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Paul's last farewell, or A sermon, preached at the funeral of that godly and…Paul's last farewel, or A sermon, preached at the funerall of that godly and…
Paul's last farewell, or A sermon, preached at the funeral of that godly and learned minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Thomas Blake. By Anthony Burgess, pastor of the church at Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire. With a funeral oration made at Mr. Blake's death by Samuel Shaw, then schoolmaster of the Free-School at Tamworth.Paul's last farewel, or A sermon, preached at the funerall of that godly and learned minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Thomas Blake. By Anthony Burgesse, pastor of the church at Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire. With a funeral oration made at Mr. Blakes death by Samuel Shaw, then schoolmaster of the Free-School at Tamworth.
London: printed for Abel Roper, 1658
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These are the special qualifications of a Godly Minister, whereby he will be able to say with Paul, I have fought a good fight. 1 Tim. 4. 7. Yea, with CHRIST, I have finished the work thou gavest me to do, John 17. 3. To all which must be added diligence and labour, all the names, they have denote labour more then glory, office more then dignity; now in all these things there is one particular, ⟨p. 14⟩which doth much quicken, and that is temptation, one of those three things, Luther said, made a Divine; we are not to desire temptations, but God for the most part doth prepare those Ministers, whom he intends to be serviceable, by such exercises; This is the sawing, and the polishing of the stone, by this he is brought into the deep waters, and seeth the wonderful works of God, by this he is able to understand the depths of Satan, and by this he is adapted to be a most special Instrument to comfort and refresh others, when they shall see theirs is not a singular condition, they must not think none are tempted like them, for they shall find that even Pauls have had the buffetings of Satan, and that by these foul temptations they have learned more then all Books or authors could teach them. And thus I leave the first Doctrine, and proceed to the second, which is.
These are the special qualifications of a Godly Minister, whereby he will be able to say with Paul, I have fought a good fight. 1 Tim. 4. 7. Yea, with CHRIST, I have finished the worke thou gavest me to do, John 17. 3. To all which must be added diligence and labour, all the names, they have denote labour more then glory, office more then dignitie; now in all these things there is one particular, ⟨p. 14⟩which doth much quicken, and that is temptation, one of those three things, Luther said, made a Divine; we are not to desire temptations, but God for the most part doth prepare those Ministers, whom he intends to be serviceable, by such exercises; This is the sawing, and the polishing of the stone, by this he is brought into the deep waters, and seeth the wonderfull works of God, by this he is able to understand the depths of Satan, and by this he is adapted to be a most speciall Instrument to comfort and refresh others, when they shall see theirs is not a singular condition, they must not think none are tempted like them, for they shall find that even Pauls have had the buffetings of Satan, and that by these foule temptations they have learned more then all Books or authors could teach them. And thus I leave the first Doctrine, and proceed to the second, which is.