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The prophecie of Agabus, concerning a generall famine to come vpon the worlde: togither with a beneuolence for the most distressed: / set out by Peter Barker minister at Stoure-Paine..
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Barker, Peter, preacher of Gods word.
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That which the ministers are here to learne is to deliuer nothing vnto the people but that which they haue gathered out of Gods word Euery minister must be a Moses speake al Ex. 7 2 he must bee an Isaac and speake no more but all Gen. 27. 37. e Hmusâ— teach 1. Tim. 4. 11. the good and right way 1. SaÌ„ 12. 13. If any teach otherwise let him be accursed Gal. 1. 8. That which I haue written saith Pilate Iohn 19. 22. As if hee shuld say that which I haue written truly shall continue written without alteration That which God hath spoken he hath spokeâ— once or twise Psal 62. 11. That hiâ— worde might bee like the Medâ— and Persians which altereth not Dan. 6. 12. If any man shall adde God shall adde vnto him plagues if any shall diminish of his worde God shall take away his part ouâ— of the booke of life Reu. 22. 18. That which the people generally are here to learn is first in respect of the message that is broghâ— and doctrine which is deliuered 1 To giue eare vnto it with diligence That which Sarah saith Ge. 21. 10. The scripture saith Gal. 4. 30. That which the Prophet speaketh God speaketh by the mouth of the Prophets Luk. 1. 70. The worde of the Apostles is the preaching of God 1. Thes 2. 13. The good doctrine commeth from aboue Iob 29. 22. The people haue it from the minister as it were at the second hande they must not therefore doe as Samuel did who thought the Priest called him and so after the first second and thirde call go and sleepe but do as Samuel after did and when we know it is the Lord that calleth vs in token of attention say with Samuel Speak Lord thy seruant heareth 1. SaÌ„ 3. If God speaketh let not man be a deafe Adder If Paule preacheth fall not with Eutichus into a dead sleepe Acts 20 9 Gaze not about but if Christ expound the Scripture let the wandering eye bee fastened on him Luke 4 20 Doo not as though thoâ— haddest with Malchus thy righâ— care cut off bring onelie thy left eare to the Sermon buâ— with Moses draw neare to learnâ— Exod 3 3 With Iacob note thâ— saving Gen 33 11 If God offereâ— the foode of the soule let hungâ— be thy sauce and bring a stomaâ— with thee if he bringeth the water of life say with Sisera Giue mâ— water for I am thirstie Iud 4 9 â— rather with Samson I die for thirâ— Iud 15 18 Secondly because it â— the spirit speaketh we must heaâ— with reuerence in token wherâ— Eglon wheÌ„ Eâ—ud tels him he hath a message from God dooth arise Iud 3 20 as Balaâ—k must Num 23 18 and Moses puts his shooes froÌ„ his feet Exod 3 5 and Marie sits at Iesus feet heares his preaching Lu. 10 39 wheÌ„ the law was giueÌ„ there was thunder and lightning and a thick cloud vpoÌ„ the mount Siuai was all on smoke and all the mount trembled exceedingly Ex 19 that the people might prostrate themselues before the lord and receiue it with reuerence and â—hese two diligence reuerence â—n hearing are the outward duties â—ee must performe because God â—peaketh The inward dutie wee â—we is meditation Let not the virâ—in be as a broken vessell but wheÌ„â—hee hath heard Christ speake â—eepe all these sayinges in her â—eart Luke 2 51 Let not Sermons bee as Musicke which once ended there is no more remembrance of it there must bee vertue to retain a potion if we wil haue it worke within vs. The cleane beastes haue not presently done with their meate assoone as they haue eate it but chew the cud and bring it vp againe and againe and still do find a sweetnesse in it Let the seruant be labouring in the field Luk. 17. 7. and labouring in the house ver 8. Let Mâ—â—tha go out to meete Christ Mâ—rie keepe within doores Iohn 1â— 20. Let there be the eare without and the heart within let there bâ— action let there be coÌ„templation let there be hearing let there be meditatioÌ„ God hath ioined thâ—â— togither Mal. 2. 