visite his temple Dauid by the beautie of the Lorde in this place meaneth neth nothing else but the hearing of Gods holy word praiers praises thanksgiuing the vse of other Gods ceremonies for that ministration appointed For a day in thy courts is better then a thousand other where Psal 84 10. I had rather be a doore kéeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tabernacle of wickednes 4 That al must heare receiue Gods worde REceiue with méekenes the word that is grafted in you Iames 1 21. which is able to saue your soules As newe borne babes desire the sincere milke of the worde 1 Pet 1 2. that you may growe thereby He that is of God heareth Gods word Iohn 8 47. ye therefore heare them not because yee are not of God Hee that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe Prou. 28 9. euen his praier shal be abhominable Despise not prophesiyng 1 Thes 5 20 Prou. 13 13. He that despiseth the word shall be destroyed 5 That Gods worde is effectuall and full of power to conuert men and to alter their mindes and cleanse their hartes THe lawe of the Lorde is perfect Psal 19 7. conuerting the soule Now are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you Iohn 15 3. Sanctifie them with thy truth Iohn 17 17. Thy word is truth For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ Rom. 1 16. for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euerie one that beléeueth For the word of God is liuely Heb. 4 12. mightie in operation sharper then anie two edged sword entreth through euen vnto the diuiding a sunder of the soule the spirite of the ioints and the marrowe and is a discerner of the thoughtes and the intents of the hart Neuerthelesse though wee walke in the flesh 2 Cor. 10. ℣ 5 6 7. yet we war not after the flesh For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall but mightie through God to cast downe holdes casting downe the imaginations and euerie high thing that is exalted aboue the glorie of God bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ And hauing readie the vengeance against al disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled Is not my worde euen like a fier saith the Lord Ierem 23 29 and like an hammer that breaketh the stone Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snowe from the heauen Esay 55. ℣ 10 11. and returneth not thither but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring foorth and bud that it may giue séede to the sower and bread vnto him that eateth So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth it shal not returne vnto me voide but it shall accomplish that which I will and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it 1 Cor. 14. vers 24 25. But if all prophesie and there come in one that beléeueth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all and is iudged of all and so are the secretes of his heart made manifest and so he wil fal downe on his face and worship God and say plainely that God is in you indéede These places then considered it will appeare that they which neglect and despise the hearing of the worde preached cannot be saued though they trust neuer so much to secret reuelations they shall shall assoone come to heauen as hee to Fraunce that will passe the sea without a shippe 6 That for euerie thing that a Christian man doth hee ought to aske councell at the worde of God and make that the rule of al his doings TAke héede therefore that yée doo as the Lord your God hath commanded you Deut 5 32. turne not aside to the right hande nor to the left Whatsoeuer is not of faith that is of knowledge from the word is sinne Rom. 14 verse 23. And when they shall say vnto you enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination Esay 8. verse 19 20. at the southsayers which whisper and murmur Should not a people enquire at their God From the liuing to the deade to the lawe and to the testimony if they speake not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Wo to the rebellious children saith the Lord that take councell but not of mée Esay 30 ℣ se 1 2 couer with a couering but not by my spirit the they may lay sin vpon sin which walke foorth to goe downe into Egypt haue not asked at my mouth Examples of Dauid Thy word is a lanterne vnto my féet Psa 119 105 and a light vnto my path Also thy testimonies are my delight Psal 119 24 my councellers 7 That the worde of God conteineth all things necessary vnto saluation THe Law of the Lorde is perfect Psal 19 7. conuerting the soule And that thou hast knowne the holie scriptures of a child 2. Tim 3. ℣ 15 16 17. which are able to make thée wise vnto saluatiō through the faith which is in Christ Iesus For the whole scripture is giuen by inspiratiō of God is profitable to teach to improue to correct to instruct in righteousnesse That the man of God may bee absolute being made perfect vnto all good woorks Receiue with méekenes the word that is grafted in you Iames 1 21. which is able to saue your soules Search the scriptures Iohn 5 39. for in them yee thinke to haue eternall life Then if eternal life saluation of our soules bee obteined by the scripures and doctrine of the worde conteined therein much good doe the Papistes with the rest which they get more by the meanes of traditions and vnwritten verities 8 Of Magistrates and first what men are to be chosen MOreouer prouide thou among al the people men of courage Exod. 18.21 fearing God men dealing truly men hating couetousnes appoint such ouer thē to be rulers ouer thousāds rulers ouer hundreds c. 9 That Magistrates are to execute Iustice vprightly towards all ANd I charged your iudges that same time saying Deut. 1 16. Heare the causes of brethren and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother the stranger that is with him ye shal haue no respect of persons but shall heare the small aswell as the great ye shal not feare the face of man for the iudgment is Gods Ye shal not do vniustly in iudgement Deuitie 19. verse 15 thou shalt not fanour the person of the poore nor honour the person of the mighty but thou shalt iudge thy neighbor iustly Thou shalt not estéeme a poore man in his cause Exod 23.3 Iudges officers shalt thou make thée c. and they shall iudge the people with righteous iudgement Deut. 17 18. 10. That Iudges and magistrates must take no rewardes nor bribes nor wrest the Lawe ANd he set
