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A92321	England's restitution or The man, the man of men, the states-man. delivered in several sermons in the parish church of Waltham Abbey in the county of Essex. / By Thomas Reeve D.D. preacher of Gods word there.	Reeve, Thomas, 1594-1672.	1661 (1661)	Wing R689; Thomason E1056_1; ESTC R208033	132,074	175

he should fight a good fight 1 Tim. i. 18. and a prophecy that forbad him to Preach with Saint Paul the Gospel in Asia Acts xvi so by the laying on of the hands of Prophets he might at first be called to the Ministery so Primasius Oecumenius upon the place say expressly and say not onely that he was called to the Ministery by the Prophets but that he himself was a Prophet For the thing it self Theod●ret in Tim. ● ● is clear that Timothy received that order by Divine Revelation and Saint Chrysostome Hom. 5. in 1 Tim. c. 1. saith that as the Holy Ghost said Separate me Paul and Barnabas so was Timothy chosen yea he saith it was a common custome or ra●her a general Blessing that in the infancy of the Church the Prophets named what Ministers should be chose● Tunc quia ni●il fi●bat humanum Sacerdotes ex Prophetia veni●bant Quid ●st ●x Proph●…ia ex Spiritu Sancto And Eusebius l. 3. c. 23. s●i●h ba●…a● n● John at Ephesus and thereabout made many Ministers so somewhere supplying the Clergy with such as the ●pi●it m●…d ●…drawing lots for such as the Spirit signified Seeing 〈◊〉 so many Expositions are given of this intricate Place and that by ●he 〈◊〉 learned which ever wrote Presbytery which in these days is asserted can scarce finde in Scripture a root from whence it should branch No as the lay Presbyter from 1 Tim. v. 17. may say I was never here grafted so the Spiritual Presbyter from the 1. Tim. iiii 14. may say I was never here planted yea they may be fellow-Mourners and sob together saying We that would have all things attested by Scripture have not a clear Scripture either for the one's Binding of hands or for the other's laying on of hands for these onely places are nonely places neither pregnant nor perspicuous But to leave the Lay Presbyter as one saluted by the way and to talk a little more freely to the Spiritual Presbyter as the person to whom this conference is intended Can Presbytery of it self create a Ministery Scripture doth not affirm it will Antiquity avouch it I doubt not or without doubt it will nor Epiphanius saith that Aerius the Arian was the first which gave Presbyters power to ordain Ministers but saith he this cannot be for the order of Bishops doth beget Fathers to the Church but Presbyters do but onely beget Chidren by the laver of regeneration and not Fathers or Doctours Episcoporum enim ordo Patres generat Ecclesiae Presbyterorum vero non potens generare patres per lava●cri regenerationem generat filios Ecclesiae non tamen Patres aut Doctores Et quomodo pos●ibile erat Presbyterum constituere non habentem manuum impositionem aequalem Episcopo Epiphan Haer. 75. how is it then possible that a Presbyter which hath not the power of imposition of hands should be equal to a Bishop Oecumenius in c. 5.1 ad Tim. saith that where Saint Paul commandeth Timothy to lay hands rashly on no man he treateth of imposing hands because he wrote to a Bishop as if it were peculiar to him Saint Chrysostome saith that onely in laying on hands Bishops go beyond Presbyters and have that onely thingmore then the Presbyter Chrysostom Hom. in c. v. 1. ad Tim. Saint Jerome saith the self same in his Epistle to Evagrius The Councel of Antioch saith that the Bishop shall have power within his own Diocess to ordain Presbyters and Deacons C. Antioch can 2. The Councel of Nice saith the Ministers of the Paulianists must receive imposition of hands from the Bishop of the Catholick Church C. Nicen. c. 19. And is there not reason for this when Bishops are the direct Successours of Apostles for if Christ said that I will be with you to the end of the World Matthew xxviii 20. the Apostles being dead where is Christ's perpetual Providence if there be not a perpetual succession the Ministery in General cannot prove this for the Apostle's were superiour to the seventy Disciples so there must be some to represent the Apostles which must be superiour to other Ministers and that the Bishops are those persons it may appear because they have often the honourable title of Apostles James the Bishop of Jerusalem who was not James the son of Zebedee