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A12350	A fruitfull sermon vpon part of the 5. chapter of the first epistle of Saint Paule to the Thessalonians. By Henry Smith, which sermon being taken by characterie, is now published for the benefite of the faithfull	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 22665; ESTC S113466	14,732	47

kindle it The thirde Admonition teacheth howe to make fruite of the second Try the doctrines of them which prophecie thou shalt not beleeue errour for trueth but holde the best The fourth Admonition is the summe of all and it commeth last because it is longest in learning that is Abstaine from all apparance of euill This is the summe of al for he which can abstaine not onely from euill but from the apparance of euill is so perfect a man as can bee found in this sinfull life Place all these together and it is as if Paule should say Quench not the Spirite by despising of Prophecying neither despise Prophecying because all doe not Prophecie alike but rather when you heare some preach one way and some an other when you see some follow him and others followe him doe you trye the doctrines by the Scripturs as the men of Beroea did and choose that which is best and soundest and truest hauing alwaies such an eye to the Trueth that you abstaine from all apparance of errour so iealous the Holy Ghost would haue vs of our faith that wee set no Article vpon our Religion but that which is an vndoubted truth as Moyses did nothing in the Tabernacle but that which was shewed in the patterne set downe before him The occasion of these Lessons seemes to come of this that there were some among the Thessalonians as there bee among vs which did forsake all Religion because the Preachers did not agree or because the liues of Professors gaue some offence therefore Paule sheweth that there is no cause why they shoulde mislike the Word for the Preacher or why they shoulde despise Religion for the Professour because the Word the Religion is not theirs for they can no more bee polluted by them than God Then he concludeth that feeing it is necessarie that there shall be alwaies errours and heresies to trye vs we should also trye them and thereby bee prouoked so much the more from errour or heresie that we abstaine euen from the appearance thereof least wee fall into the sinne this is the scope of these wordes Despise not Prophecying This Admonition is as it were the keeper of the former for by prophecying the spirite is kindled and without prophecying the spirite is quenched and therefore after Quench not the spirite Paule sayth Despise not Prophecying shewing that as our sin dooth quench the spirite so Prophecying doth kindle it This you may see in the Disciples that went to Emaus of whome it is sayde when Christ preached vnto them out of the Lawe and Prophets their Spirite was so kindled with his prophecying that theier heartes waxed hot within them This you may see againe in Saules Messengers which were sent for Dauid when they came among the Prophets and hearde them prophecie their Spirite was so kindled that they coulde not choose but prophecie also in so much that when Saule came after himselfe and hearing the Prophets as they did the Spirite came vpon him likewise and hee prophecied too where-vpon it was said Is Saul also among the Prophets This is no maruell that the Spirite of man shoulde bee so kindled and reuiued and refreshed with the word for the word is called the foode of the soule take away the worde from the soule and it hath no foode to eate as if you should take foode from the bodie the bodie woulde pine And therefore Salomon saith without visions the people perrish that is without out Prophecying the people famish Therfore he which loueth his soule had not neede to despise Prophecying for if hee despise Prophecying then verily he famisheth his owne Soule and is guiltie of her death The Apostle might haue said Loue Prophecying or honour Prophecying But why dooth he forbid to despise Prophecying Why did Christ say The poore receiue the Gospell but to shewe that the rich did contemne it Why dooth Paule say I am not ashamed of the Gospell but to shewe that manie are ashamed of it Euen so he saith despise not Prophecying shewing that the greatest honour we giue to Prophets is not to despise them and the greatest loue which we carrie to the Worde is not to loath it If wee doe not despise the Preachers then we thinke that we honor them enough and if we doe not loath the Worde then we thinke that we loue it enough therefore the Apostle saith Despise not Prophecying for honour Prophecying Prophecying heere dooth signifie Preaching as it dooth in Rom 1 14. Will you knowe why Preaching is called Prophecying To adde more honour and renowne to the Preachers of the Word to make you receiue them like Prophets and then Christ saith you shall haue a Prophets rewarde that is not such a reward as you giue but such a rewarde as God giueth Lastly if you marke Paule sayth not Despise not Prophets but Prophecying signifying that from the contempt of the Prophets at last wee come to despise Prophecying too lyke the Iewes when they were offended with the Prophet charged him to prophecie no more Therfore as Christ warned his Disciples to heare the Scribes and Pharisies although they did not as they taught so Paule warneth the Thessalonians that if any Prophets among them do not as they teach and therefore seeme worthie to bee despised like the Scribes and Pharises yet that they take heede that they doe not despise Prophecying for the Prophets Because the Preachers are despised before the worde bee despised therefore we will speake first of their contempt Christ asked his Disciples what they thought of him So I woulde aske you what you thinke of Preachers Is he a contemptible person which bringeth the Embassage of God which hath the name of an Angell and all his wordes are Messengers of life is he a contemptible person Prophets are of such account with GOD that it is sayde God will doe nothing before hee reueale it vnto his Prophets so Prophets are as it were GODS Counsellers Againe Kinges Priestes and Prophets were figures of Christ all these three were annointed with Oyle to shewe that they had greater graces than the rest but specially the Prophets are called men of God to shewe that all which are of God will make much of Prophets for Gods sake therefore women are forbidden to take vppon them to prophecie least that noble calling shoulde become vile and despised by such vnskilfull handlers of it Therefore when the Prophet Elisha would send for Naaman the leaper to come vnto him these were his words Naaman shall knowe that there is a Prophet in Israell as though all the glorie of Israell were chiefely in this that they had Prophets and other had none Therfore when this Prophet was dead Ioash the King came vnto his corse and wept ouer his face and cryed O my Father my Father the Charet of Israell and horsemen of the same shewing that the Chariots and horses and Souldiours doe

