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A76798	Expositions and sermons upon the ten first chapters of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Matthew. Written by Christopher Blackwood, preacher to a Church of Christ in the city of Dublin in Ireland.	Blackwood, Christopher.	1659 (1659)	Wing B3098; ESTC R207680	612,607	923

Brethren with many words So in the Church of Corinth 1 Cor. 14.1 c. In the Church of Ephesus Ephes 4.11 gave some Prophets In the Church at Thessalonica 1 Thess 5.17 Despise not prophesying Yea we finde Prophets in the Church when Babylon shall be destroyed Revel 18.20 Rejoyce over her ye holy Apostles and Prophets for God hath avenged you on her he means such Prophets as the Beast made to prophesie in sack-cloath 1260. days Rev. 11.3 Now of these Prophets there were two sorts in the New Testament 1 Those that did foretell things to come such was Agabus Acts 11.28 under this kinde came the Prophetesses Philip had four daughters which were Prophetesses Acts 21.9 of this Acts 2.17 This is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel saying I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesie your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams And of this it 's probable 1 Cor. 11.5 6. Every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head and every man prophesying with his head covered dishonoureth his head that is with his head covered with Ribbons and Garlands after the manner of the Heathen and the women prophesied after the manner of the Sybills with their hair hanging down and so dishonoured their head Christ Of which heathenish custom Lucan in his fifth Book speaks who lived a little after Christs time Bacchatur demens aliena per antrum Colla ferens vittásque dei Phaebeáque serta Erectas discussa comas per inania templi Ancipiti cervice rotat spargítque vaganti Obstantes tripodas magnóque exaestuat igne Iratum te Phoebe ferens In English thus The frantick Beldam raging through her den Bearing strange necks the heads of sundry men Adorn'd with Ribbons and with Garlands fair To Phoebus honour flownc'd her gastly hair Wheels here and there through temples empty spaces Shaking her doubtfull head here there she faces c. These Prophets told things past and future to persons as Christ did to the Woman of Samaria John 4.29 and Elisha to Gehezi 2 Kings 5.26 Irenaeus 1.6 saith himself had known and heard many Brethren that could discover the hidden things of men he means such secrets as could not be known by the power of mans wit From the revelation of which secrets it is supposed the Ideot or Heathen falls down and worships your God reporting that God is in you of a truth 1 Cor. 14.24 25. 2 Those that did expound the prophetical places of Scripture prophesying according to the proportion of faith Rom. 12.6 and did apply their doctrines to exhortation and confirmation so Judas and Silas Acts 15.32 to edification and comfort 1 Cor. 14.3 If any man ask whether prophesying be the same with preaching I answer no. 1 The words in Greeek are diverse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying to preach and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to prophesie Besides 2 Preaching is to be performed to every creature prophesying is to be performed onely to the Church 1 Cor. 14.22 Now if you ask what these Prophets were I dare not determine them to be Officers in Churches unless I could prove the manner of their call to make out which I can finde nothing but that they are put in the order and rank of men who are called by Office Eph. 4.11 As Apostles Prophets Evangelists Pastors Teachers which is something in order to prove them Officers but not full proof Some think them to be grown brethren such as are called perfect men 1 Cor. 2.6 Fathers 1 Joh. 2.13 Clemens makes three sorts of Christians 1 They that are turned from the Gentiles 2 They that are going up towards knowledge 3 They that are chiefly knowing It may fall out sometimes there may be some such knowing men in Churches who are by virtue of a gift as able to teach as a person in office pity such gifts should be quenched for want of exercise though I doubt not the fault of the times is on the contrary hand in that upon pretence of gifted Brethrens prophesying those that are not gifted in too many places are prest hereto verifying too much that conceipt that hath been cast by some viz. that ignorance impudence and a Concordance were all the accoutrements some had for preaching I speak not this to quench any gift where it is real but to sober those who may perhaps think of themselves more then is meet Prophets then if any such be out of office they are such as are perfect or well-grown Christians Heb. 5.14 Strong meat belongs to them that are perfect the word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 those who by reason of habit have their senses exercised to difference good and evil But let Prophets be what they will be a Church can no more comfortably be without Ministers then a body without eye and hand Luth. Tom. 4.374 I shall conclude this with one querie Whether it be required by the word of God that a weak Brother that hath but a little measure of the Spirit and so consequently can pray but weakly and but weak parts both in the Analizing Explaining and Dividing the Scriptures and so must needs teach much more weakly be required to be a mouth for the Church at a Church-meeting especially in a Church where there are Brethren of better parts to be had And whether the exercising such weak Brethren be a mean for them to obtain the gift of prophesie or whether there be not some other way thereto As taking direction from some experienced Preacher and reading besides the Scriptures godly books chosen by the direction of some godly Teacher For which studies as also for the study of their own heart they are to set time apart and whether the company of the faithful are to set times apart on the Week day and to meet together on the Lords day onely to help a weak Brother to increase his gifts or rather to try whether he can by exercise increase them by our hearing of him or whether the faithfull whether Lambs or Sheep are not to meet to hear such persons as are able to feed them with knowledg and understanding and whether the faithfull come not for that very end unto hearing to obtain spiritual nourishment in the knowledg of duty and to obtain quickening from their deadness of heart by lively and powerfull notions and also growth by a higher measure of knowledg and information then hitherto they have had and whether such weak Brethren are able to give such information many whereof are onely babes in Christ many of the hearers being strong And whether the best means of edifying a Church be not to be followed And whether established Teachers in Churches reserving the liberty of Prophets and prophesie be not onely more creditable for the honour of the Gospel and edifying the souls of believers by many degrees then the having such weak Brethren to exercise who besides that they cannot

