GOD the father saith by his Prophet,1 Cry cease not Lift up thy voice as a tromp, and show to the people their wickedness, and to y• house of Jacob their sins. That this is chiefly spoken to them that are Preachers & Ministers of Gods word, There is no man that is but meanly learned, ignorant thereof. For it is their duty to cry & not to cease. It is their duty to exalt & lift up their voice as a tromp. It is their duty to show unto the people their wickednesses & since. It is their duty to preach ⟨image 3⟩the Gospel to every creature. It is their duty to preach Repentance & remission of since in the name of Christ unto all nations.2 It is their duty to give meat to the Lords family & household in due time. It is there duty to feed Christen people with doctrine & knowledge.3 It is their duty to comfort the weak,4 to bind up that is broken,5 to bring again that is caste away,6 to seek up that is lost,7 & to cherish all the flock of Christ. It is there duty to cast away ungodly & old wives fables,8 and to exercise themselves unto godliness It is their duty to be an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in love,9 in spirit, in faith, in purity. It is there duty to rebuke them that sin before all men, that other may have •eare. It is their duty to show them selves commendable to God work men y• need not to10 ⟨p. ii⟩be ashamed, justly dividing y• word of truth. It is there duty not to strive, but to be gentle & peaceable toward all men, ready to teach, suffering the evil with meekness, informing them that resist, if God at any time give them repentance to know the truth.11 It is their duty to preach the word, to be fervent both in time & out of time, to reprove, to rebuke to exhort with all softness and doctrine.12 It is their duty to watch in all things, not to shrink in afflictions, to do the work of an Evangelist, to make their ministration commendable even unto the uttermost. It is their duty to be faultless, as the stewards of God, not high minded, not angry, not drunken, not •yghtyng, not given to filthy lucre, but maintaining Hospitality▪ studious of good things, so•er righteous, godly, temperate, & holding ⟨image 4⟩fast that faithful word, which is according to doctrine, that they may be able to exhort by wholesome doctrine,13 & to overcome them that speak against it.
GOD the father saythe by hys Prophete,1 Crye cease not Lyfte vp thy voyce as a trompe, and shew to the people theyr wickednes, and to y• house of Iacob theyesynnes. That this is chefelye spoken to them that are Prechers & Ministers of Gods worde, Ther is no mā that is but meanely learned, ignoraunt therof. For it is theyr dutye to crye & not to cease. It is theyr dutye to exalte & lyft vp theyr voyce as a trōpe. It is theyr duty to shew vnto the people theyr wyckednesses & synnes. It is theyr duty to preach ⟨image 3⟩the Gospel to euery creature. It is theyr duty to preach Repentaunce & remission of synnes in the name of Christ vnto al nacions.2 It is theyr dutye to gyue meate to the Lordes family & household in due tyme. It is ther duty to fede Christen people wt doctrine & knowledge.3 It is theyr duty to conforte the weake,4 to bynd vp that is broken,5 to bryng agayne that is caste awaye,6 to seake vp that is loste,7 & to cheryshe all the slocke of Christ. It is ther duty to cast away vngodly & olde wyues fables,8 and to exercyse themselues vnto godlynes It is theyr dutye to be an example of the faythfull in worde, in conuersacion, in loue,9 in spirite, in fayth, in purite. It is ther duty to rebuke thē that synne before all menne, that other may haue •eare. It is theyr dutye to shewe them selues cōmendable to God worke men y• nede not to10 ⟨p. ii⟩
- 1Esa. lviii.
- 2•at. xxviii
- 3•uke. xxiiii.
- 4•at. xxiiii.
- 5•uke. xii.
- 6Timo. v
- 7ezec. xxxiiii•zec. xxxiiii
- 8Tim. iiii.
- 9Tim. v
- 10•. Tim. ii.
- 11ii. Tim. iii
- 12Titus. i.
- 131. Pet. v.