¶ A FRVITFVLL SERMON Vpon part of the 5. Chapter of the first Epistle of Saint Paule to the Thessalonians By Henry Smith Which Sermon being taken by Characterie is now published for the benefite of the Faithfull AT LONDON Printed for the widdowe Broome 1591. 1 Thess 5 19 20. 21. 22. 19. Quench not the Spirite 20. Despise not Prophecying 21. Trie all things and keepe that which is good 22. Abstaine from all apparance of euill HAuing lately spoken of these wordes In all thinges giue thankes and quench not the Spirite Touching the first I shewed you that it is an easier thing to obtaine of God than to bee thankfull to him for moe haue gone away speeders than haue gone away thankers Then howe the wicked are beholding to God aswell as the iust and therefore it is saide that the sunne dooth shine vppon the iust and vniust Then howe Iaacob came not so bare to Laban when he brought nothing with him but his staffe in his hande as man commeth into this worlde without strenght or staffe to sustain him which made the Apostle to aske What haue you which you haue not receiued Therefore to teach man to bee thankefull vnto his Maker he was not made in Paradise the place of ioye and happinesse but being made out of Paradise hee was brought into Paradise to shew how all his ioy and happinesse came from God and not from Nature that hee might knowe where to bestowe hys thankes Therfore Dauid to perswad all men vnto thankfulnesse saith It is a good thing and pleasant to be thankfull If hee had saide no more but good all which loue goodnesse were bounde to be thankfull but when he saith not onely good but pleasant too all which loue pleasure are bounde to bee thankefull and therefore as Peters Mother in lawe so soone as Christ had healed her of a feuer rose vp immediatly to minister vnto him So we so soone as Christ hath doone any thing for vs shoulde rise vp immediatly to serue him As Annah when she had receiued a sonne from God did consecrate him to God againe so what soeuer we receiue of God we must giue it to God againe that is vse it to his glory and make it one of our meanes to serue him for all things which wee receiue in this life are giuen vnto vs least we should want any meanes to serue God Then because the Apostle requireth thankes for all thinges I shewed you that hee is not thankfull before God which thanks him only for his benefites but hee is thankefull in deede which thankes him for his chastisement It may bee while the Lord giueth many will say Blessed be the name of the Lord but when the Lord taketh away who will say blessed be the name of the Lorde There is one example thē of Paules doctrine which is in all things to giue thankes There is an other example of Paules doctrine which gaue thankes to GOD for his rodde for an obedient childe dooth not onely kisse the hand which giueth but the rod that beateth After speaking of these wordes Quench not the Spirite I shewed you that the Spirite doth signifie the gifts of the Spirite the Spirite in the third of Mathewe is likened to fire and therefore Paule saieth well Quench not the Spirite because fire may bee quenched Heere I tooke occasion to speake of zeale which is the fire of the Spirite shewing you that GOD is pleased with zeale as men are pleased with loue But as Christ did baptise with fire so Iohn did baptise with water And as the holie Ghost descended with fire so hee did descend with a winde that cooleth fire shewing that our zeale should bee a temperate zeale as our Masters was Esaiah was commaunded to crye but not to roare The Iewes might not gather too much Manna no more than they might gather too little as there is a measure in knowledge so there is a measure in zeale that is be zealous according to discretion as Paule saith Bee wise according to sobrietie The Disciples were commended for their zeale when they left all to followe Christ but Christ reprooued them for their zeale when they woulde pray for fire from heauen to consume the Samaritanes Therefore zeale and discreation vnited togeather are like the two Lyons which supported the throne of Salomon and hee which hath them both is like Moises for his mildnes and like Phineas for his feruencie therefore as wine is tempered with water so let discretion temper zeale But I neede not bring water to quenche that fire which is out already I would rather I could say of you you are too zealous as Paule tolde the Athenians they were too superstitious But our sicknesse is not a hot sicknesse but a colde sicknesse the hotte bodie is distempered but the colde bodie is dead Then I shewed you howe the Spirite is quenched as a man dooth quench his reason with ouer much wine and therefore wee saye when the wine is in the wit is out because before hee seemes to haue reason and nowe hee seemes to haue none So our zeale and our Faith and our loue are quenched with sinne Euerie vaine thought and euery idle worde and euerie wicked deede is like so many droppes to quench the Spirite of GOD. Some quench it with the businesse of this worlde some quench it with the lustes of the flesh Some quench it with the cares of the minde Some quench it with long delaies that is not plying the motion when it commeth but crossing the good thought with badde thoughtes and doing a thing when the Spirite saith doe it not as Acbab went to battaile after hee had consulted with the Prophet therefore Paule saith Grieue not the Spirite shewwing that the Spirite is often grieued before it be quenched and this is principaly to bee remembred that when a man beginnes to grieue and checke and persecute the Spirite lightly hee neuer ceaseth vntill hee hath quenched it that is vntill he seeme to haue no spirite at all but walketh like a lumpe of flesh After Quench not the Spirite followeth Despise not Prophecying In the ende of this Epistle Paule speaketh like a Father which is come to the ende of his life who because hee hath but a while to speake heapeth his lessons together which he would haue his sonnes remember when hee is gone so Paule as though he were set to giue good counsaile and had no leysure to speake that he woulde sendeth the Thessalonians a briefe of his minde which their meditation should after amplifie and expounde vnto them His first aduise is quench not the Spirite that is when a good motion commeth welcome it like a friende and crosse it not with thy lustes for lustes are enemies to the benefite of the Soule The second Admonition teacheth how the first should be kept Despise not prophecying and the Spirite will not quench because prophecying dooth