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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

the iniquitie of vs all he hath taken away the sinnes of the world God loued the world Go into all the world he will all men to be saued and come to repentance he hath shut vp all in vnbeleefe that he might haue mercie vpon all God is wonderfull in his worke whom he calleth and whom he chaungeth Therefore I thanke him saith Saint Paul which hath made me strong that is Christ Iesus our Lord For he counted me faithfull and put me in his seruice when before I was a blasphemer and a persecuter and an oppressour but I was receiued to mercie c. Againe Be not deceiued neither fornicators nor idolaters nor wantons nor buggerers nor theeues nor couetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extorcioners shall inherite the kingdome of God And such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified in the name of the Lord Iesus and by the spirit of our God Also the Ephesians dead in sinnes and trespasses walking according to the course of this world after the prince that ruleth in the aire euen the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience c. You hath he quickened saith the Apostle Among whom we also had our conuersation in times past in the lusts of our flesh in fulfilling the will of the flesh and of the minde and were by nature the children of wrath as well as others c. but God which is rich in mercy c. hath quickened vs c. Now then they that will profite in the schoole of Christ. Behold he freely sendeth to all people to all nations to all creatures to the good to the bad to as manie as ye can find to the high waies to the lanes to the laden to the oppressed to al the world to blasphemers fornicatours adulterers and idolaters to men dead in sinnes possessed of Satan children of the world children of wrath and disobedience That none should despaire that none should be discouraged that all should draw neare vnto him That hee might doe vnto them as he did to the Corinthians to the Ephesians to wash them and sanctifie them by his spirit that they beeing once farre off might be made neare by the bloud of Christ that they might be no more straungers and forreiners but Citizens with the Saints and of the household of God And for this cause as a learned man saith The nations are so often inuited to laud and to glorifie God both in the Psalmes and Prophets as in the 117. Psalme Praise the Lord all ye nations praise ye him all ye people For his louing kindnesse is great towards vs and the truth of the Lord endureth foreuer And a-againe Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee And further to the great comfort of all those that seeke the Lord while he may be found The Lord is no lesse bountifull towards halt lame blind and dead miserable man in perfourming of his mercies then he is in promising But according as it is said The Lord is full of compassion and mercie long suffering and of great goodnesse Hee will not alway bee chiding neither keepeth he his anger for euer Euen so walketh he and dealeth with his children We know how like a louing Father he reasoned with Abraham with dust and ashes to haue condiscended to his request if there had been but ten good men How inuiteth h● his people Israel to be conuerted vnto him If a man put away his wife and she go from him and become another mans shall he returne againe vnto her Shall not this land be polluted But thou hast plaied the harlot with many louers yet turne againe vnto me saith the Lord. And againe Thou disobedient Israell returne saith the Lord and I will not let my wrath fal vpon you For I am mercifull saith the Lord and will not alway keepe mine anger Let vs looke vpon examples It was taught vnto Peter Whosoeuer shall denie mee before men him will I also denie before my father which is in heauen But Peter which was taught this doctrine denied the Lord with an oath yea with cursing and swearing That he knew not the man but the Lord forgaue him David sate in the throne of iustice and iudgement yet to make way vnto his wicked lust he tooke Bersabe killed Vrias with the sworde of the Ammonites made the enemies of God to blaspheme his name wrought great wickednesse in the sight of the Lord in numbring the people yet the Lord pardoned him King Manasse● led the people in abhominations fiftie and fiue yeares And when he was in tribulation he besought the Lord his God and humbled himselfe exceedingly before the God of his Fathers and made intercession to him and God was entreated of him and heard his praier Out of the woman sinner the Lord cast out seuen Diuels Yea despairing is not cast vpon Simon Magus that great bewitcher of the people but that the Apostle saith vnto him Repent therefore of thy wickednesse and pray God that if it bee possible the thoughts of thine heart may be forgiuen thee c. But I surcease vpon the multitude of examples and conclude with Dauid that thus burst forth in his wonderfull strait Let vs fall now into the hands of the Lord for his mercies are great c. Let vs in all the imperfections of this life draw neare vnto him who so louingly inuiteth vs saying O ye disobedient children returne and I will heale your rebellions Let vs most gladly and readily answere Behold wee come vnto thee for thou art the Lord our God And for these his mercies his name be blessed and praised for euermore But now wee come to the last part concerning praier the will of the Lord being so manifestly set downe as before I doubt not but according to the same will it is very plaine and euident to discerne for whom wee ought to pray and on the other side the vanitie of those that haue coined formes of praier herein contrary to the good will of God doth appeare also When Moses was about the work of the tabernacle of the Lord and to finish the same he was warned by God See said he that thou make all things according to the patterne shewed thee in the mount so I doubt not but the Apostle being a minister of a better testament which is established vpon bett●r promises would ordeine publique praier for the church of God according to the mind of Christ and the wisedome from aboue reuealed vnto him As if he should reason Is it thy mind O Christ to call in halt lame blind maimed Wilt thou in mercie bring in the fulnes of the Gentiles shall theeues adulterers and Idolaters bee chaunged and sanctified vnto thee shall thy holy commission of the word and sacraments for the subduing of the kingdome of sin for the working of faith in thy children goe forth to

