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A01703	A fruitful sermon preached at Occham in the county of Rutland, the second of Nouember, 1583 by Thomas Gybson.	Gybson, Thomas, fl. 1583.	1584 (1584)	STC 11840.5; ESTC S2130	26,976	78

none of these in truth doe make account of the Gospell And now let vs come to the third parte of our Text wherein is sett downe what euery Minister ought to preache namely the Gospell They are not bounde to deliuer the Counselles of men the Traditions of the Fathers the Statutes of earthly Princes or the authoritie of mort●ll men but as they are the seruauntes of Iesus Christ Prince of all Princes so are they bounde onely to preache his Gospell The true Prophetes neuer speake of them selues to the people but as they receiued warning from the Lorde They had no authoritie to speake their owne words nor the words of any mortal man The Apostles might not teach their own doctrine but onely that whiche they had receiued from their Maister who enioyneth them to teache all thinges what soeuer he had commaunded them Goe saieth he and preache the Gospell The holy Apostle writing to the Corinthians auoucheth that he receiued of the Lorde that which he deliuered to them whereby wee maie see all these Teachers confuted which stande vpon the authoritie of men whiche adde or diminishe any thing from the Scriptures whiche ioyne their owne fantasies and the traditions of men with the holy pure and perfect worde of God Woe be to those sonnes of vanities for in deede they preache not the Gospell they preache not Christ but themselues They deface and weaken the authoritie of the holy Scriptures The lawe of GOD is a perfect lawe conuerting soules The Scripture is able to make the man of God absolute and perfect to all good workes The Lord saith by his Prophet He that hath a dreame let him tell a dreame and he that hath my word let him speake my word faithfully and what is the chaffe to the wheate saith the Lorde Is not my worde euen like a fire saieth the Lorde and like a hammer that breaketh the stone Our Sauiour in the Gospel speaketh against such teachers saying In vaine they worshippe me teaching the doctrine and preceptes of men Let vs remēber that which is spoken in the last Chapter of the Reuelation I protest vnto euery man that heareth the prophesie of this booke if any man add vnto these thinges God shall add vnto him the plagues that are written in this booke And if any man shall diminishe of the wordes of this prophesie God shall take awaie his parte out of the booke of life and out of the holy Cittie and from these thinges which are written in this booke Woe be to them which preache and yet preach not the Gospell But that we may know the better howe the Gospell should bee preached let vs consider a little what it is and what it containeth The Euangelistes call it the Gospell of the Kingdome Sainct Paule accoumpteth it that whiche was promised before by the Prophetes in the holie Scriptures concerning Iesus Christe our Lorde And in the same Chapter he saieth It is the power of GOD vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth And in an other place he calleth it the worde and ministrie of Reconciliation Sainct Iohn calleth it the testimonie of Iesus Christ From these and suche like places maie bee easily gathered a full definition of the Gospell whiche I leaue to your godly consideration Onely this I adde that vnder the voyce of the Gospell is comprehended the whole historie of Iesus Christ in the fl●she and also the fruite and vse of the same Historie As touchyng the first namely the historie of Christe it is sommarily comprehended vnder his Passion and Resurrection the vse and ende of all is that wee should haue repentaunce and remission of sinnes in his name and this doeth Christe himselfe witnesse when as he laied to his Apostles after his Resurrection Thus it is written and thus it behooued Christ to suffer and to rise againe from the dead the third daie and that repentance and remission of sinnes should bee preached in his name among all Nations To this agreeth the holy Apostle Saint Peter when as he saieth with other the Apostles to the Counsel and chief Priestes The God of our Fathers hath raised vp Iesus whom ye slue and hanged on a tree Him hath God lift vp with his right hande to bee a Prince and a Sauiour to giue repentaunce vnto Israell and forgiuenesse of sinnes By this wee maie see how the Gospell must bee preached the people must bee taught what Christe hath done for them The whole Storie of his Incarnation Conception Birth Sufferinges Resurrection and Assention these thinges I saie must bee often tymes and effectually preached to the people as they are set downe by the holy Euangelistes and Apostles But yet this is not enough to shewe what Christ hath done to rehearse the Storie of his Incarnation but also the Minister must bee carefull to preache the vse the ende and fruite of the same Storie whiche is that the people maie repent bee tourned vnfainedly vnto God and so by faith made pertakers of remission of sinnes through Iesus Christe Repentaunce is a true tournyng to GOD a chaungyng of the outwarde and inwarde man a dying to sinne a liuing to righteousnesse and a mendement of the whole life which this doctrine wee must beginne this we must first of all and chiefly vrge This is that doctrine chiefly and most of all preached by the holy Prophetes This is the common and vsuall voyce O Israell returne to the Lorde Iohn the Baptist the Messenger and also Iesus Christe his Maister they crye both of them Repent for the kingdome of Heauen is at hande The Apostles also euery where exhorte men to repentaunce to amendement of life to mortification and regeneration This is an vsuall doctrine in all their Epistles Now they can neuer truly repent which knowe not the greatnesse of their sinnes and the punishment due to them And how shall they knowe this except their sinnes bee reproued and laied open by preaching the lawe of GOD for by the lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne so that the doctrine of the lawe must not bee seperated from the preaching of the Gospell for it is a Schoolemaister to bring vs to Christ This then is necessarily required of euery Minister freely and boldly to reprooue sinne in all states and degrees whatsoeuer This is it that the Lorde saieth to his Prophete Crye aloude spare not lift vp thy voyce like a Trumpet and shew my people their transgressions and to the house of Iacob their sinnes Our Sauiour Christ accounteth it as an office duetie of the holy Ghost to reproue the worlde of sinne And in deede there is no doctrine more necessarie for this age wherein wee liue although fewe can away it but crie out against such as preache it And as in other places so in this place heretofore I haue had proofe in this matter For vpon iust occasion noting the certaintie of Gods

