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A77901	Poimēnopurgos. Pastorum propugnaculum. Or, The pulpits patronage against the force of un-ordained usurpation, and invasion. By Thomas Ball, sometimes Fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, now minister of the Gospel in Northampton, at the request, and by the advice, of very many of his neighbour-ministers.	Ball, Thomas, 1589 or 90-1659.	1656 (1656)	Wing B584; Thomason E863_10; ESTC R206670	204,465	356

we find the effects and operations of them the binding and loosing given to them (k) Joh. 20. 22 23. and this is that the Apostles mean by constituting and appointing (l) Act. 16. 3. whom we may appoint over this business for though the persons may be dedicated and designed by other means as those Elders were (m) Numb 11. 24 25. yet were they not impowered till the Spirit rested on them so the Deacons named (n) Act. 6. 5. were not impowered till they had laid their hands upon them (o) v. 6. so Paul enjoyneth Titus to ordain and constitute such as were fit by this investiture (p) Tit. 1. 5. though otherwise expressed 3 Sacred We have said before it is not civil and therefore must be sacred and indeed a person thus devoted and set apart is ipso facto sacred a field or house if dedicated unto pious uses was therefore sanctified as appears (q) Lev. 27. 14 15 16 17. thus the Levites were said to be offered up by Aaron unto the Lord (r) Numb 8. 11 and every offering was sacred and because the Priests came nearer unto God they had a more exact and speciall consecration (s) Exod. 29. 35. and thus shalt thou do to Aaron and his Sons according to all things which I have commanded thee seven dayes shalt thou consecrate them which things are there at large expressed in the Chapter The business of a Minister as we have shewed is to attend and act in holy things and holy persons are most suitable to such attendance and therefore Ordination hath alwayes been attended and accompanied with prayer for though we find not that Christ our Saviour did ordain by solemn invocation and calling on the name of God yet we find he spent the whole night before he chose and setled his Apostles in prayer unto God (t) Luk. 6. 12. 13 14 15 16. that God would please to give a blessing to his labours and to that design so the Apostles when they did ordain the Deacons used prayer (u) Act. 6. 6. and though no question Paul and Barnabas were in Commission and ordained before for they are called Prophets and Teachers (w) Act 31. 1. which in a set and solemn way they could not be without this Ordination yet when they are again devoted and sent abroad unto the Gentiles they pray again (x) v. 2. that it might appear the work was totally and altogether holy for though the Deputies and actors in this work be never so careful to examine and exhort yet if God help not and assist much may escape that should not in the Act. 4 Solemn There is something of solemnity in holy actions how secret and retired soever they may seem to be for they are done to God who is a great King and his name is dreadful among the Gentiles (y) Mal. 1. 14. yet there is more solemnity in some then others of them the Passe-over was a solemn fe●st unto the Lord for seven dayes but yet the first and last dayes were more solemn (z) Lev. 23. 4 5 6 7 8. all holy things are solemn but Ordination more solemn then the rest there were set times for many ages in the Church observed which in your Almanacks were called the ember we●ks in which times fasting and prayer were especially enjoyned for Gods blessing upon Ordination which then was wont for to be celebrated When the Levites were to be ordained it was made a very solemn business as appears (a) Numb 8. 6 7 8 c. so when Barnabas and Saul were to be sent abroad unto the Gentiles the Lord appoints it on a very solemn day as they ministred to the Lord and fasted the holy Ghost said separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have appointed them and when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hards on them they sent them away (b) Act. 13. 2 3 there are 2 things in the words that argue great solemnity fi●st fasting Prayer we acknowledge is a solemn duty but when fasting is annexed it is more solemn when the King of Niniveh ariseth from his Throne and layes aside his Robes and enjoyneth man and beast to fast and cry it was a solemn business (c) Jonah 3. 6 7 8. so when God calls the Nation to fast and pray they knew it was a solemn business as it is likewise called (d) Joel 2. 15. a fast was never ordered and appointed by the Lord but it was made a very solemn business The second thing observed in the words was that they laid their hands upon them which ever argued solemnitie in that grand Character given out upon their going into all the world imposition or laying on of hands is put in (e) Mark 16. 18. a solemn Ceremony to be no doubt retained in the Church for ever for otherwise we see not why it should be ranked and numbred among those l●sting and solemn duties and points of Doctrine of repentance from dead works and faith towards God the Doctrine of Baptisme and laying on of hand● and of resurrection of the dead and of eternal Judgement (f) Heb. 6. 1 6. some use there will be therefore of laying on of hands until the day of Judgement and other use of it now we do not know but only this of Ordination for that of doing it unto the sick was extraordinary and is ceased long since and was left out of the direction by the Apostle before it ceased (g) Jam. 5. 14 15. but in this of Ordination commanded and used to the last Timothy was a man of very rare endowments yet Paul layes hands upon him for an augmentation of his gifts (h) 2 Tim. 1. ● and again the whole Assembly and Colledge of the Presbyters neglect not the gift that is in thee which was given there by Prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery (i) 1 Tim. 4. 14 yea Paul makes such account of this peece or parcel of solemnity in ordination that he puts it for the whole act (k) 1 Tim. ● 2. lay hands on no man suddenly that is ordain not any till he be tried and examined for his fitness unto that great work And seeing Ordination is a kind of dedication and investiture there should be somewhat ceremonial and complemental in it something that leaves a Character and an impression on the person thus ordained for though Ceremonies are circumstantialls and come not within the essence or being of the thing they are annexed to yet they be fostering and saving Circumstances to lift up hands in prayer is but a Circumstance yet had that influence in Moses Prayer that when it ceased the enemy prevailed (l) Exod. 17. 11 12. to wash seven times in Jordan was but a circumstance yet healing was annexed to it in the case of Naaman (m) 1 King 5. 10. the bark upon the Tree is but a

