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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10740	A vvorkeman, that needeth not to be ashamed: or The faithfull steward of Gods house A sermon describing the duety of a godly minister, both in his doctrine and in his life. By Charles Richardson, preacher at S. Katharines, neere the Tower of London.	Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617.	1616 (1616)	STC 21019; ESTC S115966	57,940	78

wrought by vs. We are but instruments in the Lords hand and therefore we cannot arrogate any thing to our selues without preiudice to him Jsa 10.15 Shall the axe saith the Prophet boast it selfe against him that heweth therewith or shall the Saw exalt it selfe against him that moueth it If therfore wee see any good effect wrought by our ministerie let vs say with Dauid Not vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs Psal 115.1 but vnto thy Name giue the glory And for the saluation of the people the Apostle vseth it as an argument to perswade Timotheus to be diligent and constant in the discharge of his duety 1. Tim. 4.16 Take heede vnto thy selfe saith he and vnto learning continue therein for in doing this thou shalt saue both thy selfe and them that heare thee As if hee should haue said Calu. in locum Let them that are desirous of vaine-glorie please themselues with their owne ambition let them applaude themselues in the subtilties of their wit let it be sufficient for thee to bend thy study to the furtherance of thine owne and the peoples saluation Thus if we set our selues to bee approued vnto God the Lord that knoweth our sinceritie will not be wanting to reward vs liberally and that euen in this life 1. Pet. 4.14 making the Spirit of glorie to rest vponvs as the Apostle Peter calleth it To which purpose Luther hath a good saying If a mans worke bee right let him be sure that hee shall neuer want glory neither with God nor with men As wee see by experience that they that set themselues conscionably to performe the dueties of their calling the Lord doth sooner or later cause them to bee esteemed and had in reuerence of men yea many times of such as are enemies to the Gospell Sen. Epist 80. The Heathen man could say that glory is the shadow of vertue which will accompany men whether they will or no. But as the shaddow sometimes goeth before the bodie and sometimes followeth after so glory is sometimes before vs and presenteth it selfe to our view sometimes it commeth behinde vs and is the greater by how much it is the later when enuie is ceased namely after our death But without all question howsoeuer it pleaseth the Lord to deale with vs in this life yet at the great day of Iudgement When the chiefe Shepheard shall appeare 1. Pet. 5.4 we shall receiue an incorruptible Crowne of glory Then our Master Christ Iesus when hee shall come to call vs to account for the talents and gifts which he hath giuen vs and shall finde that wee haue imployed them to the glory of his Name and the good of his Church Math. 5.21 shall say vnto vs It is well done thou good and faithfull seruant enter into thy Masters ioy Last of all here is also an admonition for all the hearers of the Word that they suffer their Ministers to performe this duetie There is a secret corruption in most men they would haue a Minister to speake to their humours and to sooth them vp in whatsoeuer they do If they say the Crow is white Isay 30 10. they would haue the Minister to say so too They cannot indure that hee should prophesie right things vnto them but would haue him to speake flattering things as the Prophet saith of the people in his time But as hath beene said alreadie The Minister is the seruant of Christ to whom onely he ought to approoue himselfe and of whom onely hee ought to labour to draw men to bee followers and therefore he must administer and dispense the Word indifferently vnto all not caring whom he pleaseth or displeaseth so he may please God What message soeuer the Lord putteth into his mouth how harsh soeuer it be hee must deliuer it faithfully though all the world be offended at it Ky 1.17 As the Lord charged the Prophet Ieremy Speake vnto them all that I command thee be not afraid of their faces lest I destroy thee before them The Minister you see must deale faithfully in the Lords busmesse euen vpon paine of his high displeasure Num. 23.12 Balaam that false prophet could say Must I not take heede to speake that which the Lord bath put into my mouth Much more ought a godly minister to be carefull that way that though hee might gaine neuer so much by flattering Numb 22.18 yet hee must not goe beyond the Word of the Lord to doe lesse or more hee must not giue titles to men nor causelessely commend them without desert lest his Maker reproue him as Iob saith Iob 32.22 Yea the Apostle Paul saith Gal. 1.10 If he should goe about to please men hee were not the seruant of Christ If he should apply his doctrine to mens humours mours and affections the Lord would neuer approue him And therefore all this being so you must giue your ministers leaue to discharge their duties in all sinceritie and not bee offended though at Gods Commandement they doe somewhat sharpely reprooue your sinnes For as the Apostles said of obedience so may wee say in this case Acts 4.19 Whether it bee right in the sight of God to please you rather then God iudge ye A Workeman The same word is vsed in the parable of the Vineyard Math. 20.1 and there is translated labourers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And so it is vsed 2. Thes 3.10 where the Apostle commandeth that if there were any that would not worke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hee should not eate From whence ariseth this next instruction Doct. 2 That the Calling of a Minister is a painefull and laborious calling and he that would approue himselfe and his Ministerie vnto God hee must be a workeman This the Apostle confirmeth in many other places Exhorting the Thessalonians to a reuerent and due estimation of their Ministers he saith Know them that labour among you c. 1. Thes 5 12. And in an other place The Elders saith he that rule well 1. Tim. 5.17 are worthy of double honour especially they which labour in the Word and Doctrine In both which places the word there vsed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth signifie to labour vnto wearinesse In like manner exhorting Timotheus to the performance of his duety hee bids him Watch in all things doe the worke of an Euangelist 2. Tim. 4.5 c. And describing the office of a faithfull Minister he saith If any man desire the office of a Bishop 1. Tim. 3.1 he desireth a worthy worke Wherevpon S. Augustine saith (a) Episcopatus nomenest operis non honoris The office of a Bishop is a name of labour not of honor that a man may know that he is no Bishop that would bear rule but would doe no good According to that speech of our Sauiour Math. 9.37 Surely the haruest is great but the labourers are few wherefore pray the Lord of the haruest that he would send