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

vnto me take heed I say and your soule shall liue For I will make an euerlasting couenant with you euen the sure mercies of Dauid Yea a better heritage and name then if they had beene called sonnes and daughters I will giue them an euerlasting name that shall not perish Thus saith he Behold I am here I am here That if we shall seeke for him he wil be found of vs. Let vs with readie and willing mindes follow this caller let vs heare when he speaketh let vs answere when he calleth let vs be obedient when hee commaundeth in all humblenes submitting our selues vnder his mightie hand that he may exalt vs vnto glorie for with the Lord there is mercie and with him there is plenteous redemption as in the Scriptures aforesaid set downe is most amplie shewed This mercifull father according to his accustomed goodnes not for any thing that he saw in mankind looked vpon him to make him his child but euen when they were weake vngodly vncleane sinners and the enemies of God dead in sinnes and offences euen for his own sake whē he saw thee in thy bloud euen when no eie pitied thee to doe any of these things vnto thee for to haue compassion vpon thee I saw thee saith the Lord polluted in thine owne bloud and I said vnto thee when thou wast in thy bloud Thou shalt liue euen when thou wast in thy bloud I said vnto thee thou shalt liue And moued through loue wherewith hee most fatherly loued the world he gaue his onlie begotten sonne that we might liue through him For herein God setteth out his loue towards vs seeing that while we were yet sinners christ died for vs. Wel saith S. Iohn Behold what loue the Father hath giuen to vs that we should be called the sons of God Now then if God be on our side who can be against vs who spared not his own son but gaue him for vs all to death Let vs therefore reioice in this his loue not as the Lord reproued the Iewes that for a space they wold reioice in the light which Iohn the Baptist brought but so let vs reioyce in the same that we way enioy the benefite of the same in the sauing health thereof And that we may be changed into the same image from glorie to glorie as by the spirit of the Lord. So shall wee also loue not in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth The meanes whereby he calleth is first the preaching of the Gospel the certaintie whereof is such That as the Apostle saith though that wee or an Angell from heauen preach vnto you any otherwise then that which we haue preached vnto you let him be accursed Yea doubtlesse I thinke saith he all things but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lord. For whom I haue counted all things losse and do iudge them to bee dungue that I might winne Christ. This is that which the Angell said Bee not afraid for behold I bring you glad tidings of great ioy that shall bee vnto all people This is a doctrine and knowledge that passeth all knowledge not giuen vs by nature but reuealed from aboue containing that most wonderfull message concerning our Sauiour Christ Iesus and the benefite where withall we are blessed and inriched by him who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse and sanctification and redemption being vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Gentiles Christ the power of God and the wisedome of God In whom God hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessings in heauenly things in Christ and according to his abundant mercie hath begotten vs againe vnto a liuely hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance immortall and vndefiled c. The summe whereof is to beleeue That Iesus Christ is the Lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the world For hee that beleeueth in him and shall be baptised shall be saued Vnto this diuine and heauenly message of the preaching of the gospel concerning health and deliuerance in Christ Iesus to bee receiued and beleeued of vs for the further strengthning and increase of our faith commeth also the Lords institution in the ministration of the sacraments which were ordeined for the gathering together of the saints and for the worke of the ministerie And these sacraments haue such affinity and agreement with the word as that whatsoeuer is giuen promised vnto vs in the word concerning our libertie freedom health and saluation in Christ to be obtained enioied and receiued Euen that doe the sacraments as signes and seales applied to the word to releeue and strengthen our infirmitie confirme and make sure vnto vs and to this end they are called holy signes and seals in the sight and eies of men instituted of God that by them he may more declare and seale vnto vs the good things and mercifull promises reuealed in the gospell Also they are a ●estimonie of Gods fauour towards vs confirmed by an outward signe with a mutuall testifiing of our godlines towards him For sacraments are nothing els then the promises of the gospell set foorth and adorned with outwatd action and ceremony And therfore in baptisme we are washed with water in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy ghost to signifie that wee are receiued into grace and fauour for the blood of Christ Iesus shead for vs and are regenerate by his spirit And we on our parts doe hereby testifie and are bound that wee will hereafter in our liues and conuersation witnesse and shew forth all newnes of life and the good increase of the fruits of the spirit of the Lord. And therefore being the church of Christ we are gathered together by baptisme and the word that first by that marke we may be discerned from other sects and people secondlie that thereby our faith may be confirmed when as thereby Christ witnesseth that he washeth vs with his blood conferreth and bestoweth vpon vs remission of sins iustification and regeneration Thirdly as it teacheth the vnitie of the church whereby we say I beleeue the holy catholike church so also it sheweth that baptisme is a knot or band whereby the members of Christ are bound or knit in mutuall loue one towards another that as we haue many members in one bodie and al members haue not one office so we being many are one bodie in Christ and euerie one one anothers members And concerning this our washing and regeneration most aptly saith one Nostrae tum purgationis tum regenerationis in patre causam in filie materiam in spiritu effectum consequimur quodammodo distincte cernimus We get and obtaine and as it were after a sort doe see very distinctly In the Father the cause in the Sonne the matter and in the Spirit the effect of our clensing and regeneration For