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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13874	The povver of preaching. Or, the powerfull effects of the word truely preached, and rightly applyed as it was deliuered in one or moe sermons. By Iohn Traske, preacher of Gods word sometimes at Axmister in Deuon: afterwards at the Fleete in London: and now at Tillingham in Dengie hundred in Essex.	Traske, John, d. ca. 1638.	1623 (1623)	STC 24177; ESTC S102654	19,357	69

deuiding asunder of the soule Heb. 4.12 and the spirit and the ioynts and the marrow See this also where the Lord saith in this regard I am not come to send peace but a sword Mat. 10.34 35. I am come to deuide betweene the Father and the Sonne the Daughter and the Mother the Daughter in law and the Mother in law As it is expressed in so many words by another Euangelist thus Suppose yee that I am come to send peace on the earth I tell you nay but rather deuision Luke 12.35 for from henceforth there shall be fiue in one house deuided three against two and two against three The Father shall be deuided against the Sonne and the Sonne against the Father the Mother against the Daughter and the Daughter against the Mother the Mother in law against her Daughter in law and the Daughter in law against her Mother in law Yea this word deuides between cleane and vncleane holy and prophane such as sweare and such as feare an oath betweene righteousnesse and vnrighteousnesse light and darkenesse true worship and Idolatry betweene Christ and Antichrist So that the word hath a deuiding power To these may be added the preuailing power of the word 5 Preuailing in that it beareth downe all opposition It will roote out and throw downe destroy and consume it will build and plant It will cast out foule spirits and conuict Coniurers and make them bring forth their Bookes of curious arts and burne them euen to the value of many thousand pieces of siluer Act. 19.19.20 So mightily will it grow and preuaile where it is truely taught Vse 1 By these then before we goe further euen by these generall powers or effects of the word may Ministers examine the truth of their Ministery euen at this day Doth the word in thy mouth spreade it selfe into all the borders of the congregation doth it enforce people at least to talke of thee by the walles doth it draw them to Church and gaine attention from them Dost thou perceiue that it searcheth their hearts and layeth open their secret practises or doth it set them at ods and make a separation between the godly and vngodly the righteous and the wicked the religious and prophane and doth it preuaile mightily in the restraining of the rebellious and reforming the disorderly Dost thou finde all these or any of these then maist thou conclude with comfort that Gods power doth attend thy preaching and such people as see these effects may say that God is present in such Preachers of a truth Vse 2 By this such are iustly reprehended as doe stumble at these and such like of all other Preaching they like that worst which spreads it selfe abroad drawes people after it gaines attention searcheth out the very secret thoughts of the heart and makes a separation where it comes preuailing mightily in the conuicting of some the conuerting of others the comforting of the godly the discouery of the hypocrite and prophane person They cry downe such Preachers and set themselues against such Preaching with all their power but this will appeare more plainely when we come to the particular powers of the Word Vse 3 Let this then stirre vp all Gods people to thankfulnesse where such a powerfull Ministery is enioyed Doe you perceiue that your Ministers same is spread farre and neere doe the people of his Parish come to him and flocke to his Ministery Doe you find that his word comes home and entreth into your bosomes diueth into your hearts and consciences discouereth all your secret practises and preuaileth more and more in these things breake forth into the praises of God and returne due thankes to his Maiesty for his great mercy in affording such a Ministery as hath so powerfull effects Such a Ministery is vndoubtedly of God For Christs Word is with power To come more particularly to shew the powers of the Word we may consider it as it is common both to the Elect and reprobate and as it may be peculiar to either of them The common powers which worke both in the Elect and reprobate are these 1 Conuincing First a conuincing power when men are not onely made to see a difference betweene truth and errour but also conuicted in their consciences that truth is truth and error is error This power in preaching hath footing on a direct promise to all such as preach by the holy Spirit Ioh. 16.8 They shall conuince the World of sinne of righteousnesse and of iudgement Acts 18.28 So Apollos a man mighty in the holy Scriptures did powerfully preuaile to the conuiction of the gaine-saying Iewes and that publikely shewing them that Iesus was Christ So it is written 1 Cor. 14.24 That if all Prophesie that is speake the Word plainely with power If an vnlearned man or an vnbeleeuer be present he is conuinced by such powerfull preaching Secondly powerfull preaching 2 Terrifying hath a terrifying power As when Herod heard onely of the birth of Christ he was terrified Mat. 2.1.2 and all Hierusalem with him Acts 24.25 And wicked Foelix hearing a powerfull Preacher onely reason in his presence of righteousnesse temperance and iudgement to come he trembled And to such hath God respect Isai 66.1 especially as tremble at his Word so that the word powerfully preached workes trembling in both Elect and reprobate Hab. 3.16 For so Habacuck saith I heard and my belly trembled my lippes quiuered at the voyce and yet hee was an holy Prophet and Moses himselfe at the promulgation of the Law Heb. 11.21 was constrained to say I exceedingly feare and quake 3 Humbling Thirdly the Word powerfully preached hath an humbling power both in elect and reprobate as wee perceiue in that place before alleaged for the conuicting power that such vnlearned and vnbeleeuing as heare such preaching fall downe on their faces and worship God and acknowledge that God is present in such Preachers of a truth And such power was in Christs preaching in dayes of his flesh Mat. 8.29 Mat. 1.24 that it humbled many euen Diuels and wicked persons as well as others that they came running and kneeling downe Mar. 10.17.18 yea falling downe and confessing that he was the Sonne of God and a good man 1 King 21.24 Ahab also humbled himselfe for a little season And Cain was humbled by the power of this word though Ahab too little Gen. 4.14 and Caine ouer-much Fourthly 4 Restrayning the word powerfully Preached hath a restrayning power It keepes the reprobate as the elect from breaking out into foule enormities doth restrayne them from grosse sinnes as in the presence of Moses Exo. 32.1.2.3 the people were restrayned from Idolatrie which in his absence they committed with an high hand And wee reade of a King of Iudah euen Ioash 2 Chro. 24.2 whole heart was not right yet did hee that which was right in Gods fight all

