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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85238	Zealous beleevers are the best subjects to Cæser or An exhortation to all good Christians to pray for their princes : there being nothing wherein they can better shew their allegiance. Published invindication [sic] of the saints against the false imputations of such as count it rebellion to be religious. / by I.F.	Ferret, John.	1643 (1643)	Wing F818; Thomason E1103_2; ESTC R208364	54,637	135

his elect of al● sorts and conditions to the end that they might beleeve in him and beleeving might have life through his name an● n Acts. 15 1● known unto God are all his workes from th● beginning of the world Now prayer is an espetiall meanes whereby the word of this salvation is made o 2 Thes 3 1. to passe and take effect upon all and unto all whom God hath predestinated unto the p Ephes 1 5. adoption of children by Iesus Christ unto himselfe according to the good pleasure of his will So that this to wit the testifying of Jesus Christ unto all may be another argument to move us to pray for all Or if we would have the division Division shorter and such as we may more easily comprehend then thus we have it First the duties exhorted to viz prayer and thankesgiving Secondly for whom these duties are to be performed not for our selves allone but for all men of what estates or conditions soever and if for all then espetially for kings and those in authority becaus of the profit and peace which may come thereby to our selves that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty Thirdly The argument to move us to the free and ●eady performance of those dutyes for all men viz becaus it is good and acceptable in the sight of God c. as if the Apostle should say whatsoever is good and acceptable in the sight of God that w● ought to be carefull to doe and performe ● But to pray for all men is good and acceptable in the sight of God how ever it go● w th us whither they persecute us or giv● us libertie I Exhort therfore that first of all supplications prayers Intercessions and giving of thankes be made for all men Before we come to the handling of th● dutyes here mentioned it shal be worth our labour to mynd the occasion of th● Apostle's putting Timothy in mynd o● these duties and the manner how he commendeth them to him wherein he is a● example or patterne to Timothy how he shall commend this to the church o● God The occasion is conteyned in the illative particle therfore I exhort therfore ● which calleth upon us to looke back upo● the matter or substance of the foregoeing chapter espetiallie that which is se● downe in the verses imediatly goeing before this exhortation Wherein th● Apostle remembereth Timothy of th● dangerous condition of such as n 1 Tim. 1 4. 5. 6. c. give hee● to fables c. of such as swarved fro● faith charity and a good conscience turnin● aside after vaine jangling and disputations about the law c. and of the mercie of God shewed to himselfe in particuler in accounting him faithfull and putting him into his service who before was a blasphemer c. And having concluded the occasion of his writing this epistle with o Vers 17. thankesgiving to God he proceedeth to give Timothy his generall charge wherein he sheweth to what end he writeth this charge unto him namely that he by the peophesies which were before of him might warre a good warfore holding faith and a good conscience the which he should have the more care of for that he knew of some already that had made shipwrak of faith of whom were Hymeneus and Alexander From which generall charge the Apostle proceedeth to this first and principall duty to be observed by the Church of which Timothy was to have care So that in the former chapter the Apostle seemeth to make a generall enterance into this epistle wherein he prepareth Timothy to receave his direction and commandements and now he begineth to handle the particuler thinges whereof he was to have a Care as a faithfull minister of Jesus Christ Of which the first and principall duty which he was to performe and to see performed or to exhort others unto was to prayer c. The two generall and more ordinary dutyes of the ministers of the gospell are described Act. 6 4. to be prayer and the ministrie of the word These are the thinges whereunto they are to give themselves as the Apostles in that place resolved to doe for their parts for indeed all thinges are p 1 Tim. 4 5. sanctifyed by the word of God prayer The performance of these duties of piety prayer and thankesgiving are espetiall meanes to confirme and keep us in the true and sincere worship of God to nourish and increase in us faith and a good conscience which some had put away as the Apostle complaineth in the imediatly foregoeing verses wherfore it is not in vaine but to good purpose that the Apostle begineth first with this duty saying I exhort therfore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men As concerning the manner of the Apostle his laying downe these dutyes it is not in any dominereing and commanding way with threatenings and loftie termes or gesture as the manner of Lordly prelates is to behave themselves towards their clerkes not as if the Apostle were Timothy's q 1 Tim. 1 2. father in the Lord not as if Paul were an Apostle which was a chiefe office and Timothy but an Euangelist which was more inferiour but as if they were equals fellow servants as indeed the Apostle doth account the meanest ministers of Christ that served with him in the worke of the Lord Philem. Vers 1. 2. 1 Thess 3 2. Col. 4 7. 11. Coloss 1 7. Philip. 2 25. and 4 3. 2 Cor. 8 23. for he saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I exhort beseech pray and perswade or by the reasons and arguments preceding and following I move counsill and stirre you up as the word is diversly rendered by our translators In Rom. 15 30. I beseech you bretheren by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit that you help togither with me in your prayers c. Rom. 12 1. I beseech you therfore brethren by the mercies of God c. 2 Cor. 6 1. we beseech ●ou also c. 1 Tim. 6 2. These things ●each and exhort Tit. 2 6. Exhort ●oung men to be sober mynded c. See ●lso 1 Thess 5 11. 14. that is by sound and wholsome reasons and arguments in doctrine perswade and move them Wherfore we shall find that the Apostle seldome or never useth this word exhort in his owne person to others but he either prefixeth or affixeth reasons to move thē to the doeing of that which he commendeth to them And John the Baptist is said when he preached to be * Luc. 3 18. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 exhorting the Apostle calleth his owne doctrine * 1 Thes 2 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 exhortation Whence we may learne what are the weapons that faithfull Bishops and overseers of the soules of God's people must use to provoke prick forward the flock committed to their charge in the doeing of good