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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79512	Preaching vvithout ordination or, A treatise proving the lawfulnesse of all persons, of what degree, ranke, or trade soever, being inabled with sufficient guifts and qualifications from God by his spirit, to preach and set forth the Gospel, though no minister nor any other officer in the church of God. By Edmond Chillinden.	Chillenden, Edmund, fl. 1656.	1647 (1647)	Wing C3879; Thomason E405_10; ESTC R201879	25,344	34

from God inabling them to make known God through the preaching the Gospel that those that heare it may beleive and so much my thinks the Apostle argues from the 13 to ver the 18. and minds nothing of any office or ordination but only the gifts and manistations of the Spirit bring the Gospel of peace and glad tidings of good things another Scripture which is alledged the 1 of Corin. the 7. Chap. ver 20. let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called whence it is alledged that a man being by Gods providence called to this or that trade he ought therein to abide and so from thence that preaching of the Gospel is a trade for some men to abide in now to clear and set forth the Apostles meaning here consider the scope of the Apostle which he hath here in hand and that is this that in whatsoever perticular calling or trade and in what particular relation and ingagements men were in whether bond or free Circumcision or uncircumcision Jew or Gentile whether master or servant whether married if by the Gospel of Jesus Christ they were called to beleive they in the same relations condition bond or tie were therein notwithstanding their now being beleivers to abide with God for the Apostle saith in the 21 ver and 22. Art thou called being a servant care not for it now I hope none will say that Calling i● here ordination to the Ministery the Apostle exhorts here he should not care for it and none will say that men being called to the office of the ministery ought not to take care but diligently to wait upon the Ministery it is evident the Apostles meaning by calling here is the bringing of men by the power of the Gospel out of a state of unbelief and infidelity to be believers in Jesus Christ and so being husbands or wives masters or servants they were therein to abide with God and to know that their now being believers did not break their civill ties or relations and this is that which the Apostle here intends from verse the 12. to verse the 25. and doth not at all minde any calling to any office or ordination to the ministery neither doth make it here or in any other place of Scripture a trade to preach the Gospel but generally through the whole Scripture layes it down as the generall calling which belongs to all the Saints by vertue of their being interested into Christ by the power of the Spirit in the preaching of the Gospel and so much for the present I offer by the wise to be considered and tryed by the Scriptures in the Spirit of love and meeknesse Now for conclusion I shall onely adde thus much from all that which hath been said that it doth appear to me very cleare that God hath laid it upon all men believers in Jesus Christ so as they have received gifts whereby they are inabled with knowledge and utterrance to set forth teach and declare Jesus Christ in the Gospel that they ought to doe it as good and faithfull stewards of the gifts and graces of God 1 Peter 4.10.11 1 Corin. 4.1 God requires it of them and they may not neglect it nor no man may forbid them without manifest breach of Gods holy will and commandement Acts 5.29 and 4.19 and therefore let us consider whether to obey God that saith unto us what I have spoken to you in secret that preach declare and make knowne on the house top and as you have received gifts for the work of the ministery so let us labour in the word doctrine to build up and perfect the Saints in our most holy faith and not feare man whose breath is in his nostrils Iude 20. or the son of man who is lighter then vanity but let us feare God and obey his Commandement for that is good and acceptable in his fight without which doing none of the Saints can discharge faithfully that trust committed and given to them for we must imploy his talents labouring in his vineyard which is his Church that he may have the praise and glory of all his works and graces in them and therein we shall greatly manifest our faithfulnesse to God our justnesse in discharge of the trust committed to us and in that consideration we are bound and wo be to us if we preach not the Gospel how can those that believe doe but speak how can those that have heard and seen and received the word and Gospel of Jesus Christ 1 Iohn 1.1 to 3. but must say with the Apostle how can we but speake and declare those heavenly glorious excellent things which we have both seen heard and received Therefore Reader if God shall perswade thy heart to the acknowledgement of this truth fear not to practise it though men and divils set themselves against