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The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermonsThe prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons
The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, being very useful for these times.The prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, beeing very usefull for these times.
London: printed by W.W. for William Lee, 1649
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All preachers of the word after a sort are Prophets, not because they foretell things to come, but because they open and reveal the word of the Lord, and apply it also unto Gods people For he that prophecieth speaketh from God unto men, to edification, exhortation, and comfort, and so is he said to edify the Church of God according to that of the Apostle, he that speaketh a strange 1language edifieth himself, but he that prophesieth edifieth the Church.
All preachers of the word after a sort are Prophets, not because they foretell things to come, but because they open and reveale the word of the Lord, and apply it also unto Gods people For he that prophecieth speaketh from God unto men, to edefication, exhortation, and comfort, and so is he said to edefie the Church of God according to that of the Apostle, he that speaketh a strange 1language edefieth himselfe, but he that prophesieth edefieth the Church.
The Church is said to be edified by a Metaphor, when they that are believers are laid as living stones one up•• another, being edified, that is built as a spiritual […] is by Gods Ministers, who are therefore called Gods build••s, as the people are Gods building, 1 Cor. 3. 9. and so it it is said, Acts 9. 31. That 1the Church had rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. To preach or prophecy therefore is not to speak strange language, if we will ever have the people edified, but we must Prophecy as the Prophets and Apostles did in plain evidence of spirit and speech, rather to profit, than to please, either our selves, or those whom we speak unto, which if either we would follow the Apostles judgement, or did mind so much the peoples profit as he did, we would be much more willing to do so our selves also. For though he could speak as many and more languages than any of them all, yet had he rather (said