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A88844 Lay-preaching vnmasked. Or, A discourse tending to shew the unlawfulnesse of laymens preaching in publique or private. being a refutation of some arguments brought for the justification of the lawfulnesse and uniuersall exercise of every mans gift publique and private: by a well-willer to reformation. Well-willer to reformation. 1644 (1644) Wing L750; Thomason E37_14; ESTC R11551 26,948 30

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benefit of the Church so it is taken in 1 Cor. 14 now although these men here of Corinth did according to their gifts given them Wee doe not read in all these two Epistles to the Corinthians that there were any setled Pastors and therefore these mens prophesying in the publike meerings was without all doubt extraordinary exercise publikely yet they did not doe it as publike Church Officers but as men private not in what they did but as they were for there were now as is thought no publike Church Officers and the Apostles with their fellow Labourers did continually visit them both by personall presence and Epistles 4. For sounding forth Gods praises by musicall instruments as Harps Pipes c. so it is taken in 1 Sam. 10.5 1 Chron. 25.3 5. For professing and celebrating God so all Gods people doe prophesie and are likewise Prophets Gen. 20.7 Matth. 10.32 Now in what sence you take this speech in the 2. Acts 18. is presently proved for you take it to be meant of a Spirit of prophesie to consist not only to interpret Scriptures privately but publikely too and it so appeares because you bring this Text to prove a promise made to some nay to all Gods people to enable them publikely to dispence the heavenly Misteries of Salvation but now what reason can you bring to prove this Text is to be so expounded I see not if you can produce none but your own fancy then you will give me leave to dissent from you for this reason you know the Scriptures call Gods people Prophets as before was instanced and if they are Prophets then they have a propheticall office which consists according to your description in publike Preaching of the Word of God as well as professing it only you are deficient in your proving it unlesse your bare affirmations bee proofes but Sir one word with you let me tell you as a friend you have done wonderfull wrong to the sacred Scriptures thus to abuse them by such wretched and extorted Expositions the true meaning of the place is this as if Saint Peter had said or the Lord by Saint Peter I will poure out my Spirit in those dayes and on your Sons Daughtors I will poure out my Spirit and they shall prophesie That is * So Vrsinus expounds the place Professe my Name Truth walk according to those dictates of my Spirit celebrating and praising me so that it appeares that this your mistake issuer from an universall Exposition of a Word which you see admits of divers acceptations Prophesie is the onely beame that hides the truth from approaching your judgement it is true that all Preaching is Prophesying but all Prophesie is not Preaching and I wonder a man should be so miserably mistaken as to expose himselfe to the publike censures of learned Divines who cry out in their Pulpits against such impertinent allegations certainly if wee had but the Presbyteriall discipline established in the Church (o) O Lord who can patiently heare this horrible disorder ascribed to the Apostles Church which here you attribute unto it that every one hand overhead Preached Baptized and expounded the Scriptures what a window nay what a gate is here opened to Anabaptists to confirme their fantasticall opinion wherein they hold that every man whom the Spirit moves may come even from the Plough-taile to to the Pulpit to Preach the Word of God Cart. 1. Rep. to Whitg pag. 38. you would goe neare to come under the sconrge of Ecclesiasticall censure for broaching such detestable opinions although you never practised them because herein you open wide the mouthes of the Anabaptists and in the meane time if you repent not of this your sinne you shall certainly answer to that God before whom there is no respect of persons in the dispensations of his justice and chastisements and if a Spirit of Prophecy be admitted in your sence then it will follow that all Gods people must bee publike Preachers for what other sence or interpretation can the words admit or your allegations from this Text for the holy Chost saith they shall Prophesie and you say this Prophesie is publike Preaching which is a pretty exposition and serves excellent well to trouble the Church As for that you say that some object and say that this promise was made good in the Apostles times are you able to disprove them that so say or doe you know what you doe in taking upon to answer such an objection All that you can say is If in the Apostles times they were called the last times much more now all this is true in it self but it behooved you to shew that the last times there mentioned are our last times in which we live for it is not to be denied but the Apostles times were the last times and the last times are also our times and therefore the Apostles as Peter and Paul when they speake of the last times do give us evident light that when such or such things come to passe that then we may assure our selves that those last times are the last times they meane and so when the Apostle saith in the last dayes or towards them shall come perillous times wherein men shall be lovers of themselves covetous proud boastors cursed speakers c. and this signe saith Mr. Perkins hath beene in formerages and is no doubt at this day in the world So you see that some times are sayd to bee the last times not because they are so in themselves but with reference to certaine speciall things which then happen now the last times here in Joels prophesie and in Saint Peters allegatition is as (p) That the Jewes might know the Church could not be repaired which was now almost ruined but ●y the Mess●●s that is the sence ●f Calvin on 〈◊〉 second of Acts. Calvin excellently notes spoken in reference to the going out of the Jewish Church for so his words import which was some foure or five hundred yeares after Joels prophesie and therefore they that sayd this Prophesie was fulfilled in the Apostles time say more then you shall ever bee able to disprove yet you must take some limitation this promise was not so universally fulfilled in the Apostles time (q) It comprehends a larger knowledge of him which was to bee given to the faithfull in the Kingdome of Christ Cal. inst pag. 706. as that the people of God in after ages reape no benefit from it but the speciall thing in Iocls Prophesie as visions reiling things to come was fulfilled in the Apostles time as appeares by Saint Peters allegation and therefore Protestant Divines doe affirme against the Jesuites that this promise was fulfilled in the Apostles daies so saith (r) In his Synop Pap. St. Peter thewed how these prophesies were fulfilled when the holy Ghost was sent like fiery cloven tongues and he citeth the very words of Joel to confirme the same Saying Dr. Williams true Church pag. 547. Dr. Willet