Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr.…

Unto YOU that are Students in the College, and especially unto such of You as are (what most of you are) Designed for the Work of the Ministry; The ADVICE which I now, Leave, is This. First, Let the Glorifying of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and not any Worldly Considerations, Induc• you to Devote yourselves unto the Evangelical Ministry which you have before you. ⟨p. 175⟩Tis true, Tis an Honourable Calling which you are Entering upon. To be Ambassadors of CHRIST who is the King of Kings, is to be in an Honourable Station. The greatest Persons on Earth, have not thought it Beneath them, to Preach the Word of the GOD of Heaven. The King in Jerusalem, and as Great a King as ever they had, is called, The Preacher. Ecclesiastical Writers Affirm, Titus to have been one of a Noble Extraction among the Cretans. And since the Reformation, what was George the Prince of Anhalt? What was the Lord of Chandieu, who goes under the Hebrew Name of Sadeel? What was John Alasco? Yea, and greatly Enriched is that Man, whose Business it is, To Preach the Unsearchable Riches of CHRIST! But you must not propose the Honours of This World, in what you undertake. No, but expect rather to be Despised and Rejected of Men; rather to have all manner of Indignities heaped upon you. As little may you Propose the Riches of This World. The low and mean Intention of, Getting a Living, must not be the Chief Thing in your Eye. You may, no doubt, gain much more Wealth, by betaking yourselves to some other Employments. Yea, ••verty, Narrow and Humbling Circumstances, and Grievous Defraudations from an Unthankful People; are what you must look for. You must count it Honour enough, and Riches enough, if CHRIST may have Service from you. Your Special Advantages to Serve CHRIST, which Ministers have above other men; Here let there ⟨p. 176⟩be the Honour and the Riches, that your Hearts will be mainly set upon. Secondly. Let your Sermons be as full of a CHRIST as may be. Sermons full of Self; and made for the Ostentation of your own Learning; Are these the Sacrifices, that GOD will be well-pleased withal? The Sermons of the Apostles were not such! No, They could say, We Preach not our selves but CHRIST JESUS the Lord. What were the Pauline Sermons! We read, He Preached those things which concern the Lord JESUS CHRIST. Alas, There are Preachers in the World, who have little of a CHRIST in their Sermons;