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A89720	Christ's commission-officer: or, The preachers patent cleared, and the peoples plea considered. In a sermon preached before (and now presented to) the associated ministers of Christ, in the county of Sommerset, at the late solemn ordination at Sommerton in said county, June, 9. 1658. By John Norman ...	Norman, John, 1622-1669.	1658 (1658)	Wing N1240A; ESTC R210141	61,437	165

could not but make one particular especially if the affirma●ive included in that precept to Timothy 1 Chap. 5.22 bee put with it into the same scale 2. By the light of the Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rendered here by ord●in and in Acts 6.3 by appoint which the Apostles practice had already interpreted to import the laying on of hands Acts 6.6 as one particular requisite to that publick and solemn work I know it is pretended that the Holy Ghost was miraculously given by imposition of hands in Ordination and thence it is pleaded that the miracle now ceasing so doth the mystery too But how is the former proved and justified And if yet how the latter is therefrom pleaded or inferred I see not unless we shall upon the same ground now relinquish prayer because it 's no more effectuall to heal the sick or rai●e the dead as it was formerly Act. 9.37 40 41. Jam. 5.14 15. We hear the Apostles requiring them to look out seven men full of the Holy Ghost that they may lay hands upon them Acts 6.3 cum 6. but never hear them relating so much as one that had received the Holy Ghost because they had layd their hands upon him in his Ordination I say in his Ordination for it is granted that the Holy Ghost was given by the laying on of hands in the other cases Act. 8.17.18 and 19.6 Why must Timothy and Titus think we receive satisfaction touching mens gifts before Ordination 1 Tim. 3. and Tit. 1. And why must they till then retard and stave off their Ordination 1 Tim. 5.22 If laying on of hands would have conferred that spirit upon men from whom all gifts come 1 Cor. 12.8 ad 12. True it is we read of Timothie's gift by the laying on of Paul's hands and of the Presbytery 2 Tim. 1.6 1 Tim. 4.14 But not of the Holy Ghosts being given him hereby It is rather the gift of the Ministry that is intended in these Scriptures than gifts for the Ministry and perhaps may bee therefore mentioned in both places not plurally but singularly the gift That offices are called gifts and particularly the Ministry compare Ep. 4 8 11. between which the 9 and 10 verles fall as within a Parenthesis the 11 vers giving us th●●e explication in particulars of what had been expressed at the 8 ver ingeneral * Isti duo versus sc 9.10 per pareath●sin l●guntur nam mox ve●su 11. r●dit ad supe●iora hoc est ad explicanda dona aliquo● de qu b●s dixerat in genere dedit dona hominibus Zanch. ad Ephes 4.10 And so is an appofite answer to every one that asks this question what are those gifts when Christ ascended up on high which he received for (t) Psal 68.18 and give unto men He gave som Apostles and som Prophets and som Evanglists and som Pastors and Teachers Sect. 5 Fi●thly one thing is yet behind Why must those that are authoritatively from Christ to teach others in the Church have the Office committed to them as well as be qualified for that office Why It is for the honour of Christ for the happinesse of the Church and for the hope and heartning of such teachers themselves Sect. 1. It is for the honour of Christ Which is the great design that grace hath to carry on by all the various methods and ministrations of it by all Officers and by all Ordinances Had he thrown the reyns of his Church Kingdom and cause loose to the liberty or rather lusts of men take hee that will teach he that will who could have then read such his accurate prudence such his absolute power and such his affluence of perfections as are now made legible in treating his own affairs by those only that are of his own appointment and can shew his royall patent Alas what conveniency would this at all bear to his transcendant dignity and most taking glory whereof the greatest royalties are but poor resemblances Wil men call him the wonderfull Counsellor the Prince of peace u) Is 9.6.7 the King of kings and Lord of Lords *) Rev. 19.16 that either hath never a Secretary Herald Embassadour or so much as a Steward by office by whom the grand importances of his Court and Crown may be transacted on the one hand or is so little tender of these great trusts and his own transactions on the other that whosoever hath but will and skill forehead and fitness enough may without further leave from him or his lay hold upon these offices and leap into the highest honour Need I remind you that such are the offices such is the honour to be a Minister of Jesus Is it spiritually Well the more spirituall the office and honour is the more need in a just sense of his putting them into a security from the fleshly presumptions and forward pretensions of vain men who are but too desirous of being teachers of others even before they understand what they say or whereof they affirm themselves 1 Tim. 1.7 or at least of heaping unto themselves teachers having itching ears 2 Tim. 4.3 It is true I acknowledge that pious Ministers are so far from being accounted ordinarily to the honour of Christ that wee are made rather with Paul the filth of the world and the off-scouring of all things 1 Cor. 4.13 But what saith Paul God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 and if our brethren be enquired of saith he they are the glory of Christ 2 Cor. 8. ver 23. And no marvail for besides the expressions to his glory by them such are the ampressions of his glory upon them not onely in their Ministeriall gifts and graces which bespeak them qualified for this Office by Christ but in the Ministeriall authority and administrations which bespeak them Commissioned to this Office from Christ And indeed what other are his Ministers Pastors and Teachers among us but the speaking gifts and standing pledges of Christ's glorious ascension for us and of his gracious and great affections to us Ephes 4.8 11. compared Sect. 2. It is for the happiness of the Church likewise which is next to his Fathers honour in the aym and heart of Christ It is for her enlargement edification and establishment as the Apostle at large instanceth and illustrateth in the same Ephes 4.12 13 14 15. verses For the perfecting of the Saints c. Throw open but this door once that gifts and a desire to exercise them make a Minister and you may too late perceive well-nigh all that is dear to the Church going out and whatsoever is dividing and destructive coming in by the same door both speedily and irremediably What Corah and his complices will not tell Aaron and Moses too Ye take too much upon you seeing all the Congregation are holy every one

