obligation_n upon_o the_o apostle_n of_o preach_v under_o the_o pain_n of_o incur_v god_n heavy_a displeasure_n as_o act._n 4.19_o 20._o 1_o cor._n 9.16_o be_v of_o personal_a concernment_n to_o the_o apostle_n and_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o prime_a promulgation_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o unbeliever_n and_o concern_v not_o we_o presbyter_n unless_o we_o think_v ourselves_o oblige_v by_o the_o commission_n christ_n give_v his_o apostle_n to_o go_v preach_v to_o the_o american_n and_o indian_n the_o word_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v word_n of_o relation_n relate_v to_o the_o several_a province_n and_o flock_n under_o their_o charge_n though_o they_o have_v a_o duty_n incumbent_n on_o they_o of_o instruct_v they_o in_o christianity_n yet_o not_o of_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o every_o creature_n as_o the_o apostle_n have_v they_o have_v not_o those_o extraordinary_a enablement_n of_o tongue_n and_o miracle_n and_o immediate_a inspiration_n simple_o necessary_a unto_o that_o work_n and_o whereby_o their_o doctrine_n become_v authentic_a and_o divine_a as_o that_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o hearer_n be_v without_o further_a inquiry_n to_o be_v resolve_v into_o it_o as_o into_o a_o divine_a revelation_n in_o which_o sense_n alone_o st._n paul_n word_n be_v verifiable_a rom._n 10.14_o 17._o faith_n come_v by_o hear_v and_o hear_v by_o the_o word_n how_o shall_v they_o hear_v without_o a_o preacher_n etc._n etc._n i_o desire_v to_o know_v what_o man_n dare_v the_o pope_n except_v to_o who_o some_o of_o his_o vain_a flatterer_n presume_v to_o attribute_v infallibility_n assume_v to_o preach_v in_o such_o a_o notion_n as_o to_o make_v his_o doctrine_n that_o whereinto_o auditorum_fw-la side_n ultimo_fw-la resolvitur_fw-la which_o if_o not_o then_o there_o be_v not_o par_fw-fr ratio_fw-la nor_o par_fw-fr obligatio_fw-la nor_o par_fw-fr potestas_fw-la between_o we_o and_o the_o apostle_n as_o to_o the_o strict_a notion_n and_o office_n of_o a_o preacher_n 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they_o utterance_n they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d teach_v of_o god_n it_o be_v not_o you_o that_o speak_v but_o the_o spirit_n of_o my_o father_n that_o speak_v in_o you_o and_o the_o spirit_n speak_v in_o they_o after_o their_o inauguration_n to_o their_o apostleship_n and_o ministry_n on_o the_o day_n of_o pentecost_n give_v st._n paul_n reason_n to_o call_v that_o their_o ministry_n the_o ministration_n of_o the_o spirit_n 2_o cor._n 3._o then_o there_o be_v a_o scripture-preaching_a by_o pain_n and_o industry_n at_o least_o not_o without_o it_o altogether_o after_o this_o manner_n it_o seem_v timothy_n preach_v and_o therefore_o be_v exhort_v to_o give_v attendance_n to_o read_v and_o to_o study_v to_o show_v himself_o a_o workman_n etc._n etc._n again_o there_o be_v a_o preach_v by_o write_v and_o a_o preach_v by_o sermon_n one_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o clem._n alexan._n in_o lib._n 1._o stro_fw-la the_o apostle_n themselves_o do_v not_o preach_v altogether_o by_o sermon_n by_o write_v of_o the_o gospel_n they_o be_v evangelist_n and_o do_v preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o unbielever_n by_o write_v of_o their_o epistle_n they_o do_v teach_v the_o church_n and_o therefore_o saint_n paul_n do_v call_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n his_o gospel_n rom._n 2.16_o solomon_n be_v a_o famous_a preacher_n yet_o we_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o he_o preach_v otherwise_o then_o by_o write_v the_o prophet_n be_v preacher_n too_o but_o they_o do_v not_o preach_v altogether_o by_o sermon_n the_o prophet_n jeremy_n be_v command_v to_o write_v his_o vision_n and_o revelation_n impart_v to_o he_o chap._n 30.2_o mr._n calvin_n say_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o isaiah_n prophet_n be_v mos_fw-la fuit_fw-la postquam_fw-la justi_fw-la sunt_fw-la aliquid_fw-la populo_fw-la nunciare_fw-la paucis_fw-la summam_fw-la rerum_fw-la 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chap._n ii_o to_o who_o this_o office_n of_o preach_v primary_o belong_v the_o second_o thing_n i_o stand_v