The application of redemption

Information: It's not only in the Liberty, but it's ¹the Duty of a Minister, according as the Text suits, and the condition of the Hearers answer, to aim at the sins of the persons and people to whom he speaks. Particular application implies a special intendment of the parties, 1 Kings, 21. 20. When Ahab met Elijah, he salutes him on this manner, Hast thou found me, O mine Enemy? He answers him, I have found thee, q. d. It was my duty to do so, and therefore I have endeavoured it, and according to my desire and endeavour I have accomplished it, I came on purpose. Ezek. 33. 8. If the Watch-man do not […] the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at his hand. The necessity of the people, the nature of the work which he intends, and the charge of his place which lies upon him, calls for this at the hands of a Minister. Will not common Sense conceive it reasonable, that the Physician discover the Nature of the Disease that troubles the Patient, and put in such Ingredients as may purge the particular Humour; it's the choicest skill he can use, and the chiefest good he can do; and therefore he should intend it and endeavour it in a special manner: Would you not have the Commander in the Field search the particular disorder in the Camp, and pursue the reformation of it in each special passage thereof. Herein the Faithful Execution of his place appears.

Information: It's not only in the Liberty, but it's ¹the Duty of a Minister, according as the Text suits, and the condition of the Hearers answer, to aim at the sins of the persons and people to whom he speaks. Particular application implies a special intendment of the parties, 1 Kings, 21. 20. When Ahab met Elijah, he salutes him on this manner, Hast thou found me, O mine Enemy? He answers him, I have found thee, q. d. It was my duty to do so, and therefore I have endeavored it, and according to my desire and endeavor I have accomplished it, I came on purpose.