thee 1 Cor. 10.13 yet know that God is faithfull that promiseth and will suffer no temptation to overtake thee but what he will enable thee to bear and though thou mayest by men be opposed and brought into great afflictions and tribulations Acts 14.22 it is written that through such we must enter into the kingdome of heaven It is the Legacy that Christ hath left to his people that all that will live godly in Christ Jesus and follow him Mat. 16.24.25 Heb. 13.5 must take up his Crosse and suffer persecution yet know he will never leave us nor forsake us but stand by us and his spirit of glory shall rest upon us for our strength-making bringing about all the thrests and terrours of imprisonments Rom. 8.28 afflictions penalties that shall be layd upon us for his sake turne to our good and benefit Therefore gird up the Loynes of your mindes be sober and hope to the end 1 Pet. 1.13 for the grace that is to be brought to you at the Revelation of Jesus Christ feare not neither be dismayed 1 Cor. 7.23 and 16.13 Ephes. 6.10.11.16 you are bought with a price be not the Servants of men watch stand fast in the Faith quit you like men be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might 〈◊〉 on the whole Armour of God above all taking the Sheil● of faith whereby ye shall be able to stand against the wiles of the Divell and quench all the fiery darts of the wicked 2 Thes 1.1 12. wherefore all my prayer allwayes shall be that our God will count you worthy of this calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodnesse and the worke of faith with power that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and ye in him according to the grace of God and the Lord Jesus Christ 2 Thes 1.11.12 to comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word and worke Amen Psalme 68. and 11. The Lord gave the word great 〈◊〉 the company of those that preached it Iob. 32. and 7. to 10 I said dayes shall speake and moltitudes of yeares shall teach wisdome But there is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding great men are not alwayes wise neither do the●ged understand Judgement Therefore I said heathen to me I also will shew mine opinion FJNJS

he were a good man and full of the Holy Ghost to settle and confirm the disciples which they by their preaching had begot to the faith For I conceive that any extraordinary gifted man or men amongst them was well able to have done that work as Barnabas Eph. 2.20 and 3.5 2 Peter 19 20.21 and let any shew out of the Scriptures that where the Apostles did preach and beget to the faith that there went out or was sent any to confirm it better after they had begun is but such was the sending here of Barnabas therefore for these and the like reasons I conclude that these men th●● Church that was thus scattered and went preaching the Gospel begetting men to the faith and obedience of the Gospell were not officers neither ordinary nor extraordinary 〈◊〉 nor any ordination to any such thing neither any extraordina●y gift or endowment but ordinary such as God promised to pour upon all flesh Ioel 2.28 Acts 2.17 Isa 44.3 ● which these having received some tallents of the Spirit of God such was the power of the grace of Love shed abroad in their hearts that they could not but speak and declare those they had seen and heard making use of that saying when thou art converted thy self strengthen thy brethren Object But some may further object and say they did not preach they did but discoursively declare Christ in the Gospel which no man is against I understand by preaching of the Gospel Answ is no more then to cary to publish to bring to make known declare glad tidings as by the Scripture cited may appear Luke 2.10 11. and 8.39 Mark 5.19 Acts 13.32 1 Ioh. 1 1. to 4. Psal 16.10 2 Cor. 4.13 it is not to go up into a pulpet to be apparelled in black to make a long and tedious oration of far fetcht tales out of the old and ancient fathers both popish and heathen but to declare Gods will and minde to his servants that he hath revealed to them by his Spirit agreeable to the word and this I finde to be the substance of preaching the Gospel was it not the same that the Angels did in the second of Luke And the blinde man in Luke the 8. And the woman of Samaria John the 4. Two of these preached so effectually that they begat faith in the hearers and how faith can be wrought in persons in an ordinary way without preaching you may consider the Scriptures cited Rom. 10.14 to 17. 