written that we are therfore deliuered by Christ from our enemies Hell Death and Damnation that wee shoulde serue God without feare all the daies of our life in holines and righteousnes before him and in another place that wee should liue soberly Tim. 2 â„£ se 12. righteously and godlye in this presente worlde And in another place That if anye bee in Christ hee must be a new creature 2 Cor 5. And againe Follow peace with all men Heb 12. and holynesse without the which no man shal see the Lorde And to the same effecte there are infinite testimonies of holie Scripture But I would suche mocke-gods were once mindfull of their wofull state which maye rather bee tearmed incarnate Diuels then Christian meÌ„ or members of the holy body of Christ so long as they continue so desperately nought I would good reader either thine or mine admonition might doe some of them good Farewell in Christ and let vs pray in the spirit for the peace and prosperity of Zion our gratious Souereigne Thine in Christ Th. Settle A fardle of Christian duties needful to be taken vp and borne of all such as trauaile towards eternall life according as euery of their callings require 1. That all Christian men and women are bound to go to Church or the place appointed for Gods worship namely where Gods word is preached praiers and Sacraments ministred to ioyne themselues in fellowship in those holy exercises of religion that so they may growe vp in true Christianitie BVt yee shall séeke the place which the Lorde your God shall choose out of all your tribes Deut 12 verse 5. to put his name there and there to dwel thither thou shalt come This place was vnder the lawe Ierusalem or where Gods Arke and tabernacle was pitched And now since Christes birth is all places of the worlde where Gods word and sacramentes are truely preached and ministred It shall be in the last dayes Esay 2 ver 2. that the mountains of the house of the Lord shal be prepared in the top of the mountains and shall bée exalted aboue the hilles and all nations shall flowe vnto it And And many people shall go say Micha 4 1. Come and lette vs goe vp to the mountaine of the Lorde to the house of the God of Iacob and hee will teach vs his wayes and we will walke in his pathes And they that dwell in one Citie shall goe vnto an other Zachar. 8 â„£ 21 22. saying Vp let vs goe and pray before the Lorde One must prouoke another to go to the assembliâ—s and seeke the Lord of hostes I will go also Yea great people and mightie nations shall come to séeke the Lord of hostes in Ierusalem and to pray before the Lord. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thée Psal 84 â„£ se 5 6 7. whose heart are in thy wayes They going through the vale of Baca make welles therein c. They go from strength to strength till euerie one appeare before God in Zion Then a shower of rayne ought not to bee an excuse for any to absent himselfe from the holie assemblies as many a one of our daintie Christians doe in these dayes make it 2. Examples of the meetings of Christians for the hearing of the word prayer and administration of Sacraments ANd they continued in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship Acts 2 42. and fellowship breaking of bread and praiers And they continued daily with one accorde in the temple Acts 2 46. and breaking of bread at home And daily in the temple Acts 5 46. from house to house they ceased not to teach and preach Iesus Christ And the next Saboth day came almost the whole Cittie together to heare the word of God Acts 13 44. And the first day of the wéeke the Disciples beeing come together to breake bread Acts 20 7. Paule preached vnto them readie to depart on the morow continued the preaching vntill midnight When yée come togeather therefore into one place 1 Cor 11 20 this is not to eate the Lords Supper 3. Examples of the seruantes of God reioicing to go to the assemblies of God and to see others goe And of the seruants of God complaining sorrowing for the want of the holie assemblies when as by persecution they were hindered and of their desires to be there I Reioised when they said to me Psal 122 â„£ se 1 2. we wil go into the house of the Lord. Our féet shall stand in thy gates O Ierusalem O Lord of hostes how amiable are thy tabernacles Psal 84 verse 1 2 3. My soule longeth yea and fainteth for the courtes of the Lorde for my heart and my flesh reioice in the liuing God Yea the sparrow hath founde her an house and the swallow a nest for her where she may lay her young euen by thy altars O Lord of hostes my king and my God Blessed are they that may dwell in thine house they will euer praise thée As the Hart brayeth for the riuers of water Psal 42 verse 1 2 3 4. so panteth my soule after thée O God My soule lusteth for God euen for the liuing God when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God My teares haue béene my meat day night while they daily say vnto me where is thy God WheÌ„ I remeÌ„bred these things I