for he was one of the twelve Apostles but James the Just who is usually called the brother of the Lord being no immediate Apostle but a Bishop Com. in Es for his very office sake is called an Apostle 1 Gal. xix and by Saint Jerome called the thirteenth Apostle Theodor. in 1 Tim. 3.1 Theodoret doth call Timothy the Bishop of Ephesus an Apostle Ruffin de adult lib. Orig. Clemens is said by Ruffin to be almost an Apostle and by Clemens Alexandrinus he is expressly called Clement the Apostle Ignatius by Saint Chrys encom Ignat. is stiled both Bishop and Apostle Rab. Ms in Tim 4. Rabanus Maurus saith that Bishops ruled whole Provinces being call Apostles Theodor. in 1 Tim. 3. And Theodoret saith that those which they now call Bishops they did formerly name Apostles I know it is Objected that the Apostolical Order being extroardinary it is not perpetual but that is not so for the calling of Aaron was extraordinary at first yet it was perpetuated in the succession so likewise the calling of the Apostles for though it be not perpetual in respect of that which was extraordinary as the gift of tongues healing and discerning of Spirits yet it is in respect of the ordinary offices else I cannot see how any Minister could at this day Preach or administer the Sacraments For as inferiour Ministers do derive from the Apostles the use of Preaching and Sacraments so do Bishops both these and Jurisdiction and the power of Discipline But it will be said that a Presbyter and a Bishop in Scripture is all one and so a Presbyter hath as much power in the Church both for ordaining and exteriour regiment as the best Bishop parcius istis Credat Judaeus Apella If it were so I am but a Presbyter and no Bishop and would faine be at work next to the creating of a race of Penitents I would be creating a race of Preachers and next to wrastling with Principalities and Powers would be delivering up men to Sathan I do not know but my heart might be as Ambitious and my hands as Pragmatical and my tongue as Devouring as any others but I read that we must not stretch our selves beyond our line nor be many Masters lest we receive the greater condemnation James iii. 1. The Lord will be sanctified in them that come near Him Levit. x. 3. No man must take this Office upon him but he that was called as Aaron was Heb. v. 4. I finde no calling for these things therefore I have no comfort in them nor courage towards them Pride is odious in a Lay-man it is execrable in a Clergy-man all men must

a time to rend and a time to sew a time to keep silence and a time to speak a time for war and a time for peace Eccles 3. The shaking fits of an ague do not alwayes continue fiery Comets have but their blazing seasons will God be angry for ever no this is mans unappeasable and implacable disposition but as for God it is said for a litle while have I forsaken thee but with great compassion will I gather thee for a moment in my anger I have hid my face from thee for a little season but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon thee Esai 5.4.7,8 God doth oftentimes Lighten darknesse Psal 18.28 Close up breaches Amos 9.11 Give beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness Ps 61.3 How many of these Shipwrackt creatures do we see come swimming to the shore how many of these prisoners do we behold at last shaking off their fetters As there is the arrow of Gods punishment so there is the Arrow of Gods deliverance 2 Kings 13.17 He doth give rest from the dayes of adversity Psal 94.13 break the yoak of the burthen the staffe of the shoulder and the rod of the oppressour Esai 9.4 Qui nil potest sperare desperet nihil Seneca He which can hope for nothing let him despaire of nothing As far as things have gone on in an adverse improsperous way against us yet God can turn all things again backwards captivity may return like the rivers in the south 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Euripid. A Rhodian being cast into a Dungeon and fed after the manner of a beast and his hand cut off and his face wounded his friends wished him to furnish himself to death no saith he Cuncta homini quoad vivit speranda sunt Eras l. 8. Apoph Sueton. All things to man so long as he liveth are to be hoped for When Nero had lost all his jewels in the Sea Oh! saith he this losse may be repaired for the fishes may bring them again so whatsoever pretious things we are deprived of for a while Gods providence may in time restore