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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12472	The doctrine of praier in generall for all men, that is, vniuersally for all mankind: Proued 1. By the true sence of the words if the Apostle 1. Tim 2. 2. By the reasons, why all men in that since should be praid for. 3. By the doctrine establishing such praier. 4. By the practises of churches, concerning that kind of praier. 5. By the obiections, ansuered. Against the position of those that say and preach, that all men are not to be praid for. By I. Smith, minister of Gods word at Reading.	Smith, John, minister at Reading.; Smith, John, 1563-1616.	1595 (1595)	STC 22797; ESTC S102599	80,671	127

all the world to euery creature shall the word be thy power to saluation to all that beleeue of the Iew first and also of the Gentile Shall the Apostles then goe into all the world and shall I be an Apostle of the Gentiles to set forth these glad tidings amongst them surely then shal I teach the vnrighteous thy waies and sinners shall be conuerted vnto thee And then let the Gentiles praise God for his mercie as it is writen For this cause I will confesse thee among the Gentiles and sing vnto thy name And again he saith Reioice yee Gentiles with his people And again Praise the Lord All ye Gentiles and laud ye him all ye people together And againe Esaias saith There shall be the root of Iesse and he that shall rise to raigne ouer the Gentiles in him shall the Gentils trust Then O Lord shew thy seruants thy worke and their children thy glorie And the glorious maiestie of the Lord our God be vpon vs prosper thou the worke of our hands vpon vs O prosper thou our handy work Let me care for all congregations let mee learne in what estate so euer I am to be content let me be made all thinges to all men that I might by all meanes saue some And first then I giue in precept vnto thy church concerning the truth of thy word and doctrine and I say vnto Timothie So doe that thou warne some that they teach none other doctrine neither that they giue heed vnto fables and genealogies which are endles which breed questions rather then godly edifieng which is by faith For the end of the commandement is loue out of a pure heart and a good conscience and of faith vnfeined c. Then after ye haue had a special care for the soundnes of the truth and wholsome doctrine I exhort that first of all supplications praiers intercessions and giuing of thanks be made for al men For kings and for all that are in authoritie c. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our sauiour who will that all men shall be saued and come vnto the acknowledging of the truth Thus the Apostle according to the instruction giuen vnto him establisheth not only in the church of Ephesus but in the same in the whole church of Christ that there be not only sound doctrine established but also publike praier for all estates and all mankind vniuersally For God inuiteth them and calleth them to bee partakers of his sauing health And great reason it should be according to the patterne set downe and will of the Lord the maine ground and foundation whereof is this To whomsoeuer the word and sacraments doe belong for them we ought to pray But the word and sacraments doe belong to all the world to all nations to all creatures Therefore wee ought to pray for all the world for all nations for all creatures The Apostle in this calling counteth it not a time to desseuer them whom God in the participation of his promises of his word and sacraments and in the preaching of the acceptable yeare of the Lord hath ioined and knit together and therefore would that all might be praied for vnto whom this mercie of the Lord is offered He doubteth not but the foundation of God remaineth sure and hath this seale T●e Lord knoweth who are his but in this charge that is laid vpon him who is offended and S. Paul burne not and therefore according to the will of the Lord he would haue all know him and come vnto the truth Againe the Apostle by the spirit of the Lord saw the wonderfull effects that should grow and spring from the preaching of the gospell For thereby and by the preaching of the same the fierce lions shall be tamed and made meeke and humble the wolfe and the lambe shall feed together the people that dwell in darkenes shall behold the true light all nations shall see the saluation of our God For this wonderfull worke and building of the Lord hauing the foundation in the great loue of God towards vs is dispensed first by Preaching and Hearing whereby in the effectuall working of the spirit from aboue faith is fashioned in vs For without faith it is impossible to please God Then are we buried with Christ by Baptisme into his death that like as Christ was raised vp from the dead to the glory of the father So we also should walke in newnes of life For to walke in newnes of life is to be to the glorie of the father also according as it is said Let your light so shine before men c. Now then that the law of the spirit of life which is in Christ Iesus hath freed vs from the law of sin and death we must haue our Education in the word and sacraments that wee may grow from faith to faith That wee may ioine vertue with faith and with vertue knowledge and with knowledge temperance and with temperance patience and with pati●nce godlines and with godlines brotherly kindnes and with brotherly kindnes loue that we benot vnfruitfull that Christ Iesus may dwell in vs that we may auoid the danger of sinne that we may be sober and watch for the aduersary as a roaring lion goeth about seeking whom he may deuour him we must resist stedfast in the faith And therefore oft hereunto we must ioine the exercise of the faithfull the participation of the holie supper of the Lord to set forth the death of the Lord till his comming And especiallie herein the ministers of the Lord must not be straunge but to be oft with the people of God partakers and receiuers That the flocke by their example may be more stirred and moued highly to esteeme of the sacraments and the ordinance of God in his church And therfore as one saith Qui autem pastores raro communicant exemplo suo faciunt vt sacramenta veniant paulatium in comtemptum And those shepheards which seldome communicate by their example bring to passe that by little and little the sacraments grow into contempt Herein is also daily rising againe and comming to the Lord to say vnto him Forgiue vs our trespasses And O Lord though our sinnes testifie against vs deale with vs according to thy name for our rebellions are many we haue sinned against thee O the hope of Israel the Sauiour in the time of trouble why art thou as a stranger in the land as one that passeth by to tarrie for a night Why art thou as a man astonied and as a strong man that cannot helpe Yet thou Lord art in the midst of vs and thy name is called vpon forsake vs not c. And the most effectual power of the word preached vnto vs appeareth herein also For in it hope is confirmed and by hope wee are saued by the same worde faith is established and the victorie

