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A68091	A preparation to the most holie ministerie wherein is set downe the true meanes to be well prepared to the same, by an exact description, and consideration, of the necessitie, excellencie, difficultie, and great profit therof; with the maruellous effects of the same: also a liuely exhortation to all youth, to giue themselues to the studie therof: and a confutation of the obiections which may be brought in any sort to touch the same: verie profitable and necessarie in these our times, ... Diuided into two bookes. Written in French by Peter Gerard, and translated into English by N.B.	Gerard, Pierre.	1598 (1598)	STC 11754; ESTC S108635	151,047	320

manner that it would please him to deliuer him from the counsell of that disloyal and trecherous subiect hee was deliuered and all the people with him To this purpose we may alledge that which is spoken in the Psalme Psal 119 that by this meanes Gods children do surpasse the counsell of the wise and how is that When he staieth vpon the law of the Lord wherein he meditateth day and night Secondly when our enemies do begin to execute theyr enterprises agaynst vs there is nothing which is of such force to bridle them and retaine them to bring them to naught then the prayers of the true preachers of the worde Howe came it to passe that the Amalachites cruell minded men were ouercome by the Israelites Was it not by the prayer of Moses For it is sayde in Exodus Exod 17 VVhen Moses helde vppe his handes Israel preuailed but when hee let his handes downe Amalech preuailed Now Moses hands were heauie ther fore they tooke a stone and put it vnder him and he sate vppon it And Aaron and Hur staied vp his handes the one of the one side and the other on the other side So his handes were steddie vntill the going downe of the Sunne And Ioshua discomfited Amalech and his people with the edge of the sworde But beholde a most notable example to shewe plainelie what force there is in the prayers of the Prophets 1 Sam 7 Wee reade of the people of Israel being euen readie to bee slaine by the furie of the Philistines not knowing what to doo they had recourse vnto Samuel and they earnestly intreated him to pray vnto the Lorde for them and they pray him to multiplie his prayers in these wordes Cease not to crie vnto the Lorde our God for vs that bee maie saue vs out of the hande of the Philistines What came to passe It is added That at the prayer and sacrifice which hee made the Lorde thundered with a great thunder that day vppon the Philistins and scattered them so they were slaine before Israel Moreouer we may see that God by the power of the praier of his seruants doth not only destroy his enemies by ordinary means and instruments but by those that are extraordinarie that it giueth men great occasion to wonder when he would saue his children hee hath depriued theyr enemies of theyr sight Wee reade 2 Kig 6 that when Elizeus had aduertised the King of Israel of all that the King of Ashur had enterprysed agaynst him the king of Syria knowing that it was Elizeus that discouered his purposes to the king of Israel by the spirit of prophesie hee sent a great army into Dothan to take him what happened to the king of Seria He was himselfe deceiued after an vsuall maner his army at the prayer of Elizeus was stricken with blindnesse by the Lord presently after the Prophet Elizeus had so prayed O Lorde I pray thee strike this people with blindnesse So they were themselues deliuered into the handes of theyr enemies in daunger of loosing theyr liues and they had beene destroyed had it not beene that God also woulde myraculously by his Prophet preserue them as they were by him deliuered into the hande of theyr enemie the king of Israel Let vs go further if anie question bee made of appeasing the wrath of God by the faythfull who haue prouoked the Lord diuerse wayes who preserues them from the execution of his indignation but onelie those that haue authoritie to preach the worde What did preserue the Iewes from mortalitie and destruction when God was maruellously stirred vppe agaynst them but the earnest petition of Moyses which hee made vnto the Lorde At that time when God would haue destroyed them because of their murmuring hardnesse of heart and madnesse in that they wold haue stoned Caleb Ioshua as God had declared to Moses Moses I say did not he disarme the wrath and fury of the Lord by this notable request I beseech thee lette the power of my Lorde bee great according as thou hast spoken saying Num. 14. The Lord is slow to anger and of great mercie and forgiuing iniquitie and sinne but not making the