them They which have endured the saddest casualties may have a return of the sweetest comforts Here was a land infested with the rigorous Government of many Princes yet may not these out-rages cease yes For the transgression of a land many are the Princes thereof But. Applicat First this serves to shew that God is a pardoning God he may be a punishing God but his punishments are but a blow and away he is the slowest to chastise and the readiest to be reconciled his soft bowels are not long without compassion our eyes do no sooner weep but his heart doth bleed we may be for a while without help but never without hope the most destitute hath a dependence Erit egeno spes The poor hath his hope Iob 5.16 The flesh of the righteous may be chastised bus he keepeth all his bones Psal 34.20 he may wax strong again after all his disciplining Gods corrections are moderate and momentary Behold I have fined thee but not as silver is sined Esai 48.10 wicked people shall not trouble them any more as before time 2 Sam. 7.10 I will not contend for ever neither will I be wroth alwayes for the spirit would saile before me Esai 57.16 Ambr. de ob Theod. Id. in Matt. Greg. in pastor Aug. ep 54. ad Maced Theodosius did count it for a favour when he was desired to forgive so doth God when he is intreated to pardon yea uberior gratia quam precatio Gods pity doth exceed our prayers Deus ante oculos slenda peccata non opponit God doth not put before our eyes those sins which we have watered with teares if we have bewailed the guilt of them he will take away the correction of them contrition is the medicine for correction God punisheth his own but it is misericordia puniens a merciful punishing such a punishment as is ready to turn into mercy after blows come embraces after chastisements come comforts They which sow in tears shall reape in joy and bring their sheaves with them Psal 26.6 The rage of States do not alwayes last the banished may wear a Crown again usurpation hath but a time to domineer The many Princes here blustered for a season But For the transgression of a Land many are the Princes thereof But. 2. Secondly This serves to shew that a suffering people are not a scandalous people the world would make them the reproach of the earth Oh! we have had the upperhand of you humbled you to purpose made you to fear our brows and wear our chaines we have had your bodies in our dungeons and your necks on our gibbets Have ye so the more shame to your fury and the greater infamy to your cruelty But when ve have done your worst what then what then God hath judged between you and us the righteous case is on our side ye are blind that do not see your selves fighting against an host of Saints ye are deaf that do not hear God from his Throne pronouncing justice on our side heaven doth approve of our reformation the spirit hath written down your errours in letters of bloud God with us is our Motto for we have Gods Commission to purge the Church we have Gods sword in our hand to hew down such Malignants as you are open your eyes and see the iniquity of your case for ye have Gods searing iron upon your foreheads ye are signally branded no never a whit the more for a few hasty censures for all which endure divine wrath are not hated of heaven Aug. l. 1. de Civ Dei c. 8. uva tam bene ut amurca in torculari premitur The sweet grape aswell as the sowre grape is stamped in the winepresse The truest Church hath the houre of temptation Rev. 3.10 Men may suffer for righteousnesse sake 1 Pet. 3.14 the faithful have carried the markes of the Lord Iesus in their bodies Gal. 6.17 for thee we are slain all the day long Rom. 8.36 why may not the children be subject to such sudden accidents when the Mother hath been exposed to this sad fate For the woman clothed with the Sun which had the Moon under her feet and a Crown of twelve Stars upon her head may be driven by the great red Dragon into the wildernesse Rev. 2.6 Aug. in Psal 93. Mali damnantur ut alieni boni flagellantur ut filii Cyp. ser 4. de immortal The wicked are damned as strangers the good are scourged as children Area fruges terit The floor doth dash out the best Corn were the Iewes accursed because they endured seventy years captivity were the Babylonians the better Saints were the Martyrs in the primitive Church wretches because they were beheaded and burnt and boiled to death in Cauldrons Had the Gentiles the purer religion were the Orthodoxe Christians