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A09445	Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publickly in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, by Maister Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now dilligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Maister Perkins his workes, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to bee expected.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.	1605 (1605)	STC 19733; ESTC S102894	75,919	204

behold how thou art beholden to a godly Minister who when Adam had lost both himselfe and thee that Iewell of righteousnesse which was and is the whole wealth of thy soule can truly tell thee where it is and howe it is to be had againe and who when the deuill haleth thee to the barre of gods iustice to receaue triall for thy sinnes can drawe thee there such a declaration as the deuill himselfe shall not bee able to answere and who when thy soule is sicke to death euen to damnation can heale the deadly wounds thereof A good Minister therefore is worthy as the Apostle saith of double honour whose duty we see is to declare vnto man his righteousnesse And to conclude this point also the consideration of the height of this office of a Minister may encourage fathers to dedicate their sonnes to this holy calling for the Phisitions care for the body or the Lawyers for thy cause are both inferior duties to this of the Minister A good Lawyer may be one of te●●e a good Phisition one of 20. a good man one of 100. but a good Minister is one of a 1000. A good Lawyer may declare the true state of thy cause a good Phisition may declare the true state of thy body No calling no man can declare vnto thee thy righteousnesse but a true Minister And thus wee see the office or function of a Minister Now followeth the blessing Then will he haue mercy vppon him The fourth generall part of this discription is the blessing which God giueth to the labours and function of a true Minister then that is when a man by the preaching of the lawe is brought to true humiliation and repentance and by the preaching of the Gospell to true faith in the Messias then wil hee that is God haue mercy on him that is on the penitent and beleeuing sinner Behold heere the admirable simpathy and the cooperation of God and the Ministers office Man preacheth and God blesseth Man worketh on the hart and God giues grace a Minister declares vnto man his righteousnesse and God saith so be it he shall be righteous a Minister pronounceth mercy to a penitent sinner and forthwith God hath mercy on him Heere we see the great and glorious account which God makes of the word of his Ministers by them truly taught and rightly applied namely that he as it were tieth his blessing vnto it for ordinarily till a man knowe his righteousnesse by the meanes of an Interpreter God hath not mercy on him but as soon as he doth knowe it then as wee see heere God will haue mercy on him and wil say deliuer him c. This is no small honour to Ministers to their Ministerie that God himselfe giues a blessing vnto it and worketh when they worke and as it were stayeth waiting when they declare vnto a man his righteousnesse and then hath he mercy on him so powerfull and so effectuall is the word spoken by a Minister of God This is that which Christ auoucheth whatsoeuer you binde in earth shall be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer you loose in earth shall bee loosed in h●auen Will you knowe the meaning heereof read Saint Iohn whose sinnes soeuer you remit they are remitted whose you retaine they are retained will they haue the meaning of both read Esay God destroyeth the tokens of Sou●● sayers and makes v●sards and Astrologers Fooles ●●●neth worldly wisemen backward and makes their knowledge foolishnes but he confirmeth the word of his seruants and performeth the counsell of his Messengers Thus God bindeth and looseth with them remitteth and retaineth with them by confirming their word and performing their counsell for example A true Minister seeth a sinner hardned in his sins and stil rebelling against the will of God he therefore declareth vnto him his vnrighteousnes his sinne denounceth vnto him the miseries curses of Gods iustice as due vnto him for the same heere he binds on earth here he retaines on earth this mans sins are likewise bound and retained in heauen On the other side he seeth a man peniten● and belieuing hee pronounceth forgiuenes of sins happines vnto him for the same he looseth him from the band of his sinnes by declaring vnto him his righteousnes this mans sinnes are likewise loosed remitted in heauen and God himselfe doth pronounce him cleere in heauen when the Minister doth on earth Thus God confirmeth the word of his seruaunts and performeth the counsell of his Messengers The vse of this doctrine is first for Rulers and great men of this worlde this may teach them to be nursing Fathers nursing Mothers vnto the Church whose authority they see is so great ouer them as that their decree stands ratified in heauen Therefore though their place be great they be Gods vpon earth yet must they withall acknowledge that in iustifying a sinner in interpretation in declaring vnto man his righteousnes in binding loosing their power also is immediate from God aboue theirs and they themselues as they are men must submit themselues to this powerfull word of the Ministers to be taught by it and to be reconciled by meanes of it and highly must they receiue it for though a man speake it yet is it the word of God this is to licke the dust of Christs feete which the Porphet speaketh of not as the Pope would haue it to hold the stirrop and lead the horse and hold the water to the Pope to kisse his toes to hold their kingdoms of him as tenants at will or by curtesie but reuerently to acknowledge the ordinance to be Gods the function and duty to be high and excellent to acknowledge the power of their keyes censures being rightly applied their promises their threatnings to be as from God and to submit to them accordingly Secondly Ministers themselues here must learne when they take the word of reconciliation into their hands and mouthes to call to mind whose it is euen the Lords and that hee worketh with them hath the greatest hand in the work and that therfore they must vse it in holy maner with much feare reuerence It is not theyr owne they may not vse it as th●y list And lastly Hearers are heere taught first ●o see how mad such men be which carelesly ●nd fildome heare sermons but vpon any oc●asion fly to wisards and charmers which are ●he deuils prophets for see the difference of ●hese two the wisard and charmer hath socie●ie with the deuill the Preacher with God the ●harmer hath his calling from the deuill the Preacher his from God the charmers charme 〈◊〉 the deuils watchword when he charmeth the deuil doth the feare the Preachers doctrine is Gods watchword when hee truly applyeth it GOD himselfe ratifieth and makes it good wherefore let all men feare to haue thus to doe with the deuill by seeking to his slaues let them

