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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12309	A memento for Christians In some short meditations on the third verse of the thirteenth chapter of the Epistle vnto the Hebrewes [...] Published by the author, for the comfort of all those that mourne in Sion, and very fit to be seene in the hands of all men in tese troublesome dayes of the Churches sorrow.	Doolittle, E.	1623 (1623)	STC 6163.5; ESTC S113555	39,885	102

rest onely in the doing of holy duties and neuer care for the manner how they doe them they will preach the word heare the word receiue the Sacraments fast pray giue almes but neuer respect the manner how they doe them neither for the inward nor outward man Now howsoeuer these are holy duties as they are commanded of God yet because they are performed vnholily the Lord doth no more respect them then the cutting off of a dogs necke or the offering of swines blood or of manslaughter which are all things most hatefull and abhominable vnto him Isa 66. 3. Obiect But is it not well to do the wil of God may some say Ans I answer yea so you doe it according to the will of God otherwise thou maiest do the wil of God in some sence be a Pharaoh Yea thou maiest doe the will of God and be a Rabsheca and a Nebuchadnezzar and be a Pilate yea thou mayest doe the will of God and be a diuell For it is not enough to doe the will of God but we must doe it according as we pray On earth as it is in heauen for it is the will of God of preach the word yet if it bee but in the name onely and not in the power and euidence of the Spirit he shall say to thee Depart from me I know you not It is the will of God to heare the word yet if any cause diuision contrary to the truth which we haue learned wee must auoyde Rom. 16 17 them It is the will of God to heare the word yet we must come with honest harts els it will not bring foorth fruit in vs wee must come with hungring affection else we shall not be filled with it yea we must heare in faith els it will not profit vs. So Heb. 4. 2. it is the will of God to receiue the Sacraments yet saith the Holy Ghost Let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate and so let him drinke otherwise thou mayest bee guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. So that thou mayest preach the word and bee shutte out from the presence of God heare the word and reape no profite by it communicate in holy things and yet bee spued out of the mouth of God yea receiue Reu. 3. 15. the Sacraments and yet eate and drinke damnation vnto thy selfe So that it is not enough to heare with Herod pray with Balaam preach with Iudas which yet are all good for the matter being the will of God yet because they failed in the manner they failed also in receiuing any benefite by their worke Vse 3 Thirdly it serues for a comfort consolation vnto all those that do the will of God according to the will of God that performe holy duties holily that haue respect as well to the manner how they do as to the matter what they doe I may say of them as the Psalmist saith They do no iniquity they walke in his wayes therefore Psal 119. 3. blessed are they Vse 4 Fourthly it may serue for a iust defence of all those that notwithstanding they may partake in holy duties for the matter yet dare not when for the manner they cannot doe the will of God for they know it is not enough to doe the will of God but that they must be very strict in the manner how they doe it and howsoeuer they chiefly delight in the holy things of God knowing the benefite of them yet they haue learned to preferre Gods glory by doing no euill before their owne saluation yea to damne themselues before God should lose one iotte of his glory Therefore those are much to blame which censure Gods children which through tendernesse of conscience dare not ioyne with them in their worship But most of all are they worthy blame that not onely vnaduisedly meddle with the holy things of God themselues but rashly and willfully require others to doe the same as in the Papacy in Queene Maries dayes many of the Martyrs were compelled to cap and kneele and crouch yea to put on their Idolatrous apparrell although it receiued but little honour by them as in the history of Doctor Taylour who when he had a deale of their trumpery Foxe in the 1385. pag of his 2. history on his backe leapt and skipt saying Beholde what a braue foole am I. Thus haue we by Gods assistance gone through the exhortatiō vnto the duty with the direction added how to performe the same Wherein wee haue considered of them first as they are laide downe by the Lord with the earnestnesse of the exhortation and strictnesse of the direction Secondly as they require duties from vs in two points Now wee will consider of the words seuerally as they lye in the text And first of the word Remember which signifieth two things either to mooue attention or to put vs in minde of our forgetfulnesse in the first vse or acceptation it is al one with the word Selah or behold whence we learne Doct. 7 That the Lord would haue vs to take great notice of the affliction of his people This is plaine from the text and prooued plentifully throughout all the Scripture Reas 1 The reason is because they are precious Psal 116. in the sight of God for Precious in his sight is the death of his Saints and those that touch them touch the apple of Zechar. 2. his eye Reas 2 Secondly because of their dignity they 1. Pet. 2. 9. are all Kings and Priests and Senatours Vse 1 The vse serues first for instruction vnto euery one Not to passe by the affliction of the people of God as a thing of no weight or of no respect seeing they are so pretious in the sight of God euen as the apple of his eie and in themselues such an honourable people all Kings all Priests all Prophets being annointed with the oyntment of God 1. Ioh. 2. Vse 2 Secondly it serues for reproofe first of all those that are instruments of their afflictions 2. those that passe by their afflictions without any respect 3. those that take notice of them yet doe not duly respect them as they should Vse 4 Thirdly it serues for a consolation vnto all those that doe duely take to heart and remember the afflictions of the people of God The word Remember being taken in the other signification or acceptation to put vs in mind of our forgetfulnes is all one with that in the beginning of the 4. commandement whence we learne Doct. 8 That naturally wee are very subiect to forget the afflictions of the people of God for proofe whereof wee neede to goe no farther then to our selues for how often haue wee heard of their affliction and how soone haue wee forgot it euen with the hearing But if at any time wee haue had any further purpose to remember them how soone hath it beene forgot by euery light occasion Reas The reason is partly our too much loue of the world