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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01703	A fruitful sermon preached at Occham in the county of Rutland, the second of Nouember, 1583 by Thomas Gybson.	Gybson, Thomas, fl. 1583.	1584 (1584)	STC 11840.5; ESTC S2130	26,976	78

from the Churche of GOD. And to speake more fully and directly to the purpose as touchyng this matter of the necessitie of preachyng of the miserable estate of them that be with out it and of suche Ministers as preathe not this matter I say in my conscience with wisdome and discretion may be spoken priuately or openly where soeuer when so euer and before whom soeuer there is no place but it hath need of this doctrin no time but it requireth it no persons that it is not meet for It is most fit and conuenient most profitable and necessarye for all states and degrees of men high and low rich and poore strong and weake learned and vnlearned Princes Nobles Bishops Preachers dumbe Ministers and people all haue need of this doctrine They which haue knowledge haue need of it that they may know what they haue beene that they maye see what they are c be thankfull to God The ignorant sort haue need of this doctrine that they may feel their miserable estate and so seek for help and remedy Princes Nobles and gentlemen haue neede of this doctrine and it is fit and necessary to be preached before them that knowing the necessity and worthines of preaching they may be more carefull and liberall to maintaine it and with better conscience bestow their liuinges The learned Bishops haue neede of this doctrine it is chiefly to be vrged before them and they are continually to remember it least they lay hands rashly on any man and so be partakers of other mens sins The wise and Godly Preachers haue neede of this doctrine that they may be comforted and stirred vp to greater zeal and trauail ignorant ministers haue need of this doctrine that they may see the damnable state they stande in and so either amende if it will be or els giue thēselues to some other calling more fit and profitable for them Let this doctrine be stayed Let men be perswaded as they are of them selues that they are in good state without the word preached that bare reading wil serue the tourne the people waxe carelesse and make no account of preaching For they thinke they are wel inough and best of al without it the people of God shal lack their strēgthening their growing in faith and knowledge Princes and Gentlemen wil make no account as they do but little alreadie how or on whom they bestow their liuinges The preachers shal be nothing set by the Idol ministers encouraged y e famous vniuersities decated ouerthrown in a word y t concealing hindring withstāding this doctrine is the next way to cast down al religion learning to bring princes nobles rich poore ministers people to hipocrisie and Atheisme The lord therfore open y e mouthes of his faithful ministers to y e dayly vrging of this so necessary a doctrine y t the prince may be strengthened the Nobles stirred vp all good ministers encouraged the poore people instructed ignoraunce idolatry defaced religion and knowledge of God may flowe thorow the whol land that at y e length al ignorāt careles ministers may be ashamed euery congregatiō may haue a faithful seuerall a resident Pastor Thus we haue seene at large y t whosoeuer wil preach y t Gospel faithfully and profitably he must first of all chiefly vrge the doctrine of repentaunce which men can neuer haue before they know their sins by the law of God and therefore the sins of all men muste be throughly and sharply reprooued and chiefly the sins of them which do most hurt and giue greatest occasion of offence as the sin of the magistrate and the minister Now indeed to repentance ther must be ioyned also the doctrine of remission of sinnes through Christ But this belongeth onely to them that repent that are humbled and cast down that feele in their conscience the torment of sinne and condemnation to such belongeth remission of sinnes to such it is to be offered and preached but it doth not appertaine to ignorant and sencelesse men to hipocrites infidels Atheistes Iusticiaries prophane and carnall men these haue nothing to do with the doctrine of remission of sins And because this age is altogether secure and carelesse ful of iniquitie of ignorance disobedience vnthankfulnesse and contempt of the worde it is vnworthie of the doctrine of mercie and remission of sinnes so much the more vnworthy as the benefites of God in so great measure and so long a time haue beene receiued without any profit at all so that in many ther is nothing stil but ignorance and Idolatry in others lesse zeal and religion lesse godlinesse of life then was in them many yeares agoe and are these men worthy of mercy Is remission of sins to be preached and offered to them nay the former doctrin of repentaunce of the lawe of reproouing sinne of denouncing the iudgements of God against all states and degrees This part of the Gospell I say is most fit and needful for such an age And woe be to vs if we preach not the Gospell Consider also I besech you here before we goe to an ende the excellency and worthinesse of the preaching of the gospel It is smal accounted of in the worlde it is thought a vile and a simple office it is contemned and dispised of the most part But if these mē knew the sweet and excellent things contained and offered in the Gospell which is the matter of preaching they woulde also know the worthinesse of this so high a calling that the excellēcy therof may more clearly appeare let vs adde some further proofe of this matter And first remember that this calling of the ministery preaching of y e word is no deuise of any mortall man but the ordinance of the liuing God It was he y e ordayned Moses the prophetes The prophesy came not in the old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were mooued by the holy Ghoste The Lorde Iesus himself called appointed sent foorth into y e world his Apostles to preach y e gospell It is the holy ghost which ordaineth faythfull ouerseers to feede the Church of God It is Christe also at this day which appointeth pastors and teachers for the gathering together of his saints It must needes be a worthy and an honourable calling which hath so worthy authors euen God him self his sonne Christ Iesus the holy ghost yea and not only so but as worthy haue exercised practised this calling The first preacher y t euer was in the world was God him selfe he preached to Adam in paradise that comfortable Gospel the seed of y e woman shall destroy the Serpentes head After that he stirred vp Noe Lot Moses and the prophetes men of singular credite and authoritie Nay what shal I speake of Dauid and Solomon of the which the one was a most victorious prince and the other most wealthy yet they