A04931:104
A sermon preached
A sermon preached by John Knox minister of Christ Jesus in the public audience of the Church of Edinburgh, within the realm of Scotland, upon Sunday, the. 19. of August. 1565 For the which the said John Knox was inhibit preaching for a season. To this is adjoined an exhortation unto all the faithful within the said realm, for the relief of such as faithfully travail in the preaching of Gods word. Written by the same John Knox, at the commandment of the ministry aforesaid.A sermon preached by Iohn Knox minister of Christ Iesus in the publique audience of the Church of Edenbrough, within the realme of Scotland, vpon Sonday, the. 19. of August. 1565 For the which the said Iohn Knoxe was inhibite preaching for a season. To this is adioyned an exhortation vnto all the faythfull within the sayde realme, for the reliefe of suche as faythfully trauayle in the preaching of Gods worde. Written by the same Iohn Knoxe, at the commaundement of the ministerie aforesayd.
London: printed by Henry Denham?, 1566
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Finally by them are we taught and conducted, to offer not only ⟨p. 5⟩prayers and thanks giving: but also our bodies and souls in a reasonable and lively sacrifice unto God by Jesus Christ. And yet (O cruel ingratitude) shall we care no more for their sustentation, than that we were nothing addicted unto them, neither yet that God had raised them up after over long blindness, to reduce us again to the right way of salvation, and to conduct us in the same to the end.
Finallye by them are we taught and conducted, to offer not onely ⟨p. 5⟩prayers and thanks giuing: but also our bodies and soules in a reasonable and liuely sacrifice vnto God by Iesus Christ. And yet (O cruell ingratitude) shal we care no more for their sustentation, than that we were nothing addicted vnto them, neyther yet that God had raised them vppe after ouer long blindnesse, to reduce vs againe to the right way of saluation, and to conduct vs in the same to the end.
If we think that all these things may be due without ministers or without preaching, we utterly deceive our selves. For the same order that God hath observed since that he hath collected his visible church, he will shall be observed so long as it continueth upon the face of the earth, that is,1 that even as under the law the people were commanded to require wisdom from the mouths of the priests,2 ⟨image 61⟩and Levites had a charge to teach & so turn many from their iniquity: so in this most acceptable time, did Jesus Christ ascending to the heavens, distribute his glory in divers sorts: for some he made Apostles,3