wicked innocent and visiting the wickednesse of the fathers vppon the Children vnto the third and fourth generation Bee mercifull I beseech thee vnto the iniquitie of this people according to thy great mercie and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt euen vntill nowe And the Lorde sayde The prayers of the seruants of god appeaseth Gods wrath whē he is stirred vp against his people Num. 16. I haue forgiuen it according to thy request Lette vs ioyne vnto this Historie another which is in the same Booke and lette vs beholde yet more plainely in what account with God the messengers of the word of God are We reade there that the people hauing murmured against Moses Aarō that God consumed them as a burning fire Moses said vnto Aaron Take the Censor and put fire therein of the Altar and put therein Incense and go quickly vnto the congregation and make an attonment for them to appease the Lord by his requests and supplications When Aaron had done as Moses cōmanded him after the death of fourteen thousand seuē hundred the plague stayed If then God hath giuen them force to cure the diseases of the soule that is to turne away the punishments of God which he purposed to powre forth vpon men for theyr sinnes it is not so admirable if they haue cured the diseases of the bodie But that none should doubt hereof behold howe Moses deliuered by his prayers his Sister Miryam from her leprosie which happened vnto her because that shee and hir brother Aaron grudged against Moses because he had married a woman which was an Aethiopian We reade in the first of the Kings 13. Num. 12. God healeth corporall diseases by the prayers of his seruāts 1 King 13 After that the man of God had cryed against the Altar of Ieroboam and his Priests the King Ieroboam stretched foorth his hand to lay hold on him and his hand dryed vppe wherefore Ieroboam being afraid prayed the man of God to pray vnto God for him that his hand might bee as it was before which when the man of God had done ● King 5 his hand became as whole as the other Elizeus likewise cured Naaman of his leprosie Saint Paul and some other of the Apostles haue made the lame to go and restored their members to the impotent and haue brought many to perfect health when they were possessed with diuers diseases thē when they went about to preach the word of God Lette vs come likewise to other points which are more commendable that is that the vertue of the Pastor doth not extend it selfe onely to the diseases of the bodie but to all the health of men that is euen as they haue cured the diseases of the body so they haue made those sicke that

Dauid to put him to death 2. Sam 21. fearing least hee should gette away his Kingdome from him it is there saide that one of the seruaunts of Saul named Doeg desiring to gratifie his Maister came and tolde Saul that Dauid was in the Towne of Nob and that the priest Ahimelech had giuen vnto him the Sworde of Goliah Saul sent to seeke Ahimelech hee spake reproachfully vnto him and called him traitour and sayde that hee hadde conspired against him with Dauid vnto whome when Ahimelech had aunswered that neither hee nor Dauid did conspire but that hee was his Sonne in lawe and a faythfull seruant and that hee had onely asked counsell of the Lorde for him Then the gall and venome of enuie which was in the heart of Saul aboundantly powred foorth it selfe for hee caused not onely Ahimelech to bee slaine but also fourescore and foure Priestes with him Also Nob the Cittie of the Priestes smote hee with the edge of the Sworde both man and woman both childe and suckling both Oxe Asse and Sheepe which were in the Cittie To go forwarde if it once enters into Brothers and Sisters which haue issued out of one bellie it cannot bee kept backe by this fraternitie which is the greatest bond of loue as possibly may bee it breaketh out oftentimes by a most cruell murther of them which are ioyned together in consanguinitie wee may propose two examples hereof one of the Brethren of Ioseph Gen. 37. of whome wee reade when hee was deadly hated of his Brethren because Iacob theyr Father loued him and also for his Dreames by the interpretation whereof his Father his Mother and his brethren might vnderstand that one day he should bee preferred before them his Brethren conspired his death and at length to satisfie theyr enuie they solde him in such sort that theyr enuie was so violent that although they knewe for certaintie that he should prooue a great Prince who might afterward stande them in steede yet they had rather haue putte him to death then to haue seene him in such an estate The other may bee taken from Caine who