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A09579
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The good sheepheardes dutie by George Phillips.; Paines of a faithful pastor
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Phillips, George, fl. 1597.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
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commend deuotion and condemne knowledge as though euerie one should not loue him that doth beget Iohn 5 1 Matt. 22.29 as well as him that is begotten You erre because you knowe not the scriptures saide Christ nay saieth the Pope the Church cannot erre Such as are blinde and woulde faine see thinke themselues still out of the way but they that are wilfully blind think like Papistes that they cannot steppe awrie They that kept knowledge vnder locke and key Matt. 23 13 claime kindred of the Papistes for they neither open to other nor enter themselues When talents were deliuered Luke 19.13 the owner said Occupie till I come softe and faire saith the Papist for we may do works of supererogation and so you may soone haue your owne with aduauntage Luke 17 10 as though none of them were vnprofitable seruantes but could performe their duties and more too You â—â—e howe truly the Pope is called Anâ—â—christ Matt. 28 19 for opposing himselfe against â—hrist Christ saide Goe and teach all â—ations The Pope saith stay hold â—our peace Esay 62 1 Therefore Esay thwarâ—â—th him with For Sions sake I wil not â—old my peace Preachers loue Sion for Sions sake â—hey loue the Church because it is â—he Church of God 1 Cor. 4 1 2 They studie to â—nstruct you and therefore are called â—tewards to giue that to you which is â—iuen to them of whome it must bee â—ulfilled that was saide to our Sauiour Christ Mark 12 14 Thou teachest the way of God â—ruly And the people must profit by his paines as the Corinthians did by Pauls preaching 1 Corin. 1 5 who thanked God â—hat they were made rich in all learning and knowledge Eccles. 1.7 As all riuers runne into the Sea that it may sende them backe to benefite a common wealth so God hath heaped manie blessings vpoÌ„ one man that he might help other that hath them not Therfore Salomon caused the people to heare that the Pastor and the people might consent together in the word 1 Reg. 7 13 Acts. 4 6 as Salomon and Hiram agreed in the Temples worke hee must teach like the Apostles and they must heare like Mary Luke 10 39 The teacher applying him to the capacitie of the hearer and the hearers harkening attentiuely to his doctrine Exod. 25 20 as the Cherubins that couered the mercie seate looked one towarde another God mooued attention before he spake to Israell and Dauid by Gods example conditioneth with them That if they will come and heare him Psal 34 11 hee will teach them the feare of the Lord which proueth not that if the flocke hold backe from hearing them the preacher may with drawe his speaking If Sion woulde not heare for her owne good Esay 62 2 Ezec. 2 5 yet Esay must open his mouth for the churches sake and Ezechiell must speake in the name of the Lorde that they may knowe that there hath beene a Prophet among them for his sure discharge and their certaine confusion The Israelites alwaies camped where the Arke was Iosua 3 5 and if Christians would attende vpon the Church that woulde bee verified of the Preachers paines in them that was spoken of the twelue stones that Ioshua erected in Iordan Iosua 4 9 There they haue remained vntill this daie But this maketh a great many to spend their time as idly as the prodigall son consumed his money vainly Luke 15.13 That sinne hath so many so mightie patrones to sooth it vp as the high priestes harted the Souldiers with we will saue you harmelesse Matt. 28.14 Therefore men are seldome or neuer touched in conscience with the Preachers paines Iohn 23 22 as the Disciples were in spirite with Christes spirite but sit in the Church as though they neither knewe where they were nor what to doe as Israel in captiuity said How shall wee sing the Lordes song in a strange land Psal 137 4 But take heed for your conscience is like your eye for as the least hurt offendeth the tender eye so your conscience will accuse you both of euery idle houre and of euery minute that you haue misspent And men sleepe most when they should wake most like those fond Virgins who thought their oyle would neuer bee spent Matth. 25 5 and as the prodigall sonne thought his purse bottomles but you see it is wisdome to haue oyle of our owne for The iust man must liue by his owne faith Abac. 2.4 Though the Preachers haue the booke in their handes yet they holde the lawe in their mouth Therefore saide God to Ezechiel Ezech. 2 8 Open thy mouth and eate that I giue thee And to Iosuah Iosua 1 8 Let not this booke of the lawe depart out of thy mouth Matth. 11 7 So you must heare with your eares and hearken with your heart because the Iewes went but to see Iohn Baptist they caried eies chiefely but such as come to heare a Preacher bring eares specially Euerie gift was giuen to edifie as eyes to see with eares to heare with and they must bee imployed in their seuerall seruice Therefore saide Iohn that hee wrote that which our eies haue seene 1 Iohn 1 1 our eares haue heard and our handes haue handled of the booke of life Gen. 2 17 Hee that of all the trees in the gardeÌ„ kept but one vntouched of all the seuen daies requireth but one to bee sanctified to himselfe Exo. 20 10 and if wee cannot affoorde him that we wronge him much As the meane is directed to the ende so God sanctified the seuenth daie vnto vs that wee might still keepe it holie vnto him And therefore we assemble our selues to the house of God to heare the worde of God as the people said one to an other concerning Ezechiels preaching Ezec. 33.30 Come I pray you let vs goe to the house of the Lord and heare what is the worde that commeth from the Lorde When God commaunded that bels should bee hanged on Aarons garment hee gaue this reason for it That when Aaron goeth into the holie place before the Lorde Exo. 28 35 his sound may bee hearde So that if Preachers must sound like Aarons bels in their office of teaching that they may bee hearde then people must harken like Israell to his sounde that they may bee fruitfull like the pomegranats on Aarons garment GOD woulde haue a course of speakers and a course of hearers a course of teachers and a course of learners a course of Preachers and a course of practisers Psal 122.3.4 when the Psalmist said that Ierusalem was builded like a Citie at vnitie in it selfe hee prooued it with For thither the tribes goe vp euen the tribes of the Lorde to testifie to Israell to giue thankes to the name of the Lorde So that Ierusalem is neuer builded like a citie at vnitie in it selfe vntill the seruants of God assemble themselues willinglie to serue the Lorde Therefore come diligently and spende your time fruitfullie in the house of the Lorde least ye depart from the word like Iudas from the Sacrament Luke 22.3 as though you had tasted the sauour of death Luke 22.3 Sitte not in the house of God like Ioseph in the Iaile Gene 40 14 thinking euerie minute a moneth vntill you bee gone you must forget your own people and your fathers house and incline your eare to consider what God saith before hee will haue pleasure in your beautie Psal 45.10 11 Matth. 13.7 Some trees are fruitlesse of themselues and keepe the ground so too and such are dumme ministers who haue no heauenlie wisedome themselues and much lesse can teach the people knowledge Matt. 21 19 and therefore are cursed like the Figge tree Some grounde is barren by nature and maketh the trees fruitelesse that growe therein and such are the hard hearted people in whome the immortall seede can take no deepe roote and these are hopelesse Matt. 13 20 21 like that stonie ground in the Gospel who haue only the name Apoc. 3 â— but not the nature of the true Church as the Sardians were saide to liue when they were deade indeede Zechariah 11. vers 17. O idle shepheard that leaueth the flocke the sword shall be vpon his arme and vpon his right ye His arme shall be cleane dried vp and his right eye shall bee vtterly darkned FINIS