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A57151	Preaching of Christ opened in a sermon preached at St. Peters Church in the city of Norwich at an ordination Septemb. 22, 1661 / by Edward Reynolds ...	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.	1662 (1662)	Wing R1272; ESTC R15378	18,113	56

value not their own souls and and therefore are not to be so much wondred at as pitied if they undervalue the means of making them happy yet we learn from hence with the Apostle to magnifie our office Rom. 11. 13. and to esteem it a singular gift of divine grace bestowed upon us that we should preach the unsearchable riches of Christ Eph. 3. 7 8. and accordingly to adorn our Ministry by such lives and learning as becomes it and not to dishonour by sordid earthly sensual or brutish conversations so sacred and divine an office Neither shall I at all mention the difficulty of it which made the Prophet cry out I am a child Jer. 1. 6. and the Apostle who is sufficient for these things 2 Cor. 2. 16. thereby teaching us by unwearied diligence in our Studies and assiduity in our prayers to wait upon God for supplies of his Spirit and grace who alone maketh able Ministers of the New Testament 2 Cor. 3. 6. But I shall speak a very little of the necessity of this weighty work to awaken and provoke those who are call'd unto it with the more fear and trembling with the more fidelity and assiduity to attend upon it A thing is necessary two ways either necessitate praecepti because it is commanded or necessitate medii because it is instituted as a special means unto some great and weighty end which is to be thereby attained The preaching of the Gospel is necessary both these wayes 1. Necessitate praecepti as in special manner appointed by Christ who is the King and Lawgiver in his Church as his Father sent him and gave him a Commission and a command to discharge the service which was intrusted in his hand which he with all willingness and obedience set about though it were not only to preaching but to dying that so the pleasure of the Lord might prosper in his hand Even so did he send forth his Disciples John 20. 21. with a strict commission and command as having all power in heaven and earth given to him to preach the Gospel Mat. 28. 18 19 20. And in order to the perpetual discharge of that service he appointed not onely Apostles Prophets and Evangelists which were temporary officers but Pastors and Teachers to attend the same to the worlds end for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministry for the building up of the body of Christ Eph. 4. 8 13. And accordingly the Apostles took special care to commit the same service unto faithful men who might be able to teach others and appointed Elders to be ordained in every City for carrying on this necessary work Acts 14. 23. 2 Tim. 2. 2. Tit. 1. 5. And as our Saviour by the argument drawn from his power over them and their love to him presseth the exercise of this duty upon his Disciples Matth. 28. 18 19. Iohn 21. 15 17. so do the Apostles afterward by the Author of their superintendency the holy Spirit by the property of God in his Church by the blood whereby it was purchased Act. 20. 28. by the presence of God by the judgement to come 2 Tim. 4. 1. by the Crown of Glory which they shall receive from the chief Shepherd 1 Pet. 5. 1 2 3 4. presse diligence and fidelity in the same upon those whom they ordained thereunto 2. It is necessary necessitate medii unto the great Ends of conversion and salvation for where there is no vision the people perish Prov. 29. 18. when they were without a teaching Priest they were without the true God 2 Chron. 15. 3. no salvation without calling upon God no calling without faith no faith without hearing no hearing without a Preacher It is the Apostles gradation Rom. 10. 13 15. for albeit it be not medium naturale which doth by an intrinsecal and constant vertue perpetually produce the effect intended for many more are called than chosen insomuch that the Prophet complains who hath believed our report Isa. 53. 1. All the day long have I stretched out mine hand unto a rebellious people Isa. 65. 2. yet it is medium institutum appointed by God to be the Ministry of Reconciliation 2 Cor. 5. 18. and the word of Grace Acts 20. 32. whereby ordinarily men are called to salvation repentance and remission of sinne being thereby preached in the Name of Christ Luke 24. 47. the Lord working together therewith by the excellency of his power as it pleaseth him and dividing unto every man as he will 1 Cor. 3. 5 7. 12. 11. In one word It is necessary 1. In regard of Christ whose Authority instituteth it and whose Glory is greatly concerned in it as being his effectual Instrument to demolish the Kingdom of Satan and to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of him 2 Cor. 10. 5. 2. In regard of the Church of Christ the Collection Edification Perfection and Salvation whereof doth so greatly depend upon it as the mighty power of God unto that purpose Rom. 1. 16. 1 Cor. 1. 21. hereby men are gathered together and turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God John 11. 52. Acts 26. 18. hereby they are built up towards the attainment of their inheritance Act. 20. 32. hereby they are carried on in the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man Eph. 4. 13. Hereby they save themselves and those that hear them 1 Tim 4. 16. Acts 11. 14. 3. In regard of our selves It is necessary 1. Ad impletionem muneris for of all Stewards the Stewards of the Mysteries of God must be found faithfull 1 Cor. 4. 2. 2. Ad Acquisitionem Mercedis for they that turn many to righteousnesse shall shine as Starres for ever and ever Dan 12. 3. 3. Ad evitationem periculi for woe be unto us if we preach not the Gospel 1. Cor. 9. 16. So every one of these wayes a necessity is laid upon us Therefore great diligence fidelity and wisdome is to be used in this so weighty a service It is no small work whereby strong holds must be pulled down and every high thing that exalteth it self against the Kingdom of God be demolished whereby sinne and Satan must be dispossessed and the whole man subdued to the obedience of Christ whereby the very natural propensions of men must be changed and they effectually perswaded to hate what they loved to love what they hated to deny themselves their reason their will their appetites their interests their lands their relations their lives their All for this they must sometimes do quoad exercitium ever quoad praeparationem animi to please an invisible God and to obtain an invisible inheritance This is not the work of an illiterate Reader but of one who hath the tongue of the learned a workman that need not to be ashamed This is not the work of a carless loiterer that shears the fleece and starves the flock but of one who gives himself wholly to