passed further for the Historie maketh mention that seeing the sacrifice which hee offered was not so accepted of GOD as his Brother Abels was hee most cruelly massacred him Moreouer the enuious man doth not onely putte to death those whome he doth enuie but sometime hee layeth violent handes euen vppon himselfe as some haue noted and for proofe whereof they haue set downe the example of Achitophell 2. Sam 17 of whome wee may reade who verie much greeued that the counsaile of Hushhai was preferred before his hee went home and hanged himselfe To be breefe if an enuious man could set himselfe against God hee would doo it and wee may verie well say that enuie hath reached so farre in the person of the Scribes and Pharisies and many others of whome wee reade in the Gospel who although they were more then conuinced in their consciences that Iesus Christ was God being so inchaunted with this poyson of enuie they deuised all meanes that they could to putte him to death accusing him that hee sayde he was God and in the ende by this false accusation they crucified him Besides enuie is the sole cause of th●●estruction of those which are poysoned therwith the onely ouerthrow of kingdomes if it once dooth infinuate it selfe into the hearts of them which haue the gouernment of the same and it is no lesse merciful vnto the Church of God if the leaders thereof giue way vnto it And because that Sathan who is the true Father of enuie and the mortall enemie of the saluation of men Enuie in the church hurteth as much as in any other state endeuoureth with al his foce to increase his Kingdom and to destroy Gods people knowing that if there be any in whose heart this accursed passion is planted and ingraued it is in the heart of Pastors whereby hee may gaine most and the more aduance his kingdome and diminish Gods inheritance Then it may so fall out that hee that is thus possessed with enuie in steede of seeking the glorie of God and the discharge of his dutie hee will seeke his owne neither will hee bee content to liue peaceably amongst his fellow brethren if hee shall perceiue that they excell him in any grace whereby he may profite himselfe and learne of them and that the Church may be greatly edified but he rather taketh delight that both he and the Church should be depriued of such men then patiently to beare that the opinion which is conceiued of him or which hee perswadech himself men conceiue of his gifts should any way be impaired by others And to conclude seeing there is no such way to promote the glorie of God as by the ministrie of his worde prouided alwayes that those that haue the charge therof to preach the same bee voyde of all sinister and corrupt affections and espcially of this enuie so there is no instrument which doth more diminish the Kingdome of God and establish that of Sathan as when the Pastors suffer themselues to bee carried away with these passions Therefore wee must detest as much as possibly wee can this horrible monster Enuie and to the end we may the more abhorre the same let vs consider that he that yeeldeth therunto doth but procure his owne torment Furthermore in respect of him which is followed with enuie How enuy may be corrected hee is so far many times from being hurt that that vertue is increased in him which others goe about to diminish And this is that which Propertius would signifie when he sayth that an enuious man hath so many tormentors that doo iustly punish him as hee whome hee dooth enuie hath commenders And verily as enuious men doo procure prayse and commendation vnto them whome they gnawe vppon with theyr enuie they do but heap vp the torment of their minde and cause their owne shame as Chrisostome sheweth vppon Mathew O Enuie which art alwaies an enemie to thy selfe for he that enuieth maketh himselfe as infamous as hee causeth him to hee glorious whome hee prosecuteth with enuie And lette vs adde this to comfort them which are troubled with the enuie borne against them that most notable saying of Propertius that the pricke of enuie ought to stirre vppe men more to the exercise of vertue Iacob hauing passed ouer Iordane with his staffe had neuer returned with great bandes if the enuie of Esaw had not stirred him vp and exercised him Ioseph had not beene a commaunder in Egypt if the enuie of his brethren had not sold him For it is written hee cannot bee Abell that is not exercised with the malice of Caine. With these things also wee may ioyne that which Cicero saith against Catiline that enuie gotten by vertue ought not to be counted enuie but vertue And this ought as well to bee applied to those which do pursue others with enuie somewhat to