poured out my verie heart because I had gone with the multitude and ledde them into the house of God c. And he said that is Dauid vnto Saule Wherefore doth my Lorde thus persecute his seruant 1 Sam 26 18 19. for what haue I done or what euill is in my hande Nowe therefore I beseech thée lette my Lorde heare the wordes of his seruant If the Lorde haue stirred thée vp against mee lette him smell the sauour of a Sacrifice But if the children of men haue done it cursed be they before the Lorde For they haue cast mee out this day from abyding in the inheritaunce of the Lord God saying goe serue other Gods Hezekia hearing the message of death from the Lorde Esay 38. â„£ se 1 2 3 18 19. praied and wept not for feare of death but as the whole chapiter doth euidently declare because he should no longer liue to praise God in his sanctuarie and to growe vp among the people of God in more graces to promote Gods glorie For sayth hee after hee had promise of life The graue cannot confesse thée death cannot praise thée they that goe downe into the pitte cannot hope for thy truth But the liuing the liuing hée shall confesse thée as I doe this day the father to the children shall declare thy truth One thing haue I desired of the Lorde that I will require Psal 27 4. euen that I maye dwel in the house of the Lord all the daies of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord to
iudges in the land through out all the strong Cities of Iuda 2. Chron. 19 verse 5 6 7. citie by citie And said to the Iudges take héed what ye doe For ye execute not the iudgements of man but of the Lord he wil be with you in the cause and iudgement Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lord be vpon you take héed and doe it for there is no iniquitie with the Lord neither respecte of persons nor receiuing of reward Heare this I pray you ye heads of the house of Iacob princes of the house of Israell Mich. 3. verse 10 11. they abhor iudgement and peruert al equitie they build vp Zion with bloud and Ierusalem with iniquitie the heads therof iudge for rewards c therfore shal Zion for your sakes be plowed as a field To make good for the euill of their hands the prince asked Mich. 7. vers 3 4. the iudge iudgeth for a reward Therefore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his hart and so they wrap it vp the best of them is like a brier the most righteous is sharper then a thorne hedge Thou shalt take no gift Exod. 23 8. for the gift blindeth the wise and peruerteth the words of the righteous Wrest not thou the lawe Deut. 16 19. neither respect any person neither take reward for the reward blindeth the eies of the wise peruerteth the words of the iust Their rulers loue to say with shame bring yée Osea 4 18. Woe vnto them whiche iustifieth the wicked for a reward Esay 5 23. and taketh away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him Read the 82. Psalme 11. That magistrates must punish the wicked or else they shall prouoke Gods wrath against themselues and be a cause to increase sinne A Wise king scattereth the wicked Prou. 20 26 causeth the whéele to turne ouer them For Princes are not to be feared for good workes Rom 13. ℣ se 3 4. but for euill wilt thou bée without feare of the power doo well so shalt thou haue praise of the same for he is the minister of God for thy welth but if thou do euill feare for he beareth not the sword for nought for he is the mininister of God to take vengeance on him that dooth euill Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed spéedily Eccles 8 10. therefore the hart of the children of men is fully set in them to do euill Neither will I be with you any more except ye destroy the excōmunicate from among you Iosu◠7 12. Examples I put on iustice Iob 29. verse 14 15. and it couered me my iudgement was as a robe a crowne I was the eies of the blind and I was the féet to the lame I was a father vnto the poore and when I knew not the cause I sought it out diligently I brake also the iawes of the vnrighteous and plucked the pray out of his téeth Betimes will I destroy al the wicked of the land Psal 101 ◠that I may cut of al the workers of iniquitie from the citie of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord 1. Kings 20. ℣ se 42. because thou Ahab hast let go out of thine hands a man that is Benhadad king of Aram whom I appointed to die thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his people A worthie example to be noted of all magistrates that they may not spare foolishly pittie Idolaters and vile sinners whom God in his law commaundeth to be slaine 12. That princes magistrates and men in authoritie ought to be religious mainteiners and nursers of religion and take especiall delight in those that feare God BE wise now therefore yée kings Psal 10. ℣ se 11 12. be learned ye iudges of the earth serue the Lord in feare and reioyce in trembling Kisse the sonne least he be angrie ye perish in the way when his wrath shall suddenly burne And when he that is the king shal sit vpon the throne of his kingdome Deut. 17. ℣ se 18 19. then shall he write him this law repeated in a booke by the priests of the Leuits and it shal be with him and he shall read therin all the daies of his life that he may learne to feare the Lord his God and to kéepe all the wordes of this law these ordinances for to do them That his hart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren and that he turne not from the commaundement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong his daies in his kingdome he his sonnes in the midst of Israell Let not this booke the Lords words to Iosua in his person to all magistrates of this law