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A19065	Christian offices crystall glasse In three bookes. First written in Latine, by that famous and renowned Father, Saint Ambrose Bishop of Millane. Whereunto is added his conuiction of Symmachus the Gentile. A worke tending to the advancement of vertue, and of holinesse: and to shew how much the morality of the Gentiles, is exceeded by the doctrine of Christianity. Translated into English by Richard Humfrey ...; De officiis. English	Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397.; Humfrey, Richard.	1637 (1637)	STC 548; ESTC S100171	335,831	469

longer because they so much tendred in the greatnesse of their love his royall person that they o 2 Sam. 21.17 would in no wise suffer any further that he should sustaine any the least perill for them but that they all rather should thrust forward themselves into whatsoever danger for his safegard and security Thus he not thinking upon the quenching of the light of Israel sought to bind the subject to him in laying open his owne pretious body to the dint of the sword for his deliverance He sought to bind him to him likewise when the twelve Tribes could not accord about his establishment and p 2 Sam. 7.8.31 chose rather then there should arise any discord among them to indure banishment as it were in Hebron then to raigne in Ierusalem Such as tooke up armes against him found justice q 2 Sam. 2.3.13.21 at his hands no lesse then the house of Iudah Abner the strong antagonist of the adverse part tendring conditions of peace he embraced honoured with a r Verse 20. banquet trecherously slaine lamented ſ Verse 31. mourning before the corps which hee layed also in a sepulchre at Hebron among the honourable for there also was Ishbosheth the King t 2 Sam. 4.12 interred afterward revenging his death hee shewed the integrity of his conscience and his guiltlesnesse in the spilling of innocent bloud this in trust among other hereditary rights hee committed to his sonne taking greater care that he might not leave the death of the innocent unrecompenced upon the head of the u 1 Kings 2.6 murderer then that hee might mourne for him after his x Or provide for buriall of his body a Prince of matchlesse puissance and piety due solemnities departure That was no small matter especially in a King to submit himselfe to so low a steppe of humiliation to make himselfe of equall degree with the meanest not to seeke y 2 Sam. 23.16 reliefe to refuse drinke at the perill of others to confesse his z Chap. 24.17 sinne and to offer himselfe to death for the preservation of his people that so the indignation of God might be turned from the guiltlesse sheepe upon the guilty shepheard that had transgressed Behold saith he to the Angell offering to smite I am hee which have sinned and I have done wickedly but what hath this flocke done Let thy hand I pray thee bee against mee and against my fathers house What can be here more spoken of him though there be many other things that make much for his praise For to such as did meditate deceipt and mischiefe against him hee a tPsal 38.12 13 14. 62.1.5 opened not his mouth and as one deafe and that heard not answered nothing againe Hee answered not in railing termes whatsoever befell him When he was traduced when much was derogated by the malitious from him and not a little wounded in his good name hee prayed for them when they execrated he blessed walking in b Psal 101.2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sept. innocentia betham lebabi in integritate cordis mei the roote thamam Hebr. v. 4. simplicity and avoiding the arrogancy of the c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ibid. ver 5. which loves to be seene above others proud he was a follower of them that were undefiled in their wayes when he deplored his sinnes he d Psal 102.9 mingled ashes with his food and teares with his drinke This was his piety this his course usage this his hard measure toward himselfe in his devotions Now his desert is of no lesse regard For it was such that being desired of the whole kingdome all the e 2 Sam. 5.1 2. Tribes of Israel came to him with a joynt consent acknowledging him to bee their bone and flesh and that it was he even while Saul lived who went in and out before them in battell and of whom the Lord himselfe had testified Thou shalt feed my people Israel and shalt bee a captaine over them But seeing God himselfe hath sealed with his owne sacred mouth concerning the whole passage of his life such a record as never the like was given of any man I have found David my servant according to my owne f 1 Sam. 13.14 1 King 14.8 15.3.5 heart what need wee any further confirmation For who walked like him in holinesse and justice to the fulfilling of the will of God how for his sake were the offences of his posterity pardoned and how great prerogatives were reserved and that solely for his sake to his heires and successors No man ever more worthy of love For who would not love him whom he saw so ready to recompence with the dearest pledges of love he loving faithfully and g 1 Sam. 18.3 20.41 higedil of gadal adangeret Ar. Mont. fervently his friends he made himselfe a patterne and president of fidelity to others and expected at the hands of his well-willers the like obligation Hence it came to passe that the h 1 Sam 18.3 21.17 parents preferred him before their children the i 1 Sam. 20.13.30.23 2 Sam. 19.28 children before their parents the k 1 Sam. 19.11 25.25 18.7 wives before their husbands the l 2 Sam. 1.26 husbands before their wives Saul was so incensed against his sonne Jonathan for this cause that hee would have m 1 Sam. 20.33 killed him with his speare disdaining that the friendship of another should prevaile in his affection before the piety which he ought to beare and authority toward a father and before the obedience of a subject toward his soveraigne But so potent was religious piety divine authority and obedience that it bare downe whatsoever was naturall and was predominate in good Ionathan When there is a mutuall reciprocation and vicissitude of good offices betweene lovers and a striving of both sides to exceed this alone is a great provocation to kindle love though there be no other tye nor bond to move forward the same which also is manifest by the examples of faithfull friendship For what is so popular and pleasing as grace is not favour gained by diligence and heedfull respect What so ingrafted in nature as to love sedulity and correspondence in duties and doing like pleasures What so implanted and of so deepe impression in humane affections as to bee induced to love him againe of whom thou art desirous to bee loved The n Ecclus. 29.13 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Genevenses translate 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neighbour Wiseman speaketh well to this purpose Loose thy money for thy friend and brothers sake and in another place I will not bee ashamed to o Ecclus. 22.30 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ar. Mon. protegere to defend but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whence it comes is tegere and he that salutes a friend may seeme to cover him with the mantle of love salute a friend neither will I hide my face from him though

