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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55489	The life of Mr. John Hieron with the characters and memorials of ten other worthy ministers of Jesus Christ / written by Mr. Robert Porter ...	Porter, Robert, d. 1690.	1691 (1691)	Wing P2987; ESTC R33944	94,309	99

well read in Books and good Authors a very studious man He was well seen in History and very frequently in converse made an excellent use thereof He had a sharp judgment he was a great Master of Method had digested his Tutors Method of preaching thoroughly He had a very strong memory which continued to the last so that if there were any doubt about the quantity of any Syllable he had a Verse ready to shew what it was He had searched into Chronology of Scripture knew much about it and was ready in it But he was almost a Non-such in his Bible you could not name a difficulty but he was ready to give the unfolding of it or what was said to it He was most ready in the references of one Scripture to another and could readily turn to them He had an excellent faculty in expounding Scripture in opening a Chapter he opened his Text with great clearness He had a gravity in Countenance and Carriage and in his Delivery He was a Mall of unsound Opinions though he did not delight in preaching Controversies yet when it fell in his way his matter naturally leading to it he would so distinctly state Controverted points and leave them so clear that there would scarce seem to be any thing of controversie in them He was a close and wise reprover He was a powerful presser to duty he was excellent in Instruction skilful to direct to means very compassionate in dealing with tender troubled Souls able to give strong Cordials and very discerning to know to whom to give them In a word he was a Scribe instructed to the Kingdom of God had Treasures and could bring forth things new and old He was a good and faithful Steward of the Mysteries of God he was able and apt to teach furnished both with an Heart well headed and an Head well hearted he was skilful and faithful a sound Believer of what he preached zealous for God no body that heard him could suspect him of being in jest all must conclude he was in earnest and that his words were in his heart and that they came out thence His breath was warm which testified Life within and heartiness for God Sect. 2. As to the discharge of his Ministry I must be a little more particular He did shew his qualifications his sincere ends in entring into the Ministry by his conscionable fulfilling his Ministry received of the Lord doing the work of a Minister making full proof of his Ministry he was a Workman and a working man a dextrous labourer in Gods Vineyard a painful and skilful Husbandman whom God had instructed to discretion and had taught him He dispensed Holy Mysteries the Word and Sacrament as a Minister of Christ and a faithful Steward of the Mysteries of God 1. He was well satisfied about the Doctrine of the Lords day as a Christian Sabbath and accordingly he did earnestly contend with the Profaners of the Lords day zealously prest its sanctification and in his own practice was a practical Sabbatarian This would appear both from what he did at Ashborne and also after at Breadsall But take for proof what follows Some time after his setling at Ashborne the Book for Sports on the Lords day came forth and presently was the fear of Gods Commandment cast off the applications of the Sabbath to the ends of it's institution being one of those bands and cords that corrupt nature would fain break and is glad of any pretence to cast away Unbridled youth presently took the liberty granted and Tidings being brought to Mr. Hieron he got to Mr. Pegge a Man of Authority in Ashborne to accompany him and coming to them they found Boys and Youths shooting at the Butts and only one man with them and being demanded why they did so The man answered that the Bishop gave them leave How doth that appear said Mr. Hieron The man answered on such a Sabbath day I came through Eccleshall where then the Bishops seat was and saw there a Bear baiting Mr. Hieron rejoyns that 's no proof for the Castle is at some distance from the Town and the Bishop might be said If it offended them he would forbear and so the Company parted But a while after he went to another Company got together on the like occasion where he met with a man who argued the King allowed it and those would not part Mr. Taylor in his Life having preached about the Observation of the Lords-day and therein reproved that bad Custom which the Butchers of that Town used of selling Meat on the Lords-days in the Morning When Bishop Wright afterwards came to visit there some who were loath to for go that bad Custom dealt with him in private about it and so far gained on him that in his Charge or Speech he mentioned it and used this instance Suppose a Labouring Man receives his Wages so late on the Saturday night that before he can get home the Shops are shut up and no Meat then to be bought shall not the poor Man therefore have a chop of Meat to his Dinner the next day with great noise the Bishop added God forbid Mr. Hieron well understood this reflection and others took so much notice of it as to take encouragement from it Yet notwithstanding Mr. Hieron preaching upon the Commandments when he came in course to the Fourth Commandment returned upon the reproof of this sin and raising an Objection but some may say my Lord Bishop gives us leave He answered Suppose that were so Whether is it reasnable to regard what one Bishop might say in a private place more than what that Bishop and all the Bishops in England had said in Parliament And having the Statute of 3. Caroli with him in the Pulpit he read it to them and told them there were but so many years passed since this was enacted by Kings Lords and Commons and that this Bishop on whose Authority they so much relied was one of the Number being then Bishop of Bristol This put them a little to a stand yet one of them said he would notwithstanding hear what such a Gentleman not far distant would say to it Whether they reformed or not I cannot well say but Mr. Hieron did his duty with Zeal and Courage These instances may suffice to illustrate and prove this head 2. He was a Man that filled the Sabbath with its proper Exercises It was a painful day to him yet not grievous because the day was his delight and holy employment was his refreshment He prayed he read the Scripture and expounded it he sung Psalms he catechised and expounded the Catechism he preached twice a day and this he did with that holy zeal and earnestness that sometimes especially in the spring of the year he hath been so sore upon the Mondays that he could not endure to sit but was forced to walk about in his Room whilst he was able and then to try if he could find out any other postures which might