charge_v withal_o 17._o see_v dr._n casaubon_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o preach_v pag._n 1â—_n 17._o be_v to_o inquire_v and_o resolve_v to_o who_o this_o office_n of_o preach_v primary_o belong_v forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v god_n will_n that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v do_v in_o his_o service_n either_o rash_o or_o disorderly_a ubi_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o à _fw-la quibus_fw-la peragi_fw-la vult_fw-la ipse_fw-la excelsissima_fw-la sva_fw-la voluntate_fw-la definivit_fw-la clem._n rom._n pag._n 52._o he_o have_v define_v by_o his_o most_o heavenly_a will_n both_o in_o what_o place_n and_o by_o what_o person_n he_o will_v have_v divine_a office_n perform_v it_o stand_v we_o in_o hand_n then_o to_o know_v to_o who_o this_o office_n belong_v and_o the_o examination_n and_o resolution_n of_o this_o will_v open_v a_o fair_a way_n to_o the_o justification_n of_o many_o thing_n in_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n late_a direction_n but_o for_o the_o indagation_n of_o this_o i_o must_v premise_v certain_a principle_n and_o maxim_n the_o first_o be_v that_o the_o foundation_n of_o all_o authority_n be_v in_o christ_n all_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n or_o authority_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a office_n be_v in_o christ_n original_o in_o other_o but_o derivate_o for_o as_o it_o be_v foretell_v that_o the_o government_n shall_v be_v upon_o his_o shoulder_n isa_n 9.6_o so_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v upon_o he_o and_o anoint_v he_o to_o preach_v glad_a tiding_n isa_n 62.1_o and_o this_o trust_n which_o his_o father_n commit_v to_o he_o he_o discharge_v in_o his_o own_o person_n while_o he_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n he_o preach_v the_o gospel_n convert_v sinner_n make_v disciple_n hence_o he_o be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d doctor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o shepherd_n and_o bishop_n of_o our_o 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of_o the_o church_n have_v prescribe_v but_o be_v the_o product_n of_o dissolute_a idleness_n though_o they_o may_v serve_v to_o exercise_v the_o sharpness_n of_o the_o wit_n we_o be_v to_o lock_v up_o in_o the_o closet_n of_o our_o breast_n and_o neither_o rash_o broach_v they_o in_o the_o convention_n of_o the_o people_n nor_o inconsiderate_o commit_v they_o to_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o people_n for_o what_o man_n be_v there_o among_o many_o that_o can_v accurate_o understand_v they_o or_o worthy_o explain_v the_o meaning_n of_o such_o mystery_n involve_v in_o so_o much_o obscurity_n and_o if_o any_o man_n be_v so_o conceit_v of_o himself_o as_o he_o think_v he_o can_v do_v it_o who_o be_v they_o among_o the_o people_n that_o can_v understand_v they_o or_o who_o be_v he_o at_o length_n who_o can_v meddle_v in_o the_o indagation_n of_o such_o curious_a question_n without_o danger_n of_o lapse_v wherefore_o loquacity_n in_o such_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v restrain_v lest_o that_o we_o either_o through_o imbecility_n of_o wit_n fail_v of_o the_o true_a explication_n of_o they_o or_o the_o hearer_n through_o the_o tardity_n of_o understanding_n come_v short_a of_o a_o right_a apprehension_n of_o they_o and_o so_o fall_v into_o a_o necessity_n or_o blaspheme_n or_o dissension_n among_o themselves_o so_o far_o the_o emperor_n and_o that_o rule_v of_o prudence_n he_o commend_v be_v careful_o observe_v by_o the_o ancient_n in_o their_o popular_a sermon_n gregory_n nyssen_n write_v of_o his_o father_n basil_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o hexameron_n that_o he_o do_v not_o verborum_fw-la contentiones_fw-la aucupari_fw-la nec_fw-la facilè_fw-la seize_v quastionibus_fw-la implicabat_fw-la sed_fw-la simplici_fw-la verborum_fw-la expositione_n audientium_fw-la simplicitati_fw-la sic_fw-la orationem_fw-la svam_fw-la accommodabat_fw-la ut_fw-la variam_fw-la tamen_fw-la externae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la redolens_fw-la peritioribus_fw-la etiam_fw-la satisfaceret_fw-la latin_n edit_n pag._n 284._o excus_fw-la anno_o 1562._o the_o sum_n