CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Obs. That the Ministers of the Gospel are to preach that and only that, which ⟨p. 208⟩they have out of Gods Word; As Paul said, That which I have received of the Lord, that I delivered unto you; And the Prophets Introduction is commonly Thus saith the Lord; If Pythagoras Disciples were satisfied with nothing but ipse dixit, how much rather must the believer whose Faith in the very nature of it doth relate to some word or Testimony; Hence it is that they are called the Ambassadors of God, 2 Cor. 4. And such must not go a word from their Commission, We are to be Conduits not Fountains; The Word of God must exire per te non a te, as Bernard; It's the good thing committed to our trust, 2 Tim. 1.14. We must therefore give the same that is committed unto us, we have received gold, we must not deliver copper; Thou art not author but custos Religionis, not Res ingenii but doctrinae.

Obs. That the Ministers of the Gospel are to preach that and only that, which ⟨p. 208⟩they have out of Gods Word; As Paul said, That which I have received of the Lord, that I delivered unto you; And the Prophets Introduction is commonly Thus saith the Lord; If Pythagoras Disciples were satisfied with nothing but ipse dixit, how much rather must the beleever whose Faith in the very nature of it doth relate to some word or Testimony; Hence it is that they are called the Embassadors of God, 2 Cor. 4. And such must not go a word from their Commission, We are to be Conduits not Fountains; The Word of God must exire per te non a te, as Bernard; It's the good thing committed to our trust, 2 Tim. 1.14. We must therefore give the same that is committed unto us, we have received gold, we must not deliver copper; Thou art not author but custos Religionis, not Res ingenii but doctrinae.