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A09092	The faithfull shepheard the shepheards faithfulnesse: wherein is for the matter largely, but for the maner, in few words, set forth the excellencie and necessitie of the ministerie; a ministers properties and dutie; his entrance into this function and charge; how to begin fitly to instruct his people; catechising and preaching; and a good plaine order and method therein: not so as yet published ... By Richard Bernard, preacher of Gods Word.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1607 (1607)	STC 1939; ESTC S101671	78,081	104

thereof that would be further instructed heerein V. A minister must bee furnished with books as good Furnished with good bookes Of humanitie helps to further his studie and these of all sorts First for humanitie of the seuerall Arts of Ethickes Politickes Oeconomicks natural Philosophie such as haue written of Trees Herbes Beasts of Husbandrie Geographie Histories of Iewish customes of their Waights and Measures and what other matter the learned haue written of for the Scriptures especially Next these bookes of Diuinitie and other necessarie Of diuinitie with such as are immediate intended helpes therein First the Bible the booke of God in English Latin Greeke and The Bible Hebrue our best English translation Tremelius Septuagints translation Montanus interlineall or Vatablus Beza his Testament Secondly Dictionaries besides the Latin Dictionaries and Greeke common for all sorts the Hebrue Pagninus and Auenarius Thirdly Concordances Latin Greeke and Concordance and the singular vse therof to finde proofes for a Doctrine to enlarge the vse of the same by reasons and examples and to handle a common place Hebrue of which there is singular vse a Concordance helpes memorie much to finde out any place of Scripture also in comparing Scriptures to finde places the same with the text repeated or like places in words that affoord helpe to prooue doctrines by seeking the principall word in the doctrine which it will helpe also to enlarge by considering the seuerall places which speake of the same matter or haue the same words out of which may be obserued differences causes effects exhortations promises threats yea and examples also to handle therby a Common place As for example If a man would speake of Feare let him finde Feare in the Concordance and there he shall see some place wil tell him what feare is as Prouer. 1. 7. some the kinds of God of man true and false feare what to feare and what not as Matth. 10. Exhortations to true feare Deuter. 4. how to attaine it Prouerb 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Deuter. 17. 19. signes of feare Psal 119. verse 14. The benefits reaped thereby Psalm 25. 34. And diuers other things at large will bee offered to thy consideration to follow any point of Diuinitie thereout if once you had gotten an vse heerein the benefit of this is more then heere I can conueniently expresse Surely he that vnderstands his text well and knowes how to draw a doctrine needs no printed or written Sermons to helpe for to inlarge it the right knowledge how to vse a Concordance is euerie way a sufficient helpe for proofes reasons and illustrations of the same It may seeme and will prooue irkesome to him that at the first makes triall thereof but time and experience will make it easie and pleasant IV Analyticall expositions for the diuiding of bookes Analyticall exposition benefit therof and chapters and vnfolding of the Scriptures as Pflacherius hath done on the Historie of the Bible Piscator on the new Testament and some of all such bookes helpe to shew you the coherence the antecedents and the consequents the scope of the Author the whole method arguments for confirmation or confutation of the proposition handled It were verie good for a yoong beginner to read euerie day one chapter or two with some learned mans resolution of the same hee shall profit much thereby in knowledge of the Scriptures V. Of Annotations as Bezaes of Phrases Westhemerus Annotations and Illyricus in his Clauis Scripturae hath gathered many of diuers acceptations of words as also Marlorats Enchiridion The commoditie of Marlorats Enchiridion sets downe which booke is of verie good vse to shew how many waies many words are taken to helpe to finde out like places to compare with the text and to handle a Common place the benefit of these books and such of the like kinde is to further vse in the interpretation of any obscure portion of Scripture Reconciliation of places VI. Of reconciling places seeming to differ and to be one against an other as Christopher Obenhimius and Andreas Catcehismes Althamerus or any other if any haue more or done better