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A18346	A fruitfull sermon, vpon the 3.4.5.6.7.&8. verses of the 12. chapiter of the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessarie for these times to be read of all men, for their further instruction and edification, in things concerning their fayth and obedience to saluation.	Chaderton, Laurence, 1536?-1640.; Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1584 (1584)	STC 4926.5; ESTC S1546	34,708	90

of Leuites If Priests then either the high Priest as Aaron and Eleazar after him or such as were vnder him ouer the rest as Eliazaph the ouerseer of the Gershonites or Elizaphan the ouerseer of the Coathites and Zuriel of the Merarites Their office was publikely to teach to praye to offer sacrifice to keepe the vessels of the sanctuary The office of the other Leuites was to minister and serue the Priestes in all thinges belonging to the discharge of their necessarie duties And this is the distinction betweene the office of Priest and the office of the Leuite Hereby therefore it appeareth that the Lord allotted vnto euery one his seueral office to be as it were his standing place out of the which he should not step one foote either to the left hande or to the right neither dislike his place but fullye content him selfe therewith without enuying of anye that were in more excellent roomes And as the Lorde knew this order of distinguishing offices to be verie expedient and good for his Church so he hath reuenged himselfe most seuerely vpon the breakers hereof of what calling soeuer they were or with what affection or intent soeuer they did transgresse this established order of gouernment King Azaria as we reade in the seconde of the Chronicles the 26. Chapiter otherwise called Vzzia was striken with an vncurable leprosie because lifting vp his hart he vsurped the office of the Priest went into the Temple to burne incense vppon the Altar Vzza for supporting the Arke which was the only office of the Leuites notwithstanding his good intent for the Oren did shake the Arke was strikē with sudden death Corah Dathan Abiram because they presumed aboue their vocation went down aliue into the pit for the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them vp with all that they had All which ought to teach vs how acceptable this order of seuerall callinges is to God and to breed in our hartes both a care and conscience to keep it and a feare and terrour to breake it But least any should imagin this distinction of vocations to serue onelie for the law hauing no vse or profit vnder the Gospell let vs search the new Testament Was there no difference I pray you betweene Iohn Baptist and his Disciples and the Disciples of Christ None betweene them and other Christians that were Baptized and followed Christ None betweene the Prophet and Apostle betweene the Pastour and the Deacon What were all Apostles Were all Prophetes Had all the giftes of healing Were all Teachers Or did all interpret What was the bodie one member No no the Lord hath ordained in his church many members yet but one body Whereby it is certaine that as it pleased God vnder the lawe to establishe this distinction of callinges in Israel So hath he done now vnder the Gospell in the new Ierusalem For our Apostle in the 12. to the Corinth the first Epistle straightly chargeth euery one to walke in that calling wherin he is His words are these Let euery man abide in that same vocation wherin he was called Againe a little after Let euery man wherein he was called therin abide with God In which words he teacheth that the most excellent gifts of a Christian which we by faith receiue of Christ the eternall feed of regeneration can not neither ought to mooue vs to loath our former calling be it neuer so lowe or base neither to desire to step into any other till it please God to offer vnto vs some iust necessary cause of change to ad vnto y e cōmon giftes of a Christian some speciall which are proper and peculier for that lawfull calling whereunto our desires are wholly and onely carried and the Lorde effectually calleth vs. But least any should obiect that this generall law is not so straightly to be kept of all besides that the wordes of this text will confute him he may read the 17. verse of the 7. Chapiter to the Corinthians Or if he proceede and say it is no ordinance established or not in all Churches the very wordes of the Text there will ouerthrowe him But as God hath distributed to euery man as the Lord hath called euery one so let him walke and so ordaine I in all Churches Then wee see in effect what this generall Lawe is Namely that as Souldiers in Warre haue and keepe euery one his standing place in the sight of their Captaine so euerye Christian shoulde haue and keepe his seuerall calling in the presence of the Lorde of life who hath in wisedome and mercy called them thereunto For if they do not as experience teacheth in warre and in peace then they must needes tumble and indanger them selues vere and greeue others hurt and disquiet the church whose peace and felicity all her Children oughte to redeeme euen with the losse of bloud and life O that this Lawe were deepely printed and grauen in the hearts of all Christians and were as easely to bee learned seene in our liues as it may be in this precept then we should see with no smal ioy the Church our mother with cheerefull countenaunce to lift vp her heade which now to the greefe of many hangeth verie low and whose heart lamenteth the loosenesse securitie the aspyring and vnquiet mindes and y e continuall disorder of her children which had rather do any thing then that which principally concerneth them For if it be demanded from whence commeth al this disorder at home abroad in publique and priuate persons in common wealth and in the Church in towns in Uniuersities and in Cities the cause is euident no man can deny it father and childe husband and wife master and seruaunt rich and poore magistrate and subiect Pastor and people haue broken and transgressed this generall Law and commandement of God They know not truely their giftes and callings they haue not humbly and soberly esteemed of them they haue not wisely discreetely and with a single eye iudged themselues they haue not with care and conscience discharged their duetie to God Finallie they haue broken out of their standing places and burst asunder the lists of their callings cannot neither will be bounde to order obedience no not with the bondes of the Lawe of their Creator The causes of all this disorder in all degrees shall appeare and bee declared in their proper places next following as also the remedies wherby it may be remooued and good order the health of both the bodies restored and brought again into the Church and common-wealth It followeth in the text That no man presume to vnderstande aboue that which is meete Paul declareth this generall Law first as you see by the contrary that wee might the better vnderstand see by this negation what he ment by the affirmation and also that we might wisely collect the cause of the former disorder whereof I haue spoken A wise and vsuall order in exhorting obserued of the Prophetes