therefore Commission us to corroborate and comfort our hearts and to confirm us you see against hardships ' Oh the tears and tentations that every man of God is subject to without are fightings within are fears And in the midd'st of so many inward distractions and outward distresses while such is the difficulty of our province such the d●bi●ity of our persons such the deceitfulness of sin such the deiusions of Satan such the desperate stubborness of the world such the depths and heights of the Word and such the danger and worth of immortall souls for which we must give an account In the midd'st of all this how would our hearts gather astonishment and our hopes go down into despair did not the sense of this truth and the sweet fruits that grow upon it solace our souls If God hath sent God will second me if God hath put me into the Ministry he will prosper me in the Ministry if he hath given me a Commission he will not deny me his conourrence he that appointed me to this Office will accomplish his ends by and upon me in this Office These these are the comforts of a Commissioned if conscientious Minister Be the success what it wil if he be sincere and sent he is to God a sweet savour though in them that perish 2 Cor. 2.15 16. and God is his strength and reward though he hath spent his own strength to no purpose Isa 49.4 5. A stranger an unofficed preacher hath not to intermeddle with this joy But Oh the sweet Cordiall and com●ortable savour of our investitu●e with the Office both unto us and you when both you and we shall call to mind that we are not barely the servants but the stewards of Christ or onely the subjects but the Embassadours of Christ and so whatsoever we bind or loose beseech or charge rebuke or comfort it 's as if God did it as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christ's stead 2 Cor. 5.20 Christ hath bid us go teach baptize c. Lo I am with you Mat. 28.19 20. But the unofficed preacher hath neither part nor lot in this promise for be it supposed that Christ hath given him feet bestowed abilities yet hath he not bid him go granted him authority and who can hope that Christ will go with him that goeth before Christ or rather steals away before he sent him Will hee be with the Prophets that run and he not sent them Nay I am against these Prophets saith the Lord Jeremi 23.21.30.31 32. VSE Having thus explained and evinced the assertion or observation give mee leave now to exercise my self and you a while in the application I shall not be very long neither the straights of time * There being 13. afterward to be ordained nor indeed my strength permitting it I shal therefore lay but three Uses of this point before you The first for humiliation and consternation the second for holy caution the third in way of hearty counsell Vse 1. Of humbling consternation Is it so that such as are to teach authoritatively in the Church or Ministers of Christ must be both men qualified for the Office and have the Office committed to them Oh! what matter of humbling consternation and holy confusion before the Lord doth this call for from us this day Oh that mine head were waters mine eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain shall I say or for the souls of the daughter of my people Jer. 9.1 Partly through unqualified Ministers of the one side and partly through uncommissioned Ministers on the other side Oh the ravine and ruine that is made of multitudes of souls one whereof is more worth than all England all the Indies yea than all the world Ah firs how have holy things been profaned how have heavenly things been polluted and how much how long have wholesome truths been perverted what between this and that extream Who of us is such a stranger in England but unless deafe doth hear that unless blind doth see and unless sensuall or stupid but must sigh and smite upon our thighs in the sad remembrances of there things Oh! how hath God been and is yet dishonoured by it How hath the Gospel bee● and is yet despised by it and how hath godliness be●n and is yet derided for it to this day Ay and for this notwithstanding all our engagements and endeavours for a Reformation the land mou●n● and lyeth unreformed even to this hou● And now Oh that we could ●ure I am that we should mourn before the Lord for these things Sect. 1. Let us mourn for unqualified Ministers O believed how many have walked and Oh that I should mention it without weeping walked under the calling of Minister that have not been worthy to be caded men but have been rather like the Mule for ignorance the Goat for lust and the Swine for drunkennesse than like the Ministers of Jesus such whose God hath been their belly whose Gospel hath been their barn whose glory hath been their shame Non Pastores sed praedatores non praecones sed praedones as Bernard * Ad Clerū Sermo in Cencilio ●hemens● elegantly declaimeth the prophane Priests especially the Prelates of his time Soul-thieves and murderers rather than true Ministers Ministers shall I call them in Divinity monsters they are in Morality Beasts in mens shapes rather than Ministers which ought to bee the best of men Oh the building up of sin the betraying of our Saviour's interesse and the blood of immortall souls that will bee required at your hands I say at your hands if any such are here What I thou that teachest another teachest thou not thy self Art a light to them that sit in darkness and yet the light that is in thee is but darknesse Tell'st others of a narrow way to heaven and yet art treading thy self the broad way to hell Pressest humility holinesse and heavenly-mindednesse in the Pulpit and there is nought but pride profanenesse coveteousnesse or contention in thy practice Warn'st others against all sinne and against all appearance of sinne and to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things as ever they would enjoy him or heaven and yet walkest thy self as if there were neither sin nor suffering God or Gospell hell or heaven to be shut into or shut out from And art thou a Minister thinkest thou that Christ wil Christians must own Oh! how will Christ shake off such prophesiers in his name in the open view and prospect both of men and Angels at the last day and professe unto them I never knew you i. e. I never owned you Depart from mee yee that work iniquity Ah wretches take yee my Covenant into your mouths and take up my Commission as Ministers and yet live like miscreants Verily if there be a furnace of divine vengeance heated one seven times more then usuall these shall fill it if there be an