also conclude that it is profitable to vs and that we are Gods Elect by this power which is peculiar to Gods people 6 Quickning Adde to these that quickning power of the word Preached whereby it doth reuiue and put not onely heate Ioh. 5.24.25 but life into such as heare it Of this speaketh the Lord of life where he saith Isai 55.3 The dead shall heare the voyce of the Sonne of God and such as heare shall liue And the Prophet Esayas Heare and your soules shall liue And how were the Ephesians quickened Eph. 2.1 1.13 who before were dead in trespasses and sinnes but by the Preaching of the Gospell this powerfull word Vse How farre off then are such from any assurance of their election to be of God who know not what belongs to this life They are sencible of the life of the body but this life it is to them a strange thing this word The iust shall liue by faith is a Mystery of Mysteries a darke and obscure riddle and therefore it may much confirme and adde to the comfort of Gods people when they can truely say that they now liue it is by the faith of the Sonne of God who loued them and gaue himselfe for them Art thou now quickned since when hast thou felt this reuiuing Thou wert once dead If thou beest now aliue thou maist be bolde to conclude that thou art ordained to life seeing thou hast the beginnings of it already and so much also for the power of quickening 7 Renewing Last of all the Word hath a renewing power It doth not onely heale loose reuiue heate and comfort the soules of the Elect but they are renewed by it their health freedome life heate and comforts are increased daily more and more they goe on from strength to strength Psal ●4 7 and are daily renewed in the image of their mindes they renew their strength Isa 40.31 as the Eagles they are daily edified 2 Cor. 13.10 and built vp in their most holy faith And this is done by their purging Iude verse 20 through the washing of water by the Word and by the wholsome cloathing 1 Pet. ● ● and feeding the word affoords What shall I more say the time would faile me to speak of all the powers of the word Vse If the Word hath this renewing power by this also may Gods people try and examine themselues doth the Word preached renew thy strength is it by that thou encreasest in holinesse and righteousnesse dost thou finde a growth and going on yea an ability to runne without wearinesse and to walke without fainting This may be to thy soule an euident signe that thou art ordained to eternall life Applica ∣ tion You see that the Word powerfully preached is effectuall in one kinde or other to such as beare it and you haue also heard the powerfull effects of the same of both kindes in the Elect and reprobate Know then for conclusion that if we that are Preachers perceiue not the manifest effects of the powerfull Word in your conuersion and confirmation you are in danger to feele its power to your destruction and condemnation It will be either the sauour of life or of death to all that heare it Labour then to let it haue its effect in the sauing of your soules suffer the words of exhortation though they pricke and wound and kill and worke sorrow in your soules yet they will heale and reuiue and glad the hearts of all that submit thereunto yea this is that meanes which God hath left as the chiefe meanes for the sauing of such as are ordained to life the word shall be powerfull to conuert and establish and build them all vp in their most holy Faith yea to present them blamelesse before the presence of Gods glory with exceeding ioy Beware then of contending against it It is hard kicking against the prickes dangerous stumbling at this stone fearefull falling on this rocke Men may rage at and persecute such powerfull Preachers Reu. 11 5● but the word in their mouthes is like fire Ier. 5.14 to consume all that dare touch them for hurt Now therefore contemne it not lest your hearts be hardened and your consciences seared by the power thereof lest you be more more tormented by it and at length bound hand and foot and deliuered ouer to Satan yea cast into vtter darkenesse there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth I desire to vse that power I haue receiued to your conuersion and edification and not to destruction Let the Word then pricke you that it may promote you let it launce you that it may loose you let it kill you that it may quicken you let it bruise you that it may binde you vp let it terrifie you that it may turne you from all impiety let it worke sencibly vpon you for your sauing that it worke not insencibly for your damning Which GOD grant and for which I will bow my knees vnto that most powerfull God that hee will grant you according to the riches of his grace the power of turning from darknesse to light and from the power of Satan to himselfe that you may receiue the forgiuenesse of sinnes and inheritance amongst them that are sanctified by faith in Christ Iesus and that all such as are already translated from death to life and from the power of darknesse into the Kingdome of Christ Iesus may be daily built vp and be more and more renewed in the image of their mindes and become more conformable to Christ their glory and that euen for Iesus Christs sake Amen Let vs now returne thankes to our God and pray for a blessing vpon what we haue heard c. FINIS