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honour_n	doctrine_n	double_a	elder_n	1,742	5	9.4785	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77206	Remarks on a late discourse of William Lord Bishop of Derry; concerning the inventions of men in the worship of God. By J. Boyse	Boyse, J. (Joseph), 1660-1728.	1694 (1694)	Wing B4073; ESTC R230876	152,098	209

go very untowardly about the performing such a Task as the Bp. wou'd here set ' em III. There is yet less ground for that peculiar sense he has assign'd to Preaching in the New Testament He tells us in general It signifies to declare or proclaim the word of God as a Herald or Cryer proclaims the Laws and Orders of a King Hence saith he only those that proclaim'd the Gospel to such as had not heard it before or read the Old Testament to the people are said to Preach Preaching is distinguisht from Teaching and Exhortation and 't is observable that in the whole New Testament tho Reading the Scriptures is call'd Preaching yet interpreting ' em ' applying 'em or exhorting the people from 'em in a Christian Auditory is never call'd by that Name P. 71. And again p. 72. The O●iginal words which properly signify Preaching are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 From all which it is manifest that there are only two ways by which the word of God is properly Preacht The first is when 't is declar'd to those that never heard it before The second is when the very words of the Scripture are read publickly to the people as a Cryer dos a Proclamation which he dos not word himself but reads it in the words in which 't is deliver'd to to him Answ His Lp. wou'd do well to examin his Criticisms a little better before he assert 'em so confidently For there is none of these new ones he here offers but seem liable to very strong objections which I shou'd be glad to hear his solution of For against his new Notion of the sense of the word Preaching in the New Testament I wou'd propose this obvious one The Apostle Paul in writing his Epistle to the Romans styles those to whom he directs it Belov'd of God and call'd to be Saints and Thanks God that their Faith was spoken of throughout the whole world v. 7 8. And yet he tells 'em that he often purposed to come to 'em but was let hitherto v. 13. and adds v. 15. So much as is in me I am ready to preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also And here is the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let us then apply it to one of these two ways of Preaching to which the Bp. has confin'd the sense of that word It cannot be understood of declaring the Gospell to th●se that never heard it before For he tells us Their Faith had been spoken of throughout the whole World So that the Gospel cou'd be no new tidings to ' em He must then if the Bp's Criticism be true mean no more than that he often purpos'd to see 'em because as much as in him was he was ready to read 'em some Chapters out of the Old Testament at Rome also Now if this were his main errand and business there he need not have been so much concern'd about the matter The disappointment of his purpose cou'd be no great prejudice to 'em unless he suppos'd they had none among 'em able to read Nor needed he speak of his reading a Chapter as so difficult a thing which he was ready to do as much as in him lay 'T is plain then the Apostle was a stranger to the Bp's notion of Preaching for he thought instructing those more fully in the doctrine of Christianity who had already embrac'd it might be fitly call'd by this name So when he tells us Preaching is distinguisht from Teaching How hard is it to reconcile this with the following Texts We read in the 28 Acts v. 30 31. That Paul abode two years at Rome preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord J●sus Christ So that the Bp. is very curious to distinguish those two expressions which the Inspired Historian plainly took for synonimous ones So the same Writer gives us an account of the Apostle Paul's Speech to the Elders at Ephesus in which what he calls teaching 'em 20 Acts v. 20 he calls teach●ng the Gospel and preaching the kingdom of God among 'em v. 25. And in both these places the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is us'd and in this latter a phrase of the same import too with the other viz. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But perhaps an argument drawn from interest may prevail above any other The Apostle Paul tells us 1 Cor. 9.14 the Lord hath ordained that those who preach the Gospel shou'd live of the Gospel This Text he knows is generally applyed by Expositors to prove a maintenance due to ordinary Ministers And Mr. Mede particularly by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 here understands the reward of good tidings But if ordinary Pastors of the Church have no other way now left of preaching the Gospel but reading the Scriptures as according to the Bp's notion they have not I am afraid the people wou'd sadly grudge 'em so large Revenues on the bare account of such Preaching But if he 'll give the Apostle leave to explain his own meaning he 'll find that preaching is the same thing with Teaching or instructing the people in the Christian Doctrine For 't is so explain'd in those two parallel places 6 Gal. 6. Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches in all good things And 1 Tim. 5.17 Let the Elders that rule well be accounted worthy of double honour especially them that labour in word and doctrine If these be parallel Texts as Expositors have hitherto taken 'em to be then to teach to labour in word and doctrine are the same thing as to preach And by the way if the reward of good tidings be due to those that preach the Gospel and if Readers be now the only Preachers of it in a Christian Kingdom as the Bp's notion supposes how come things to be so unequally manag'd and so contrary to the Apostle's direction that they get the least share of the Reward for it Why are these true laborious preachers put off with so stingy an allowance while those Bishops that in his sense never preach at all engross the double honour to themselves both the Dignity and the Revenues which belong to such as preach the Gospel I shall only add the following Texts I hope the Bp. will grant that our Saviour commission'd his Apostles to preach when he sent 'em to disciple all Nations 28 Matth. two last ver And yet he enjoyns 'em to teach 'em all things he had commanded And the Apostle Paul accordingly in the same verse calls himself a preacher and a teacher 2 Tim 1.11 And these expressions are plainly us'd as equivalent ones 5 Acts 42. And they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ So 15 Acts v. 35. Again he tells us That preaching is distinguisht from exhortation Now I think we have no reason to imagin the Apostle Paul understood any such distinction when he exhorts Timothy 2 Tim 4.2 to preach the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to