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A81267	A rule for ministers and people, whereby they may see how they are engaged one towards another, by Gods word. And (as in a glass) herein may be seen when any fail, and when one or both are faithful. By N.C. a servant of Christ, and of his church assembled at Orpington in Kent.	N. C.	1654 (1654)	Wing C89; Thomason E806_5; ESTC R207170	10,787	16

doth he also lay on Timothy 2 Tim. 4.1 2.3 4 5. I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom preach the Word be instant in season and out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine And sheweth the reason why because of the aversness of some that should be in the Church of Christ For saith he in vers 3. the time will come they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall heap to themselves teachers having itching ears And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables But watch thou in all things endure afflictions do the work of an evangelist make full proof of thy ministery For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I have fought the good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith Here is excellent instruction and a worthy patern was this Apostle And he did give as good instruction to Titus which is worthy of due consideration And as hath been already shewed they ought not who are Shepherds to leave the Church of Christ no more then a woman her husband though a woman cannot be kept by him Nay further she ought not to be at a distance from him without leave If for poverty or loving another she would leave her husband then you may say she is under a temptation and leaving of him that would be the part of an harlot Oh then I pray consider of this and see if it would not be so if one that is made choice of by a Church a people rightly stated owning the Ordinances of God to be an Elder and Overseer to watch over them if he should for some great gain leave his people then may one conclude he is not onely under a temptation but therein commits whoredom It argues no real love in such a man to desert a people in the love of God and in the strength that God hath given them keep the commandments of God and such shall abide in his love Joh. 15.10 By this you may see how shepherds ought to feed their flock And let us further consider the duty of Elders Secondly they must visit the sick when sent for as will appear Jam. 5.14 Is any sick amongst you let him call for the elders of the Chu●ch and let them pray over the sick anointing the sick with oil in the name of the Lord. So that it is the duty of Elders to sympathize with the sicknesses of his people and if not see how blamed Mat. 25.41 Then shall he say to them on his left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for I was hungry and ye gave me not to eat athirst and ye gave me not to drink c. And they shall answer When saw we thee so his answer being Inasmuch as you did it not to one of these little ones you did it not unto me They that are Shepherds ought to imitate their Master who when he saw any hungry he had compassion on them Hospitality is that an Elder ought to be given to 1 Tim. 3.2 Rom. 12.13 Such are to endure hardness as good souldiers as Paul exhorts Timothy to 2 Tim. 2.3 4. 2 Tim. 4.5 Such must give attendance to reading that they may be able to divide the Word of truth aright to convince all gainsayers or at least to maintain Truth against them and this cannot be except a searching of the Scriptures which are able to make the man of God perfect and therefore Paul chargeth Timothy to give attendance to reading as 1 Tim. 4.13 And in the following verses he sheweth him the benefit of so doing for saith he in so doing thou shalt both save thy self and them that hear thee vers 16. Compare this with 2 Tim. 3.16 where he saith All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be perfect thorowly furnished unto all good works Take notice of this I pray you That this is the onely means and that which is very beneficial and so such that are Elders will come to be such workmen as need not to be ashamed otherwise there may be an erring Of all actions do not omit searching the Scriptures How shall men be able to appear before God that cause the blinde to go out of the way He shall be cursed and fall with them that fall Deut. 27.18 Cursed be he that maketh the blinde to wander out of the way And the people shall say Amen If God did pronounce all those cursed that did but direct any that were naturally blinde out of the way how much sorer punishment shall he be thought worthy of that shall lead any to the eternal destruction As our Lord said They shall both fall Mat. 15.14 where the Lord speaketh plainly of the spiritual blinde our Lord therein prophetically speaks of the downfal of those that slighted the commands of God and did observe the traditions of men and all was for want of searching the Scriptures or at least for want of giving heed unto them O then let all them that are the true servants of Christ and Elders of the Church of Christ be warned and moved to search the Scriptures and in searching the Scriptures they shall come to understand one duty more and that is how they that are Elders ought to be patterns and ensamples to their flocks that they may say Follow us Therefore my exhortation is once more as Paul to Timothy 1 Tim. 4.12 But be thou an example of the believers in word in conversation in charity in spirit in faith in purity And so walking they will be meet instruments to take care of those that go astray but if of a corrupt conversation then not fit for so good a work to tell others of their faults when faulty which will but dishonour head and members and what just cause of stumbling will be given thereby Such must not allow of pride dissimulation covetousness pleasures no●●onours in this present evil world In a word they mus● no● do that themsel●es that they reprove in others and if lamelesly they walk they will be able to restore those that wander and d●●s one that hath a hundred sheep and one of them goet●●●tray he leaveth the ninety and nine in the wilderness and goeth after the one that went astray So must careful shepherds do when any sheep go astray in drunkenness in pride or any other sin and also they ought to know that he that restoreth the soul saveth the soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins Jam. 5.19 20. Nevertheless he that goeth to deal with one that is in errour must be gentle meekly instructing them as will appear 2 Tim. 2.24 25 26. for the reason is