of this matter VII A Catechisme conteining the doctrine of the Church and principles of Religion Caluins Institutions and Vrsinus Catechisme both which studied throughly will sufficiently informe a mans iudgment in the chiefe points of Religion which a Diuine must bee well practised in for the trial of his doctrine and other mens iudgements by the Analogie of faith as before declared It is good for a beginner to haue without booke the definitions and distributions of the principall heads of Theologie as Polanus Partitions setteth downe that so hee may readily know to what Common-place bookes and speciall traclates being particular common places of seuerall things at large head to refer his doctrines or other mens propositions to examine and iudge rightly of them VIII Common-place bookes Musculus Peter Martyr Zegedinus tables which booke is a sum of most principall learned mens labours before his time At the first a Diuine is to exercise himselfe in handling making Common places for so doing he shal furnish himselfe with much matter and learne to discourse follow and stand vpon a point in a Sermon Vnder Common places I conteine particular Tractats of seuerall things being some large Commentaries and what vse to make of them Common place of some speciall point of God of Christ his incarnation passion resurrection c. and of any other thing distinctly let downe IX Commentaries of Orthodoxwriters all which will helpe thee in vnderstanding the text they will more confirme thy iudgement seeing others to agree in that which thou hast conceiued thy selfe they by occasion of words may put into thy minde what of thy selfe thou canst not dreame of nor they themselues intended by these thou maiest as it were talke with and aske the iudgement of the Ecclesiasticall histories and Epistles of the ancient Fathers greatest Diuines in the world of any Scripture they write of they yet liuing and speaking to vs by their labours as Caluin Peter Martyr Musculus and others X. Ecclesiasticall Historiographers Eusebius tripartite Historie Ruffinus Socrates Theodoretus Sozomenus Euagrius Nicephorus Iosephus Philo Zonarus to which adde the Epistles of Ierome and other Fathers and of late writers These historicall books are of this vse for the knowledge of the Churches estate to reforme maners and to abolish superstitions XI The Acts and Canons of ancient Councels the Acts and Canons of Councells Centuries Functius Sleidans Commentaries and the book of Martyrs to see the iudgement of Churches in matters of Religion the condemning of heresies and maintenance of the truth Heereunto adde the Harmony of confessions of late reformed Churches XII Controuersies whereinto we may safely proceed Controuersies and when to studie them and whos 's in the first place being well grounded by these things aforesaid Heerein it is good

memorie is the maintainer of knowledge so is method the preseruer Of writing Sermons the profit and antiquity therof See Hipperius in his first booke of framing Sermons cap. 6. of memorie Thirdly write what thou wouldest speake writing confirmes meditation shewes the minde to the senses and keepes things once thought of it makes thoughts set downe better to be iudged either by a mans selfe or by an other to whom it may be imparted for their approbation or correction Difficile est saith one simul cogitare qualiter cogites iudicare ex nuda mentis cogitatione It fixeth more firmely what is thought vpon brings to a stile and kinde of speaking it preserues a mans labours thereby afterwards to iudge how he profits to pleasure himselfe by perusing againe former meditations more easilie found in writing than called to minde or any other by his labour if it be held woorth looking on It declareth his industry and paines to speake profitablie with vnderstanding of that he deliuereth In writing a man loseth no thoughts so as at one time it s not requisite so exactly to remember what he hath inuented whilest his minde musing vpon farther matter as hee must doe in meditating without setting it downe Lastly in studie whilest one is intent vpon a matter often occasion is giuen of further matter which ariseth from reading or meditation which if it bee not noted downe will in following the point in hand soone slippe out of minde and hardly to be recalled except memorie bee verie good Therefore it is good to write and in writing to haue a voide or emptie paper by to set downe foorth with what comes to minde which will after fitly serue in the right place wee see writing to be exceeding profitable euerie way for our selues and others and nothing should let from this Sed est magni laboris quem desides nos plerunque fugimus Fourthly vse meditation seriously vpon