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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03629	A sermon preached by the learned Mr Alexander Henderson, before the sitting down of the General Assembly, begun the 12 of August 1639.	Henderson, Alexander, 1583?-1646.	1682 (1682)	Wing H1438A; ESTC R177932	6,813	17

and this jewel shall make the rich and it concerns non more then Ministers it is required of Ministers that they should be Learned and in reputation with the people wise peaceably disposed and Learned 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 altho they cannot come to Eminent yet competent knowledge 1 Tit. ●… to exhort and comfort and convince the en●…my not like these men that have sheares an●… tubs to cut of the woul and carry their mi●… away but no care to feed them I say the●… should be furnished with all things both i●…wardly and outwardly and it is a pity that w●… have not a Lebanon for trees to grow in Professor here a Professor there all the plan●…ing will Soon be destroyed if there be not place for them we are all crying for good M●…nisters have a care of the good plants that not Learning to read a Sermon and to Spill it i●… the telling it is a pity that these that boast s●… should be so vaine ard al 's great a pity that w●… have not sound Divinity many get other men●… preachings and these that are Learned shoul●… be given to such alterations yet altho tho●… wert al 's Learned al 's Gamaliel if thou have n●… more thou art not meet to be a Minister o●… Christ you know what intertainment the Apostles got at Athens they mocked them 〈◊〉 man that his a Learned head and a gracele●… heart is not fitt for Christs work let us joyne both together of all men that ever I was acquainted with I sau none so profane as Ministers what was good in this man let us strive to imitate and what he wants let us Labour ●…o have our Souls filled with the love of Christ and think more of grace than of Learning Before I come to his Speech see not only Gods mercies but also Gods Providences which his wisdom had designed and there or two peices of his Providence here seen one was the Lord brought them back from the gates of death when their soul as it were was in their hand the other by such a mean as they could not dream of and these two are very ordinare with the Lord when yuu are in extremity he shewes himself and in such wayes and we may truly say that he hath done so with us that when Episcopacy was deeply rooted even then God would cut them doune Quest Wherefor doth the Lord so 1. Answer for 3 reasons 1 that when the Lord comes in Exstremity that his hand may be discerned and he get the greater glory Isaiah 33 7.9 Lebanon is ashamed and cut doune 2. For the further confusion of the enemies Obad. 3. Whose habitation is in the high rocks who sayes in their hearts who shall bring me doune to the ground 3 For our incouragement our Posterity after us that we should only put our confidence in him who is only able to help us Now we come to the speech it self wherein take notice of his intention to Restraine he was a wise man and kneu no good would follow if they were harmed he knew the Roma●● would be angry and that the people had good likeing to them this was a good and peaceable intention tho not a pure and pious if he had had any aime to Gods glory and the Gospel of Christ it had been good I ma● no question there are many among us th●●● have peaceable desires and Laudible intente●tions but more is required let us labour ●●● have pious intentions not only to have t●● present troubles settled it shall soon break forth again see what is aggreeable to his will Iste est malus qui suae causae bonus he is b●● that is good only for himself let us beseech th● Lord that we may have hearts to seek his ho●our and the enlargement of Christs Kingdom Now for his argument I would have y● refraine from these men if it be of God will come to pass this Argument had its own weakeness if it be of men it should be hindere● if of God it should have be enfurthered the th●●● should put them to tryal we will not passe wh●● is commendable in him he proceeds on a goo● ground if of men to be rejected if of God ●● be received Mat 21.25 The Baptisme of Joh● was it from heaven or of men Ephes 4. T●●● the Spirits whether they be of men or God it was the perpetuall doctrine of the Prophets Thus saith the Lord and Paul saith th●● which I received do I deliver they that are ●…sciples must be Beleevers not what man ●…ith First that it is true in matters internall ●…t not in matters external Moses when he appointed to build the Tabernacle he gets ●…s directions Solomon when he built the ●…emple had his warrand from David and lest ●…hey think Solomons warrand not to be sufficient Ezekiah had his warrand according to ●…he commandment of David O but you will ●…ay it is not so in the New Testament there ●…re not so many ceremonies it is a pitifull ●…ing we will not acknowledge that which we are ignorant of distinguish betwixt multi●…ude and number of ceremonies they had ma●…y we have fever shall we think we have ●…ot so great light as these who were to put an ●…spersion on Christ let us strive to learne what Gods will is when it is of God receive ●…t but when of men reject it Many ceremo●…ies have exercised the Church of God many ●…imes and especially that of the Government of the Church and there are two causes that hinder the decideing of it 1. The hudge judgement of God upon the congregations and so puts Gods Servants to tryal 2. Cause is the avarice of Churchmen so long as their avarice lasts there is no end of Episcopacy 3. Because we do not examine what kinde of Government Christ gave the Question Government is not Juris but facti VV●… is that agreeable with reason and civil Government No but de ●●cto what Governm●●● Christ hath established an office that is J●●●● Divino should be established but if it be office of man it ought to be rejected T●●● great Doctor teaches us that when God fig●● against man he shall prevaile but when M●● fights against God they shall be found fight●●● against him Gen. 11. The builders of Bab●● the Lord made every one of them that th●● knew not what another said this was an ea●● thing to the Lord and so the work was inte●rupted in building The Lord is wonderfull building and can bring downe Babel gre●●● opposition was made against Joseph by h●● Brethren and great opposition against David yet Gods counsell behoved to stand what o●position was made against Gods people in Egypt in bringing them out of Egypt yet the behoved to come forth and you know in you● propagation of the Gospel and the work of reformation and because many his opposed yet it hath gone through And you kno● great opposition is been used against this wor●● by the wicked but yet blessed be