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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

onlie And againe Paul by my iudgement simplie commandeth as oft as publike praiers are made to make supplications and to intreat for all men yea euen for them which for the present time haue no coniunction or fellowship with vs. And againe when Saint Paule commaundeth vs to pray for all men he giueth vs to vnderstand that we must exercise our charity one towards another desiring God to be mercifull to all and to gather vs togither into his heauenly inheritance seeing hee hath made and fashioned vs to his owne Image Also following Yet notwithstanding his mind was to shewe that we must not onely pray for the faithfull which are our brethren alreadie but for them that are very far off as the poore vnbeleeuers although there seeme to be a great distance and a thicke wall betwixt both yet must we notwithstanding haue pitie on their destruction to the end that we might pray to God that hee would draw them vnto him And in the next sermon We haue shewed already what Saint Paules meaning is in this place that is to say That the faithfull pray not onely for the bodie of the church but generally for all men as our Lord Iesus Christ exhorteth vs also to doe good to them that persecute vs and pray for them that curse vs. For what know we whether it will please God to haue mercie vppon them or no and bring them to the way of saluation For we ought to hope well of them seeing they are created to the image of God And seeing our saluation commeth onely for the meere and free goodnes of God why will hee not do the like to them which now are in the way of damnation as wee were Therefore the faithfull ought to haue care of them which are not yet ioyned to them but are rather their deadly enemies Thus farre master Caluin comprehending all mankind and infidels whatsoeuer to pray for them in hope for we know not whether the Lord will do as much for them as he hath done for vs seeing hee created them to his owne image and similitude The note that Beza giueth is thus Vbi absoluit quae ad doctrinam spectant c. Hauing absolued and dispatched those things which appartaine to doctrine he speaketh now in the second place of the other part of the ministerie of the word that is of publike praiers and first of al declaring this question For whom we ought to pray He teacheth that we must pray for All men Yea and especially for all maner of magistrates Lastly Tremelius thus translateth the wordes Prò quibusuis hominibus prò omnibus hominibus He translateth them Prò omnibus filijs hominis That is That praiers supplications c. be made for All the sonnes of man And these few shall suffice for the late Interpretours and for the sence of the wordes All men In consideration whereof we see the Apostles rule expounded That praiers are to be made for All men for vniuersall mankinde for all the world for all manner of men for all men in generall for all the sonnes of man Since that therefore it is a rule taught vnto the Church of God by the Apostle That praiers and supplications should bee made for all mankind I see no cause why I may not say and conclude with Saint Augustine Nunquid cum audieris sacerdotem dei ad eius altare populum hortantem ad Deum orandum vel ipsum clara voce orantem vt incredulas gentes ad fidem suam venire compellat non respondebis Amen An etiam huius fidei sanitati contraria disputabis Nunquid beatissimum Cyprianum in hoc errasse clamabis vel susurrabis vbi pr● inimicis fidei Christiana vt etiam ipsi ●d eam con●ertantur orare nos docet c. Wilt not thou when thou shalt heare the Priest of God at the Aultar of GOD exhorting the people to pray vnto the Lord or when thou shalt heare him himselfe with a loud voice praying That it please him to compell in and driue vnto the faith and make to come the vnbeleeuing people and nations Wilt not thou answere Amen And wilt thou dispute contrarie things against the soundnes of this faith wilt thou crie out or priuily whisper that blessed Cyprian erred herein whereas he teacheth vs to pray for the enemies to Christian faith that they may be conuerted brought home thereunto Lastly wilt thou blame Paul the Apostle hauing such kind of praier for the Iewes infidels concerning whom he saith Brethren my hearts desire and praier to God for Israel is that they might be saued Thus farre saint Augustine To conclude then the first part we haue found a rule out of the sacred scriptures That we may pray for All men And what maner of All men we haue sufficiently heard I see therfore no cause but I may thus end For whom soeuer the Lord commaundeth vs to pray for in our publique praiers for them we may safely pray But the Lord by the Apostle saint Paul commandeth vs in our publique praiers to pray for All men for vniuersall mankind for All men in generall for the sonnes of man Therefore we may pray for All men for all men in generall for vniuersall mankind for the sonnes of man Of the second part concerning the Reasons NOw we come to the second part that is to the Reasons why all men should be prayed for and wee will first set downe the rule and so grow on to our purpose 1. I exhort therfore that first of all Praiers supplications intercessions and giuing of thanks be made for All men for kings and for all that are in authoritie 2. That we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlinesse and honestie 3. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour who will that all men shall bee saued and come vnto the knowledge of the truth These wordes containe especially three things First the exhortation or commaundement concerning praier in the Church and for whom in the first verse according as I haue set downe Secondly the end and effect that may come thereof in the second verse To lead a quiet life c. Thirdly A reason of such kind of praier For it is acceptable in the sight of God c. in the third verse Concerning the exhortation or commaundement which is the first verse hath beene sufficiently spoken that is That it is a commaundement that praier be made for all mankind in generall publiquely and vniuersally in the Church and congregation yea for kings and for all that are in authoritie vnto whom any dignitie or ciuill function is committed For Christians might thus thinke That they ought not to pray for them which conferre and bestow all their riches and power to withstand the Gospell and the kingdome of Christ Iesus which thing before all things is to bee sought For Rulers how many so euer they were at those times were euen as

