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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77792	A sermon preached in the French church, in London on the 29. day of August 1652 At the imposition of hands on Mr. Stouppe by John Bulteel, minister of the word of God. With the action and circumstances thereof.	J. B. (John Bulteel), d. 1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing B5453A; ESTC R224358	34,618	48

necessary that Pastours l Gal. 6.2 bear with one another burdens that is to say to beare with the infirmityes of one another and so fulfill the Law of Christ to support them redresse and restore them with the spirit of meeknesse In the time of the reformation of the Church of God God stirred up two excellent and eminent persons but of contrary constitutions and dispositions Luther and Melancton Luther was hot Melancton cold Luther was of a cholerick inclination but Melancton was of a temperat and sweet disposition Luther was couragious and bold Melancton was timorous Luther was as oyle and fire to warme his coldnesse Melancton was as water to temper the heat of Luther Melancton was as a bridle to Luther Luther was as a spurre to Melancton by these means so contrary and tones so diverse there was by Gods providence a holy harmony and faire corespondence between these two great instruments of God and restorers of Gods Church being happily joyned together and bearing with one anothers infirmities But if enmities continue between Pastours and that there is an apparent danger of a schisme by their divisions Let us observe what Constantine the great Emperour did who having received divers letters from the Bishops full of defamatory invectives of the one against the others and seeing that the Bishops were more inconsed to wrangle one with another than carefull to unite themselves and fight against the errour of Arrius He cast all their papers into the fire without reading any of them exhorting them to a mutuall peace and brotherly concord one with another and therefore let the Ministers of the word of God preach the word of God purely let them live holily let them love one another cordially O then they will edifie the Church of God more and more and having finished their course they shall receive their Crown of glory Enter ye faithfull servants into the joy of your Lord and as they have been m Rev. 1.20 stars in Christs right hand in the sphere of this militant Church n Dan. 12.3 having turned many to righteousnesse they shall shine as the brightnesse of the firmament and as the starres for ever and ever in the sphere of the Triumphant Church in heaven o Rev. 22.9 20. as they are fellow servants with the angels yea stiled angels here on earth they shall be like the angels in glory in heaven Now as we that are Ministers have heard our lesson ye also my brethren have here your lesson too for if wo is unto Saint Paul and unto the Ministers of Gods word if they preach not the Gospel it followeth that wo is unto the Corinthians and unto you if they hear not if you hear not the preaching of the Gospel for if a necessity is laid upon Saint Paul and upon P●stors to preach there is also a necessity laid upon the Corinthians and upon the people of God to hear the Gospel It is that necessity whereof Christ Jesus speaks p Luke 10.41 42. Martha Martha thou art carefull and troubled about many things but one thing is needfull and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her He speaks of the necessity of the word of God q Rom. 10.17 For faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God and as he is of God that preacheth the word of God r John 8.47 So he is of God that heareth Gods word The same God that requires of the one the preaching requires of the other the hearing and therefore the same curse that is pronounced and threatned against dumb Pastors is pronounced against deaf hearers Wo unto them that preach not the Gospel but also ſ Mar. 11.23 thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven thou shalt be brought to hell for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodome it would have remained untill this day In Sodome there was a Lot in Capernaum a Jesus Lot was a man Christ God and man Lot was a sinner Christ innocent Lot did no miracles among the Sodomites Christ did miracles in Capernaum Sodom saw not any Judgements on Jerusalem as Jerusalem saw those fearfull and terrible Judgements on Sodom written in characters from heaven of fire and Brimstone so that one might as it were read them in running The Lake Asphaltites or dead sea is a fearfull testimony of Gods wrath upon them and therefore it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of Judgement than for them verse 29. according to that the Apostle teacheth us t Heb. 2.2 3 That if the word spoken by angels was stedfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord was confirmed unto us by them that heard him And therefore a necessity is laid upon the people of God to hear his holy word The second duty of Gods people is to pray for their Pastors the people think that it is the Pastors Office and duty to pray for them and that is true for the Minister of God is Gods mouth to the People and the peoples mouth to God it is he that makes intercession between God and the people u 1 Sam. 12 23. God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you saith Samuel and truly Moses interceding for the Jews Samuel and Daniel in like manner have been powerfull intercessors and their prayers have been of great force towards God for the good of the people of God in the name and intercession of the Messias to come namely Jesus Christ but you must know it is also the duty of the people to pray for their Pastors and teachers for so great an Apostle as Saint Paul had need of the prayers of the Church and said Pray for me that the door of utterance may be given unto me that I may speak boldly to make known the mystery of the Gospel Eph. 6.19 and and you also helping together by prayer for us that for the gift bestowed upon us c. 2 Cor. 1.11 how much more we that are inferiours to so great an Apostle have need of your prayers x Acts 12.5 Prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for Peter And certes we fear that by reason of the want of the prayes of Gods people for their Pastors God takes away sometimes the Ministers of his holy word as God hath taken away to himself out of your Church three Pastors in nine moneths Mr. Marmet Mr. Mary Mr. Primrose Anno 1642. And God suffers sometimes Ministers to fall into strange and irregular opinions into heresies or into some scandalous sin because the Church prayeth not with that zeal and fervour for their Pastors as they ought if therefore you desire that God continue his Ministry among you and preserve your