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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16895	The preachers charge, and peoples duty about preaching and hearing of the Word : opened in a sermon, being the first fruits of a publike exercise, begun in the parish church of Lownd, for the benefit of the island of Louingland in Suffolke / by Iohn Brinsley ...	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1631 (1631)	STC 3790.5; ESTC S1527	26,069	42

not only seruent in the spirit but also hee spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord. Ministers in the dispensation of the Gospell are Gods seeds-men to sowe the seed of eternall life in the hearts of his chosen Now it is the seeds-mans charge giuen by the Preacher In the morning sowe thy seed and in the euening let not thine hand rest The Preaching of the Word must be a Ministers worke his daily worke not his recreation a continuall worke We are Gods Husbandmen his people are his tillage as Saint Paul maketh the comparison Now it is the Husbandmans portion redit labor actus in orbem his worke goeth round in a circle it is neuer at an end Spring Summer Autume Winter no vacation in any They that put their hands to Gods Plough must put on an indefatigable resolution to follow the worke with diligence It is the reason which the Apostles giue why they would haue Deacons chosen to take care of their poore because say they We will giue our selues continually to prayer and to Preaching of the Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Insta●imus saith the vulgar Latine wee will be instant in it attend vnto it Thus must wee whom God hath honoured so farre as to make vs dispensers of his sacred mysteries we must 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 attend vpon the worke stand to it be instant in it first with Earnestnesse secondly with Diligence This in generall more particularly Be instant in season out of season 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I will bee briefe in both In season the word may be vnderstood two wayes 1. It may be taken for the ordinary set time appoynted and set apart for this exercise The ordinary time set apart by God himselfe for this duty is the Sabbath day the Lords day And then to Preach the Word is to Preach it in season The Sabbath was and the Lords day is a signe of sanctification vnto the people of God neuer are the meanes of sanctification so properly in season as then This season did our Sauiour and his Apostles vsually obserue Before his resurrection they went into the Synagogues and taught vpon the Sabbath dayes After his resurrection they met together euery first day of the weeke vpon the Lords day as at the day of Pentecost and at other times And this season the Ministers of the Gospell are to obserue after a speciall manner In this there is a difference betwixt the word of God and that Mannah which came downe from heauen in the wildernesse that fell vpon euery day of the weeke except the Sabbath this spirituall Mannah neuer falleth so seasonably as then 2. In season that is at such times and seasons when the Word may be most acceptable most profitable vnto the hearers There are certaine seasons when the Word is likely to finde better acceptance and entertainment to take place rather than at other times as viz. when men are humbled vnder the hand of God when the heart is broken vnder some great affliction or other whether present or feared that is a season when the Word is like to finde easier passage and to make a deeper impression So againe when the heart is warmed and melted with the fresh apprehension of some new mercy that is a season when the Word is likely to finde a wide and effectuall doore opened to it to let it into the soule So againe there are certaine seasons when some particular doctrin is more seasonable than others As to minister comfort and consolation to an afflicted deiected soule when the heart is pricked wounded when the spirit is broken vnder the apprehension of sinne and Gods wrath due to it then to preach comfort is like the powring in balsome into a bleeding wound or like a showre of raine falling vpon the new mowne grasse it is a word in season Now Ministers should obserue and watch and apply themselues to these seasons We know what commendation the Wiseman giueth of words thus spoken in season How good is a word in due season And againe A word spoken fitly Super rotissuis saith the originall spoken vpon his wheeles that is with a due concurrance and obseruation of all circumstances of time place person and the like which are as the wheeles vpon which our words and speeches should runne is like apples of gold with pictures of siluer both delectable profitable Herin should the wisdome of the Ministers of the Word be exercised in taking hold of these opportunities to improue them for the best aduantage that they may minister a word in due season They must be instant in season and a. Out of season What is the Word euer out of season that which seasoneth all other things is that euer vnseasonable Ans. In it selfe in truth it is not but in the opinion of men in the eye of carnall reason in the iudgement of flesh and blood it seemeth sometimes to be out of season Out of season three wayes in three respects 1. In respect of the speaker 2. In respect of the hearer 3. In respect of both First in respect of the Speaker the Minister himselfe the Preaching of the Word seemeth to bee out of season when his ease his pleasures his profits his worldly imployments some vnnecessary auocations or other draw him another way When there is no constraint no necessity of Preaching the Law of the Land requires it not neither is there any benefit but perhaps danger likely to accrew to himselfe by Preaching as in times of persecution then it may seeme to him to bee out of season In respect of the Hearers when their Farmes their Oxen their particular calling domesticall imployments perhaps sports pastimes recreations draw them another way When they cannot repayre to the hearing of the Word without some paines without some hardship in respect of the season the weather as it falleth out this morning or otherwise then the Preaching and hearing of the Word seemeth to them to be out of season Thirdly to both Speaker and Hearers it may seeme out of season When it is preached not onely at the set ordinary times vpon the Sabbath the Lords day but also at other times vpon other occasions vpon the weeke day then flesh and blood will be ready to think it as a showre of raine in the midst of Haruest out of season Now at these times which to carnall reason may seeme vnseasonable must the Ministers of the Gospell stand vp to the worke of their ministery take all occasions all oportunities and aduantages of Preaching publikely of instructing priuately Thus did our Sauiour and his Apostles they went about Preaching as they went into the Synagogues on the Sabbath dayes so they tooke all other occasions on the weeke day to instruct the people publikely beside their teaching from house to house And here is our warrant for this religious exercise