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A03696
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Of the rich man and Lazarus Certaine sermons, by Robert Horne.
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Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.
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STC 13823; ESTC S104236
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enemie so horsed and in such honour and himselfe made the man that must honor him Let no man therefore though neuer so great thinke but hee may haue neede of a meaner then himselfe before hee dye The Reasons All Christians are fellow members in the Christian body Now in the naturall body the head cannot say to the foot the highest to the lowest member I haue no need of thee 1. Cor. 12.21 Besides all members haue not one office and no member but hath some vse Rom. 12.4 Secondly the receits of the best are with imperfection and therefore the best may neede Thirdly all Christians are brethren and what brother may not sometimes need the helpe of his brother Therfore the Apostles question mixed with reproofe is Why doest thou despise thy brother Rom. 14.10 An admonition to great ones Vse not to exalt themselues too insolently and proudly aboue their meaner brethren for the wheele of things may turne their Sunne may bee remoued and the first may be last Math. 20.16 or theyr next course may bee to bee inferiours where now they are superiours for Whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shall be brought low Luk. 13.11 Then their own measure may bee returned and as they despised others so themselues may bee despised they may stand vnder their sentence fall vnder their hands and lye down at their feet which would bee considered of by those who looke so high aboue persons better then themselues because God hath made them rather richer and greater And thou that feest a poore man though a good man and despisest him remember that God can and perhaps will make thee as he is in respect of pouerty and so thy contempt of thy brother may come home to thy selfe Adonibezck the tyrant could say As I haue done so it is done to me Iudg. 1.7 And Iosephs enuious brethreÌ„ did say As we thought to our brother so it is come vnto vs Gen. 42.21 And so it is a true word Selfe doe selfe haue But in the flames of hell what would this Rich man chiefly haue to bee eased as being greatly though not onely tormented He sayth his tongue belike because hauing abused that member as most doe eyther to blasphemie to a rayling against Gods word Ministers and children or some other wayes hee was grieuously tormented in it True it is that soules haue no tongues but he felt in his soule what his tongue had done And this teacheth that men shall be punished as in that measure Dâ—ct 2. Eco â—1 22.23.24 25. so in that member and thing wherin they offend Ieroboams hand was put forth against the Prophet 1. Kâ—â— 13 4 and that hand which he put forth against him dryed vp The lost sons curious taste of meats and drinkes was payd backe vnto him in that courser taste of the huskes which the Swine cate Luk. 15.16 So our first Parents abused their eyes Gen. 3.6 and God opened both their eyes v. 7. that is punished them that way and in that wherein they finned for they sought his dishonour and saw their own shame and Zacharias the father of Iohn the Baptist because he doubted with his tongue Luk. 1.18 was by the Angel stricken dumbe in his tongue vers 10. Further also Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron offered strange fire and God coâ—sumed them strangely with fire from heauen Lenit 10.1.2 So Dauid himselfe sinning in another mans wife 2 Sam. 11.4.5 was requited by his sonne in his owne wiues Chap. 16.22 And the Israelites lusting for flesh had it and their punishment in it for it came out at their nostrils Num. 11.20 And thus it is plaine that men haue beene punished in that member and thing wherein they haue offended The reasons God would haue vs to take knowledge of his iudgement and how can we better then when hee so directeth them against our faults and members faulting that wee may see him pointing as with the finger to vs nay standing ouer vs in so particular a seueritie For so he sheweth vs the nature and quality of the offence by proceeding in such maner and with such speciall choyce against it Secondly this course and manner of punishing the member offending is vsed by Princes often in their proceedings against malefactors in their Kingdoms where for the breeding of more terrour in others the member first suffereth that hath first or chiefly offended So Rauilliacke he that murdered the last Henry of France lost first the hand wherewith he did it and when a Noble man plots any treason against his King his King will haue the head that deuised it (b) So 2. Macab 15.32 33. Now if Kings to good purpose and iustly doe thus when God doth so wee must not doubt but hee that is King of Kings doth it both iustly and necessarily to admonish others An admonition to vse well all those members and parts Vse that wee would not haue to bee punished â—eere or tormented in hell Some that haue abused their tongues to cursing and swearing while they liued at their death had neuer a tongueeyther to confesse their sinnes or to craue pardon So when the fift Angell had powred out his Viall vpon the throne of the beast the beasts creatures that blasphemed God with their tongues were tormented in their tongues and gnew them for sorrow Apoc. 16.10 I reade of a Seruingman in Lincolneshire who had still in his mouth Gods precious bloud and at his his death M. Perk. of the gouernment of the tongue pa. 72 out of Phil. Stâ—bâ— bloud issued out most fearefully as in great streames from all parts of him from his mouth nose eares wrists knees heeles toes and all other parts not one free and so dyed Thus bloud was paide with bloud the bloud of Christ prophaned with a fountaine of bloud from all his body Some for abusing others eares by words of slaunder haue lost their owne and many whose feet in youth were nimble to dance the morrice at more yeares had neuer a foote nor legge to carry them voide of aches issues and other slubbers they that did spoyle were spoyled and shee that fed vpon bloud fed the dogs Drunkards seeke red wine and haue red eyes Ezech. 39 10 1. King 21 2â— Prou 23.29.30 And is not drunkennesse it selfe often punished with dropsies and filthy whoredom also with filthy diseases Hath not that member in some been pittifully taken that became the instrument of their wanton sinne What are these but warnings to vs and happy are wee if other mens harmes can make to beware but if wee will not learne by others wee may bee taught by our own feeling Of this bee sure without repentance whatsoeuer member or thing thou abusest here to bee punished with the losse or in the anguish of that thing or member heere or hence If thou abusest all thou shalt be punished in all And for riches that many regarde more then they doe the Kingdome of Heauen if thou dote vpon them and make gods of them