whereof_o be_v this_o that_o he_o do_v not_o seek_v after_o contention_n of_o word_n nor_o light_o involve_v himself_o in_o hard_a question_n but_o by_o a_o simple_a exposition_n of_o the_o text_n apply_v himself_o to_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o hearer_n metaphrastes_n write_v of_o s._n chrysostom_n that_o have_v once_o soar_v aloft_o in_o a_o sermon_n above_o the_o reach_n of_o his_o hearer_n a_o certain_a woman_n meet_v he_o and_o reprehend_v he_o open_o for_o his_o unprofitable_a sermon_n which_o be_v above_o her_o understanding_n she_o have_v not_o gain_v that_o by_o it_o she_o expect_v at_o her_o come_n whereupon_o that_o holy_a father_n afterward_o descend_v from_o that_o sublimity_n of_o matter_n to_o such_o simplicity_n and_o plainness_n in_o the_o course_n of_o his_o preach_v as_o he_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o all_o that_o hear_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d savil._n pag._n 383_o 384._o he_o resolve_v to_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o instruction_n and_o care_n of_o the_o weak_a s._n augustine_n in_o his_o 11._o sermon_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la domini_fw-la treat_v of_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v semper_fw-la in_o sermonibus_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la habui_fw-la huius_fw-la quaestionis_fw-la difficultatem_fw-la molestiámque_fw-la vitavi_fw-la always_o in_o my_o sermon_n which_o i_o have_v to_o the_o people_n i_o avoid_v that_o difficult_a question_n and_o in_o 157._o epist_n ad_fw-la optatum_fw-la touch_v upon_o that_o nice_a question_n whether_o the_o soul_n be_v traduce_v by_o generation_n or_o infuse_v by_o creation_n he_o write_v in_o tam_fw-la multis_fw-la opusculis_fw-la meis_fw-la nunquam_fw-la i_o fuisse_fw-la ausum_fw-la de_fw-la hâc_fw-la quaestione_fw-la definitam_fw-la proffer_v sententiam_fw-la in_o so_o many_o work_n of_o i_o i_o never_o dare_v publish_v my_o opinion_n in_o that_o point_n thus_o for_o the_o matter_n of_o his_o doctrine_n this_o father_n be_v careful_a it_o shall_v not_o consist_v of_o curiosity_n and_o so_o he_o be_v for_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o style_n whence_o he_o have_v that_o as_o a_o proverb_n in_o his_o mouth_n malo_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o reprehendant_fw-la grammatici_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la intelligant_fw-la populi_fw-la sixtus_n senens_fw-la lib._n 4.205_o if_o any_o shall_v object_v that_o s._n augustine_n notwithstanding_o this_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-mi bono_fw-mi perseverantiae_fw-la do_v contend_v earnest_o for_o the_o preach_n of_o predestination_n a_o profound_a intricate_a and_o abstruse_a point_n of_o divinity_n that_o this_o may_v seem_v no_o diminution_n to_o the_o prudence_n of_o the_o ancient_n i_o return_v three_o thing_n by_o way_n of_o answer_n first_o that_o he_o do_v it_o with_o some_o limitation_n where_o the_o auditory_a be_v capable_a of_o it_o he_o will_v not_o have_v it_o preach_v promiscuous_o to_o all_o dicatur_fw-la ergo_fw-la verum_fw-la maximè_fw-la ubi_fw-la aliqua_fw-la quaestio_fw-la ut_fw-la dicatur_fw-la impellit_fw-la et_fw-la capiunt_fw-la qui_fw-la possunt_fw-la facile_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la imo_fw-la stabile_fw-la ut_fw-la taceatur_fw-la aliquod_fw-la verum_fw-la propter_fw-la incapace_n nam_fw-la utile_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la domini_fw-la adhuc_fw-la multa_fw-la habeo_fw-la vobis_fw-la dicere_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la potestis_fw-la ista_fw-la portare_fw-la modo_fw-la et_fw-la illud_fw-la apostoli_fw-la non_fw-la potui_fw-la vobis_fw-la loqui_fw-la quasi_fw-la spiritalibus_fw-la sed_fw-la quasi_fw-la carnalibus_fw-la let_v truth_n be_v speak_v when_o necessity_n require_v it_o and_o man_n be_v able_a to_o receive_v it_o it_o be_v obvious_a that_o and_o certain_a that_o some_o truth_n be_v to_o be_v conceal_v for_o the_o incapacity_n of_o the_o hearer_n for_o that_o be_v profitable_a which_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n say_v i_o have_v many_o thing_n to_o say_v unto_o you_o but_o you_o 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