were in authoritie who might bee thought through pride and worldly pompe to abhorre from the humilitie of Christian faith Therefore saying For this thing is good before God our Sauiour That is that euen for such praiers be made Forthwith That he might take away desperation he addeth who will haue All men to bee saued and to come to the knowledge of the truth For this thing the Lord iudged to bee good That at the praiers of the humble hee might vouchsafe to giue health and saluation to such as were in authoritie And again the same Father Remota tamen ergò hac discretione quam diuina scientia intrà secretum iusticiae suae cōtinet sincerissimè credendum est atque profitendum Deum velle vt omnes homines salui fiant Yet therefore this discerning set apart which the wisdome of God containeth within the secret of his owne iustice we are most sincerely to beleeue and to professe that God would that All men should be saued Saith Saint Augustine After the Apostle had said and charged to pray for euerie man and all that are in authoritie That he might take away desperation hee added Who will haue All men to be saued This saith he he speaketh that none should despaire And againe leauing Gods secret discerning and iustice to himselfe we must sincerely beleeue That God would that all men should be saued So then these fathers diminish nothing of the Lords commission Pray saith one as God commaundeth If hee will saue all pray thou for all He will saue all saith an other but thou must keepe the condition and draw neere vnto him Lastly These wordes who is the Sauiour of all men c. are added to take away desperation So these fathers nothing diminish the nature of the wordes but make consideration how they bee applied concerning praier for all mankind in generall But let vs heare later writers and what they haue thought First therefore maister Caluine speaketh thus hereof Sequitur deinde huius secundi membri confirmatio Quia velit Deus omnes homines saluos facere Quid autē magis aquum quàm vt huic decreto vota nostra subseruiant Postremò autem deo cordi esse omnium salutem demonstrat quià omnes ad veritatis suae agnitionem vocat Argumentum est à posteriori nam si dei potentia est Euangelium in salutem omni credenti Rom. 1.16 certum est inuitari omnes ad spem vitae aeternae quibus Euangelium offertur Afterward followeth the confirmation of this second member because God will saue All men Then what is more right then that our praiers should readily serue at that our Lords decree Lastly he sheweth that the saluation of all men is well pleasing vnto God because he calleth all men to the acknowledging of his truth It is an argument Aposteriori For if the gospel be the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleeue Rom. 1.16 it is most certaine that all are inuited to the hope of eternall life vnto whom the Gospell is offered c. Master Caluin here inioyneth vs to pray as the Lord commaundeth That the saluation of all is pleasing vnto God That all are inuited to whom the Gospel is offered Also in his sermōs thus he writeth This is the reason why S. Paul vseth this argument that God would haue all the world to be saued to the end that as much as lieth in vs we should also seeke their saluation which seeme to bee as it were banished men out of the kingdome of God especially at such time as they are vnbeleeuers And againe a little following And indeed we see how holy writ doth greatly set forth this adoption that God had made of this people of the Iewes But S. Paul commandeth vs to pray for all the world and so not without cause addeth the reason which is here set downe to wit Because God will haue all men to be saued Also afterward For why are we in this world but onely to set forward the good will of God as much as we can Thus maister Caluin Wee must pray as the Lord decreeth The health of al is wel pleasing to God All are inuited to whom the gospell is offered We must seeke the saluation of all Wee must set forth Gods will We must pray for all the world And out of the Siriac the words are thus translated Qui vult vt omnes filij hominis seruentur sese conuertant ad cognitionem veritatis c. Who wil that all the sonnes of man be saued c. So translating all the sons of man for that which we say All men And master Bullinger hath thus Christianorum enim est imitari exemplum dei patris Iesu Christi filij sui Ille autem sinit solem suum oriri super bonos malos pluit super iustos iniustos Mat. 4.53 Hic vero etiam prò persequútoribus orauit Luk. 23.34 Gentiles in sacris suis deuouent Christo addictos at Christiani prò vniuersis hominibus etiā inimicis peccatoribus orare debent It is the part of Christians to imitate the example of God the father and of Iesus Christ his son For the one suffereth his sun to shine forth vpon the good and the euill and sendeth his raine vpon the iust and vniust and Christ also praied for his persecutors The Gentiles in their rites curse such as professe Christ but Christians must pray for All men vniuersally euen for their enemies and sinners And Erasmus thus interpreteth Last of all let thanks be rendred vnto him c. And let these be done not only for the Christians but for all manner of men also lest Christian loue should appeare to bee but a streit-laced loue as though it fauoured none but of his own sort but let it be extended abroad in most large manner after the example of God both to the good and to the bad like as he being perfectlie good and beneficiall to al as much as in him is bestoweth his sun to shine vnto the iust and also to the vniust And in as much as God giueth publike quietnes by means of Ethnick rulers it is reason that thanks be rendred also for them And it is vncertaine to vs whether that ruler being a wicked image worshipper shall in short space receiue the gospell for that cause Christian loue wisheth the saluation of all The Iew loueth the Iew the brother loueth the brother c. This is not a gospell-like loue but that is a gospell-like loue that loueth the godly for Christ and loueth the wicked that they may once repent and turne vnto Christ. And praier is to be made not only for the whole generall sort of men but also especially for kings c. Againe Christ is the Sauiour of all he excludeth none from saluation he bringeth the light of the gospell vnto all c. Also If the common father of al sent him to saue