priuate benefit to whom in all equity Conscience it doth principally appertaine And desiring all who haue any perfect Coppies of such as are in my owne hands that they would either helpe me with theirs or rather take mine to helpe them That by our ioynt powers and our forces layd together the walls of this worthy building may goe vp the fairer and the faster And so I commend them all to Gods blessing who endeuour to commend themselues and their labours to God and to his Church Your brother in the Lord. W. C. The duties and dignitie of the Ministerie Iob. 33.23.24 If there bee with him a Messenger An Interpreter one of a thousand to declare vnto man his righteousnes Then will be haue mercy on him and will say deliuer him that hee goe not downe into the pit for I haue receiued a reconciliation IN this Chapter and the former Eli●● a holy learned and wise young man hath conference vvith Iob in matters of high and excellent Diuinitie the points of his conference are these from the first verse of this chap to the 7. verse is a preface to his speech From thence to the 13. he repeateth certaine propositions of Iob and reproueth them frō thence to these wordes hee instructeth Iob in certaine points touching Gods dealing with sinners and those are two 1 Howe God preserueth a sinner from falling 2 How God restoreth a sinner beeing falne 1 The meanes whereby God preserueth a sinner are set downe to bee two principall 1 By Admonitions in dreames and visions 2 By scourges and chastisements when the first will not preuaile And these are layd downe from the 13 verse vnto these words 2 Then followeth the 2. poynt namely the restoring of a sinner when both the meanes formerly spoken of haue not preuailed with him but that through his corruption he is fallen and concerning this poynt he handleth these particulers 1 The remedy and meanes of his restoring 2 The effect that followeth thereupon ● The remedy is layde downe in these wordes now red vnto vs then followeth the effect which is that when a sinner is restored by repentance then the graces of God are plentifully poured vpon him both for soule and bodie frō these words to he end of the chapter The intent then of this Scripture is that God vseth meanes in his mercie to preserue sinnres frō falling into sin but if they do thē he in much greater mercy affoordeth them meanes and helps to rise againe And this is the soule substance of the words Now that meanes and remedie is the matter I purpose to speak of out of these wordes The meanes then to restore a sinner after a fall is to raise him by repentance into a better estate then hee was in before and that is inclusiuely and by implication taught in this text But the instrument by whō that great work is to be wrought is heere in plaine tearmes layd downe to be a Minister of God lawfully called and sent by God and appointed by his Church to that great duty So that these wordes containe a woorthy description of a true Minister and he is here described 1 By his titles which are two An Angell An Interpreter 2 By his rarenes One of a thousand 3 By his office which is to declare vnto man his righteousnes 4 By the blessing that God giueth vpon the labors of this true Minister which is th●● God will haue mercy vpon the sinner 5 By his Commission and authoritie in the last wordes God will say Deliuer him that he goe not downe into the pit for I haue receiued a reconciliation Let vs speake of them in order as they lye in the text and first of his titles 1 The first title of a Minister of God is he is called a Messenger or an Angell and not heere alone but elswhere in the scripture Malachy 2 7 Hee is the Messenger of the Lord of hosts And in the Reuelation the Ministers of the 7. Churches are called the Angels of those Churches So that it is apparant a true Minister is an Angell of God in 〈◊〉 place in the other place the Angel of the Church Hee is an Angell or Messenger sent from God to his Church This cōsideration affords matter of much vse The most of vs in this place are eyther Prophets or sonnes of the prophets If thou ●e a prophet thou 〈◊〉 Gods Angel If a sonne of the 〈…〉 to be then marke thy dutie Prophets and Ministers are Angels in the verie institution of theyr calling Therefore thou must preach Gods worde as Gods worde and deliuer it as thou receiuest it for Angels Embassadors Messengers carry not theyr owne message but the message of theyr Lords and Maisters who sent thē but Ministers carry the message of the Lord of Hostes therefore they are bound to deliuer it as the Lordes and not theyr owne In the first Epistle of Peter 4 11 wee are bidde If any man speake let him speake not onely the word of God but as the word of God Gods word must be spoken and as Gods word then shew thy faith fulnes to the Lord in discharging thy hands sincerely of that message which he hath honoured the● to carry Gods word is pure therefore purely to be thought vpon and to be deliuered Then let all that are god● Angels and would be honored at his Angels and Embassadors thinke it no lesse reason to doe the dutie of Gods Angels least as many men 〈◊〉 a good tale in the ●●ling so the● take away the power and maiestie of Gods word in the manner of deliuering it The second vse concernes the ministers also are they Gods Angels therefore they must preach Gods word in the euidence and demonstration of the spirit of God for hee that is Gods Angell the spirit of that God must speake in him Now to speake in the demonstration of Gods spirit is to speake in such a plaines yet such a powerfulnes as that the capacities of the simplest may perceaue not man but God teaching them in that plainesse and the consciences of the mightiest may feele not man but God reprooue thē in that powerfulnesse That this is so appeares by Saint Paule If a man prophecy aright saith the holy Ghost the vnlearned or vnbeleeuing man ●om● in he thinkes his secret faults are disclosed and layd open hee thinkes all men see his nakednesse and doe reprooue him for it hee therefore falls downe and saith surely God speakes in this man In which words obserue an admirable plainnes and an admirable powerfulnesse which a man would thinke could not so well stand together First plainnesse for whereas the vnlearned man perceiueth his faults discouered it followeth necessarily he must needes vnderstand and if an vnlearned man vnderstand it then consequently it must needes be plaine Secondly powerfulnes in that his conscience is so conu●nced his secret falts so disclosed his very hart so ript vp that