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peace_n	create_v	fruit_n	lip_n	2,112	5	9.2614	5	false

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A62374	A brief and plain commentary with notes, not more useful than seasonable, upon the whole prophecie of Malachy delivered, sermon-wise, divers years since at Pitmister in Summerset / by William Sclater ... ; now published by his son William Sclater ...	Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing S913; ESTC R17140	147,505	246

never returns empty See Mat. 13.4 Ioh. 15.16 Ob. If any shall object and say that Isaiah is sent to harden not to convert Isa 6.10 And Ezekiel told cap. 2. That they will not turn Answ Places understood of the greater part but Isa 6. ult there was a tenth part returned Some caveats must here be remembred 1. That this must be understood of the setled and stablished preaching of the word for otherwise God sends some only to deprive of excuse 2. That fruit at first appears not but lyeth as it were under the clods See Act. 18.10 And as it was in the days of Elias 1 King 19.18 Then see we what to judg of them to whose Ministery God gives no blessing at all Vse It s an evident sign they were not sent of God See Ier. 23.21 22. And this should encourage us that are Ministers in the work of our Ministery and should prevail against all impediments seem they never so great considering the Lord will sure be effectuall in us Again see we a little and judg we of our selves and we shall know whether the Lord hath in mercy sent the Ministery of the word unto us surely if Gods word have wrought in us to conversion Rom. 1.16 We may then say the Lord in mercy hath sent it unto us if otherwise he hath not sent in mercy but in wrath See 1 Thess 2.13 It worketh mightily in those that believe and Col. 1.6 It s come unto you and is fruitfull See we yet farther the degrees of efficacy of the word of God 1. It prevails with some to illumination 2. With some to work a little temporary delight Mat. 13.21 3. With some to a partiall reformation Mar. 6.20 4. To humiliation All this while thou canst not assure thy self the Lord hath sent his word to thee for thy good How then Namely when it s so far powerfull that it converts thee turning thy heart and changing thy whole life thou mayest then truly say the Lord is mercifull unto thee Act. 26.18 Now notes of a changed and converted heart are many 1. When sin grows odious unto us those especially wherein we have oftenest and with greatest pleasance offended 2. Whenas with freedom of heart we serve God See 2 Cor. 3.17 3. When the whole outward man is reformed the tree once good the fruit is good the fountain purged the streams are also clean Iam. 3.11 Lastly Enthusiasts hence confuted that hold the word and Ministery thereof a dead letter The next thing here observable is Observ that God ordinarily useth his Ministers to convert men by See Rom. 10.17 1 Cor. 3.5 6. Act. 9. Paul sent to Ananias Act. 8.31 Philip to the Eunuch Reasons generally 1. That the glory might be Gods 1 Cor. 2. 2. To prevent delusions 3. We not able to endure the terrour of God Majesty Exod. 20.19 4. Thus God honours mans nature 5. Man fittest as having experience of infirmities 6. Proves humility whether we will stoope to Gods ordinance though dispensed by a weak man subject to like passions with our selves Why ministers rather then ordinary Christians Answ Its Gods will to have it so 2 Cor. 5.19 He hath put in us the word of reconciliation Ob. Common Christians convert Iam. 5. ult Act. 11.20 21. Answ 1. Ordinarily they prepare convert not 2. After faith and repentance general may be means by admonition to stirr up graces that lye dead as Act. 18.26 and so draw to renewing repentance 3. Extraordinarily as by them of Cyprus and Cyrene This should teach us as we love our souls and desire lavation Vse to hang on the ministry of the word see Prov. 8. Blessed such as wait at the posts of the gates of wisdom 2. Graces grow dull without it 1 Thess 5.19.20 Reproved such as forsake the gathering together of the Saints Heb. 10.25 So laying themselves open to peril of apostacy 2. In that case prayers abominable Prov. 28.9 Another sort reprovable are such as not content with wisdom of God desire and look to be instructed and brought to God immediately by the Spirit saying when the time comes God will turn me whereas now is the time when God gives the means Thirdly such as desire to be taught by Angels as the glutton for his brethren Luk. 16. And if they could hear Christ speak from Heaven they would believe falsly as our Saviour saith Try we our selves by this for our conversion and see whether by this mean it hath been wrought Surely beloved I will not say but education may do much to prepare and reading much to prepare but if thou hast no other change than what thou hast by thine own reading c. Thou hast weak comfort who ever read of any contvered by himself or his own industry without help of another Isa 57.19 I create the fruit of the lips to be peace Therefore pray we the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers Matth. 9. ult Surely we cannot say of such as lack those that they have the ordinary means I say not but God may save some of them for he is not so tyed to his ordinary but that sometimes he may work without it but yet they lack the ordinary means of conversion Follow next the terms of this conversion The hearts of the fathers unto the children and of children unto the fathers To omit the several expositon of others by fathers and children and converting the hearts each to other the meaning I take it is this that whereas they were alienated one from another in their affections father hating son and son father for truths sake as Matth. 10.35 So powerful should John be in his Ministery that he should unite and knit them together in a bond of most entire affection and bring many of them before dissenting now to unite themselves in the worship of God Whence observe that where the word is powerfull Observ it works not only reconciliation with God but peace also with men with all men in whom the word is powerfull See Act. 2.46 Nothing then holden too dear betwixt the members of Christs Body 4.34 35. See Isai 11.6.7 8 9. All those head-strong and brutish affections are calmed and corrected and the wisdome from above is peaceable Iam. 3.17 Now then we see Vse what to answer unto that common objection against the Ministery of the Gospell namely that its the leader of contentions and debates and as our people speak an enemy to all good fellowship Now beloved consider we that the Gospell it self is in it self and in the hearts of all in whom its effectual an instrument and mean of peace Whence then comes it that we see dissentions commonly follow it As the complaint is common before this preaching came up amongst us we had as good fellow-like a parish and as much good neighbourhood amongst us c. Now all is in an uprore the child is divided against the father c. But I wish such to consider what kind of fellowship that is