and
           worthy
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Steel
          
           ,
           was
           born
           in
           Cheshire
           near
           Nantwich
           ,
           on
           the
           tenth
           Day
           of
           
             May
             ,
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1629
           ,
           and
           left
           this
           World
           November
           the
           16th
           ,
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1692
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           died
           in
           the
           64th
           Year
           of
           his
           Age.
           Where
           he
           had
           his
           Education
           in
           his
           younger
           
           Years
           ,
           hath
           not
           come
           to
           my
           notice
           :
           but
           I
           find
           in
           the
           
             Fasti
             Oxonienses
          
           ,
           That
           
             Richard
             Steel
          
           was
           Master
           of
           Arts
           of
           St.
           
           John's
           College
           in
           Cambridg
           ,
           and
           was
           Incorporated
           into
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
             March
          
           the
           27th
           1656.
           
           He
           is
           there
           mentioned
           among
           the
           
           Oxford-Writers
           ;
           and
           several
           of
           his
           Printed
           Works
           are
           recited
           .
           When
           he
           entred
           into
           the
           sacred
           Ministery
           is
           unknown
           to
           me
           ;
           but
           after
           that
           he
           was
           invested
           therewith
           ,
           I
           am
           informed
           that
           he
           did
           exercise
           it
           in
           divers
           places
           ,
           as
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           disposed
           of
           him
           ,
           until
           he
           came
           to
           London
           ,
           which
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           conjecture
           )
           was
           about
           24
           or
           25
           Years
           ago
           :
           and
           here
           he
           hath
           continued
           ,
           preaching
           the
           Gospel
           in
           and
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           God
           gave
           him
           Liberty
           and
           Opportunity
           ,
           until
           
           he
           put
           a
           period
           both
           to
           his
           
             Labours
             and
             Life
          
           .
           That
           he
           did
           eminently
           discharge
           the
           Duty
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           ,
           will
           appear
           by
           some
           few
           Remarks
           ,
           whereby
           it
           will
           be
           made
           evident
           ,
           that
           he
           wrote
           very
           fairly
           after
           that
           Copy
           which
           I
           have
           been
           decyphering
           unto
           you
           :
           
             e.
             gr
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Our
           Apostle
           ,
           the
           more
           to
           recommend
           a
           good
           Minister
           ,
           doth
           shew
           ,
           How
           unlike
           he
           is
           to
           a
           contentious
           wrangling
           Sophister
           ,
           which
           lives
           in
           the
           fire
           of
           Disputing
           and
           Dividing
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           truly
           said
           of
           our
           worthy
           Brother
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           of
           
             Caleb
             ,
             He
             was
             a
             Man
             of
             another
             Spirit
             .
          
           He
           hated
           Contentions
           and
           Divisions
           ;
           he
           greatly
           bewailed
           them
           ;
           and
           used
           his
           uttermost
           Endeavour
           to
           promote
           Union
           and
           Concord
           .
           That
           this
           was
           his
           Temper
           ,
           is
           clearly
           demonstrated
           by
           his
           
           
             Discourse
             against
             uncharitable
             Contentions
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God.
          
           Which
           Discourse
           is
           printed
           in
           the
           4th
           Volume
           of
           the
           Casuistical
           Morning-Exercises
           ,
           preached
           in
           October
           1689
           ,
           wherein
           he
           shewed
           a
           deep
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           prudent
           pacifick
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Apostle
           describes
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           by
           his
           Studiousness
           and
           Diligence
           .
           In
           which
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           concluded
           ,
           that
           our
           deceased
           Brother
           was
           very
           exemplary
           .
           For
           his
           Sermons
           were
           composed
           and
           written
           with
           mature
           Digestion
           ,
           though
           with
           much
           Brevity
           ;
           which
           manifest
           them
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Product
           of
           many
           serious
           Thoughts
           ;
           and
           considering
           his
           Constancy
           in
           Preaching
           ,
           must
           needs
           require
           very
           hard
           Study
           .
           His
           
