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A95845 Two sermons preached before His Majesties High Commissioner; and the Estates of Parliament By the appointment of the provinicial Synod of Lothian and Tweddale. Upon Sabbath the 7th. of May, 1693. Unto which is subjoyned the sermon preached at the opening up of the Synod. May 2. 1693. By Mr. William Vetch minister of Peebles. Vetch, William. 1693 (1693) Wing V180; ESTC R230528 36,246 96

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I said before but also full of Hands and Wings Ezek 1 8 And they had the Hands of a Man under their Wings on their four sides c Therefore it is said Rev 4 8 That they rest not day nor night they know much therefore they Act much The Heathen could tell us that unpractical knowledge signifies nothing Scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter And the Aegyptians painted a Tongue with a hand under it to shew that knowledge when practiced was good And we see that the blessing is not promised to the bare knowledge but to the practice of Commanded duties John 13.17 If ye know these things happie are ye if you do them and Rev 22. Verse 14. Blessed are they that do his Commandments that they may have Right to the Tree of Life and enter in through the Gates unto the City We are Spiritual harvest men and the Crop is very precious which we are to gather in If it be lost by our sloath we will pay dear for it The third qualification implyed here in this Take heed to your Ministrie is faithfulness O how much need had we to take heed that we do our Ministerial work faithfullie now faithfulness is a proportioning our obedience to the Command to be impartial in all the Administrations of the house of GOD See what a charge the Apostle Paul gives Timothie 1 Tim. 5.21 I Charge thee before GOD and the LORD JESVS CHRIST and the elect Angels that thou observe these things without preferring one before another doing nothing by partialitie Where we see that he that is partial cannot be faithful an unfaithful Minister is perfidious both to GOD and man Zeph. 3.4 It is said there their Prophets are light and Treacherous persons Treacherous Persons in the Hebrew as a Learned Interpreter observes is Viri Praevaricationum qui debitam Deo populo fidem pariter violaverint And it is the highest Treacherie that can be to be false to GOD and Robb Him of the Souls of men That is worthy of our Consideration recorded Ezek 3.20 Because thou hast not given him warning He shall die in his sin but his Blood shall I require at thine hand Now if a Minister may Perish for not warning of Sinners much more for Encouraging them to Sin by corrupt Doctrine and a Lewd life for If death be in an Gmission much more must it be in positive Evils Let me add one word more on this head that a faithful minister must be a fearless Minister he must not be affraid of the faces of men when he is to deliver the Truths of GOD. The LORD four times in one Verse Ezek. 2.6 Forbids the Prophet to fear And thou Son of man be not affraid of them neither be affraid of their words though Briers and Thorns be with thee and thou doest dwell among Scorphions Be not affraied of their words nor dismayed at their ●ooks though they be a Rebellious House A Fourth qualification necessarie for managing this office implyed in this exhortation take heed to thy Ministry is prudence which is necessarie to direct us in the dexterous management of all the parts of our work and more especially as to the Methods whereby and the Seasons wherein they may be done to the best advantage and there is no part of our Ministerial work which requires more prudence in the right managing of it then that of Reproof to do that so as it may be accepted as a kindness by the person reproved and as an excellent Oyle that will not break the head as the Psalmist expresses it Psal 141. Verse 5. Let the Righteous Smite me it shall be a kindness and let them reprove me it shall be an excellent Oyl which shall not break my head For as faithfulness and wisdom ponders the necessity of the duty So prudence does consider the fittest time and manner of application with respect to the person with what prudence and dexteritie did Nathan prepare David in that Parable 2 Sam 12. from the first Verse to the 6th before he came to touch him in the quick with Thou art the man Verse 7. Fifthly if we would take heed to fulfil this Ministrie we must be sincere and serious Ecles 9.10 And it is not Liklie that we will press Gospel Truths and holiness seriously home upon others until we know the sweet and good of them our selves and the Apostle tells us 2 Cor 1.12 Verse That sincerity in our work and walk will be no smal ground of our rejoycing when our consciences within and beholders without can testifie that we endeavoured sincerely and carefully to Manage this trust committed to us and Ministers had need to take heed to this because their work lying about spiritual things they are more apt to be deceived by hypocrisies creeping in both to their hearts and duties and many a time the frequencie of them is like to take away the fervencie of them Ministers therefore would often mind that word to keep them diligent at their work 1 Cor 9.27 Least when I preach the Gospel to others I my self be a cast away 6ly This take heed includes constancie and perservance we must not think to do this work by fits and starts Nor be like these foolish Galatians Galatians 3 chap. and 3 ver To begin in the spirit and end in the flesh we must not put our hand to the plough and look back Ye know what CHRIST says of such Luke 9.62 They are not fit for the Kingdom of GOD they are not fit for managing of his Kingdom aright in this world and if they do not that they may be affraid to be shut out of his Kingdom in the next I come next to the Reasons of the doctrine why Ministers must be very heedfull and carefull about their Ministerial work and that 1st Because it is a great trust far above any other trust in this world when immortal Souls are committed to us about which the thoughts of the most high have been concerned from Eternity and for the Redemption of which GOD manifested in the flesh shed his precious blood for espousing of whom he has put us unto the Ministrie I think we should never go this errand but with Abrahams servant Gen. 24 12. We should pray O LORD GOD and Father of My Master JESVS CHRIST Who has promised him a great backing and a numerous seed upon which he may see the satisfaction of the travel of his Soul send me good speed this day and put forth thy power in the preached Gospel that Thy people may be a willing people O but it be a high and a great calling to trade about the saving of Souls one of which is a more precious Jewel than the whole world can purchase or redeem And CHRIST tells us this out of his own Mouth Matth 16.26 Surely of all other persons Ministers should be most diligent who have both their own Souls to save and others The second reason