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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77999	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres, in the Abbey at Westminster, the 26. of Novemb. 1645. Being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation. / By Jer: Burroughes. Published by order of the said House.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.	1645 (1645)	Wing B6117; Thomason E310_2; ESTC R200440	36,639	57

men who have been called into those parts and have been willing from their pitty to those poore soules to quit those places in Lords Knights and Gentlemens houses where they had comfortable maintenance to goe into those places but they not having yet studied the Controversies of Church-government could not for the present see sufficient ground to satisfie their consciences in that way of Ordination by a company of Ministers of severall Congregations made up into a Presbytery onely by the Civill power limited to the power of Ordination having no Church act to make them a Presbyterie nor no power of government in them or if government that extended beyond their ministerial charge for Word and Sacraments there being so many Controversies in this point and being new to most men it is no marvaile though young men who are conscientious and love to search into things that they may understand that which may beare up their consciences have doubts arising which for the present they know not how to satisfie themselves in Now shall these who are every way otherwise fitted for the Ministery be denyed the preaching of the Gospel in such remote dark places of the Kingdome though they agree in all other things with their brethren meerly because they cannot satisfie themselves in this scruple of conscience God forbid I doe not here stand to plead fot a liberty for every man to step up into the Pulpit that will it is fit men should be examined and approved of and so sent to this work but that I plead for is that men subjecting themselves to what examination you please and having full testimony for learning and godlinesse may not be not laid aside from preaching meerly because they have not that Ordination that is now appointed for such as shall enjoy Livings and Ecclesiasticall preferment in the Kingdome Yea farther I humbly desire to present this to your Honours that when men come to be examined for places the judgement of such who are willing to conceale them that they might not make disturbance may not be drawn forth by having questions put to them What they think of that Presbyterial Government that is now set up and if they yet are not satisfied in their consciences about it then to be dismissed I am not now disputing about what you have determined God and your Lordships have called me to another place where I have spoke my conscience about it But this is all I say here Is not this way of Government presented to your Lordships only that it may be is it established by you as that which ought to be Jure Divino are you then so certain of this or that way of Ordination appointed that you can take it upon your consciences it is of such necessity that it is fitter millions of souls should never come to know Jesus Christ then this way of Ordination Government should not be observed and submitted to If Congregations should make their moanes to God Oh Lord we here sit in darknes and the shadow of death we have none sent to us to shew us thy wayes to reveale Jesus Christ to break the bread of life to us such able and godly men are willing to come amongst us out of pitty to our souls but there are questions about Ordination and Presbyteries that men who are in power do so much stand upon and stick to which ye● are very controversall among godly and learned men and many of themselves have but of late looked into that because they are scrupled we must still continue in our darknesse these men who would bring us the light of the Gospel must not come amongst us would not such a moane as this made to Christ from poore soules who are ready to receive the Gospel break your hearts I am perswaded it would I have no more to say but to expresse my desires to heaven that God would crown the enjoyment of your Honours your power your estates here with his grace and your soules and bodies with glory before his Saints and blessed Angels in the day of Jesus Christ FINIS