depart out of thy mouth but meditate therin day and night Iosua 1 8. that thou maist obserue do according to all that is written therein For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous then shalt thou haue good successe Thou that is the Church shall sucke the milke of the Gentiles Esay 60 16. shalt sucke the brests of Kings thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy sauiour Kings shal be Esay 49 ℣ se 23 24. thy that is the churches nursing fathers and quéenes thy nurses they shall worship thée with their faces towards the earth and licke vp the dust of thy féet and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. In the Reuelation it is written Reue. 21 24 That the kings of the earth shall bring their glorie honour vnto the new Ierusalē Example of Dauid O my soule Psalm 16.2 thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my Lord my well doing extendeth not to thée but to the Saints that are in the earth to the excellent all my delight is in them I am a cōpanion of al them that feare thée and kéepe thy precepts Psal 119 63 Mine eies shal be vnto the faithfull of the land that they may dwell with me Psal 101 6. he that walketh in a perfect way he shal serue me When I remembred these things I powred out my very hart Psal 42 4. because I had gone with the multitude led them into the house of God 13. That all subiects are to obey their princes and those that are appointed vnder them that is inferior magistrats in all things not contrarie to the commandements of God to pay them tributes LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers Rom. 13. ℣ se 1 2 3. for there is no power but of God whosoeuer therfore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receiue to themselues iudgement For princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euill wilt thou then be without feare of the power do well so shalt thou haue praise of the same c. wherefore ye must be subiect not because of
not as many which make marchandize of the word of God 2. Cor. 2.17 but as of sinceritie but as of God in the sight of God speake we in Christ O I would to God that all our ministers could thus in truth speake 17. That ministers and pastours ought to be examples to their flockes in holy conuersation and godly life otherwise they are a slander to the ministrie BE vnto them that beléeue an example in word 1. Tim. 4.12 in conuersation in loue inspirit in faith and in patience In all things shew thy selfe an example of good workes Titus 2 7. with vnedrrupt doctrine with grauitie and integritie and with the wholesome word which cannot be condemned that he which withstandeth may be ashamed hauing nothing conrerning you to speake euill of Féed the flocke of God 1. Pet. 5 3. c. That ye may be examples to the flocke Ye are witnesses and God also saith Paule how holily iustly 1. Thess 2. ℣ se 10. and vnblameablely wée behaued our selues among you that beléeue We giue none occasion of offence in any thing that our ministrie should not be reprehended 2. Cor. 4.6 Brethren be ye followers of me Philip. 3. ℣ se 17 18. and looke on them whiche walke so as you haue vs for an example For many walke of whom I haue told you often now tell you wéeping that they are the enimies of the crosse of Christ whose end is damnation whose God is their belly whose glorie is to their shame which mind earthly things 18. That the pastors and ministers of Gods word are to bee esteemed greatly of to be reuerenced and to be obeyed in their message otherwise reproch is offered to God LEt a man so thinke of vs 1. Cor. 4 1. as of the ministers of Christ and disposers of the secretes of God How bewtifull are the féete of them that bring glad tidings of peace Rom. 10 15 〈◊〉 bring glad tidings of good things Now we beséech you brethren that ye acknowledge them 1. Thes 5. verse 12 13. which labour amōg you and are ouer you in the Lord and admonish you that ye haue them in singular loue for their workes sake Obey them that haue the ouersight of you Hebr. 13 17 and submit your selues for they watch for your soules as they that must giue accompts that they may do it with ioy and not with griefe for that is vnprofitable for you Verely Iohn 13 20. verely I say vnto you if I sēd any he that receiueth him receiueth me and he that receiueth me receiueth him that sent me He that heareth you heareth me Luke 10 16. and he that dispiseth you dispiseth me and he that dispiseth me dispiseth him that sent me Example And the trial of one which was in my flesh ye dispised not neither abhored Gal. 4.14 but ye receiued me as an angell of God yea as Christ Iesus Receiue him therefore that is Epiphroditus in the Lord with all gladnes Philip 2 29. and make much of such 19. That the people or parishes which haue Gods word preached diligētly faithfully vnto thē are bound in conscience liberally to susteine and nourish those that preach vnto thē BEware that thou forsake not the Leuite Deut. 12 19. as long as thou liuest vpon the earth The Leuits were appointed to teach the people which came of Leui Iacobs son Deut. 33 10. And into whatsoeuer house ye enter first Luke 10 ver 5 6 7. say peace be to this house c. in the house tarrie still eating drinking such things as shal be set before you by them for the laborer is worthie of his wages My defēce to thē the examine me is this 1. Cor. 9. ver 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14. haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister as wel as the rest of the Apostles as brethren of the Lord and Cephas or I onely Barnabas haue not we power not to worke who goeth a warfare any time at his owne cost c. If we haue sowne vnto you spirituall things is it a great thing if we reape your carnal things Do ye not know that they which minister about the holy things eat of the things of the temples they which the altar so also hath the Lord ordeined that they which preach the gospell should liue of the gospell The elders that rule wel are worthy double honour 1. Timoth. 