adversary could stand against them unlesse some carnall biass be clapt upon his conscience some worldly and ignoble interest have overturned and subverted him as the Apostle speaks (f) Tit. 3. 10 11. and if that be the case what hope can we have of curing such a cankered and gangrened a Member (g) 2 Tim. 2. 17 and if we think that others may be saved and delivered from the danger yet there is difficulty therein also for if ordinary and common grounds could do it they have been furnished with such already from such pens and parts as we cannot nor do not hope to out-do and in this case may well say nihil dictum quod non dictum prius What dish soever or howsoever drest up yet will be thought a double sodden Colewort and if any think that we would not obtrude our selves in this extream satiety and nauseous croud of Pamphlets without some carrying and cogent demonstrations they must be told the subject matter will not bear it for as the Phylosopher in the beginning of his morall writings truly sayes it s as improper to expect a demonstration from an Orator as not to have it from a Mathematician were we to argue some axiom or position in the mathematicks if we did not carry it by clear convincing undeniable conclusions it were much better not to have medled in it but whoever thinks to do so in morality especially in Divinity will finde himself deceived in the subject for in such things the assent is not scientia sed fides not knowledge properly so called or science but perswasion and belief religio saith Hugo Grotius est medicina sanabilium ingeniorum a medicine for those that are not stark mad a receit for such as are desirous and willing to be cured we can force one to acknowledge and confesse that every whole is bigger then his part that equalls equally abridged will still be equall but we cannot force ones reason to acknowledge three are one that God and man are one Christ that a woman is with Child and yet a Virgin here must be faith and submission of our reason unto authority And therefore when our Saviour sends out his Apostles to convert the rational and Heathen world because he knew they were not able to demonstrate what they moved and pleaded for to captious and cunning sophisters such as Porphis and Lucian and Simon Magus and Elimas the sorcerer were he gave them power to do miracles to melt and mould the frame and course of natures method and efficiency instead of it (h) Heb. 2. 4. God also bearing them witness both with signs and wonders and with divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his own will we must therefore make this humble prologue proposal unto all we have to say that our Readers would be pleased to put on when they are resolved to read our writing as the Elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy kindnesse humblenesse of minde meeknesse long suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another and above all these to put on charity which is the bond of perfection as the Apostle speaks (i) Col. 3. 12. 13 14. that they would not think we are about to cudgel and compel them into a judgement and perswasion of what we say but to beseech and bow them that they would believe that the weapons of our warfare are not carnall (k) 2 Cor. 10. 4. that we are not Club-men and Commanders but submiss and lovingly intreating and beseeching Brethren that professe we can have no admission where faith and love are not door-keepers that we mean not to break open or heave the door from off the hooks but only quietly and calmly knock if any man open to us we shall acknowledge it a courtesie if none we hope we shall be quiet and content to wait And remember that the Servant of God must not strive but be gentle unto all men apt to teach patient in meeknesse instructing those that oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil who are taken captive by him at his will (l) 2 Tim. 2. 24 25 26. CHAP. VII The first Argument ANd thus having laboured and endeavored to sweeten and asswage our Readers expectation we come to offer and propound what we have thought upon by way of Argument That ought to be in every setled well-ordered Arg. 1 Church that is best for it (m) Prov. 3. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thy increase the first fruits are commonly the best fruits were therefore to be offered unto God (n) Exod. 23. 19. so the Levites were separated from the other Tribes and offered for an offering unto God as we finde it (o) Numb 8. 14 15. now when we are to send a present and offer any thing unto a great person we must be careful that it be the best as Jacob to his Sons (p) Gen. 43. 11. take of the best fruits of the Land in your Vessels and carry down the man a present how much more when we offer it to God who is a great King and his name is dreadful among the Heathen as he speaks (q) Mal. 1. 14. and is as curious as any person the Sons of Aaron were designed to the Priest-hood but not ●and over head for if any of them there were a blemish they might not execute that office r yet they were but a company of Butchers Cooks and Bakers wherein a blemish is not thought to be so great an eye-sore but the Ministry of the Gospel-administration is a great deal more refined (s) 2 Cor. 3. 6 7 8 9. wherein a blemish will be sooner spied must be therefore more warily avoided and took heed of But it s better that in every Church or Congregation some should be set apart to attend and act in holy things for they are the more ingaged and obliged fidelem putaveris feceris as Joseph would not meddle with his Mistris because his Master had intrusted him with all the rest of his possessions and enjoyments (t) Gen. 39. 9. Eccles 4. 9. its good to be sure of some when Dion went to free the Syracusans from the bondage they were in and was perswaded to come alone and promised all manner of assistance yet he thought good to carry some ingaged skilful persons with him that he might confide in and cast himself upon It s better leave then lack we may have common Souldiers to assist us when we cannot have Commanders however both are better then any one better have Officers and Souldiers then only Souldiers better have Ministers and private Christians then only private Christians When Saul's Messengers finde the Prophets prophesying and Samuel appointed over them (u) 1 Sam. 19. 20. they also were ingaged in the service It s