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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07183	The prophecie of Agabus, concerning a generall famine to come vpon the worlde: togither with a beneuolence for the most distressed: / set out by Peter Barker minister at Stoure-Paine..	Barker, Peter, preacher of Gods word.	1597 (1597)	STC 1426.5; ESTC S90391	26,650	104

That which the ministers are here to learne is to deliuer nothing vnto the people but that which they haue gathered out of Gods word Euery minister must be a Moses speake al Ex. 7 2 he must bee an Isaac and speake no more but all Gen. 27. 37. e Hmus● teach 1. Tim. 4. 11. the good and right way 1. Sā 12. 13. If any teach otherwise let him be accursed Gal. 1. 8. That which I haue written saith Pilate Iohn 19. 22. As if hee shuld say that which I haue written truly shall continue written without alteration That which God hath spoken he hath spoke● once or twise Psal 62. 11. That hi● worde might bee like the Med● and Persians which altereth not Dan. 6. 12. If any man shall adde God shall adde vnto him plagues if any shall diminish of his worde God shall take away his part ou● of the booke of life Reu. 22. 18. That which the people generally are here to learn is first in respect of the message that is brogh● and doctrine which is deliuered 1 To giue eare vnto it with diligence That which Sarah saith Ge. 21. 10. The scripture saith Gal. 4. 30. That which the Prophet speaketh God speaketh by the mouth of the Prophets Luk. 1. 70. The worde of the Apostles is the preaching of God 1. Thes 2. 13. The good doctrine commeth from aboue Iob 29. 22. The people haue it from the minister as it were at the second hande they must not therefore doe as Samuel did who thought the Priest called him and so after the first second and thirde call go and sleepe but do as Samuel after did and when we know it is the Lord that calleth vs in token of attention say with Samuel Speak Lord thy seruant heareth 1. Sā 3. If God speaketh let not man be a deafe Adder If Paule preacheth fall not with Eutichus into a dead sleepe Acts 20 9 Gaze not about but if Christ expound the Scripture let the wandering eye bee fastened on him Luke 4 20 Doo not as though tho● haddest with Malchus thy righ● care cut off bring onelie thy left eare to the Sermon bu● with Moses draw neare to learn● Exod 3 3 With Iacob note th● saving Gen 33 11 If God offere● the foode of the soule let hung● be thy sauce and bring a stoma● with thee if he bringeth the water of life say with Sisera Giue m● water for I am thirstie Iud 4 9 ● rather with Samson I die for thir● Iud 15 18 Secondly because it ● the spirit speaketh we must hea● with reuerence in token wher● Eglon whē E●ud tels him he hath a message from God dooth arise Iud 3 20 as Bala●k must Num 23 18 and Moses puts his shooes frō his feet Exod 3 5 and Marie sits at Iesus feet heares his preaching Lu. 10 39 whē the law was giuē there was thunder and lightning and a thick cloud vpō the mount Siuai was all on smoke and all the mount trembled exceedingly Ex 19 that the people might prostrate themselues before the lord and receiue it with reuerence and ●hese two diligence reuerence ●n hearing are the outward duties ●ee must performe because God ●peaketh The inward dutie wee ●we is meditation Let not the vir●in be as a broken vessell but whē●hee hath heard Christ speake ●eepe all these sayinges in her ●eart Luke 2 51 Let not Sermons bee as Musicke which once ended there is no more remembrance of it there must bee vertue to retain a potion if we wil haue it worke within vs. The cleane beastes haue not presently done with their meate assoone as they haue eate it but chew the cud and bring it vp againe and againe and still do find a sweetnesse in it Let the seruant be labouring in the field Luk. 17. 7. and labouring in the house ver 8. Let M●●tha go out to meete Christ M●rie keepe within doores Iohn 1● 20. Let there be the eare without and the heart within let there b● action let there be cōtemplation let there be hearing let there be meditatiō God hath ioined th●● togither Mal. 2. 