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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07183	The prophecie of Agabus, concerning a generall famine to come vpon the worlde: togither with a beneuolence for the most distressed: / set out by Peter Barker minister at Stoure-Paine..	Barker, Peter, preacher of Gods word.	1597 (1597)	STC 1426.5; ESTC S90391	26,650	104

That which the ministers are here to learne is to deliuer nothing vnto the people but that which they haue gathered out of Gods word Euery minister must be a Moses speake al Ex. 7 2 he must bee an Isaac and speake no more but all Gen. 27. 37. e Hmus● teach 1. Tim. 4. 11. the good and right way 1. Sā 12. 13. If any teach otherwise let him be accursed Gal. 1. 8. That which I haue written saith Pilate Iohn 19. 22. As if hee shuld say that which I haue written truly shall continue written without alteration That which God hath spoken he hath spoke● once or twise Psal 62. 11. That hi● worde might bee like the Med● and Persians which altereth not Dan. 6. 12. If any man shall adde God shall adde vnto him plagues if any shall diminish of his worde God shall take away his part ou● of the booke of life Reu. 22. 18. That which the people generally are here to learn is first in respect of the message that is brogh● and doctrine which is deliuered 1 To giue eare vnto it with diligence That which Sarah saith Ge. 21. 10. The scripture saith Gal. 4. 30. That which the Prophet speaketh God speaketh by the mouth of the Prophets Luk. 1. 70. The worde of the Apostles is the preaching of God 1. Thes 2. 13. The good doctrine commeth from aboue Iob 29. 22. The people haue it from the minister as it were at the second hande they must not therefore doe as Samuel did who thought the Priest called him and so after the first second and thirde call go and sleepe but do as Samuel after did and when we know it is the Lord that calleth vs in token of attention say with Samuel Speak Lord thy seruant heareth 1. Sā 3. If God speaketh let not man be a deafe Adder If Paule preacheth fall not with Eutichus into a dead sleepe Acts 20 9 Gaze not about but if Christ expound the Scripture let the wandering eye bee fastened on him Luke 4 20 Doo not as though tho● haddest with Malchus thy righ● care cut off bring onelie thy left eare to the Sermon bu● with Moses draw neare to learn● Exod 3 3 With Iacob note th● saving Gen 33 11 If God offere● the foode of the soule let hung● be thy sauce and bring a stoma● with thee if he bringeth the water of life say with Sisera Giue m● water for I am thirstie Iud 4 9 ● rather with Samson I die for thir● Iud 15 18 Secondly because it ● the spirit speaketh we must hea● with reuerence in token wher● Eglon whē E●ud tels him he hath a message from God dooth arise Iud 3 20 as Bala●k must Num 23 18 and Moses puts his shooes frō his feet Exod 3 5 and Marie sits at Iesus feet heares his preaching Lu. 10 39 whē the law was giuē there was thunder and lightning and a thick cloud vpō the mount Siuai was all on smoke and all the mount trembled exceedingly Ex 19 that the people might prostrate themselues before the lord and receiue it with reuerence and ●hese two diligence reuerence ●n hearing are the outward duties ●ee must performe because God ●peaketh The inward dutie wee ●we is meditation Let not the vir●in be as a broken vessell but whē●hee hath heard Christ speake ●eepe all these sayinges in her ●eart Luke 2 51 Let not Sermons bee as Musicke which once ended there is no more remembrance of it there must bee vertue to retain a potion if we wil haue it worke within vs. The cleane beastes haue not presently done with their meate assoone as they haue eate it but chew the cud and bring it vp againe and againe and still do find a sweetnesse in it Let the seruant be labouring in the field Luk. 17. 7. and labouring in the house ver 8. Let M●●tha go out to meete Christ M●rie keepe within doores Iohn 1● 20. Let there be the eare without and the heart within let there b● action let there be cōtemplation let there be hearing let there be meditatiō God hath ioined th●● togither Mal. 2. 2 man must n● put them asunder And as we must performe these duties because it is the spirit that speaketh so because the ministers are the mouth by which he speaketh in respect of them wee must take heede that on the one side we do not persecute reuile or thinke basely on them for their doctrine If Haman abuseth Dauids messenger hee abuseth Dauid Sam. 10. They which contemne the Embassadors despise those that sent them if the dogge doth bite the stone hee would bite him that threw it and he that killes the dog meanes no good to the maister if Satan stay Iobs seruant his malice reacheth to Iob himselfe And on the otherside we must take heede we think not better of the means then of the author of goodnesse The corne is Pharaohs though Ioseph must deliuer it Ge. 14. 55. Christ multiplieth the loaues the disciples do but giue to thē that sit down Ioh. 6. 11. It was Christ who raised Lazarus other did but loose him let him go Ioh. 11. 43. To blame are those men of Lystra to sacrifice vnto Paul Acts 14. 13. and the men of Israel to gaze too much vppon Peter Act. 3. 12. Paul may plant and Apollo water but God giueth increase if Peter take a multitude of fishes hee falles downe at Iesus feete Luke 5 8. Sette not more by the seedleape then by the vertue of the seede and loue of him that sowes it prayse not more the condite pipe then the spring head from whence the Water floweth Lastly let the prognosticators and diuiners especially here learne to keepe silence they must not enter vpon Gods freehold the stars doo not prognosticate a true euent what health what wealth what weather shall befall it must bee Eliah that tels Ahab there shall be neither dewe nor raine these 3. yeeres 6. months 1. Reg. 17. 2. the same Eliah that foretelleth the time of much raine 1. Reg. 18. 41. if Hezechiah bee weakened and sore broken if his health be past away as a cloude his soule be powred out vpon him it must bee an Esay that must tell him hee shall liue fifteene yeeres longer Esay 38. 5. If there be marrow to the rich mans bones health vnto his nauell no feeblenesse to his flesh none but GOD can say This night will they fetch away thy soule from thee Luke 12. 20. If at any time there be an extreame famin in Samaria that the faire virgins yong men do perish for thirst and God will not helpe them with the barne or with the winepresse that they eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters they deuoure it must bee an Elish● that can prophesie plenty to morrow this time a measure of fine flower shall be solde for a shekell that is to say twenty pence and two measures of barly for a shekel in the