5. ℣ se 17 18. that is double reward specially they which labour in the word doctrine For the Scripture saith thou shalt not mosel the mouth of the are that treadeth out the corne the labourer is worthie of his wages Let him that is taught in the word Galath 6.7 make him that teacheth him partaker of all his goods be not deceiued God is not mocked 20. That the not hauing or to bee depriued of faithful Pastors Ministers is a signe of Gods wrath and displeasure against a people and to haue them is a signe of mercie SVrely I will no more spare those that dwell in the lande Zachar. 11 ℣ 6 15 16. saith the Lorde c. And the Lord said vnto mee take to thée yet the instrumentes of a foolish shepheard for loe I will raise vp a shephard in the land which shall not looke for the thing that is lost nor séeke the tender lambs nor heale that which is hurt nor féede that which standeth but he shal eat the flesh of the fat and teare their paws in pieces The daies of visitation are come Osei 9 v. 7. the daies of recompence are come Israell shall knowe it the prophet is a foole the spirituall man is mad for the multitude of thine iniquities therefore the hatred is great We sée not our signs Psal 74 9. there is not one Prophet more nor any with vs that knoweth how long Behold the daies come saith the Lord God Amos 8 11. that I will sende a famine in the lande not a famine of bread and a thirst for water but of hearing the word of the Lord. For loe Esay 3 v. 1 2 the Lorde God of hostes will take away frō Ierusalem c. The iudge the prophet the prudent and the aged Beholde Esay 24 ℣ s 1 2. the Lorde maketh the earth emptie and hée maketh it waste hée turneth it vpside downe and scatteresh abroad the inhabitants thereof and there shall be like people like Priest like seruant like maister Turne againe Ierem. 3. ℣ se 34 15. O ye disobedient children saith the Lorde for I am your Lorde and I wil take you one of a Citie and two of a tribe and will bring you to Zion And I will giue you Pastors according to mine heart which shall féede you with knowledge vnderstanding 21 That parents ought to instruct their children and bring them vp in the feare of the Lord
wrath only but also for cōscience sake For this cause ye pay also tribute for they are Gods ministers applying themselues for the same thing Giue to all men therfore their dutie tribute to whom ye owe tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honour to whom ye owe honour Put them in remembrance that they be subiect to the principalities powers Titus 3 1. and that they be obedient and readie to euery good worke Submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lords sake 1. Peter 2. ℣ se 13 14. whether it be to the king as vnto the superiour or vnto gouernours as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill doers and for the praise of them that do well Honour al men 1. Pet. 3.17 loue brotherly fellowship feare God honour the king Giue vnto Cesar Math. 22 21 the things whiche are Cesars and giue vnto GOD those things which are Gods And when they were come to Capernaum they the receiued polle money came to Peter said Math. 17. ℣ s 24 25 26 27. doth not your master pay tribute He said yes And when he was come into the house Jesus preuented him saying what thinkest thou Simon of whom doo the kings of the earth take tribute or polle money of their children or of strangers Peter said vnto him of strangers thē said Iesus vnto him then are the children frée Neuerthelesse least we should offend them go to the sea and cast in an angle and take the first fishe that commeth vp and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt find a péece of twentie pence that take and giue it to them for thée and mée And the king said to his sergeāts that stood about him 1. Sam. 22 1◠turne slay the priests of the Lord because their hand also is with Dauid and because they knew when he fled and shewed it not to mée But the seruants of the king would not moue their hand to fall vpon the priests of the Lord. And when they had brought them they set them before the Councel Acts. 4. verse 27 28 29. the chiefe priest asked them saying did not wée straightly cōmaund you that you should not teach in this manner c Then Peter the Apostles answered said wée ought rather to obey God then men 14. That none ought to curse or vse railing or euill speaches of magistrates CVrse not the king Eccles 10 20 no not in thy thought neither cursse the rich in thy bed chamber for the foule of heauen shal carrie the voice and that whiche hath wings shall declare the matter Thou shalt not raile vpon the iudges Exod. 22 28. neither speake euill of the ruler of the people Likewise notwithstanding the dreamers also defile the flesh Iud. 8. and dispise gouernment and speake euil of them that are in authoritie Yet Michaell the archangell c. Example of Paule I am not mad ô noble Festus Acts. 26 29. but I speake the words of truth and sobernes Yet none of these things do let why the ministers of Gods word shuld not after the example of Iohn Baptist to Herod Mark 6. 