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A77792	A sermon preached in the French church, in London on the 29. day of August 1652 At the imposition of hands on Mr. Stouppe by John Bulteel, minister of the word of God. With the action and circumstances thereof.	J. B. (John Bulteel), d. 1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing B5453A; ESTC R224358	34,618	48

propoundeth in the ninth Chapter of this first Epistle to the Corinthians he sets forth unto us explicitly and implicitly two sorts of Pastors The one sort of Pastors are such of whom an ancient Father speakes namely Chrysostome there are many and there are few many by name but few in effect who have the charge to preach the Gospel but do not preach it b Isa 65.10 They are watchmen that are blind they are dumb dogs that cannot bark as the Prophet Isaiah styles them and therefore wo unto them because they preach not the Gospel as the Apostle teacheth us covertly and implicitly in this sixteenth verse of our Text. The second sort is of those that are Pastors not onely by name but also in effect whom the Apostle subdivides in two ranks The one that preach the Gospel but against their will though the dispensation of the Gospel is committed unto them c Cor. 9.17 in the 17 verse of this Chapter as the Prophet Jonas who preached the word of God to the Ninivites against his desire and as it were perforce The others that do preach the Gospel willingly whom the Apostle doth again subdivide into two ranks Such as do preach the Gospel willingly and live of the Gospel for the labourer is worthy of his hire and Saint Paul in the d 1 Cor. 9.19 14 verse of this chap. even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel So Saint Peter and the brethren of our Lord Jesus and the rest of the Apostles preaching the Gospel have lived of the Gospel as the Apostle doth declare unto us openly in the beginning of this Chapter The others that do preach the Gospel notwithstanding do not live of the Gospel as Paul and Barnabas among the Corinthians e 1 Cor. 3.4.5 6 7. Have we not power to eat and to drink have we not power to lead about a sister a wife as well as other Apostles and as the brethren of the Lord and Cephas or I onely and Barnabas have we not power to forbear working Who goeth to Warfare at any time at his own Charges who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock c. Now S. Paul doth glory in regard of the Corinthians because he preached the Gospel for nought although he might have lawfully taken a Salary which was due unto him and according to the ordinance of Jesus Christ and therefore he glories not in respect of God or in respect of the Apostles but partly in respect of the Corinthians partly against the false Apostles He glories not that he preached the Gospel but that he preacheth the Gospel gratis for nothing for it were better for him to dy than that any man should make his glorying void as he saith in the verse that precedes our Text. But for that he preacheth the Gospel he cannot no more than he ought not to glory as he teacheth us in this 16 verse of our Text which we have read unto you For though I preach the gospel I have nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon me yea wo is unto me if I preach not the Gospel A notable and noble passage of Scripture an excellent emphaticall and patheticall sentence wherein there is not a word but hath its weight in the which we are to consider by Gods grace and assistance these two points the first is the duty the office and exercise of the Apostle which is to preach the Gospel for he saith Although I preach the Gospel The second point is that the Apostle doth not glory in that he preacheth the Gospel and that for two reason the first is the necessity for necessity is laid upon me The second is the threatning Wo is unto me if I preach not the Gospel We will not stand here to represent unto you what the word Gospel and to preach the Gospel signifies because we have understood not long ago what this word signifies in the expounding of these words f Gal. 1.8 Though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed Onely we will observe that the word Gospel is a Greek word which in prophane Greek authors signifies First of all good and happy news Secondly it signifies the sacrifice that they offered unto their gods for the good news they had received and that sacrifice was called Gospel Thirdly it signifies the Salary and reward or the gift that was made unto him that brought the good news and that gift and Salary was called Gospel But in holy Scripture the word Gospel signifies by excellency the good news and solemn publication of g 1 Tim. 3.16 the Son of God manifested in the flesh justified in the Spirit seen of Angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the world received up into glory h Apoc. 14.6 The everlasting Gospel which hath been preached since the fall of man in the beginning of the Creation and shall last unto the end of the world The Franciscans had invented and published a book full of horrible blasphemies which they named the Gospel of the holy Ghost or the everlasting Gospel saying that the Gospel of Christ should not last above fifty years But the Book was refuted by Guiliemus de sancto amore condemned by the Pope and secretly burnt Now the holy Apostle Saint Paul did preach the Gospel in Arabia at Damascus in Antioch at Cyprus in Licaonia at Lystra at Pisidia in Macedonia at Athens at Corinth in Asia in Europe at Troas at Miletum in Jerusalem at Rome in Pamphilia at Pergamus in Attalia in Mysia at Salanus at Paphos in Samothracia at Neapolis at Philippi at Berea at Thessalonica and other places i Rom. 15.19 Through mighty signes and wonders by the power of the spirit of God so that from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum he fully preached the Gospel of Christ The Apostle therefore preached the Gospel of Christ and that at all times and in all places according to his Apostolicall charge and laboured more abundantly than all the Apostles k 1 Cor. 15 10. Yet not he but the grace of God which was in him Now although he preached the Gospel in this manner with so much labour and pains he hath not wherein to glory and that is the second point that we have to observe when he saith I have nothing to glory of Although the Gospel is an excellent thing and the preaching thereof an Honourable work although I have preached the Gospel I have nothing to glory of he glories indeed in many other things in that he hath exercised his office to teach with a pure conscience l 2 Cor. 1.12 For our rejoycing is this the Testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversation in the world and more

