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A88650 The freedom of preaching or Spiritual gifts defended: proving that all men endowed with gifts and abilities may teach and preach the Word of God. By D. Lupton, servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospel. Lupton, Donald, d. 1676. 1652 (1652) Wing L3491; Thomason E1331_3; ESTC R209106 13,935 31

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Mark 9.38.39 of John that he told our Saviour that they saw one casting out Divels in his Name and because he did not follow them they forbad him But Jesus said forbid him not for he that is not against us is on our part Luk. 9.49 the Apostles did then as many would do now though they see that Gods work is done and that the power of the Devil is daily weakned yet because there are some gifted by Gods blessed Spirit who Preach down sin and follow not the Presbyterian Way they are presently offended at them and in all hast they do what they can to hinder and forbid them in that great work of preaching the Apostles might say when they saw him casting out Divels Why do you exercise this Aughority where is your power given you from Christ shew your Orders where did ever you receive such commission We are the onely true Preachers we are sent by our Master Jesus Christ 't is not fitting you should Preach or Practice such things except you had a Warrant or Calling from Christ and therefore we forbid you and so say our Presbyters too even to such men who are gifted with the Spirit Why take you upon you to Teach and Preach where were you ordained how came you into the holy Ministry what Classis or Synodal Convention authorized you What degrees in Schools or Vniversities have you taken and if not allowed by us who are the successors of the Apostles and can but not as yet have nor ever will be able to prove our Ordination Divine Why dare you not being in holy Orders undertake to Preach at all but what reply made our Saviour Forbid him not for he that is not against us is for us Luke 9.49 50. So it may be replied to our Apostolical conceited Rabbies who judge none Able or fit but themselves for the Ministry forbid not these men they do Christs work they are for Christ and overthrow the works of the Devil rather help such men forward but by no means forbid them Take heed you Quench not the Spirit in these men 1 Thes 5. though perhaps but tradesmen and the meanest too Despise not Prophesying not any and resist not the Holy Ghost Act. 7. Can you be justly angry that Christs Gospel is propagated What is it to you what Instruments God pleaseth to use or Imploy What if it please God to send these out to the Hedges Highwaies and Lanes whither your stateliness will not vouchsafe to go to call in the Halt the Lame and the Blinde to whom you will scorn to Preach or with whom you do disdain to converse if by this means Gods house be filled and so the Saints gathered up together have you any cause of Anger for their Compassion Pains and Charity And to shut up this Argument What reason have you to disable them whom God hath enabled or to debar them whom God hath set up or did the Gospel come onely from you or is it onely resideing in your Classes or are you angry that the Sun of Righteousness shines into these mens shops more then into your Pulpits or Studies or are you offended that the sweet dew of the Spirit of Grace is shed abroad and Communicated to poor Tradesmen as wel as to others He hath given gifts unto men Psal 68. not onely to your selves but to other men also since therefore all are allowed by Moses to Preach and none forbidden by Christ who do his work Cease any longer to cry up your selves for the onely men and let others have liberty to hold out Christ in his word as well as your selves Freely ye have received freely give How can these men give freely when you do all you can to stop their mouths beware this Envy mines you not There were four sins that cast our the Bishops the first was their Secular Offices and intermedling in State Affairs The second was their Pride of life and Ambition The third was their Covetousness The fourth was their suppressing Godly men and as much as in them lay the very Power of Godliness Look to it if these be your sins they will cast you down and out of Moses Chair ere long make not your Pulpits Chairs of State and your selves Councellors of State Fourthly It is a great sin for any man to hide his Talent Mat. 25.28 29. and a heavy punishment will they suffer that do not imploy Gods Gifts and Graces in the highest degree and measure and a great reward is promised by Christ to any and all such who are faithfull and carefull to do the Lords work We know how weak his excuse was that pleaded he was afraid to put out his Masters mony I was afraid and went and hid it here is thine own his fear of loosing it or having it stole or diminished made him hide it yet none of these nor all these were a satisfactory answer to his Master Thou oughest to put it out Mat. 25.27 You should not have feared loss God will so bless and guide and prosper his own work that however if his word should return empty which is impossible yet the labourer shall not lose his reward or recompence And see how God complains of this Servant that did not imploy his Talent Thou wicked and sloathfull Servant Mat. 25.26 and take therefore the Talent from him v. 28. and Cast ye that unprofitable Servant into utter darkness v. 29. Blessed is that Servant whom when his Master shall come he shall finde so doing Why not Preaching The Apostles indeed according to our Saviour Christs Promise made to them staid at Jerusalem till they were endued with power from above till they were filled with the Holy Ghost but presently after they went about all places Preaching and Teaching Jesus Christ to Jews and Gentiles According as ye have received the gift says the Apostle and therefore all men when once they have received the hidden Manna that comfortable tincture of Gods Spirit they cannot but speak as the Apostle Peter Acts 2.5 6. For the love of Christ constraineth them Now God as he knows what number to imploy so he gives divers gifts to divers men but there is none can prove that he does not enable any with the Spirit of Prophesie but Schollers For the Apostle Paul says plainly writing to the Corinthians What came the word of God out from you or came it onely unto you 1 Cor. 14.38 Unto you only O Rabbies and Presbyters surely not so and he wishes them wherefore Brethren covet to Prophesie and yet these were not of the Presbyterie but of the Believers and if they might Prophesie why not ours now Why that debarred to believers now more then it was in the Apostles times Nay why enjoyned as an excellent thing to Christians to learn to Preach then and why prohibited or thought unfitting to believers and gifted men in our days They cannot say but that God doth now enable with gifts and graces as he did then his arm is not shortned