1. Kings 21. ℣ se 20. Elias to Ahab others of Gods seruants to other magistrats if néed require sharply reproue them when they swarue frō godlinesse and become wicked 15. That good princes and magistrats are taken away and an alteration of states often made because of the sinne and wickednes of the people FOr the transgression of a land there are many princes thereof Prou. 28. ◠but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge a realme likewise endureth long For lo Esay 3 ℣ se ◠2 3 4. the Lord God of hosts will take away from Ierusalem and from Iudah the stay and the strength euen all the stay of bread and all the stay of water The strong man and the man of warre the iudge and the prophet the prudent and the aged the capteine of siftie and the honorable and the counceller and the cunning artificer and I will appoint children to be their princes and babes shall rule ouer them 16. That the ministers and pastors of the Church ought diligently to seede their flockes and teach their people vnder paine of damnation and that faithfully without chopping and changing ANd of Leui he said Deut. 33 10. let thy Thummin thy Vrin be with thy holy one c. They shall teach Iacob thy iudgements and Israell thy law they shall put incense before thy face And they that is the Leuites read in the booke of the law of GOD distinctly Nehem. 8.8 and gaue the sense and caused them that is the people is vnderstand the reading O Sonne of man I haue made thée a watchman vnto the house of Israell Ezech. 33. ℣ s 9. therefore thou shalt heare the word at my mouth and admonish them from me When I shall say vnto the wicked man O wicked man thou shalt die the death if thou doest not speake and admonish the wicked of his way the wicked man shall die for his iniquitie but his bloud will I require at thy hands Neuerthelosse if thou warne the wicked of his way to turne from it if he do not turne from his way he shall die for his iniquitie but thou hast deliuered thy soule Take héed vnto your selues and to all the flocke Acts 20 28. whereof the Holy ghost hath made you the ouerseers to féede the church of God which he hath purchased with his owne bloud I charge thée therfore before God 2. Timoth. 4 verse 1 2. and before the Lord Iesus Christ which shal iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing and in his kingdome Preach the word be instant in season and out of season improue rebuke exhort with all long suffering and doctrine The Elders which are amongst you 1. Pet. 5. verse 1.2 I beséech which am also an Elder c. Féed the flocke of GOD that dependeth vpon you caring for it not by cōstraint but willingly not for filthie lucre but of a readie mind c. Let a man so thinke of vs as of the ministers of Christ 1. Cor. 4. ℣ 1 2. and disposers of the secrets of God and as for the rest it is required of the disposers that euery man be found faithfull The Prophet that hath a dreame let him tell a dreame Iere. 23 28. and he that hath my word let him speake my word faithfully for what is the chaffe to the wheat saith the Lord Therefore séeing wée haue receiued this ministration 2. Corint 4. ℣ se 1 2. as wée haue receiued mercie we saint not but haue east of the clokes of shame and walke not in craftinesse neither handle wée the word of God deceitfully but in declaration of the truth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God For we are
not to prouoke them with bitternes AND when your children aske you what seruice is this you kéepe Exod. 12 â„£ s 25 27. then ye shal say it is the sacrifice of the Lords passeouer c. And the Lord said Gen. 18 â„£ se 17 19. shal I hide from Abraham that thing which I doe For I knowe him that he will commaund his sonnes and houshold after him that they kéepe the way of the Lord and do righteousnes and iudgement And these wordes which I commaund thée this day shal be in thine heart Deut. 6 â„£ se 7.8 thou shalt rehearse them coÌ„tinually vnto thy child and shalt talke of them when thou tarriest in thine house as thou walkest by the way and when thou lyest downe and when thou risest vp Howe hee established a testimonie in Iacob ordained a law in Israel Psal 78 â„£ se 5 6 7 8. which he commanded our fathers that they should teache their children that the posteritie might knowe it and the children which should be borne should stand vp declare it to their children that they might sette their hope on God not forget the works of God but kéepe his commandements not to bee as their Fathers a disobedient and rebellious generation Ye fathers Ephes 6.1 prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord. Fathers Collos 3 2. prouoke not your children to anger least they be discouraged Teach a child in the trade of his way Prou. 22 6 and when he is olde he shall not departe from it Example And hee that is Elisha the Prophet 2 Kin. 2 ve 23 24. went vp from thence vnto Bethel as he was going vp the way little children came out of the Citie and mocked him said to him come vp thou bald head come vp thou bald heade And he turned backe and looked on them and cursed them in the name of the Lorde and two beares came out of the forrest and tore in pieces two and fortie children of them A iust iudgement of God both vpon the parents and children vpon the parents because they taught them no better vppon the children for mocking the holie Prophet of God But it is made but a small fault in our dayes tâ— floute Gods holie ministers and deride them by these and such like tearmes Lo our Sir Iohn our pelting priest yea and knaue priest And thus they hate them â—â—â—os 5 10. as saith the Prophet that reprooue in the gate and not children but those that béeing of sufficient yeares should haue more knowledge and feare of God 22. That parents ought to giue correction to their children if neede require also beside instruction HE that spareth his rodde hateth his â—â—ou 13 24 sonne but he that loueth him chasteneth betime