             Manuscript
             Notes
          
           of
           his
           Sermons
           
           are
           exceeding
           many
           ,
           and
           deserve
           to
           be
           carefully
           preserved
           .
           When
           we
           compute
           the
           time
           ,
           that
           must
           necessarily
           have
           been
           spent
           about
           his
           ordinary
           Labours
           ,
           we
           may
           judg
           ,
           that
           a
           Person
           of
           more
           than
           common
           Attainments
           ,
           had
           filled
           it
           up
           very
           well
           :
           Yet
           he
           redeemed
           so
           much
           besides
           ,
           as
           enabled
           him
           to
           compose
           and
           publish
           several
           
             pious
             and
             profitable
             Treatises
          
           .
           Of
           which
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           of
           good
           use
           to
           annex
           a
           Catalogue
           :
           As
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           
             An
             Antidote
             against
             Distractions
          
           ;
           Or
           ,
           An
           Endeavour
           to
           serve
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           daily
           Case
           of
           Wandrings
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God.
           This
           Treatise
           came
           to
           my
           hands
           before
           I
           ever
           saw
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Author
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           heard
           many
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           
           profess
           that
           they
           were
           greatly
           edified
           by
           it
           .
           What
           Acceptance
           this
           Book
           hath
           found
           with
           such
           as
           are
           serious
           in
           Religion
           ,
           may
           be
           estimated
           by
           the
           several
           Impressions
           of
           it
           .
           There
           is
           one
           Circumstance
           more
           that
           relates
           to
           it
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           be
           passed
           over
           ,
           viz.
           That
           it
           was
           written
           by
           Mr.
           Steel
           when
           he
           was
           in
           Prison
           in
           Wales
           for
           Non-conformity
           :
           Here
           we
           find
           that
           exemplified
           ,
           which
           was
           once
           the
           Case
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           2.
           9.
           
           
             VVherein
             I
             suffer
             Trouble
             as
             an
             Evil-Doer
             ,
             even
             unto
             Bonds
             :
             but
             the
             VVord
             of
             God
             is
             not
             bound
             .
          
           And
           as
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           in
           Prison
           ,
           he
           endeavoured
           to
           edify
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           by
           his
           Writings
           ;
           so
           he
           did
           also
           by
           his
           Preaching
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           under
           Confinement
           ,
           seek
           the
           Salvation
           of
           those
           who
           came
           to
           hear
           
           him
           .
           And
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           said
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           Paul
           did
           of
           Onesimus
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           begotten
           again
           by
           him
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           in
           Bonds
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           
             The
             Husband-man's
             Calling
          
           ;
           shewing
           the
           Excellencies
           ,
           Temptations
           ,
           Graces
           and
           Duties
           of
           the
           Christian
           Husband-man
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           
             A
             plain
             Discourse
             of
             Uprightness
          
           ;
           shewing
           the
           Properties
           and
           Privileges
           of
           an
           upright
           Man.
           
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           
             The
             Trades-man's
             Calling
          
           :
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Necessity
           ,
           Choice
           ,
           &c.
           of
           a
           Calling
           in
           general
           ;
           and
           Directions
           for
           the
           right
           managing
           of
           the
           Tradesman's
           Calling
           in
           particular
           .
        
         
         
           (
           5.
           )
           
             A
             Discourse
             of
             Old-Age
          
           ;
           Tending
           to
           the
           Instruction
           ,
           Caution
           and
           Comfort
           of
           Aged
           Persons
           .
        
         
           (
           6.
           )
           
             A
             Scheme
             and
             Abstract
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             Comprized
             in
             fifty
             two
             Heads
             ,
             with
             the
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
             on
             which
             they
             are
             grounded
             .
          
           And
           some
           short
           Indications
           ,
           How
           they
           were
           more
           largely
           handled
           .
        
