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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10133	Iacobs vovv, opposed to the vowes of monkes and friers The first volume in two bookes; of the Holy Scripture, and euangelicall counsels. Written in French by Mr. Gilbert Primerose, minister of the word of God in the Reformed Church of Burdeaux. And translated into English by Iohn Bulteel minister of the gospel of Iesus Christ.; Voeu de Jacob. English	Primrose, Gilbert, ca. 1580-1642.; J. B. (John Bulteel), d. 1699.	1617 (1617)	STC 20390; ESTC S112003	232,060	268

which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world Seuenthly that the fathers are so many in number their writings in like manner that though a man had an iron body he could not take the paines to reade them all and though he had a memory of steele he could not remember the expositions of all of them that there is no man liuing which hath them all no man liuing which hath read all those we haue yea I suppose and presume that I may say truely that all the liuing together haue not read them all whereas all can and may reade the Scripture ouer and ouer euery one oftentimes learne by it with prayer and labour all that is necessarie for their saluation Eightly lastly that the Scriptures are snatched out of the peoples hands deteined in such a brutish ignorance that they cannot know if the things written by the Fathers are of the Scripture or no the meanes to reade the Fathers is taken away from them so that they cannot know how they expound the Scriptures and therefore it is a meere mockerie to send the ignorant to the Fathers which they haue neuer read which they cannot reade though they would and dare not reade them though they could and whom they cannot vnderstand though they should reade them and therefore are taught to referre themselues in all these things to that which their Pastors and Doctors will make them beleeue II. This is the sense of that which followeth in the Pastorall letter where to that which hath been said that we ought not to speake of the Scriptures otherwise then the fathers expound them is added And besides your spirituall Fathers Pastors and Doctors that are instituted of God grounded on the lawfull succession of the Apostles to expound and interpret it to you f Malach. 27. Labia Sacerdotis custodient scientiam ex ore eius legem requirent The Priests lipps shall keepe knowledge and they shall seeke and aske the Law at his mouth III. We ought not to take away from the true Pastors and Doctors any thing of that which God giues them Saint Paul saith of himselfe and of all g 1. Cor. 4.1 Let a man so account of vs as of the Ministers of Christ and Stewards of the mysteries of God and elsewhere h 2. Co. 5.19.20 God hath committed vnto vs the Word of reconciliation We therfore are Ambassadours for Christ as though God did beseech you by vs. We ought then to account and esteeme of them and to put them in another ranke then priuate persons are we are to heare them with attention and reuerence in the declaration of their commission And if we honour the Ministers and Ambassadours of a Prince for the Princes sake who sends them how much more shall we honour and reuerence the Ministers of Christ Iesus who is the i Acts 3.15 Prince of life and hath written on his thighe k Reuel 19.16 The King of Kings and Lord of Lords for Christ Iesus sake But they ought also to know that they are but Ministers of Christ therfore are not Lords and Masters ouer the Church which is the body and spouse of Christ that they are the Ministers of Christ therfore are called administerium non ad magisterium to serue and that with labor and paines like those which row in shipps 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the Greeke word beareth and not to gouerne and play the Regent according to their owne fancie and affection that they are stewards of the great mysteries of God of the great mysteries of the Gospel the which they must distribute that is to say preach and apply it to the vse and saluation of the Saints That they are the Ambassadors for Christ and therefore they ought to produce their letters and patent of their commission and declare faithfully the substance of the same without any addition diminution or changing thereof They are no more priuiledged then Saint Paul was who l 1. Cor. 11.23 receiued of the Lord that which he deliuered vnto them and m Acts 26.22 Rom. 1.22 hath giuen nothing but that which was written touching the substance of the doctrine And of that whereof euery one had the copie in hand to examine if he kept himselfe in the precincts and compasse of his charge and commission as n Acts 17.11 they of Berea did with praise and commendation IIII. Therefore the Apostle hauing declared what is their charge and function and the dignitie or excellencie thereof giues them this admonition o 1. Cor. 4.2 Moreouer it is required in Stewards that a man be found faithfull faithfull in care in labor and especially in the preaching of the will of God in purenesse and simplicitie without any mixture of humane traditions his will say we wholy comprehended in the Scriptures of the which God will that all should haue copie as being all his children and hauing right and reason to know the contents of his Testament to the ende that if they which are but his Teachmen and Heralds doe interpret other language then his relate and deliuer otherwise then that which he hath giuen in writing and hauing sent the copies throughout all the world they be not heard what succession soeuer they pretend Aaron from and by whom the Leuiticall succession began p Exod. 32.4 made a golden calfe and notwithstanding the Leuits who were inferiour vnto him would not be partakers of his sinne q but obserued the words of God and kept them If a prophet or a dreamer of dreames did arise amongst the people and made signes and miracles and hee say let vs goe after other Gods and let vs serue them God commanded to put such a one to death and saith to the people r Thou shalt not hearken vnto the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreames c. Yee shall walke after the Lord your God and feare him and keepe his commandements and obey his voyce and you shall serue him and cleaue vnto him In like manner the Prophet Isaiah sends them to ſ Isai ● 20 the Law and to the testimony saying If they speake not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Saint Peter also to the Pastors and Ministers t 1. Pet. 4.11 If any man speake let him speake as the oracles of God And Saint Iohn writing to a woman and in her person to all u 2. Iohn 10. If there come any vnto you and bring not this doctrine receiue him not into your house neither bid him God speede V. Neither is there any succession that is free or can priuiledge them Vriah the high Priest descended by succession from Aaron builds contrary to Gods commandement an Altar according to the patterne of that of Damascus and sets it in the Temple x 2. King 16.11 according to all that the King Ahaz had sent from Damascus Caiphas hauing the succession with the Scribes and