it were so many tyrants oppressors and euen sworne enemies of Christ and of the professors of his holie name The Apostle therefore euen meeteth with this scruple bidding them also to pray for them For surely the wickednesse of men can not cause or worke any thing but that neuerthelesse the ordinance of the Lord is to bee loued and praied for And kings and magistrates are ordained of God For euerie power is of God yea euen the wicked Rulers and gouernors are giuen for the sinnes of the people and his iudgements hanging ouer their heades Now in that he saith For kings and for al that are in authoritie might be good matter found and arguments drawne for the defence of the cause and Praier as wee haue set downe For I doe not thinke that verier Reprobates haue liued since the ascention of the Lord then haue beene some contained in this clause where it is said Kings and all that are in authoritie whome the Church from time to time hath praied for And yet as most wicked rebels and apostataes haue fallen away or haue quite renounced or neuer receiued or more cruelly persecuted or more feare●ully beene blinded from the waies of the truth and the light of the Lord which liueth and lasteth for euer But because the matter hereof is comprehended in this That praier is to be made for All mankind vniuersally and that such like arguments are comprehended therein Therefore I surcease vpon such occasions and goe forward to my prefixed article and point which is to shew the Reasons why praier should bee made for all men in generall beginning with the Apostle Saint Paule in the third verse aboue who giueth this reason For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour who will that All men shall be saued and come to the acknowledging of the truth This reason conteineth two thinges The one that this kind of praier for mankind and for all men is pleasing to God the other thing is a consequent thereof shewing that it is his will that all men should be saued and come to the knowledge of the truth And therefore such a praier is pleasing vnto God and agreeable vnto his will The first part For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour A good God is not pleased but with good things he is pleased with this praier this praier therfore is a good worke a good thing Early in the morning will I direct my praier vnto thee and will looke vp for thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickednes neither shall any euill dwell with thee truely hee is kind and louing vnto Israell euen vnto such as are of a cleane heart Bee thankfull vnto him therefore and speake good of his name for the Lord is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his truth indureth from generation to generation It is also acceptable that is wel pleasing yea it pleaseth him better then a bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes Thinkest thou that I wil eat buls flesh and drink the blood of goates Offer vnto God thankesgiuing Who so offereth me thanks and praise he honoreth me Thou delightest not in burnt offerings the sacrifice to God is a troubled spirit The Lord said vnto Salomon ask what thou wilt that I may giue it thee Salomon said giue thy seruant an vnderstanding heart c. And this pleased the Lord well That he had desired this thing For it was to discerne righteously between brother and brother for the setting vp of iustice and iudgement and for the preseruation of his people So intreat God for his people yea and for all mankind count it not a charitie in praier more then God requireth say not it is a superfluous and foolish charitie to doe it For it is the Lords commandment and such kind of praier is good pleasing and acceptable in his sight and he shall heare it and it shall returne into my owne bosome And this much for the first clause or part The consequent of the reason is a describing of the will of God to be applied vnto thy praier wherby thou shalt know that thou seruest him For hee that calleth vpon him according to his will serueth him And the words be these Who will that All men shall be saued and come to the acknowledging of his truth Some take these words and make them absolute of themselues and apply vnto them sundrie significations according as they may bee taken in diuinitie or according as in some sence and in some respect this way or that way they may be interpreted but that is not much pertinent to this matter For the words are respectiue and are the cheife clause and weight of the reason giuen by the holy ghost establishing that praier For the exhortation concerning this rule of praier consisteth of three parts A proposition the end and effect and a reason The proposition Let praier be made for all men The end and effect That we may lead a quiet life in all godlines c. The reason Thou wilt say Why so and wherfore the holy ghost informeth thee For that is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour And he confirmeth that by his will who will haue all men to be saued and to come to the knowledge of the truth as if he should say Therefore is it good and acceptable in his sight because he would haue no man cast away but be saued because he would haue no man ignorant of him but all to come to the knowledge of his truth he will not the death of a sinner but rather that he should conuert and liue We need not be afraid to vnderstand the Apostles words I doubt not but the Apostle knew what he wrote for he had a good teacher Let vs therefore take them according to the mind of the teacher And since his mercie stretcheth vnto All men let vs hope and pray that we may be of that number that may receiue and enioy such his mercies laid vp in store for them that loue him But least I may seeme to speake some vnnecessarie thing let me shew by other places of scripture my further meaning and whether the reason of any doctrine or scripture be so necessarie or no or whether I haue spoken cleane from the purpose First then we read in S. Mathew While thoughts did arise in the heart of Ioseph it was said vnto him of the Angell Feare not to take to thee Mary thy wife the reason wherewithal he is confirmed is for that which is conceiued in her is of the holie ghost Againe thou shalt call his name Iesus The reason For he shal saue his people from their sins againe He that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit The reason For without me can ye doe nothing Againe the true worshippers shal worship the father in spirit and truth The reason For the father requireth euen