         
           (
           7.
           )
           Besides
           his
           Discourse
           against
           uncharitable
           Contentions
           ,
           printed
           among
           the
           Sermons
           in
           the
           4
           th
           Volume
           of
           the
           Casuistical
           Morning-Exercises
           ;
           there
           are
           also
           other
           Sermons
           of
           his
           printed
           :
           As
           ,
           (
           1.
           )
           
             The
             Duties
             of
             Husbands
             and
             VVives
          
           toward
           each
           other
           ,
           in
           the
           Supplement
           of
           the
           Morning-Exercise
           at
           Cripple-gate
           ;
           1674.
           
           
           (
           2.
           )
           
             Believers
             Right
             to
             the
             Cup
             in
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             :
          
           In
           the
           Morning-Exercise
           against
           Propery
           ,
           1675.
           
           (
           3.
           )
           
             VVhat
             are
             the
             Hindrances
             and
             Helps
             to
             a
             good
             Memory
             ,
             in
             spiritual
             Things
             :
          
           In
           the
           Continuation
           of
           the
           Morning-Exercises
           ,
           Questions
           ,
           and
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           1683.
           
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Books
           which
           were
           published
           by
           our
           Reverend
           Brother
           ;
           by
           the
           diligent
           Reading
           whereof
           ,
           private
           Christians
           may
           ,
           by
           God's
           Blessing
           ,
           be
           much
           improved
           in
           their
           spiritual
           Growth
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           will
           study
           to
           approve
           himself
           unto
           God
           :
           And
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           assured
           ,
           was
           the
           constant
           Care
           and
           Endeavour
           of
           our
           deceased
           Brother
           .
           For
           he
           was
           circumspect
           ;
           
           unblameable
           and
           exemplary
           in
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           his
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           the
           Exercise
           of
           his
           Ministry
           ;
           who
           might
           ,
           through
           Grace
           ,
           have
           taken
           up
           the
           Apostle's
           Words
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           1.
           12.
           
           
             Our
             rejoyoing
             is
             this
             ,
             the
             Testimony
             of
             our
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             in
             Simplicity
             and
             godly
             Sincerity
             ,
             not
             with
             fleshly
             VVisdom
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             we
             have
             had
             our
             Conversation
             in
             the
             VVorld
             .
          
           And
           now
           ,
           we
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           God's
           Approbation
           of
           him
           ,
           is
           perfectly
           assured
           ,
           by
           his
           actual
           Admission
           of
           him
           into
           
             his
             Presence
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             fulness
             of
             Joy
             ,
             and
             at
             whose
             Right-hand
             are
             Pleasures
             for
             evermore
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           A
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           a
           Work-man
           that
           need
           not
           to
           be
           ashamed
           :
           His
           abundant
           Labours
           do
           manifest
           that
           he
           was
           
           a
           constant
           and
           diligent
           Work-man
           ;
           and
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           did
           so
           assist
           and
           help
           him
           in
           his
           Work
           ,
           that
           upon
           an
           impartial
           Review
           ,
           he
           needed
           not
           to
           have
           been
           ashamed
           of
           it
           .
           He
           had
           a
           singular
           Faculty
           of
           saying
           much
           in
           a
           little
           .
           The
           Subjects
           which
           he
           discoursed
           upon
           ,
           were
           practical
           and
           profitable
           .
           Since
           our
           Conjunction
           ,
           that
           we
           laboured
           together
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           preached
           over
           
             the
             Parable
             of
             the
             wise
             and
             foolish
             Virgins
             ,
          
           in
           Matt.
           25.
           
           Then
           he
           spent
           a
           considerable
           time
           in
           resolving
           many
           
             practical
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           with
           great
           Plainness
           and
           Perspicuity
           ;
           both
           for
           Instruction
           and
           Satisfaction
           .
           His
           last
           Undertaking
           ,
           was
           to
           treat
           of
           the
           
             Attributes
             of
             God.
          
