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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73023	M. Perkins, his Exhortation to repentance, out of Zephaniah preached in 2. sermons in Sturbridge Faire. Together with two treatises of the duties and dignitie of the ministrie: deliuered publiquely in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. With a preface præfixed touching the publishing of all such workes of his as are to be expected: with a catalogue of all the perticulers [sic] of them, diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.	1605 (1605)	STC 19706.5; ESTC S123485	128,687	352

to any creature Man or Angel for it is a plaine Commission to go and deliuer such a man from the power of hell to redeeme him into the state of Gods children and to make him heire of heauen Angels neuer had this Commission they are Messengers set out for the good of those whom Ministers haue redeemed and they haue brought many comfortable messages vnto them but it was neuer said to any Angel Deliuer that man that he goe not downe into the pit as it heere is saide vnto a Minister nor any man but Ministers haue this Commission To some callings GOD saith worke thou for man build him houses prouide him sustenance to the Phisition heale that man to the Lawyer doe that man iustice to the souldier fight for him to the Magistrate defend him to the King gouerne him see that euery one doe his dutie to none but to the Minister doth he say Deliuer him that he goe not downe into the pit If this be so then for the vse first Ministers must learne heere that if they will haue the honour of Redeemers then must they doe the dutie of Redeemers they must pray earnestly for the people for that is one meanes whereby they redeeme men They must say with Samuel God forbid that I should cease to pray for you They must mourne for the impenitent when they will not turne to God So did Dauid his eyes gushed out with riuers of waters because men kept not Gods law And Ieremie who wished a fountaine of water in his eyes that he might weepe for the sinnes of the people They must priuarly conferre visite admonish and rebuke and principally they must preach and that in such good manner and in so diligent measure as that they may redeeme and winne soules and the end that they must ayme at must bee to winne soules Some preach for feare of the law to auoyd censure or punishment some for fashion sake that they may bee like to others some for ostentation sake to win credite and praise some for ambition to rise in the world all these forget their Commission which is Deliuer a man from hell This should bee the end of their preaching to deliuer a soule from hell what should Commissioners doe but execute their Commission High Commissioners are worthy to be low Commissioners or rather no Commissioners if they wil not put it in execution It is therefore lamentable to see that some by not preaching some by vaine preaching shew that they intend any thing rather then the winning of soules to God Let then all good Ministers so preach as they may say with Esay Behold Lord heere am I and the children whom thou hast giuen me And that they may returne their Commission thus Whereas thou O Lord gauest mee this people and badst mee deliuer them that they goe not downe into hell Lord I haue done it it is the thing my soule aymed at with all my desire and endeuour and by thy mercy I haue effected it accordingly And the rather must all Christian Ministers seriously intēd the sauing of soules inasmuch as Antichrist doth so earnestly seeke the destruction of soules by winning them to his Synagogue The Turke spares no labour no cost to infect young children of Christians with his impure and blasphemous superstition The Pope and his vassals especially Iesuits vse al means deuise many stratagems spare no cost nor labor to seduce inueagle young men and the best wits Surely their care and policie herein is admirable and yet alas when like the Pharisies they haue compassed Sea and land to make a Proselite they make him like themselues the childe of hel And they are so farre from hauing any Commission from God to doe this or any blessing promised as contrariwise GOD forbids them and his curse lyeth vppon them for so doing Shall they be so diligent to destroy soules without a commission and incurre Gods curse for their labour and shall not Christian Ministers be much more diligent to winne and redeeme soules hauing so large a commission for the purpose and so great a blessing promised thereunto In the next place this doctrine hath vse to the hearers First to let them see the excellencie of this calling which hath a Commssion and power to redeeme them from hell and damnation what honour is due vnto it and to let the wicked man see which any way abuseth either the persons or the function how base vnthankefull men they are to recompence euill for good and therefore no maruell though euil do neuer depart from the houses and families of such men and further to encourage all men to giue thēselues to God in this calling for see here what they are euen the high Commissioners of God Wee haue in our estate a power deligated to certaine men of worth and it is called the high Commission because they haue power to doe great things and that man thinkes himselfe happy who can bring his sonne to this to be thought fit to bee one of this Commission but behold heere a higher Commission a Commission from God to redeeme soules from the power of hell and the diuels clawes this is in deed a high Commission and so high as this was neuer granted out of the Court of heauen to any creature but to Ministers they therefore are the High Commissioners of the high God Is it not then an honour and happinesse vnto thee to bring thy sonne to this estate And lastly this must teach all hearers their dutie to Gods word namely to submit themselues vnto it for if the Minister haue a Commission to redeeme thy soule it must be by the word holy discipline Therefore thy dutie is to heare Gods word patiently to submit thy selfe vnto it to be taught and instructed nay to be checked and rebuked and to haue thy sinnes discouered thy corruptions ript vp If thou wouldst haue thy cause succeed wel thy Lawyer must discouer the weaknesses of it If thy body to be cured thy Physition must purge the corruption of it So if thy soule bee to be redeemed thy Minister must see the weaknes purge the corruptions of it and though his doctrine be harsh hard vnto thy nature and the discipline of the Gospel seeme rough vnto thee yet must not thou rage and rebel against it nor hate him nor raile at his persō but submit thy selfe vnto it for it is the message and Ministerie of thy saluation if otherwise thou doest indeede a great wrong to the Minister for thou frustratest his commission but alas a farre greater to thy selfe for thou furstratest thine owne saluation THE SECOND Treatise of the Duties and Dignities of Ministerie by Maister Perkins TO THE RIGHT worshipfull and Reuerend Iudges Sir Iohn Sauile Knight one of the Barons of his Maiesties Exchequer and Sir Christopher Yeluerion Knight one of the Iudges of his Majesties Court of Kings Bench and Sir Edward Phillips Knight his Maiesties Sargeant at Lawe now