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mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	name_n	9,327	5	5.7485	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32753	Gods mercy shewed to his people in giving them a faithful ministry and schooles of learning for the continual supplyes therof delivered in a sermon preached at Cambridg, the day after the commencement / by Charles Chauncy, B.D., President of Harvard Colledg in New-England ; published with some additions therunto at the request of diverse honoured and much respected friends ...	Chauncy, Charles, 1592-1672.	1655 (1655)	Wing C3738; ESTC W19762	28,505	62

that Christ must not only descend into the lower parts of the earth but he must ascend into heaven farr above all principallityes and powers 2. He must lead captivity captive that is over sin sathan and what soever had led us away captive to do this if all the powers of darknes could binder it there should never haue been a faithfull ministry set up therfore Christ must captivate all these for this end this sheweth the blessing to be exceeding great that so great a means was requisite for the procuring of it Reason 2. There is in the same place annexed an other reason to prove the greatness of this blessing taken from the excellency of the end of it ver 11.12 He gave some Apostles and some Prophets some Evangelists and some Pastours and Teachers for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry ●nd for the ●●●fying of the body of Chr●s● as if he had said that this ●●●●fit is of so great a necessity that it concerns both the gathering and building up and the eternall salvation of the elect Object it will be said that this was but for ● short ●ime that the Apostles and Prophets and Evangelists did continue Answ But we have the writings of the Apostles Prophets and Evangelists to the end and we must have Ordinary ministers Pastours and Teachers till we all come into the unity of the faith and the knowledg of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fuiness of Christ that is to the end of the world and the consūmation of all things and therefore it is an hellish delusion to conceive that the ministry should be lost quite and dissanulled by Antichristian superstition for this assertion doth plainly annihilate both the Church and saints and any farther salvation of any souls which were impious to conceive Reas 3. I may reason from the difficulty of the work the calling of the Prophets Nazerites it is a very high dignity for our sons young men to be advanced unto it is such a dignity as God only can bestow and such as they be raised up by God himself unto it the Prophet is the name of Seers 1 Sam 9.9 they have better eyes then other men they are the men of God as the mountains of God and Cedars of God are so called by way of excellency the persons that have more of God in them then other men they are nee●st unto God ●●vit 10.3 and they bring others also neerer unto God Yea the calling of a Prophet is such an honour as that title was given to the Lord Jesus Christ himself Deut 18.18 So the Galathians received Paul as Jesus Christ himself Gal. 4.14 Likewise to be a Nazarite is a mighty dignity for our sonns and young men to be separated to the Lord sanctified for his service is no small preferment they are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Septuagents Lam 4.7 her Nazarites were whiter then snow purer then milke more ruddy in body then Rubyes their poll●shing was of Saphire that is they were the most beautifull persons in the sight of God of all others this is a mighty excellency therefore the blessing must needs be great Reason 4. It is an invaluable mercy for Parents and old men that their children young men are thus qualified dignified it is a singular blessing to have a gracious child 3 John 4. J have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in the Truth greatest joyes are fruits of the greatest blessings possessed by us It is the first of Solomons Proverbs Chap 10.1 A wise Son maketh a glad Father but to have a child that will make others wise is a farr greater joy to a parent Dan 12.3 They that make others wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the Starrs for ever and ever So what a joy is it for the aged to see godly young ones growing up that the Lord gives us hope of future generations Jsay 58.12 They that shall be of thee shall build up the old wast places and thou shalt rayse up the foundations of many generations c It is more when they do these great things that shall be of us viz of our own posterity but next it is comfortable when as the younger sort are hopefull and promising that the Lord gives us to conclude that the future harvest is great when he sends forth already so many labourers Vse 1. It is a ground of just double reproof 1. Of our great unthankfulness unto God that hath bestowed this great mercy upon N-England and let it be considered how it hath been generally entertained by the Country I may speak unto you Men Brethren and Fathers in the language of Samuel 1 Sam 12.7 stand still that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord which he did to you to your fathers and then he telleth them of the Lords sending of Moses Aaron and bringing them out of the land of Egipt by the hand of these his servants So I might relate unto you what the Lord hath done for this Country in providing and sending hither a faithfull sound and able Ministry to them that he hath also in great part graciously preserved and continued unto them and as if this had been too little he hath added this in raysing up of our sons to be Prophets c he hath wonderfully erected Schools of learning and meanes of education for our children that there might be continually some comfortable supply succession in the Ministry Is it not so O ye people of God in New-England If it hath been so and be so still in a good measure then let me testifie against you in the Lords name for great unthankfulnes to the Lord for so great a mercy Now there be several degrees of this unthankfulnes As 1. To pass by a mercy without any serious acknowledgment thereof as the Lord complaines Hosea 2.8 thou hast not known or acknowledged that I gave thee thy corn thy wine and oyl c 2. To slight any mercy of the Lord as the Israelites did also Num. 11.6 Our soul said they is even dryed up there is nothing but this Manna before our eyes c 3. To deny any mercy of God as they did Numb 14.3 they did not account it a mercy that the Lord brought them out of Egypt 4. To account blessings for curses as they at another time Deut 1.27 Becaus● the Lord hated us he hath brought us into the wilderness to destroy us 5. When as we abuse Gods blessings to sin so much the more against the Lord as the same people did Hosea 10.1 according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the Alta●s according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images Now all this unthankfulnes is found in many and in some