           They
           are
           a
           rich
           Mine
           of
           spiritual
           Treasures
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           also
           a
           vast
           and
           boundless
           
           Ocean
           :
           Each
           of
           them
           are
           so
           large
           a
           Field
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           searching
           and
           illuminated
           Understanding
           cannot
           reach
           its
           Limits
           ;
           yet
           he
           could
           contract
           his
           Discourses
           ,
           that
           usually
           he
           allotted
           but
           one
           Sermon
           for
           each
           Attribute
           .
           His
           last
           Sermon
           was
           upon
           the
           
             Goodness
             of
             God
          
           ;
           which
           he
           concluded
           with
           an
           Exhortation
           to
           make
           a
           present
           Choice
           of
           God
           for
           our
           God
           ;
           and
           his
           last
           Words
           were
           close
           and
           piercing
           ,
           fit
           to
           make
           a
           lasting
           Impression
           ,
           [
           Ye
           cannot
           make
           a
           better
           Choice
           ,
           and
           are
           eternally
           undone
           if
           ye
           make
           a
           worse
           .
           ]
           The
           Contemplation
           of
           the
           Attributes
           of
           God
           must
           needs
           have
           filled
           him
           with
           Ravishment
           ,
           while
           he
           viewed
           them
           ,
           though
           but
           as
           in
           a
           Glass
           ,
           darkly
           .
           But
           now
           he
           is
           gone
           to
           those
           Regions
           of
           Light
           and
           Love
           ,
           where
           all
           Mists
           
           are
           dispelled
           ;
           and
           there
           he
           hath
           such
           a
           Knowledg
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           who
           are
           muffled
           up
           with
           Mortality
           ,
           cannot
           comprehend
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           He
           was
           a
           Pastor
           ,
           who
           made
           it
           his
           business
           to
           over-see
           ,
           and
           seed
           his
           Flock
           .
           He
           desired
           to
           know
           his
           Sheep
           by
           name
           :
           He
           often
           visited
           those
           who
           were
           his
           pecullar
           Charge
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           to
           edify
           them
           ,
           with
           some
           serious
           Discourse
           about
           their
           Soul
           Concernments
           ,
           enquiring
           after
           their
           Proficiency
           ;
           resolving
           their
           Doubts
           ,
           encouraging
           and
           directing
           them
           ,
           as
           their
           Case
           did
           require
           .
           He
           was
           careful
           and
           exact
           in
           observing
           whether
           any
           of
           them
           failed
           in
           their
           Attendance
           upon
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           :
           especially
           if
           he
           missed
           any
           of
           them
           at
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           once
           or
           twice
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           sure
           to
           send
           to
           them
           ;
           
           and
           (
           on
           the
           first
           Opportunity
           )
           to
           enquire
           of
           them
           ,
           What
           it
           was
           that
           kept
           them
           away
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           As
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           dextrous
           and
           skilful
           in
           rightly
           dividing
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
           In
           every
           Sermon
           he
           was
           careful
           to
           provide
           Milk
           for
           Babes
           ,
           and
           strong
           Meat
           for
           grown
           Men.
           His
           Stile
           was
           easy
           ,
           familiar
           ,
           though
           far
           from
           being
           loose
           ,
           careless
           or
           rustick
           :
           But
           his
           Matter
           was
           always
           substantial
           and
           weighty
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           by
           a
           rare
           Composition
           ,
           his
           Discourses
           were
           framed
           and
           attempered
           ,
           that
           the
           Meanest
           might
           learn
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           higher
           Attainments
           ,
           meet
           with
           nothing
           to
           be
           naufeated
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           As
           in
           his
           Preaching
           he
           made
           it
           appear
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           richly
           stored
           with
           Scripture-Knowledg
           ;
           
           so
           in
           his
           Praying
           ,
           he
           gave
           evident
           Proof
           ,
           That
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Grace
           and
           Supplication
           was
           plentifully
           poured
           out
           upon
           him
           :
           for
           he
           performed
           that
           holy
           Duty
           orderly
           ,
           perspicuously
           ,
           seriously
           and
           affectionately
           ,
           to
           the
           exciting
           of
           Devotion
           in
           those
           that
           joined
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           These
           Instances
           are
           sufficient
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           That
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           good
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           truly
           exemplified
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           his
           