2 man must n● put them asunder And as we must performe these duties because it is the spirit that speaketh so because the ministers are the mouth by which he speaketh in respect of them wee must take heede that on the one side we do not persecute reuile or thinke basely on them for their doctrine If Haman abuseth Dauids messenger hee abuseth Dauid Sam. 10. They which contemne the Embassadors despise those that sent them if the dogge doth bite the stone hee would bite him that threw it and he that killes the dog meanes no good to the maister if Satan stay Iobs seruant his malice reacheth to Iob himselfe And on the otherside we must take heede we think not better of the means then of the author of goodnesse The corne is Pharaohs though Ioseph must deliuer it Ge. 14. 55. Christ multiplieth the loaues the disciples do but giue to thē that sit down Ioh. 6. 11. It was Christ who raised Lazarus other did but loose him let him go Ioh. 11. 43. To blame are those men of Lystra to sacrifice vnto Paul Acts 14. 13. and the men of Israel to gaze too much vppon Peter Act. 3. 12. Paul may plant and Apollo water but God giueth increase if Peter take a multitude of fishes hee falles downe at Iesus feete Luke 5 8. Sette not more by the seedleape then by the vertue of the seede and loue of him that sowes it prayse not more the condite pipe then the spring head from whence the Water floweth Lastly let the prognosticators and diuiners especially here learne to keepe silence they must not enter vpon Gods freehold the stars doo not prognosticate a true euent what health what wealth what weather shall befall it must bee Eliah that tels Ahab there shall be neither dewe nor raine these 3. yeeres 6. months 1. Reg. 17. 2. the same Eliah that foretelleth the time of much raine 1. Reg. 18. 41. if Hezechiah bee weakened and sore broken if his health be past away as a cloude his soule be powred out vpon him it must bee an Esay that must tell him hee shall liue fifteene yeeres longer Esay 38. 5. If there be marrow to the rich mans bones health vnto his nauell no feeblenesse to his flesh none but GOD can say This night will they fetch away thy soule from thee Luke 12. 20. If at any time there be an extreame famin in Samaria that the faire virgins yong men do perish for thirst and God will not helpe them with the barne or with the winepresse that they eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters they deuoure it must bee an Elish● that can prophesie plenty to morrow this time a measure of fine flower shall be solde for a shekell that is to say twenty pence and two measures of barly for a shekel in the

paine and that thou risest while it is yet night and girdest thy loynes and in the morning sowest thy seede and in the euening suffrest not thy hād to rest yet trust not too much in thy labour for it may be thou shalt euen wearie thy selfe for verie vanitie sow the wind and reap the while wind for thou seest many rise vp early late take rest eat the bread of carefulnes yet they neuer thriue for neither is he that plāteth any thing nor he that watreth but god that giueth increase 1. Cor. 3. 7. Therfore Iacob though hee had taken great paines yet ascribeth nothing to his labour but all to Gods blessing Gen. 30. 30. If thou art in health and hast a good appetite to thy meat and thy table furnished with all maner of cates trust not too much in the vanitie of thy dishes for he that can make Daniel fat in flesh and in good lyking with pulse and water Dan. 1. 15. can kindle his wrath against Israel while the flesh is yet betweene their teeth Num. 11. 33. or it goeth downe hee can vtterly breake the staffe of bread giue men their desire but send leannes withall into their soule the Floore and the Winepresse shall not feede them they shall eate but not haue inough drink n●● be filled and they shal be as 7 euill fauoured kine in Pharohs dreame which were still lean though they had deuoured the fat kine like the thin eares which were still withered thin and blasted with the East wind though they had eate● vp the fuller corne Gen. 41. Therfore the Prophet affirming that a● things wait on God for meat saith God filleth them not with bread but with blessing Psa 124. 28. fo● it is not the bread of it selfe tha● nourisheth but the grace of th● word infused into it as it is not th● running water it selfe that helpe● the disease but the vertue of th● hearbs that are boiled in it If Go● ha●h punished thee with sicknes honor the Phisition The Iewe● were to blame who though the● would not esteeme Christ as God yet ought to make some reckning of him because he cured so manie diseases Luke 4. 