of the worde such a conscience and a care to reforme your selues and your housholdes What I saie hath wrought these thinges in you How came you by them What is it that hath so altered your mindes deedes and affections Let your conscience be witnesse to me in this matter I am sure you wil approue that which I haue spoken and acknowledge the profite the power and necessitie of the worde preached All and euery one of these arguments doe proue and confirme as I thinke that euery Minister necessarilye ought to preach and otherwise that he is no Minister approued of God All and euery one of these or most of them doe quite ouerthrow and condemne all dumbe idle and carelesse Ministers whatsoeuer One day they shall knowe what accounte he maketh of the soules of his people for seeyng the worde of the Lord in so many places requireth in a Minister preachyng yea diligent and carefull preaching in what a miserable and damnable state doe these men stand The Apostle saieth woe be to me if I preach not the Gospell Well it maie bee whatsoeuer I haue yet spoken will be graunted It is necessarie that euery Minister preache but what shall all those be condemned which haue not such full measure of knowledge as other haue whiche be not accounted and allowed for publique Prachers God forbid I know these difference in giftes there was so amongst the Apostles but they all suficiently preached Amongst vs and suche others as vse this place and such like places there is differēce euery one of vs haue not the like measure but for my parte I speake as I thinke our measure is small inough yet the Lorde be thanked for that we haue and giue vs grace to vse it to his glorie and the benefite of his Church in my self I professe and graunt very small and weake measure insufficiencie and lacke of gifts and the Lord the searcher of the harts knoweth that the consideration of this hath and doeth make me to feare and trimble often tymes to sigh and lament that so great a charge and so waightie a burthen is layed vpon me so simple and weake a wretch To you that haue any measure of those gifts which the Lord requireth in his Ministers to you I say quenche not the spirite vse the meanes to increase your measure if you be painefull carefull watchfull and faithfull in your ministrie with a holy and pure affection the Lorde will blesse you To him that hath shall be giuen we cannot at the first come to perfection Appollos a learned Docter feruente in the spirite and mightie in the scriptures yet was he ignorant in some things and receiued instructions from Aquila and Priscilla Some haue more then others some haue tenne talentes some fiue and some but one yet alwaies remember and let it neuer slippe out of your minds that the slothfull and vnprofitable seruaunt shalbe cast into vtter darkenes there shall bee weepying and gnashyng of teeth Against suche I speake whiche in deede neuer had any one talente or any giftes of Ministers or hauyng any do either abuse them or at least doe not put them forth to any profitable vse Consider a little the state of our ministrie There bee some amongst vs sacrificeing and mas●ing Priestes full of manifest superstition and hypocrisie and in truth enemies to Christs religion Others there be altogether ignorant vnlearned very idoles they can doe what Euen iust nothyng Others there be which may haue some ground of learnyng but in deede they vtter very little neither is the people better by them Some are idle some carelesse some altogether leude and profaine some ioyne liuing to liuing and take more vpon them then they can discharge although it may be they speake in one place yet are they du●●…e in an other All these and such like are worthte of blame to be openly spoken against because they open offence All these stand dayly in a miserable and damnable state without repentance But my cheif drifte at this tyme in this parte of my text is to proue as you haue hard that euery Minister approued of God must preache that is he must teede the people he must cut the worde of God he must improue rebuke exhort he must not simply or barely reade or heare the people saie some Catachisme but he is to be able in some sufficiēt measure to open and interpret the holy Scripture and applie them and I hope that this is alreadie proued onely I exhort you to accompt the Lord wisest to rest in his holy decrees and allowe his owne order as best Let vs not take vppon vs to appointe him what he should do Seing he hath set downe preaching as the most excellent and ordinary meanes to saluation let not vs say that reading will serue the turne seing that he requireth that his Ministers bee apt to teach let vs not coumpt them his Ministers which neuer taught nor euer had any aptnesse in them If he maie bee counted a lawfull Minister and Teacher that onely readeth the ordinarie Seruice and sometime heareth a fewe children to saie a Catechisme without booke as it is set downe before him then maie the Clarke also of the Towne be coumpted a Minister and teacher then may euery Husbandman Seruing man nay euery boye or childe that can doe asmuch be so counted Let not some saie for defence of ignorant Ministers that if they do that which they can doe it will serue the turne for in the building of an house as there be some Maister builders which bring timber and stone so other there be which bring morter and fillinges and serue to necessarie vse but let vs remember that euery Minister in his charge is or ought to bee a builder yea a Maister builder and if the chief builder bring nothing but fillinges how shal the Lords building in that place goe forwarde The Apostle in that place whiche hath been already twise alledged saieth That the Lorde hath ordained the Minister for the gathering together of his Saincts and for the edification of the bodie of Christ till wee all meete together in the vnitie of faith and knowledge of the Sonne of GOD vnto a perfect man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christ Oh these be no small things these are no trifles this is no vile simple and drudgerie woorke no small measure but very great weightie high and most excellent The holy Ghost in an other place saieth Leauing the doctrine of the beginning of Christ let vs be led forwarde vnto perfection not laying againe the foundation of repentance from dead workes and of faith toward GOD of the doctrine of Baptisme and laying on of handes and of the resurrectiō from the dead and of eternal iudgement Marke I beseech you these words There be many people yea Ministers also that are ignoraunt of the first rudimentes of Christ that of repentaunce of Baptisme of the resurrection of eternall