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A15434	Thesaurus ecclesiæ: that is, the treasure of the church consisting of the perpetuall intercession and most holy praier of Christ, set forth in the 17. chapter of the Gospel by S. Iohn: which in this treatise is plainly interpreted, with necessarie doctrines enlarged, and fit applications enforced.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1604 (1604)	STC 25704; ESTC S102754	86,296	210

of the church that oile and fatnesse whereby the light thereof is cherished and preserued Zach. 4. 4. For none in heauen or in earth was found worthy to open the book of Gods secrets and to looke thereon but onely the lambe Reu. 5. 3. 9. The booke had remained sealed still if Christ had not taken the booke out of the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne and opened the seales thereof 5. First then their blind endeuor is condemned which by the light of nature thinke to find out the truth The Philosophers among the heathen and wise among the Gentiles much busied themselues to find out the truth but they labored in vaine The three wise-men that came from the East did not content them selues with their humane wisedome and natural experience but followed the conduct of the starre to seeke for Christ. If Saul must haue a prophet to tell him what was become of his fathers asses to find out heauen hath much more need of a propheticall light Secondly all carnal and secure persons are admonished that if they desire knowledge they should seek it at Christs hands in his word it is no maruell that so many yet continue in ignorance seeing they despise the meanes of knowledge Heauen cannot be scaled without Iacobs ladder the top whereof resteth vpon Christ Gen. 28. One well saith Nemini credas tuum nisi praeeunte lucernae istius luce processum sit fides itineris tui praeuia sit tibi iter scriptura diuina Trust no man to direct thee vnles this light go before let faith be the foreman in thy iorney and let thy way be by the scripture Verse 26. And I haue declared vnto them thy name and will declare it Here our Sauior promiseth the perpetuall assistance of his spirit and continuall declaration of his word to his church that as he had preached and declared it so he would still instruct his seruants not leaue his church destitute of the ministerie of his word 1. Thus the Lord promiseth by his prophet I will make my couenant with them saith the Lord my spirit that is vpon thee the words which I haue put in thy mouth shal not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of the seed of thy seed saith the Lord from henceforth euen for euer Isay 59. 21. 2. Thus our Sauiour leauing the world ordained his Apostles in his stead to be witnesses of him to the ends of the world Act. 1. 8. The Apostles also constituted Euangelists as Timothy 2. Tim. 1. 6. To second their work the Euāgelists ordained Bishops Pastors and Elders in euery citie Tit. 1. 5. to finish the work of the Gospell 3. For like as it is not enough to sow the corne and cast it into the earth but it must haue both the first and latter raine Ioel 2. 23. so it is necessary that Apostles other succeeding Ministers should water that which Paul and the other Apostles had planted 1. Cor. 3. 6. And like as after the house is builded it must be continually repaired lest through the idlenesse of the hands the house drop through Eccl. 10. 18. so after the foundation laid and building finished by Christ and his Apostles the chiefe builders others must be raised vp to repaire the ruines of Gods house 4. Therefore as Saint Paul saith Christ gaue some to be Apostles some Prophets some Euangelists some Pastors and teachers for the gathering together of the saints the work of the ministery the edificatiō of the body of Christ Eph. 4. 11. So that al these offices are necessary Prophets to assist Apostles and Euangelists to second Prophets Pastors and teachers to succeed Euangelists that all the Saints in all ages may be gathered together and the whole body of Christ edified 5. How much then are we to giue thankes vnto God for this his prouident care ouer his church neuer leauing the same destitute of his word which we see to the praise of God this day for God hath furnished this Church of England with such abundance of learned pastors as I thinke few churches in the world may compare with it So that as Elias ascending left his spirit doubled vpon Elisha as Ambrose well noteth O haereditas preciosa in qua plus haeredi relinquitur quàm habetur mirum in modum plus Helias gratiae dimisit in terris quam secum portauit ad coelos A precious inheritance wherein more is left to the heire then was first had Elias leaueth more grace in earth then he caried to heauen so I doubt not but many faithfull seruants of God departed this life haue transmitted their spirit and giftes double vpon their posteritie Seeing Christ then hath such care to instruct his flocke as he hath declared his word so doth yet and will further declare let no man despise this so great riches but profit more and more by the ministerie of the word that the oftener it is declared the greater may be our increase in faith that as Gods graces are doubled vpon our teachers so they may be multiplied also vpon the hearers That the loue wherewith thou hast loued them may be in them that is they may haue a liuely sense feeling of the loue of God that as they abound in knowledge so they may also be quickned in the liuely feeling and apprehension of it 1. This is that which the Apostle saith That ye may be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the breadth length depth and height and to know the loue of Christ which passeth knowledge Ephes. 3. 18. 19. 2 Such sense of the loue of Christ the Apostle Paul had who thus in particular professeth of himselfe Christ loued me and gaue himselfe for me Gal. 2. 20. Thus also the prophet Dauid spake from his inward feeling of Gods goodnesse toward him how deare are thy thoghts toward me ô God how great is the sum of them Psal. 132. 17. 3. Like as Iob saith I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare but now mine eye seeth thee Iob 42. 5. so they which haue only a speculatiue knowledge of God do heare as with the eare but they that haue an inward feeling and experience of his loue do see him with the eye this the prophet Dauid calleth the tast of the soule Tast ye and see how gracious the Lord is Psa. 34 8. Like as Manna though pleasant to the sight yet was more pleasant to the tast so is the mercie and loue of God more ioyous felt and comprehended then vnderstood onely and apprehended 4 For we are commanded to loue God with all the heart soule and mind Mat. 22. 37. God must not only haue our mind and vnderstanding but our heart and affectiō we do not otherwise honour God with all our strength 5 Hence then we are taught a most nenessarie point of Christian doctrine that we should labour