2 man must nâ— put them asunder And as we must performe these duties because it is the spirit that speaketh so because the ministers are the mouth by which he speaketh in respect of them wee must take heede that on the one side we do not persecute reuile or thinke basely on them for their doctrine If Haman abuseth Dauids messenger hee abuseth Dauid Sam. 10. They which contemne the Embassadors despise those that sent them if the dogge doth bite the stone hee would bite him that threw it and he that killes the dog meanes no good to the maister if Satan stay Iobs seruant his malice reacheth to Iob himselfe And on the otherside we must take heede we think not better of the means then of the author of goodnesse The corne is Pharaohs though Ioseph must deliuer it Ge. 14. 55. Christ multiplieth the loaues the disciples do but giue to theÌ„ that sit down Ioh. 6. 11. It was Christ who raised Lazarus other did but loose him let him go Ioh. 11. 43. To blame are those men of Lystra to sacrifice vnto Paul Acts 14. 13. and the men of Israel to gaze too much vppon Peter Act. 3. 12. Paul may plant and Apollo water but God giueth increase if Peter take a multitude of fishes hee falles downe at Iesus feete Luke 5 8. Sette not more by the seedleape then by the vertue of the seede and loue of him that sowes it prayse not more the condite pipe then the spring head from whence the Water floweth Lastly let the prognosticators and diuiners especially here learne to keepe silence they must not enter vpon Gods freehold the stars doo not prognosticate a true euent what health what wealth what weather shall befall it must bee Eliah that tels Ahab there shall be neither dewe nor raine these 3. yeeres 6. months 1. Reg. 17. 2. the same Eliah that foretelleth the time of much raine 1. Reg. 18. 41. if Hezechiah bee weakened and sore broken if his health be past away as a cloude his soule be powred out vpon him it must bee an Esay that must tell him hee shall liue fifteene yeeres longer Esay 38. 5. If there be marrow to the rich mans bones health vnto his nauell no feeblenesse to his flesh none but GOD can say This night will they fetch away thy soule from thee Luke 12. 20. If at any time there be an extreame famin in Samaria that the faire virgins yong men do perish for thirst and God will not helpe them with the barne or with the winepresse that they eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters they deuoure it must bee an Elishâ— that can prophesie plenty to morrow this time a measure of fine flower shall be solde for a shekell that is to say twenty pence and two measures of barly for a shekel in the
the squared stonâ— slip downe a number of litle onâ— follow after The life of the kinâ— is a white for the Court and nobâ—lity is an aime for the people Loâ— degrees leuell at markes of highâ— perfection whereupon I inferrâ— that gluttonie and drunkennesâ— reigned at this time Gut was thâ— god the pauÌ„che was a powdrinâ— tub the bellie a coupe a Poulteâ— coupe or rather a Noahs arke viâ— tailed with I know not how manie kinde of creatures wherevpoâ— I note that to bee true which iâ— â—Vis 11. 13. Wherby a man sinâ—eth by the same also he shall bee â—unished In Iewry was God knowne â— name was great in Israel hee gaue â—s law vnto Iacob his statutes and orâ—nances vnto Israel He had not dealt â— with other nations neither had the â—athen knowledge of his law But â—hen they despised his word and â—f those that brought it beate one â—illed another stoned another â—od threatned that the Kingdome â—f God shuld be taken from them â— giuen to a nation which should â—ring foorth the fruits thereof â—at 21. 43. which came to passe â—hen the word of god was remoâ—ed from them to the Gentils As â—od did deale in the olde Church â—ith the Iewes so in the newe â—hurch with the Ephesians vpon â—hom God did shine by the light of his Gospell and they were â— first glad that the light did spriâ— vp to them which before did sitiâ— darknesse and in the shadowe â— death but when they forsooâ— their first loue God threatened â— remoue the candlesticke out of hiâ— place Reue. 2. 5. was as good â— his word when hee put out theâ— candle which done they fell â— sleep falling sicke of sundry heresies died at last of the plague â— Mahomet As God brings a famine of his word when men are as iâ— were ouergorged with it so heâ— brings a famin of bread when meÌ„ prepare bread for laughter Ec. 10. 19. when their sacietie wil not suffer them to sleepe Ecl. 5. 11. Wheâ— they eate the Lambes out of the flocke and calues out of the stall Amos 6. 4. eate vntil it come ouâ— at their nostrils and bee lothsome vnto theÌ„ as it is Num. 11. 