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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

Arrowes that they may not be once more levelled at our breasts we deserve new Judgements yea the most confounding and State-shivering plagues What will we out-trespass our first crimes out sinne the Many Princes Wretches that we are that neither Gods holy Lawes nor the Kings most pious Proclamation our Religion or our loyaltie the sense of our former miseries or the apprehension of such a memorable deliverance the honour of the Church or the preservation of the Nation the derision of Adversaries or the fear of hell can draw us to a more rectified behaviour but we talk as if we had Baltasars tongue in our heads and look as if we had Sodoms cheeks in our faces and live as if we had Pharaohs heart in our bosomes there is a Riot upon a Mercie and a rage in sinne men only take the oath of Allegiance but care neither for the honour nor safetie of the King keep Chappel but regard neither God nor his Ordinances consent to the thirty nine Articles but live as if they had not a Principle of Religion in them talk of Orthodox Ministers but are most Heterodox Gospellers it is anguish to think of it shame to consider it astonishment to behold it Oh when will ye see your Impietie When will ye confesse it When will ye weep for it When will ye desire absolution from it When will ye wash away the stain of it I invite you this day to Repentance How many Hearers have I If ye be not deaf listen to the most necessary Doctrine Saint John Baptist prepared the way to Christ by it Saint Peter set up the Gospel with it it is the entrance into a Church and the joy of Angels the lustre of Faith and the preservation of Kingdomes the leaping out of hell and the writing our names into the book of Life What affiance have we in God what true Christianity have we without it we are but sinners of the Gentiles as it were yea it is well if the men of Niniveh do not rise up in judgement against us Our consciences are but the suburbs of hell without it for there is still the guilt of nature upon us and the Kingdom is but the shooting-mark of Vengeance being void of it for there is the Transgression of the Land What sinceritie is there in any of us if we be not Penitents No I am but an hypocritical Teacher if I do not crucifie my known corruptions and ye are but counterfeit Hearers if ye do not purge your consciences from dead workes Oh therefore I beseech you all by the curse of Nature and dread of Judgement by the shame of sinne and the fame of Conversion by the state of Adoption and peace of conscience by the efficacy of Faith and the evidence of a supernatural life by the Union with Christ and the communion of the Spirit by your living preparation and your dying confidence by the quickning of your own soules and the saving many a soul from death by the blessing of your own Families and the preserving a whole Kingdom that ye hate sinne and sorrow to Repentance that ye have a broken spirit and circumcise your hearts that ye take unto you words and take away all grievances that ye pronounce a vow and obey from the heart that ye hear the Voyce behind you and stretch out your selves to that which is before you that ye leave not an hoof behind you in Aegypt nor suffer a spot to remain in the flesh that ye instantly and intensively and unfeignedly and perfectly kill all your corruptions and clear all your convictions so may ye not only burie all the curses in your bosome but interre all the miseries of the Kingdom that as the transgression of the Land brought in Many Princes so the Repentance of the Land may for ever keep them out I never found my heart so awakened to the work as now and would to God that being rowsed my self out of slumber that I could raise you out of your dead sleep The Lord knoweth who are his would to God that this were the day of his finding them up and acknowledging them for then what glad hearts and a joyfull Kingdom might ye make the men living and the children unborn might bless you Oh therefore hear God the King the ruined Families and the repaired State call upon you to put an end to the transgression of the Land An high blessing is entered into the Land welcome it dedicate it with repentance ye sinned before and ye see what were the effects of your sinnes sinne no more and ye may see and foresee what will be the fruit and vertue of your repentance Remember that the rod is taken off your backes the rasour removed from your heads the vials of wrath set by the threshng instruments of iron layd aside your many Princes are gone and are ye to be as miserable a people as ever no your dayes of sorrow are past your bitter griefes are ended if ye want not repentance ye will want no welfare ye are like to be the happiest people in the world Tempora phoebea lauro cingentur Ovid. 4 de Trist Eleg. 2. We are entring upon Triumphs Hunc laetum Tryiisque diem Trojaque profectis Virg. 1 Aennad A day of generall joy to all farre and neere is dawned For God hath cast out the many Princes and brought in a lawfull King And what can such a King do more then the many Princes alas they had brought the state even almost unto an end but a King and such a King shall cause the State to be prolonged We that were stung with many fiery serpents have now our wounds healed up we that wandered many years through the wilderness are now come to the banks of Canaan we that have outlived the judgement of many Princes are now come co have the blessing of one Man oh looke upon the Man and looke up to God which by his omnipotent hand hath brought in such a Man Virgil 4 Aenead ipse ante alios pulcherrimus omnes He is the aimable Ruler Hor. 1. ca. Od. 12. nil majus generatur ipso The earth can scarce be conceived to have brought forth a more eminent Prince Doubtlesse heaven had much in his bringing forth and bringing in None but such a Father could have begot such a Son none but such a God could have created such a Prince he hath much of the spirit of God in his affections and much of the providence of God in his Settlement Surely it was God that brought in such a N●hemiah to repair the broken walles of Jerusalem such a Moses for the deliverance of all the Israelites We were for many yeares as bondmen but now saith the Lord will I bring back the captivity of Jacob and have compassion upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for my holy name Ezek. 39.25 Released captives where are your Hymns yea where are your shouts what do ye come dumb out