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THirdly, honour is exhibited to Gods Ministers by imita¦ting their Christian vertues, which doe shine within them as the Lampes did in the Tabernacle, and do (as the candle out of the lant-horne) giue light to those that loue the light. It is one
way, whereby we honour those that are departed in the faith, when we resemble them in those heauenly graces, (which like the starres of heauen) did shine within them, while they were aliue. And indeed we do performe an act of honour vnto any man, when we striue to imitate his good conditions, and to walke exa∣ctly in his foot-steps. This honour the holy Ghost giueth to all godly Mi∣nisters, when he exhorteth vs saying: a Remember thē that haue the ouersight ouer you, which haue declared vnto you the word of God: whose faith follow. And Saint Paul claimeth it of the b Corin∣thians, where he saith: Be ye followers of me, euen as I am of Christ. Mini∣sters ought to make themselues Ensamples for vs to follow: and when they do so, we shall both disho∣nour them, and displease the Lord, if we do not labour to be like them. Their good examples should be as spurres in our sides to make vs run more liuely in our Christian race: and they should be as sauce to make vs
affect and digest our meate the bet∣ter. And if we will not study to re∣semble them, we shall both mani∣fest a peruerse and illiberall disposi∣tion, and make our selues the more vnexcusable when God shall iudge vs. Therefore as the Painter doth draw an image in his head first, and then with his hand according to the patterne set before him, and concei∣ued in his mind: so should we set the vertues of godly Ministers before our eyes, as patternes for to follow; and hauing conceiued and entertained them in our heades and hearts, wee should expresse them in our liues by the actions of our hands, and in the continuall current of our conuersa∣tions. And so shall we commend our selues without one word of commen∣dation: so shall we honour and ani∣mate them: so shall we dignifie our profession, and glorifie him that or∣dained c all things for his glory.
Hebr. 13.8.
1 Cor. 11.1. Phil. 3.17. 1 Thes 1.6. 2 Thes. 3.5 1. Pet. 5.3.
Pro. 16.4