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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60515	The foundation of preaching asserted In opposition to a counterfeit sermon pretended to be preached before the people called Quakers, in the park, Southwark, 27th of 9th 1687. That all those that feign themselves ministers of the Gospel dispensation, may see that all preaching without the Holy Spirit, and a real call by the grace of God, working in their hearts, and immediately leading them thereto; is nothing but the meer notion of their own brains, and not for the advancement of pure religion. By R. S.	R. S.	1687 (1687)	Wing S4150; ESTC R218090	4,814	14

THE FOUNDATION OF True Preaching Asserted In Opposition to a Counterfeit Sermon pretended to be Preached before the People called Quakers in the Park Southwark 27th of 9th 1687. That all those that feign themselves Ministers of the Gospel Dispensation may see that all Preaching without the Holy Spirit and a Real Call by the Grace of God working in their Hearts and immediately leading them thereto is nothing but the meer Notion of their own Brains and not for the Advancement of Pure Religion By R. S. If any Man Speak let him Speak as the Oracles of God If any Man Minister let him do it as of the Ability which God giveth That God in all things may be Glorified through Jesus Christ To whom be Praise and Dominion forever and ever Amen 1 Pet. 4.11 LONDON Printed by Andrew Sowle in the Year 1687. To the READER I Hope that no Person will believe that that Counterfeit Sermon was Preached by any Person that was call'd a QUAKER but will think that it was a meer Fiction as it really was And the Author in my hearing Confessed It was a little Trick or a Nack to get Money And therefore in Answering which I shall not insist on any Particular in his Sermon but to shew the Emptiness and Vanity of all such Preachers and Sermons that are not as the Oracles of God and from the Ability that God giveth which is a sufficient Reprove to this and all that Preach without a real Call. R. S. THE FOUNDATION OF True Preaching Asserted c. THE Holy Scriptures and the Histories of the Primitive Times do abundantly Demonstrate and set forth by what Means and Methods the Gospel of Christ which is the Power of God to Salvation made its own way into the World and how the Preachers thereof were Qualified and Unassisted by any Secular Power or Interest Triumphed over all Opposition that was made against it and at the appearance of which the Religion of the Gentiles that was the standing Religion of the Roman Empire many Years together flunk away into Obscurity and the Darkness of Pagan Idolatry and Superstition fled away and as the Light of the Gospel prevailed the clearer it discovered the Folly and Impiety of their Worship their Solemn Rites appeared more Trifling their Sacrifices more Barbarous and Inhumane their Oracles became Mute and Silent and the very Priest Ashamed That it was not by Humane Learning School Divinity or the Notions of Plato and Aristotle but by the alone Power and Wisdom of God And the Preachers of the Gospel being Divinely Inspired by the Holy Ghost called of God as was Aaron Qualified by his Grace in their Hearts as will appear hereafter God who in former Times communicated the Law to the Children of Israel by the Ministry of Moses in the Wilderness from Mount Sinai after a long Succession of many Ages for the great Blessing of the Promised Seed thought meet in his own appointed time to put an end thereto and to perform the Mercies Promised to the Fathers and accordingly in or about the Year of the World Four Thousand and the declining part of the Reign of Augustus the Empire enjoying a Universal Peace God sent his dear Son as an Ambassador from Heaven to Reconcile the World and having fulfilled the Law and the Righteousness thereof for which he was sent to put a Period and to enlarge the Bounds of Salvation to admit both Jews and Gentiles to the terms of the Gospel and being the Mediator between God and Man he Preached the Gospel of Repentance and the Remission of Sins to all them that obey his heavenly Message And having approved himself and the excellency of his Doctrine by many great and wonderful Signs Miracles he gave Commission to his Disciples and his Power and Presence for their Assistance in his saying Math. 28. All Power in Heaven and Earth is given unto me go ye therefore and Teach all Nations Baptizing them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in No-men into the Name of Father Son and Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have Commanded you and lo I am with you always unto the end of the World Amen In which there is two things to be considred first his Command Go ye Teach Baptizing all Nations into the Name that is into the Power and Vertue but some may say That the Work to Baptize is Christs and not Mans to wipt off that I answer to Baptize with the Spirit though not wrought without Christ and his Grace is many times instrumentally done by Men fitted of God for that purpose and therefore no Absurdity follows that to Baptize with the Spirit should be expressed as the action of the Apostle for though it be Christ by his Grace that gives Spiritual Gifts yet the Apostle tells of his imparting to them some Spiritual Gifts Rom. 1.11 And the Corinthians That he had begotten them through the Gospel 1 Cor. 4.15 And yet to beget People to the Faith is the Work of Christ not of Men to Convert the Heart is properly the Work of Christ and yet the Spirit oft-times ascribes it to Men as being the Instruments and the Apostle was sent to turn Men from Darkness to Light from Satans Power to God though that be not done without Christ Cooperating by his Grace and in like manner may Baptizing with the Spirit be expressed as performable by Man as the Instrument though the Work of Christs Grace be needful as the principal Cause so that it is no absurdity to say That the Apostles did administer the Baptism of the Spirit Secondly his Promise And lo I am with you to the end of the World which is a lively Demonstration that the Church and People of Christ shall never want his Presence by his Spirit to Instruct and Assist them whether to Preach or to Pray he will be with them and he tells his Disciples As my Father sent me so send I you here we may see the Apostles had an immediate Call to the Ministry to Preach the Gospel yet they were to wait for the Holy Ghost to be poured on them as a further Commission and in pursuance of his Command they met at Jerusalem to receive Power from on high and being met they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with new Tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance By this Commission the Apostle Peter and the other Apostles being filled with the Holy Ghost as the best Qualification Preached to both Jews and Gentiles and afterwards the Apostle Peter visiting by his Epistle the scattered Disciples saith As every man hath received the Gift even so Minister the same one to another as good Stewards of the manifold Grace of God If any man Speak let him Speak as the Oracles of God If any man Minister let him do it as of the Ability which God giveth that God in all things may be Glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be Praise and Dominion forever and