2. Again it is more then can be gathered from the text that they did but discourse for the text saith they Preached Acts 4.2 and 5 42 and 8.25 and 9.20 27 and 10 36 37 and 17 1 2.3 Acts 18.4.20 7 act 8 30 compa 35.37 and if we look into other places of Scripture that speaks of preaching we shall finde the same expressions that is here used and therefore strong reason there is to beleeve that this preaching was such as the Apostles used as may be seen in the Scriptures cited 3. That they did discoursively preach Christ I will not nor dare not deny but that they did that onely is more then can in my understanding be concluded from the Scriptures For I finde that Philip when he joyned to the Eunuches Charriot did use intercourse of speech ver the 30. and 31. but ver the 35. we finde Philip to have begun at that place of Scripture and preached Christ to the Eunuch so long without any intercourse of speech till he had by the powerfull work of Gods Spirit wrought faith in the Eunuch to beleeve in Jesus Christ and to submit to him in his ordinance of Baptisme as may appear by ver 36. Therefore I think it is clear that he preached in that way of preaching that is so much contended for The next Scripture that offers it self to be looked on in this particular of preaching without ordination is in the 1. Peter the 4.10 11 ver where it is thus written as every man hath received the guift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold graces of God if any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God if any man minister let him doe it as of the ability that Godgiveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen For the understanding of the understanding of the intent of the Holy Ghost here we are to consider the words as they lye and the Apostle saith as every man hath received the gift all persons in generall of the who●e Church not to the Officres or Ministers onely but to all without any respect to office or ordination that have received the gift they all as they have received so they ought and they are bound to Minister that is preach and declare it one to another that they may be good faithfull in discharging of the trust and stewardship committed to them 1 Cor. 4.2 as every man hath received the gift that is as every one hath received this and another that and every one hath received he ought to offer the same as a free and willing offering towards the building up of the spirituall house and Church of God as the Israelites of old did every one that was willing whose Spirit within stirred him up Exod 35.5 comp Re. 20. to 29. did come and bring according as they had received towards the building of the Tabernacle and it is to be taken notice of that h●●e here towards the building of the Tabernacle there was one admitted only the Priest and the Levite they that were consecrated and in holy Ordination but every one whose hand was willing brought as he had received Eph. 4.7 to 15. Collo 2.19 and God excepted of it as a sacrifice well pleasing in 〈◊〉 sight so now towards the building of the Spirituall house of God God hath given gifts unto men for the work of the same and doth require our freenesse and willingnesse to offer the same as he hath commanded for the perfecting of the sain● that they may increase with the increasing of God and thus much is clearly held forth in these words Object as every man hath received ●he gift so let him him administer the same But some may say the Apostle hath not to do here with preaching Answ but with hospitality To which I say that the Apostle hath from the 8. and 9 verses to the 12. nothing else in hand but to exhort this Church and by them all the servants of God to the exercise of the grace of love which is shed abroad in their hearts and doth not love extend it sel● and is it not the Apostles minde and intent here to instruct the servants of God how they should improve his grace of love in all manner of wayes that they migh● bring glory to him and good to his Church and people is not this his main aime and intent

to affirme is very absurd and tha for these reasons because it was never heard of nor in all the written word of God hinted at especially concerning this Church of the Corinths that the whole body of them were extraordinarily guifted 2. because the Apostle doth restrayne woemen from preaching or others speaking in the Church from whence it is playne Luke 2.36 Exod. 15 20. Iudg. 4.24 that this prophesying is ordinary and lies in common to all the Servants of Jesus Christ for woemen that were extraordinarily guifted I affirme and the Scripture cited with me might preach and did without restraint so that from hence I thus argue that the Apostle forbidding and prohibiting woemen from preaching gives liberty to all men guifted for to preach and againe I argue from this ground that they were not Officers ordained nor extraordinarily guifted because the Apostle opposeth women to men Sex to Sex and not woemen Officers or extraordinary guifted men for then I conceive the Apostle would nor have aid let your woemen keep silence in the Churches for it is not permitted for them to speake but the Apostle would have aid let your woemen keep silence in the Churches because they are no Officers nor have any Ordination not any extraordinary guift therefore they are to be silent in the Churches but he saith it is not permitted for them to speake not out of any such consideration as before minded but because of the Command of God they are to be under obedience and to learne in silence for it is a shame for woemen to speake in the Church 3. because the Apostle exhorts that the Church