             last
             Sickness
             and
             Death
          
           ,
           I
           have
           but
           little
           to
           insist
           upon
           ,
           because
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           that
           generally
           all
           of
           you
           were
           as
           well
           acquainted
           with
           them
           as
           my self
           .
           On
           the
           Lord's-Day
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           13
           th
           of
           this
           
           instant
           November
           ,
           he
           preached
           in
           this
           ,
           Place
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           at
           Hogsden
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           .
           On
           Monday
           he
           visited
           several
           Friends
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           be
           as
           lively
           and
           vigorous
           ,
           as
           usually
           he
           had
           been
           for
           a
           long
           time
           .
           He
           had
           been
           afflicted
           with
           the
           Tiffick
           for
           many
           Years
           ,
           otherwise
           he
           was
           as
           vegete
           and
           active
           ,
           as
           most
           who
           arrived
           at
           his
           Years
           ,
           In
           the
           Evening
           he
           repaired
           to
           a
           Friend's
           House
           in
           Cheapside
           ,
           where
           he
           intended
           to
           lodg
           that
           Night
           :
           But
           finding
           himself
           under
           great
           Indisposition
           ,
           he
           was
           carried
           to
           his
           own
           House
           in
           a
           Coach
           ,
           about
           ten
           of
           the
           Clock
           .
           The
           next
           Day
           ,
           he
           rose
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           be
           somewhat
           revived
           ,
           but
           kept
           his
           Chamber
           all
           that
           Day
           .
           On
           the
           Wednesday
           he
           continued
           in
           his
           Bed
           very
           faint
           and
           shot-breathed
           .
           
           He
           had
           the
           Assistance
           of
           a
           very
           able
           Physician
           ,
           his
           intimate
           Friend
           ,
           who
           took
           the
           best
           Method
           with
           him
           that
           his
           Art
           could
           direct
           unto
           ,
           but
           
             our
             Days
             are
             determined
             ,
             and
             the
             number
             of
             our
             Months
             is
             with
             God
             ,
             which
             we
             cannot
             pass
             .
          
           He
           complained
           not
           of
           any
           Pain
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           his
           Reason
           and
           Senses
           continued
           to
           the
           very
           last
           ;
           and
           about
           ten
           of
           the
           Clock
           at
           Night
           ,
           without
           any
           Struggle
           or
           Pangs
           ,
           he
           quietly
           gave
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           finding
           a
           very
           short
           and
           easy
           Passage
           to
           his
           eternal
           Rest.
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             Dead
             which
             die
             in
             the
             Lord
             ;
             yea
             ;
             saith
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             rest
             from
             their
             Labours
             ,
             and
             their
             VVorks
             do
             follow
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           given
           this
           short
           Account
           of
           our
           Reverend
           Brother
           ;
           I
           shall
           
           address
           my self
           ,
           in
           a
           few
           Words
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           attended
           upon
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           conclude
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Be
           deeply
           affected
           with
           this
           sharp
           Dispensation
           of
           Providence
           .
           Your
           loving
           ,
           laborious
           and
           faithful
           Pastor
           ,
           is
           removed
           from
           you
           .
           He
           will
           never
           more
           instruct
           you
           ,
           nor
           pray
           with
           you
           ,
           nor
           pray
           particularly
           for
           you
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           gives
           no
           Assurance
           thereof
           )
           yet
           we
           may
           hope
           ,
           that
           many
           Prayers
           which
           he
           put
           up
           in
           his
           Life-time
           ,
           for
           his
           Children
           ,
           Friends
           and
           Hearers
           ,
           are
           recorded
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           may
           ,
           in
           God's
           due
           time
           ,
           bring
           down
           Blessings
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Many
           of
           you
           do
           profess
           ,
           that
           ye
           had
           a
           very
           great
           esteem
           for
           him
           :
           Now
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           your
           Affections
           were
           real
           and
           radieated
           .
           I
           shall
           press
           you
           with
           our
           Saviour's
           