A SERMON PREACHED In the FRENCH CHURCH in LONDON On the 29. day of August 1652. At the Imposition of Hands on Mr. Stouppe By JOHN BULTEEL Minister of the Word of God With the Action and Circumstances thereof LONDON Printed by T.M. for Edward Archer and are to be sold at the Sign of the Adam and Eve in Little-Brittain near the Church 1654. To his Reverend and honoured Brethren The Pastors Elders and Deacons of the French-Church in London Reverend and Honoured Brethren THe Ambassadour of the Emperour of Germany who was sent to the great Emperor of the Turks writes that he saw at Constantinople an Embleme represented on a piece of Tapestry made of an exquisite work containing four Candlesticks with four Candles which represented four sorts of Religions as namely the Heathenish the Jewish the Christian and the Mahometan Three of these candlesticks were turned topsie turvie with their three Candles extinguished but the fourth Candlestick stood upright with its Candle burning There was this Arabicall Inscription This is the true Light thinking to make to world to believe that the Mahometane Religion is the onely and true light and that the three other lights extinguished are false ones But we know that the Christian Religion is the onely and true Light represented and presented not in nor by the books of the Philosophers nor in the Talmud and Cabala of the Rabbins nor in the Alcoran of the Mahumetans but within and by the holy Scripture which represents and presents unto us our Lord Jesus Christ the true light who lighteth every man that cometh into the world that whosoever believes in him and follows him shall not walk in darknesse but have the light of life It is he that is in the midst of the golden candlesticks who hath in his right hand seven stars out of whose mouth issueth a sharp two edged sword wherewith he smites the Nations whose countenance is as the Sun-shine in his strength It is that Jesus Christ the Son of righteousnesse who by his beams doth inlighten the starres who are the Angels of the Churches it is he that walks amidst the golden Candle sticks which are the Churches and doth enlighten them by his holy word which is a lamp unto their feet and a lantern of light unto passengers in the dark nights on sea which doth enlighten them within the glittering rayes of his holy spirit It is that divine word that glistering light of the Old and New Testament of the Law and of the Gospel carried by the Torch-bearers the excellent and holy Prophets Apostles Evangelists and Ministers of the word of God But the world of unbelievers whether Heathens Hereticks or Prophane persons hath not known nor received this marvellous light of this sacred word but hath rejected it indeavoured to exinguish it either in whole or in part The Pagans have rejected the holy Scripture altogether The Manichees have refused all the old Testament The Ptolemaits have rejected the five books of Moses which the Sadduces did onely imbrace refusing all other books of the old Testament The Anabaptists reject the book of Ecclesiastes the canticle of Canticles Porphyrius did refuse the book of the Prophet Daniel and the Nicolaitans did the like of the Psalmes of the royall Prophet David The Jews reject all the New Testament The Ebionites have onely Saint Matthews Gospel and Cerinthus approved that of Saint Mark Cerdon that of Saint Luke the Valentinians did onely imbrace that of Saint John and the Tatians onely the book of the Acts of the Apostles These are those that have blot out the passages of holy Scripture which were contrary to their opinions and practises Mareion the Heretick did blot out the passages of Luke and John and of the Apostles Epistles that maintained the Deity and humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ The Papists do raze out many sentences that repugne their false dogmes and among others the second Commandement of the Morall Law Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image c. is left out as appears in many of their Printed books But behold a strange case that among those of the reformed Religion there are some here in England that have caused some Passages of the holy Scripture to be razed out that were written on the walls of Churches As for Example there was a suffragant of the Archbishop of Canterbury who a little before these troubles did excommunicate two Churhwardens because they had not blotted out that notable and true sentence written on the wall of the Church where he kept his Spirituall Court My House shall be called the House of prayer but ye have made it a den of thieves yea there was at the same time a Bishop in England who caused the Clark of a Parish in his Diocesse to blot out that Divine sentence written on the wall just right over the Ministers pulpit Necessity is laid upon me yea wo is unto me if I preach not the Gospel An insupportable boldnesse and which cannot be paralelled these persons would in all appearance have indeavoured to have blotted these Divine Sentences out of the books of holy Scripture if it had been in their power Cumanus a Heathen Governour of the Romanes caused a Romane Souldier to be beheaded for tearing the books of Moses at the Sack of a city to appease the tumult of the Jews who were scandalised thereat Surely God saith in the Apocalipse chap. 22.19 If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this Prophesie God shall take away his part out of the Book of Life and out of the holy City Now whereas I have expounded in your Church the aforesaid passage of the 1 Corinth 9.16 For though I preach the Gospel I have nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon me yea wo is unto if I preach not the Gospel I do represent and present the Sermon unto you because it is due unto you having been the occasion thereof for being requested by Letters signed by the Pastor and some of the Elders and Deacons of your Church in the name of them all to come to London to assist to the examination of the Honoured brother Mr. Stouppe where divers reverend brethren Ministers did assist with the Elders and Deacons of the Coetus of the Dutch and French Churches of London and having heard him both in his Sermon ad Clerum and his Latine Theses as also in his Answers to what objections soever were propounded unto him the company did receive such contentment and satisfaction as he was judged able and capable to be received and confirmed in the holy Ministry Yee did me the honor to request me to preach and perform the Action on the day of his Ordination at which assisted the Reverend Brethren Mr. Calendrin Pastor of the Dutch Church and Mr. Cismer Pastor of your Church we all three together gave the Imposition of hands on the said honoured brother Mr. Stouppe Now I put this Sermon in print