Withhold not correction from the child Prou. 23.13 if thou smite him with the rodde he shal not die thou shalt smite him with the rod and deliuer his soule from hell Chasten thy son while there is hope Prou. 19 18. and lette not thy soule spare for his murmuring Foolishnesse is bound in the hart of a childe Prou. 22 15. but the rod of correction shal driue it away The rod correction giue wisedome Prou. 29 15. but a child set at liberty maketh his mother ashamed Correct thy sonne Prou. 29 17 and he wil giue thée rest and wil giue pleasures to thy soule Example of Gods iudgements Then the Lord said to Samuel 1 Sam. 3. ver 11 12 13. behold I will doe a thing in Israell whereof whosoeuer shal heare his two eares shal tingle In that day I will raise vp against Eli all things that I haue spoken concerning his house wheÌ„ I begin I wil also make an end And I haue tolde him that I will iudge his house for euer for the iniquitie which he knoweth because his sonnes ranne into a slaunder and he staied them not And Adonias the sonne of Haggith 1. Kin 1 vers 5 6. exalted himselfe saying I wil be king and he got him chariots horsemen and â—â—fty men to run before him And his Father would not displease him from his childhoode to say why hast thou done so and he was a verie goodly man Beholde what fruite commeth of cockering children euen to be driueÌ„ by them out of our houses by Gods iust iudgement To let our children when they sinne in our sight escape vnpunished 1 Sam. 2 29 is to honor them more then God 23 That children are to obey their parentes in their lawfull commaundements CHildren Collos 3 20 obey your parentes in all things for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord. Children Ephes 6 1. obey your parents in the Lord for this is right Honor thy father and thy mother Exod. 20. Prou. 1 verse 10 11. My son heare thy fathers instructioÌ„ forsake not thy mothers teachinges For they shal be a comely ornameÌ„t vnto thine head as chaines for thy necke 24 What lawe God appointed for the punishment of a disobedient sonne in Israel IF any man haue a sonne that is stubborne and disobedient Deut. 21 ver 18.19 which will not harken vnto the voice of his father the voice of his mother and they haue chastened him hee would not obey them then shal his father and his mother take him bring him out to the elders of his Citie vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth shal say to the elders of his Citie this our son is stubborne disobedient he will not obey our admonitioÌ„ he is a riatour and a drunkard Then all the men of the Citie shal stone him with stones vnto death so thou shalt take away euil from among you that all Israell may heare it and feare 25 That all seruantes are to obey their maisters and to serue them faythfully and to beare paciently their rebukes without murmuring and also to honour them LEt as many seruants as are vnder the yoke count their maisters woorthy of all honour 1 Tim. 6 â„£ 1.2 that the name of God and his doctrine bee not euill spoken of and they which haue beléeuing maisters let them not despise them because they are brethren but rather doe seruice because they are faithfull and beloued and partakers of the benefite Let seruantes be subiect to their maysters Titus 2 vers 9 10. and please them in all thinges not answering againe neither pickers but that they shew all good faithfulnes that they may adorne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all things Seruants Ephes 6 ver 5 6 7. be obedient vnto them that are your maisters according to the flesh with feare trembling in singlenesse of your harts as vnto Christ not with seruice to the eye as men pleasers but as the seruants of Christ doing the wil of God from the hart with goodwill seruing the Lord and
also the husband hath not power of his owne bodie but the wife Defraude not one another that is leaue not one anothers bed except it be with consente for a time that ye may giue your selues to fasting and praier and againe come together that Sathan tempt you not for your incontinencie 29 That one Christiā ought to instruct edifie and exhort another WHerefore exhorte one another s Thes 5 11 and edifie one another euen as ye do Take héede brethren Heb. 3 ver 13 14. least at any time there bée in any of you an euill hart and vnfaithfull to departe away from the lyuing God but exhort one another daily while it is called to day least any of you bée hardned through the deceitfulnesse of sinne And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue Heb. 10 2. to good woorkes not forsaking the fellowship that wee haue among our selues as the manner of some is but let vs exhort one another that so much the more bicause you sée that the day draweth néere Then spake they that feared the Lord Mal◠.3 16 euerie one to his neighbour the Lorde harkened and heard it and a booke of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord. The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked Prou. 21 1 The lippes of the righteous féede manie Prou. 10 21 Let euerie man as hee hath receiued the gift 1 Pet 4 10. minister the same one to another as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God 30 That euerie Christian is bounde in conscience when his brother sinneth to rebuke him for his sinne THou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart Leuit. 