           Test
           ,
           or
           Trial
           of
           his
           Disciples
           Love
           to
           him
           ,
           
             If
             ye
             love
             me
             ,
             keep
             my
             Commandments
             :
          
           So
           ,
           if
           ye
           sincerely
           loved
           your
           good
           Minister
           ,
           let
           your
           Conversations
           be
           correspondent
           to
           that
           holy
           Doctrine
           which
           he
           taught
           you
           .
           To
           commend
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           live
           contrany
           to
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           is
           to
           affront
           and
           deride
           him
           .
           An
           impenitent
           ,
           unreformed
           Sinner
           ,
           who
           lives
           in
           Pride
           ,
           Earthliness
           ,
           Envy
           ,
           Sensuality
           and
           Passionateness
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           Immoralities
           ,
           cannot
           be
           a
           cordial
           Friend
           to
           a
           faithful
           Minister
           .
           It
           is
           the
           great
           Honour
           of
           a
           Teacher
           ,
           when
           his
           Hearers
           are
           good
           Proficients
           in
           the
           School
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           the
           Ignorant
           and
           Prophane
           ,
           are
           a
           Reproach
           to
           him
           .
           Many
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           impute
           the
           Non-proficiency
           of
           the
           Scholar
           ,
           to
           the
           want
           
           of
           Skill
           or
           Diligence
           in
           the
           Master
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Slack
           not
           ,
           but
           increase
           your
           Diligence
           to
           promote
           the
           Edification
           and
           Salvation
           of
           your
           Souls
           ,
           now
           when
           your
           Teacher
           is
           removed
           .
           This
           will
           be
           one
           Evidence
           of
           your
           Sincerity
           ,
           and
           that
           ye
           were
           acted
           from
           an
           internal
           ,
           vital
           Principle
           .
           A
           living
           Man
           moves
           ;
           and
           a
           Clock
           ,
           or
           Machin
           ,
           moves
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           Difference
           between
           their
           Motions
           :
           The
           one
           moves
           from
           a
           
             vital
             Principle
          
           ,
           the
           other
           only
           
             from
             Springs
             or
             VVeights
          
           .
           Let
           it
           never
           be
           said
           of
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           said
           of
           
             Joash
             ,
             That
             after
             the
             Death
             of
          
           Jehojada
           ,
           
             he
             left
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Could
           your
           Pastor
           speak
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           he
           might
           well
           use
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           heartily
           recommend
           to
           
           you
           )
           Phil.
           2.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             VVherefore
             ;
             my
             beloved
             Brethren
             ,
             as
             ye
             have
             always
             obeyed
             ,
             not
             as
             in
             my
             Presence
             only
             ,
             but
             now
             much
             more
             in
             my
             Absence
             ;
             work
             out
             your
             own
             Salvation
             with
             Fear
             and
             Trembling
             .
             For
             it
             is
             God
             that
             worketh
             in
             you
             ,
             both
             to
             will
             and
             to
             do
             ,
             of
             his
             good
             Pleasure
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Books
             sold
             by
          
           Samuel
           Sprint
           ,
           
             at
             the
             Bell
             in
          
           Little-Britain
           .
        
         
           THE
           Vanity
           of
           Man's
           Present
           State
           ,
           proved
           and
           applied
           in
           a
           Sermon
           on
           Psal.
           39.
           5.
           with
           divers
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Saints
           Communion
           with
           God.
           By
           Mr.
           
             John
             Wilson
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Treatise
           concerning
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           ,
           with
           three
           Dialogues
           .
           By
           
             Thomas
             Doolittle
          
           .
           The
           ninth
           Edition
           .
        
         
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           End
           of
           Time
           ,
           in
           two
           Discourses
           .
           By
           
             John
             Fox
          
           .
        