that is that want of love my Neighbour oweth me but the damage is to be forgiven when Wisdom and Charity requires for we are not to stand upon our right in every trifle 1 Cor. 6.7 Quest In what order are we to forgive Answ We are to forgive if a person do not ask pardon Mark 11.25 but we are not to profess our forgiveness unless he profess his repentance Luke 17.4 Motives to Forgiveness 1 Our selves stand in daily need of forgiveness from God Matth. 18.35 2 Gods forgiveness of us as the Wall being heated with the Beams of the Sun warms them that stands by Object If it were once or twice I could forgive A. We are to forgive till seventy times seven times that is four hundred and ninety times a definite number for indefinite Object But he had no cause to do me wrong Answ Thou hadst as little cause to sin against God yet he forgave thee Verily thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost Farthing There is no Allegory to be sought here 1 Because of the foregoing dependance and connexion 2 Because Christ preached it to the people and multitudes Onely Christ would teach us from vvhat vve see done among men to conjecture vvhat vve may expect from God Luke 12.58 they make better conditions vvith their adversaries that yield in time then they that stand out but the scope of the place aims at reconciliation with men lest we standing out they use extremities against us by imprisonment or otherwise Adversary By adversary he means our neighbour who is offended at us whether by our fault or his and the scope is that besides the mischief coming unto our selves by his suing of us we do not fulfill the sixth commandement unless we be reconciled to him Ob But this will take away all courts of justice and what will become of Lawyers Answ Christ speaks of composing common offences which will never be wanting in this world for titles of land c. he leaves them to Magistrates Besides Christ aims principally to instruct disciples not citizens or civil men for Christ would have no disturbance of civil peace among his followers Whiles thou art in the way with him Here is an argument to reconciliation from the opportunity this life is a short passage and thou knowes not whether thou shalt live till to morrow Least the adversary deliver thee to the judge Christ had brought two reasons moving to agreement 1 Because strife and hatred defile the worship of God 2 From the opportunity A 3 reason is from the danger of deferred reconciliation least the adversary deliver thee to the judge its dangerous both in respect of God and man to defer reconciliation Paid the utmost farthing Here 's a fourth reason from the extremities that will come upon standers out they shall be made pay to the least mite quadrans is the least coyn hence that phrase of meretrix quadrantaria for a farthing whore To seek for allegoricall expositions as to make this adversary to be Satan or our flesh or our conscience which bites till we agree with it or the law of God is frivolous Such is that to make the judg to be Christ the officer to be the devil the prison to be hell or purgatory as if the least debt of offence were to be paid in purgatory all which is to seek a knot in a bulrush as the proverb is V. 27. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time Thou shalt not commit adultery V. 28. But I say unto you Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart Christ comes to shew how the Pharisees had depraved the seventh Commandement concerning adultery Concerning strumpets that they have been of old appears Gen. 38.14 onely they did not live in the Cities but in the Country and went veiled whereas honest women were uncovered When Judah saw Tamar in the high way he thought her to be an harlot because she had covered her face Gen. 38.15 and desired to come in to her Adultery is the breach of wedlock when one of the parties are maried And therefore adulterium quasi ad alterius thorum accessio the coming to another mans bed as to the relation of husband and wife they are equally obliged having power of one anothers body 1 Cor. 7.4 We may see the greatness of this sin in that it was not onely forbid by the Pharisees but by Christ To disswade from this sin consider besides that burning concupiscence burns up this natural heat the adulterer sins against his own body 1 Cor. 6.17 he doth as it were dip his body into a filthy sink and mi●es himself and withal he alludes unto a custome that they had who when they came from their beds of uncleanness used to wash themselves all over as Chrysostom observes Such persons though they escape the judgement of the Magistrate yet shall they not escape Gods judgement Heb. 13 4. This sin by the Law of nature was capital God threatens he would slay Abimelech if he committed it with Abrams wife and hence Abimelech threatned death to any of his servants that should defile Abrams wife Gen. 20.11 Judah sentenced Thamar for this sin Gen. 38.24 Nebuchadnezzar Jer. 29.22 23. caused two adulterous Prophets to be burnt in the fire their names were Zedekiah and Ahab To disswade from this sin consider 1 It 's exceeding difficult to be recovered from this sin It 's as hard as to get out of a narrow pit Prov. 22.14 so that Solomon saith One man among a thousand have I found repenting of this sin but not one woman Eccles 7.26 27 28. The reason why is because this sin takes away the understanding Hos 4.10 and transforms a man into a bruit so that Jer. 5.7 8. the Jews are compared to horses neighing after mares and as if fornication had been an indifferent action as the heathens counted it they assembled themselvs by troups in harlots houses 2 Other sins carry singly to hell this draws others with it which increases trouble to the conscience that though the adulterer himself hath repented yet hath he drawn another into that sin whereof she perhaps hath not repented 3 The mischief it brings to a man to his estate Thy labours will be in the house of a stranger Prov. 5.10 Yea thy self hereby will be brought to a morsel of bread Pro. 6.26 Also it destroys reputation which will hardly ever be made up Prov. 5.9 yea it destroys life Prov. 5.9 Prov. 6.26 The adulteress hunts for the precious soul also Prov. 5.10 11 12. Yea it brings consumption to the flesh and bones and horrour to the conscience Job 24.17 4 Whoredome inslaves a man Of all things we are most jealous of our liberty Sampson with Dalilah Herod with Herodias Solomon with his Concubines how inslaved were they to come upon the call of a strumpet to have all that he hath at her command to