should judge of the Doctrine that these Prophets or Preachers should teach as appeares by verse 29. let the Prophets speake two or three and let the rest judge for the spirits of the Prophets are subject to the Prophets now if they were extraordinary Prophets and infallibly guided they could not err and so the Apostle might have spared his labour of pressing them to judging of their Doctrine delivered Ephes 2.20.35 2 Pet. 1.19 2 Tim. 16.17 Psal 19.7.8 for such Prophets or Preachers as were extraordinarily guifted I affirme could not err and so were not subject to any such Judgement as the Apostle calle● for at the hands of the Church of Corinth and for any to say that Prophets extraordinary could or might err is to weaken and shake greatly the ground and piller of our faith and if they might err then the Apostles and if in Doctrine taught why not in writing and if this were true we were of all men most miserable but we know we have a more sure word of prop●ecie whereunto we do well to take heede and diligently to marke and study and upon this sure word we know is our faith built even of the Prophets and Apostles 2 Pet. 1.19 that we are guided by the unering spirit of God need not their Doctrine should be called in question or so judged by any of the Sonnes of men therefore these Prophets here spoken of were not extraordinary but ordinary by reason the Apostle commands the rest of the Church to judge and try their Doctrine Agayne the Apostle saith in the 37 and 38 verses that if any man think himselfe a Prophet or spirituall let him acknowledge the things that I write are the Commandements of God but if any man be ignorant let him he ignorant still by all which it appeares plainly that they were but ordinary Prophets or Preachers and had no other then ordinary guifts and indowments for could they be thi●s infallibly guided by the spirit and yet must Paul call on them to acknowledge the things he writ were the Commandements of the Lord Jesus in my understanding he might have saved this labour for he could not but know that such that had the same measure and manner of the infallible spirit with him could not be ignorant of the Doctrine and Commands of Christ therefore it is most apparant and playne that they were but ordinary Preachers and preached by an ordinary guift such as is common by the promise of God to be powred forth upon all flesh and hence is it that the Apostle in the close of all exhorts them to the use and study of this preaching and declaring of Jesus Christ as appeares in the 39. verse in these words wherefore brethren covet to prophesie or preach where is to be noted he puts them on to the use and study of meanes even the word and Gospell of God which is able to make the man of God perfect to all good workes 2 Tim. 3.16.17 thereby furnished so that in my understanding it cleerely appeares they were not extraordinary Preachers but ordinary for extraordinary Prophets or Preachers were at no time exhorted to any such thing that ever I read of to the use and study of meanes immediately to be fitted or furnished 1 Cor. 2.12 Act. 2.1 to 5. but immediately without any meanes freely given to them of God without any study or labour as may be seene plentifully in the Scriptures cited so that from all that which hath been said it is most apparant and cleare and that from the further exhortation which the Apostles uses to the Churches and Saints of God it is lawfull yea necessary for them to preach to declare to make knowne and set forth yea and that publikely the Gospel of Jesus Christ for our Saviour saith that which I have told you in your eares do you preach upon the house tops and the Apostle in Rom. 12. at the 6. saith having then guifts differing according to the grace that is given unto us not Ordination whether prophesie let us prophesie according to the proportion of what not Ordination but of Faith and the Apostle exhorts the Collosians the 3. and 16. to have the word of Christ dwell in them richly in all wisdome whereby they should be inabled with grace in their hearts not Ordination to teach and admonish one another and build them up in their most holy faith the same Apostle in Hebrews the 10.23 to the 25. verse provokes that Church to hold fast the profession of Faith without wavering to consider one another to provoke one another to love and to good workes to exhort one another and blames them in the 5. Chapter and the 12. verse for not being frequent in the exercise of the guifts of the spirit in preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ by which they might for the time have been teachers of others and for the neglect they had neede to be taught themselves againe the first principles of Religion there be some Scriptures more which is cast in the way as opposing this truth in Romanes the 10 and 15. how shall they preach except they be sent and so they argue that ordination is the sending here intended but that there is any such thing here minded peruse the Scripture I understand the sending here is the being furnished with gifts