         
           Godly
           Fear
           ;
           or
           the
           Nature
           and
           Necessity
           of
           Fear
           ,
           and
           its
           Usefulness
           .
           By
           
             R.
             Allen.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Door
           of
           Heaven
           opened
           and
           shut
           ;
           Or
           ,
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           absolute
           Necessity
           of
           a
           timely
           Preparation
           for
           a
           happy
           Eternity
           .
           By
           
             John
             Fox
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Anatomical
           Exercises
           of
           Dr.
           
             William
             Harvey
          
           ;
           with
           the
           Preface
           of
           
             Zachariah
             Wood
          
           ,
           Physician
           of
           Rotterdam
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           Dr.
           
             James
             De-back
          
           his
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           Physician
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           the
           Town
           of
           Rotterdam
           .
        
         
           Insant-Baptism
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Men.
           By
           
             Joseph
             Whiston
          
           .
           In
           4
           Parts
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45388-e1950
           
             a
             Rev.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             b
             Luke
             17.
             22.
             
          
           
             c
             Cant.
             1.
             11.
             compared
             with
             Chap.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             e
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             f
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Wotton
            
             ;
             Disputandi
             pruritus
             peperit
             scabiem
             Ecclesiae
             .
          
           
             g
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             4.
             
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             h
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             22.
             
             All
             things
             are
             lawful
             for
             me
             ,
             but
             all
             things
             are
             not
             expedient
             ;
             —
             but
             all
             things
             edify
             not
             .
          
           
             i
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             k
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             13.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             l
             Jam.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             m
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             11.
             
          
           
             n
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             13
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             o
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             p
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             q
             Sollicitè
             cura
             .
          
           
             r
             Aeth
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             festino
             ,
             propero
             ;
             
               and
               from
               thence
               comes
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Sedulò
             strenuè
             operam
             navo
             ;
             contendo
             ,
             enitor
             .
          
           
             s
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             t
             Phil.
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             u
             Tit.
             1.
             9.
             
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Ver.
             11.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             x
             Rom.
             9.
             15.
             
          
           
             y
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             z
             Cor.
             25.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             ambimus
             :
             Rom.
             15.
             20.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             b
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             c
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             d
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             e
             Cor.
             2
             11.
             13.
             
          
           
             f
             Joh.
             12.
             43.
             
          
           
             g
             Tibi
             curae
             sit
             sistere
             teipsum
             integerrime
             coram
             Deo.
             
          
           
             h
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             2.
             
             Tit.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             16
             ,
             —
             18.
             
          
           
             i
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             k
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             :
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             l
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             laboro
             ,
             fatigor
             ,
             lassor
             .
          
           
             m
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             n
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             o
             Luk.
             13.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             p
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Legatus
             ,
             Nuncius
             .
          
           
             q
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Seniores
             .
          
           
             r
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             s
             Senatus
             &
             Senatores
             .
          
           
             t
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             qui
             praecundo
             monstraut
             viam
             .
          
           
             u
             Potestatem
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             ducendi
             ;
             non
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             cogendi
             .
          
           
             w
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             x
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             y
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             super
             ex
             abundanti
             
          
           
             z
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             b
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             c
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             d
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             e
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             f
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             g
             Gal.
             6.
             1.
             
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             h
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             i
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             k
             The
             Primitive
             Verb
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             remigo
             :
             but
             in
             the
             common
             Use
             ,
             it
             is
             enlarged
             ,
             and
             extended
             to
             signify
             a
             Servant
             in
             general
             .
          
           
             l
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             m
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             n
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             is
             from
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             which
             Etymologists
             deduce
             from
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Dust
             ;
             because
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             such
             as
             run
             Races
             or
             work
             abroad
             ,
             do
             raise
             the
             Dust.
             
          
           
             o
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             p
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             q
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             r
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             s
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             t
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             u
             Rectè
             tractantem
             .
          
           
             w
             Rectè
             praedicantem
             .
          
           
             x
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             y
             Isaiah
             50.
             4.