city which heretofore have brought vs in sustenance Shall we refuse to feed these in the time of need and scarcity which all our lives time haue fed vs To bee punctuall and to touch what is present and now prefixed before our eyes how great and without number are the things It derogates from the honour of Christian religion and the power of the Gospell to beleeve that because strangers dwel among us we our selves shall want provision which at this very instance are supplied by them to our no small comfort and commodity e Deutr. 8.3 Man liveth not by bread only Manna was a light food and yet the Lord gave strength to it to nourish above the best graine the fattest flesh-pots of Egypt To feed few or many with little or much is all one to him that is All-sufficient of himselfe Among them remaines our family and for the most part of them they are our parents and progenitors But it is to bee feared lest in banishing them upon distrust of Gods all-sufficient providence in relieving so great a multitude wee being few may fall into the same lapse of distresse and bring thereby poverty and pinching hunger upon our selves For first the extending of mercy was never a detriment to any but ever an adjument to him whosoever he hath beene that hath exhibited the same Moreover the provision of corne wee are to impart to them let them make good to us by way of commutation and exchange according to the worth thereof in gold Is it so I pray you that these being sent away others must be bought with our money to till our grounds how much cheaper therefore is it for us to feed these then to buy others and feed them also Where maist thou find to furnish and fill up their places with the like where canst thou procure whom thou maist thus conforme to thy will so reforme bring to thy hand keepe under obedience make benefit of as thou dost of these Some thou maist get to fill up the number ignorantly to undertake looking rather for their wages then to thy worke but inexpert in the businesse of imploiment unable to manage the affaires of husbandrie What needs any larger discourse The gold of the stranger collated for it may bee in stead of the graine of our fields spent for their maintenance For so a revenew is regained into our treasurie Now in thus determining this holy Senior in his sage wisdome diminished not the stocke of the city yet subministred victuall sufficient for the stranger How laudable therefore was this his service to men but how much more acceptable to God f Deutr. 10.18 who loveth the stranger and giveth him food and raiment This great man deserveth great loue true approbation and shewing him the people of the whole Province might truly say to the Emperour All these have I reserved for thee these live by the benefit of thy Senate those this thy Court hath delivered from death How much more beneficiall was this to the Common-weale then that which was last of all concluded at Rome upon the like occasion where the strangers were cast out of the famous city and all of them with their children compelled to depart with weeping eyes Though they had spent the greater part of their dayes there and that with the good liking of the citizens though they deplored no lesse their unexpected banishment suddenly interrupted friendship violated affinity then if they had beene naturally borne inhabitants yet could no mitigation of the rigour take place but they must be gone No reason could be yeelded for it but that the old fashion and fancy of the vulgar must runne its course Yet see the event contrary to their expectation the fecundity of the yeare so favoured that the city solely wanted the importation of graine and the people of Italie living abroad in the countrie whose children they had expelled might have holpen them in with it which now they had just cause to be unwilling to doe Nothing is more odious and unadvised then this first to exclude such as alienated and estranged from their condition without whom their estate can in no wise subsist and then afterward to expect and exact duty and observance at their hands Why dost thou labour to cast him out who hath of his owne provision to feed himselfe Nay why dost thou seek to cast him out who feedeth thee With what countenance canst thou reteine him as thy servant whose parents thou strivest to extrude and throw out of dores Dost thou partake of his wheate and not impart to him thine affection with what face dost thou there extort maintenance where thou retortest unkindnesse How mishapen a monster is this and how fruitlesse a birth For how can that bee fruitfull or any way profitable which is not decent which is not honest And in truth how much ayde did Rome then defraud her selfe of by depriving strangers of her habitation Shee might have kept them and escaped the famine For so her hope of provision had beene no longer deferred then the opportunity of the winds had fitted the Sailers to bring in their ships To have dealt kindly therefore and indured forrainers had beene no lesse honest and profitable for her then was that done by the wise Senior Therein also had decency beene united to honesty For by the collation of the rich which had beene done by the wealthy among the forreiners through the exchange of moneys for graine to helpe the needy to administer food to the hungry and to suffer none to want is such honesty and decency as none can bee greater The tillers of the fields to have retained their places those borne in the countrie not to have beene removed and rooted out had beene so much benefit for the publicke good as nothing more Wherefore what is honest is profitable and what is profitable is likewise honest Contrariwise what is unprofitable is undecent and what is undecent is unprofitable CHAP. VIII Honesty to bee preferred before welfare is a thing established by God The examples of Ioshua and Caleb with the rest of the espialls extracted out of Scripture are brought to ratifie it WHen would our Ancestors have sought their freedome but that they beleeved it not only to bee shamefull but also discommodious to bee under the servitude of the King of Egypt Ioshua and Caleb sent out to search the land of Canaan reported it to bee very good and fruitfull but the other a Numb 15.7 Deut. 1.25 espialls that the people of the land were strong the cities walled and exceeding great the sonnes of Anak who came of the Giants were there which ate up the inhabitants In so much that the peoples hearts being affrighted and shaken into pieces with the terror of the warres refused to make entrance upon their promised possession But Joshua and Caleb did beate downe the evill report that these brought upon it willing their brethren not to b Num. 14.29.33.34 feare