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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90932	The preacher sent: or, A vindication of the liberty of publick preaching, by some men not ordained. In answer to two books: 1. Jus divinum ministerii euengelici. By the Provincial Assembly of London. 2. Vindiciæ ministerii euangelici. By Mr. John Collings of Norwich. / Published by Iohn Martin, minister of the Gospel at Edgfield in Norfolk. Sam. Petto, minister of the Gospel at Sand-croft in Suffolk. Frederick Woodal, minister of the Gospel at Woodbridge in Suffolk.	Martin, John, 1595 or 6-1659.; Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.	1658 (1658)	Wing P3197; Thomason E1592_2; ESTC R208851	240,824	381

the Lord which is declared by them 2. Some of the places may speak of a more especial obligation between Officers and those they are Officers to then between others but do not deny that others may be heard or that the word is to be obeyed when such as are no Officers speak it because the Priests lips should preserve knowledge will any say that others lips who are no Officers are not to preserve knowledge or that people are not to enquire or seek the Law at the lips of any other are not the Saints to exhort one another Heb. 3. 13. Heb. 10. 25. and is no this a means to encrease knowledge and are they not to be heard when they do exhort and seeing Christ commandeth them to give exhortation do not they hear Christ that hear them when they declare the will of Christ at his command Those places Heb. 13. 1 Tim. 5. 17. 1 Thes 5. 12. do affirm that such as are Officers and do labour constantly amongst a people and make it their work to feed them are especially to be obeyed and highly esteemed by those they are over in the Lord and that for their works sake but this doth not deny that others may share in some good degree in that honour and esteem nor that they are to be obeyed who do the work but occasionally amongst them and are not Officers to them or over them in the Lord as if a Stranger who liveth a hundred miles off and is over a flock there cometh and preacheth several Sermons to a Church at such a distance upon request he is not an Officer to this Church or over it because he cannot without asserting a height of Episcopacy be said to be an Officer to two Churches a hundred miles distant and he may be an Officer to ten or twenty Churches by the same Rule for ought we know that he may be to two yet preaching thus occasionally to a Church which he is not over he is to be obeyed if he preacheth sound Doctrine and to be esteemed for his works sake as we suppose will not be denyed and why may there not as well be liberty for the preaching of gifted men without crossing those Scriptures There is a strict charge not to hearken to those Prophets Jer. 27. 14. we suppose that place they intend though it be printed Jer. 17. 14. because they preached false Doctrine for it is said vers 14. Therefore hearken not unto the words of the Prophets that speak unto you saying ye shall not serve the King of Babylon for they prophesie a lie unto you Such as prophesie a lie unto men are not to be hearkened unto though they be Ordained this is as much against hearing Ordained men as gifted men As for 2 Tim. 4. the words are these vers 3. For the time will come when they will not indure sound Doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers It is a matter indeed of complaint when men heap up to themselves such Teachers as are according to their own lusts and corruptions and when aversness to sound Doctrine puts them upon this for it is not like they will be preachers of sound Doctrine who in such a case are heaped up but this speaketh nothing against the heaping up Teachers out of a desire to hear sound Doctrine and to have grace promoted Object 4. There is no promise in Scripture made unto any that preach and are not thereunto lawfully Ordained we say no promise either of 1. Assistance 2. Protection 3. Success Answ We have proved that there is a promise made unto gifted men who preach though they be not ordained Mat. 25. vers 29. For unto every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance i. e. if he useth exerciseth and improveth his talents he shall encrease them Act. 18. vers 28. He i. e. Apollo a gifted man mightily convinced the Jews Act. 11. vers 19 20 21. They that were scattered went about preaching and though as we have proved these were many of them not ordained yet vers 21. The hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. Here was great success in their preaching and therefore such as follow their example in preaching may expect success as they had There is a promise included in such presidents Malach. 3. vers 16 17. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another Here are Christian-meetings for mutual Exhortation and the issue is 1. The Lord hearkned and heard it i. e. took special notice of it with approbation 2. A book of remembrance was written i. e. he kept it as it were upon record 3. He promiseth vers 17. And they shall be mine saith the Lord of hosts in that day when I make up my jewels God will own them as his challenge an interest and propriety in them when others are rejected And I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him The Lord will overlook that in them which he will not in others Therefore gifted men have sweet promises for their encouragement in the exercise of their gifts for the edification one of another And thus we have finished our answer to the Arguments produced in the Book called Jus Divin Min. against the preaching of gifted men CHAP. X. Answering Several Arguments brought by Master Collings to prove gifted persons may not ordinarily Preach without a solemn setting apart to Office Argum. 1. MAster Collings his first Argument riseth to this Gospel precepts require and Gospel presidents hold forth that those that are to Preach the Gospel should not onely have inward gifts and graces and an outward call and Election but also that they should be solemnly set apart for that work Therefore inward Graces and gifts and the election and call of the people are not all the Gospel requires Answ If his proposition be not understood to be universal it may be granted and yet nothing is concluded by it against the Preaching of gifted brethren we may grant that such a setting apart by Gospel precepts is required and by Gospel Presidents is holden forth as necessary for some of those that are to Preach the Gospel viz. for Officers and yet may fairly deny it to be necessary for all that Preach Other Gospel Precepts and Presidents may allow gifted men to Preach without such a setting apart Because some who are to admonish and exhort others and convince gainsayers ought to be set apart Ergo all must or none may admonish or exhort others or convince gainsayers but such as are set apart Surely himself will not judge this a necessary consequence We suppose therefore he would have the proposition understood Universally and then none of the Scriptures he alledgeth do prove it We deny That Gospel Precepts require or that Gospel Presidents hold forth 〈◊〉 all those that are to Preach the Gospel should be solemnly set apart for that work We shall