Attent and serious meditation and what therein to be obserned Maner that which thou doest purpose to speak after it be penned Beware heerein of a wauering minde and by-thoughts begin not immediately vpon wearinesse and serious studie before without some relaxation betweene not sudden from one thing to another nor vpon vehement passions as of anger sorrow feare ioy and so forth Take also time for it Nam sicut concoctioni corporali spacium damus quietem ita meditations mentis quae mentalis quaedam concoctio est quâm animae nutrimentum cedat materia How much is sufficient to be allotted to meditation is to be iudged from euerie mans industrie and abilitie in quicknesse of conceit and firmenesse of memorie to retaine which is more or lesse in euerie one His meditation and paines must be so as that hee may preach so often as is conuenient for the people The time when it is not good after meat the vnderstanding Time then is dulled and as memorie is lesse able to beare away and minde to conceiue so its hurtfull for the bodie serious meditation much hindring natures worke in concoction Secondly it is best ouer night immediatelie before sleepe and foorthwith awaking earely in the morning aurora Musis amica It may be lying sitting standing or walking as a man perceiueth what is best for himselfe and is most vsed vnto but in walking beware of oft turning which is hurtfull to the braine For the place let it be solitary lest with noise to the eares Place variene of obiect to the eies the mind be distracted neither let it be too darke nor yet too light a meane is best in all Some in meditating doe vse to speake and gesture but this is a forewearing of the spirits and too Histrionian like In thy meditation two things are to be thought vpon Matter First the matter to be handled Secondly the order how to proceed according to this former method set downe doctrines with proofe vse with reasons application with preuention of obiections and finally the conclusion For words neuer be tied vnto them Puerili nimium est Discommodious to be tied to words verbulum non audere proferrae quod non ad notatur chartis scriptas conciones verbatim ediscere multa habent incommoda It hindreth deuotion restraineth libertie of speech it requireth much labour and thereby makes the Ministerie irkesome to such neither can such speake so often as is requisite and as iust occasion requireth It possesseth a man with feare which confounds memorie it curbes the good motions of the spirit and preuents a man of the benefit of such things as in speaking might offer themselues to his vnderstanding Vpon present occasion such an one can neither speake more nor otherwise than hee hath committed to memorie before a verie great hurt to a mans Ministerie and hinderance to the course thereof in pronuntiation also action and affection If a man feare to want words let him be well prouided for matter and words non inuita sequentur as one well saith Fiftly and lastly if all these meanes be not sufficient to helpe thy memorie that so thou maiest deliuer thy minde both for matter and maner as thou wouldest and as thou hast set it downe without faile adde this helpe withall note the chiefe heads of thy speech briefly in a little peece of paper No disgrace to note the chiefe heads of the Sermon in a little paper to helpe memorie a word or two for euery seuerall thing quae breuis delineatio erit memoriae presens subsidium si in libro repositam fixam eam ad manum inter concionandum in pulpito habeas If any should thinke this a disgrace it is not vnknowne how both in the Vniuersity other places many very learned and woorthy Diuines vse this helpe either taking vp little paper books bound like Testaments or the Bible with a paper fastned in it and these no whit at all lesse esteemed Eras li. 2 de ratione Concionandi pag. 117. speaks of this matter and saith tutum est capita sermonis in Charta notata habere ad manum quod in Psalmos aliquot fecisse videtur Augustinus hanc scio saith he an in omnes quanquam vir memoria ad prodignum vsque foelici So as we see it is ancient no disgrace at all It was a common thing in Gregories time out of writings to speake to the people as Hiperius hath noted out of one of his Homilies vpon Marke 16. It s better by this meanes to helpe defect of memorie to vtter all thy labour and with incouragement without feare to speake to vrge a matter affectionately and to prosecute things fullie as it pleaseth thee knowing at hand present helpe to keepe thee in minde with a little glance of the eie where thou art to bring thee fitly to that which doth follow al which benefit thou hast heereby Then knowing thy memory to be weake it is presumption to attempt to speake without this helpe