40. but trust not too much in earthly Phisitiōs for the woman may spend all she hath vpon phisitians not be the better but the worse Mat 5 26. And Galienus the Emperor wil giue his phisicion Fabatus a sum of mony not for that hee had cured him of the Sciatica but because he should no more medle with him If thou hast friēds trust not in thy friends let not man trust in man and make flesh his arme and withdraw his heart frō the Lord. Ier 17 5. let not Israel trust in Egypt the Egyptiās are men and not God Is 31 3 and as a brokē reed which wil run into their hād if they leā vpō it trust not in thy horses they are flesh and not spirite Esay 31. 3. a vaine thing to saue a man Psal 33. 17. Do not sacrifice to thy net Hab. 1. 16. Stick not with the rich man Luk. 12. 19 to thy wealth Much goods for many yeares Leane not vpon thy house it shall not stand do not hold thee fast by it it shall not endure but be as the house of a Spider which is to day to morrow swept away Iob. 8. 14. Do not promise to thy self plenty if thou hast a fatte soile for Iudea in this place whose very hils tops of mountains were very fruitfull Ioel 3. 18 is made so barren that other places must send succour to it commonly the clay dooth serue the sand but of late yeares the sande hath serued the Clay and our Dorcetshire and other drie countreyes haue beene some stay to farre more fruitfull places Our God can blesse his curses hee can make Colloquintida ranke poyson to nourish the children of the prophets 2. Reg. 4. 40. Hee can make our daies to be light and the same God can curse his blessings Mal. 2. 2. make our meate to be poison our table a snare our prosperitie our ruine turne out light into darknesse our life into death and can turne the Wildernesse into pooles of water and the drie land into watersprings can also turne the flouds into a wildernesse and the springs of water into drinesse and Iudea a fruit full land into saltnesse and barrennesse for the wickednesse of them that dwell therin When therefore we haue al the meanes which might serue any way to do vs good our best way is to spread handes abroade before the Lord as Iacob doth Gen. 43. 14. Hesiodus will haue the husbandman lay his hand vpon the plough taile there he must vse the meanes hee will haue him further to make his vowes to Iupiter and Ceres before hee ploweth or putteth in his seede there must hee pray God to blesse the meanes In warres Ioshua must muster his men and sette them in array and stretch out the speare in his hand Ios 8. this is to vse the meanes hee must further remember the name of the Lord his God Psa 2. 8. that he may blesse the meanes When the waues threaten the shippe lette the marriners cutte the ropes and cast anchor Acts 27. 30. there is the meanes of safetie and further with the disciples crie helpe Lord Mat. 8. 25. a prayer for safetie Oyle was much vsed in Palestina and counted medicinable Mar. 6. 13. Luke 10. 34. Therefore the Elders when they visited the sicke must vse oyle and as well praier as oile Iames 5 14. if thou art hungerbit knowe the Disciples go to buye meate Ioh. 4. 8. but knowe againe that Christ blesseth the meat Mat. 14. 19. by the first learne to receiue Gods creatures as a meanes to refresh thy bodie by the latter to begin thy meale with praier and end it with thanksgiuing if thou had bad or leane grounde as it is Num. 13 21. good it with thy pot or with thy fold fallow it twifallow it bring it into heart husband it in the best manner make it as fat as this Iudea yet for al this because it is in God to choose whether it shal yeeld a curse or a blessing thistles or wheate cockle or barly in this and so in al other thy actions let this bee as it were the foote of thy song Prosper thou vpon vs the worke of our hands O Lord prosper thou our handie worke Purposed to send succor which thing they also did Before the hand bee stretched out to giue the heart must bee touched with compassion else almes is not accepted and when wee are touched with pittie then must we giue also else to say God helpe thee and not to giue is but a mockerie Iames 2. 16. The disciples therfore in this place first pi●tie with their hearts and then open their hands concerning the heart where God likes not the giuer he likes not the gift if he hath cast off Cayn he regards not his offering Gen. 4. 5. and where hee