20. When men which shuld be sober are become trencher-men not tarrying till hunger ouertake them but preuenting it by an artificial appetite so sawcing their meates that they turne substance into accident and nature into art when meÌ„ I say are come to this passe that their greedines knoweth no measure and variety exceedeth all the bounds thereof then God in token of reuenge sends a scarcitie that meÌ„ shal be glad to eate in time for strength not for druÌ„kennes as it is Ecl. 10. 17 do what they can their mouths shall not make their flesh to sin as it is Eccle. 5. 5 thus was it with the prodigal child Luke 15. And thus with Claudius who was made Emperour of Rome An. 42. and raigned 13. yeeres and nine moneths of this famin speaketh Suetonius in Claud. Oros 7. cap. 6. Thus was it with the world at this time but the punishment being generall I marke thy iudgements O Iudea more then the calamitie that befalleth other natioÌ„s because as it appeareth ver 7. you being before more blessed theÌ„ other are now more distressed then other if thou didst sow thou didst find the same yere an huÌ„dred fold in estimation if thou sowed a little seed but an handful of corn and that on the mountaines nay on the top of the mountaines thâ— fruite thereof did shake like thâ— trees of Libanon thy threshing dâ— last vnto the vintage and the vintage to the sowing time the plowman did touch the mower the treader of grapes him that sowed the seed When one kind of fruit was ripe another followed and euery one in course thou didst eate thy bread in plenteousnes eate the old store and carry out the old because of the new so didst laugh at death because thy greatest waÌ„t was store But see an alteration thy land this thy most fruitfull land is made barren the meate is cut off before thine eies ten women doo bake their bread at one Ouen and deliuer thy bread by weight if thou sowest the seede of an Homer which is 100. pottles it yeelds but an Epha which is but 10. pottles thou hast but 10. of the 100. loose the principall thou dost gage out thy laÌ„ds thy vineyards thy houses because of the famine dost howle for the wheate and the barly because the haruest of the fielde iâ— perished but let me tarry a little it our own land leaue Iudea till I come to it in the verse following God embraced our land so kindly that we suckt the sap of wealth froÌ„ branche and roote The fruit of our ground was blessed for God crowned the yeere with his goodnesse the Lord did heare the heauens when they desired raine for the earth the heauens did heare the earth the earth did heare the corne the corn did heare man and that same blessing did come vpoÌ„ vs which god promised to Israel Thou shalt lend to other nations but shalt not borrow of any Deu. 28. 1â— but of late specially this last yeere the ground hath not yeelded vnto vs her strength Bashan is wasted and Carmell and the flower of Lâ—banon is wasted Gods creature haue bin deafe because God himselfe hath bin as one that heareth not so the we haue bin constrained to borrow of other natioÌ„s but are not able to lende any Thus God hath punished the seed of our soile for the sin of our soule because our folly hath bin in the blossom our fruit hath not budded out of the earth Sodome was destroied but fulnes of bread a sin of Sodom still continued men haue farced their bodies starued their souls nature is not the Cater frugalitie the pursebearer not hunger the cooke to assigne the diet There was but one Bel God but many belly gods which haue said in effect with the Epicures Let vs eate and drink for to morrow we must die Quaffing hath bin the only grace men haue misspent their time in bibing shaking haÌ„ds ouer their licour profoundly carowsed â— hunters hope drowned thâ— soules in a gallon pot made thâ— bellies quagmires their breaâ— to smell like brewers aprons thâ— haue loued the wine bottels aâ— is Hos 3. 1. made themselues sicâ— with flagons Hos 7. 5. drinke wiâ— in bowles Amos 6. 6. transgreâ— by it Hab. 2. 5. In Assuerus time theâ— chaunged vessell after vessell anâ— dranke wine in aboundance Hâ— 19. but they dranke by an orderâ— none might compell but sincâ— they drink without order enforcâ— one another giue their neighboâ— drinke and make him dronke also as Hab. 2. 15. Sette thy foote to mine and drinke to the soule of such a body and the health of my lord or Lady and by drinking to healths they drink themselues out â—f health they doo carrowse it â—hich they say is a Dutch