19 17 but thou shalt plainly rebuke thy neighbour and suffer him not to sinne Let the righteous smite me Psal 141 5. for that it is a benefite and let him reprooue me it shall bee a pretious oyle that shall not break my head for within a while I shal euen pray in their miseries We desire you brethren admonish thē that are vnruly 1 Thes 5 14 comfort the féeble minded beare with the weake be patient towards all men 31 That priuate offences are to bee rebuked priuately or secretly IF thy brother trespasse against thée Math. 18 15 go and tell him his fault betwéene thée and him alone if he heare thée thou hast wonne thy brother 32. That open sinne must haue open rebuke THem that sinne rebuke openly 1. Tim. 5.20 that the rest also may feare And whē Peter was come to Antioch I withstood him openly Galat. 2 11. for he was worthie to be rebuked He that rebuketh a mā shall find more fauour at the length Prou. 28 23. then he that flattereth him with his lips why then should any man cast any of these doubts why then I shall loose his good will and I am afraid he will not take it well hauing his promise of God A reproofe entreth more into him that hath vnderstanding Prou. 17. then an hundreth stripes into a foole A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him Prou. 15 12. neither will he go vnto the wise A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father Prou. 13 1. but a scorner will heare no rebuke Better is it to heare the rebuke of wise men Prou. 7 7. then the song of fooles He that hardneth his necke when he is rebuked Prou. 29 1. shall suddenly be destroyed and cannot be cured 33. That no Christian ought to haue any felowship with any wicked mā who professing christianitie leadeth his life lewdly to the slander of the profession but to auoid such a one as filthines and dirt IF any that is called a brother that us to say a Christian man be a fornicatour 1. Cor. 5. or couetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such one eat not Haue no fellowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenesse Ephes 5.11 but euen reprooue them rather If any man obeye not our sayings 1. Thes 3. verse 14. note him by letter and haue no companie with him that he may be ashamed He that walketh with the wise shal be wise Prou. 13 20. but a companion of fooles shal be afflicted For Epes 5. verse 6.7 for such things cōmeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience be not therefore companions with them They that forsake the law praise the wicked Prou. 28 4. but they that kéepe the law set themselues against them Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle Psal 15.1 4. c. He in whose eies a vile person is contemned but he honoureth them that feare the Lord. Example ℣ se 2 And Iehu the son of Hannani the Seer went to méet him that is Iehoshaphat who went to the war with Ahab king of Israell and said to king Iehoshaphat 2. Chron. 19. wouldest thou helpe the wicked and loue them that hate the Lord therefore for this thing the wrath of the Lord is vpon thée Yet after this did Iehoshaphat king of Iudah ioyne himselfe with Ahaziah king of Israell who was giuen to do euill 2. Chron. 20 ℣ s 35 36 37 and he ioyned with him to make ships to go to Tarshish they made the ships in Ezion Gaber then Eliezer the son of Dodauah of Meresha prophesied against Iehoshaphat saying because thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziah the Lord hath broken thy workes the ships were broken that they were not able to go to Tarshish 34. That all Christians ought to be full of good workes and to what end FOr wée are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good works Ephes 2 10. which God hath ordeined that we should walke in them This is a true saying Titus 3 8. these things I will thou shouldest affirme that they which haue beléeued God might be carefull to shew forth good works these are good and profitable to men Who gaue himselfe for vs Titus 2 14. to redéeme vs from all iniquitie and to purge vs a peculiar people vnto himselfe zealous of good workes Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high minded 1. Tim. 6 17 that they trust not in vncertaine riches but in the liuing God which giueth vs aboundantly all things to enioy that they do good and be rich in good workes and ready to distribute and communicate End of good workes Let your light so shine before men Math. 5.16 that they may sée your good workes and glorifie your father which is in heauen And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentils 1. Pet. 2 12. that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers may by your good works which they shal sée glorifie God in the day of their visitation And this I pray that your loue may abound Philip. 1. ℣ se 9 10 11. yet more and more in knowledge and in all iudgement that ye may discerne things that differ one from another that ye may be pure and without offence vntill the day of Christ filled with the fruits of righteousnesse which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glorie and praise of God Ioine moreouer vertue with your faith 2 Pet. 1. ℣ se 5 6 7. and with vertue knowledge and with knowledge temperance and with temperance patience and with patience godlinesse and with godlinesse brotherly kindnesse and with brotherly kindnesse loue For if these things vs among you and abound they will make you that ye neither shal be idle nor vnfruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ for he that hath not thess things is blind and cannot sée farre of and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sinnes And let ours learne to shewe foorth good works for necessarie vses Titus 3.14 that they be not vnfruitfull Now good Reader this being ended there remaineth nothing but thy diligēce carefully to practise that which thou shalt here find as thy calling shal require and bind thee which that thou maist do I shal not cease to pray And thus in Christ I bid thee farewell FINIS