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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78145	Reformed religion, or, Right Christianity described in its excellency, and usefulness in the whole life of man by a Protestant-Christian.	Barker, Matthew, 1619-1698.	1689 (1689)	Wing B777aA; ESTC R42840	61,592	137

may be a Temp●ation to himself or a stumbling-block unto others He is not led by the Examples of Men ap●roves not of any evil because practised by ●he multitude but having found out the Rule ●f his walking he follows it though against the ●ream of a corrupt Age. Again He studiously avoids vain Scoffing ●nd reproachful Nick-names especially about ●atters of Religion as being the Evidence of ● frothy mind and tending to beget pro●haneness and Atheism in Mens Hearts Further Though his Conversation is civil ●nd courteous towards all yet he especially ●onours them who fear the Lord and chooseth ●ch to be of his more intimate Acquaintance ●d Society wherein he doth delight He bridles his Anger that it may not trans●rt him to any excess either in words or ●tions neither will he suffer the Sun to go down upon it so as to lodge with him lest it grow up into malice or inveterate hatred Remembring herein the wise Mans saying Anger resteth in the Bosom of fools And he also hath that Rule over his Spirit that he is no● easily provoked to wrath He will not easily take up false Report against any much less divulge them most o● all not raise them but seeks to preserve anothers Reputation as his own knowing tha● he ought to love his Neighbour as himself and therefore he will not entertain ground less Jealousies but puts all things under th● most favourable Interpretation according t● the Rule of Christian charity He is not wise in his own Conceit but judging humbly of his own Parts he readily hearkens to other Men and over-weens not his ow● understanding He will not rejoyce and triumph in othe● Mens Calamities nor trample upon the● when they are fallen not knowing how so●● their case may be his own and the trya● which are upon them may come to his ow● door He makes it his care to preserve Pea● within in the midst of all the troubles th● attend him from without and sets befo● him the Joys of Heaven as a Relief against t● Worlds sorrow He looketh upon the Providence of Go● as superintending and guiding the Affairs the World and therefore is not dismayed by the signs of the Heavens gives not heed to Diviners and Soothsayers as the Heathen did and which was forbidden by many Christian Emperours and becomes not the Christian Profession Neither doth he ascribe Events to blind Fortune the Power of exorcisms or to the Connection of second causes any further than they are influenced by the first cause and therefore he doth not perplex his Thoughts about future things which are not in his Power but in the discharge of his present Duty leaves them all in the hand of the only wise God. Again Though he is diligent in the affairs of his Calling yet he suffers not the things of this World so to ingross his Time Heart and Thoughts as to be diverted from all Communion with God and attending the great Concernments of his Soul and will what he can avoid the incumbrances of the World that his Heart may be more free for the Duties of Religion and the service of God. And seeing that he was not made by himself or for himself he is careful to serve the end of his being which is to glorisie his Creator and for that end is diligent to improve the several Talents wherewith God hath intrusted him whether natural acquired civil or spiritual and considering also himself as bought with a price he glorifies God both in Soul and Body which both are his which is peculiar to a Christian And lastly He knowing that his Time is short upon Earth he is making Provision for his latter End that he may dye in Peace Whereupon he lives not in continual Bondage to the fear of Death nor hardens himself against it by a Roman courage but looking upon Death by Faith in the Death of Christ he seeth the Sting of it taken away and it made a Passage into Eternal Life And knowing also that the coming of the Lord draws nigh he comforts himself in the Expectation of it as hoping to find mercy of the Lord at that day I should here have added one particular more which the Christian Religion doth oblige all Men to which is Obedience to Rulers and Magistrates but I shall make it a distinct head to speak of afterwards Now Reader By these things and such things as these for I cannot possibly mention all thou seest what it is to be a Christian and what an Excellency and Purity is in the Christian Religion and what brave Men it would make us both towards God our selves and one another Whatever moral Vertues the Heathen Philosophers boasted of or whatever Goodness or Truth there is in natural Theology whatever is consentaneous to the purest Reason or whatever moral goodness there is in the Law of Moses whether Moral Judicial or Ceremonial or in any Religion professed in the World we have it all comprized in Christianity Here we have an account of the true Happiness of Man and how to attain it And where an Expiation may be found for the sin of his Soul And how he may be supported under all the Calamities of this present Life which three things the Minds of the Philosophers were so exercised about It is a Religion which endows men with higher Principles and sets before them higher Motives against the practice of evil and for performing that which is good than any other in the World and was it Exemplified in the Lives of Men instead of Oppression Injustice and Violence instead of Animosities Divisions and Contentions instead of treacherous plotting and contriving the destruction of one another we might enjoy our selves and live together in great Tranquility Love and Peace whereas now the lives of most who are called Christians are the publick scandal of the World and as great Atheism Prophaneness Irreligion and all sorts of Immoralities are found among us as where the Name of Christ and the Gospel were never heard of And in many things worse than Infidels which makes the old saying true Aut hoc non est Evangelium aut nos non sumus Evangelici Either this is not the Christian Religion we profess or else we are not Christians And will not Christ be ashamed of them who are a shame to him and his Name that is upo● them As a Parent who hath a vile and wicked Son is ashamed that he should bear hi● Name And as some have probably thought● that those shall come first to Judgment s● they are likely to fall under the severest judgment in the day of Christ The Heathen o● old upbraided the Christians with their Name Cajus Sejus bonus vir sed Christianus but now it may be said Cajus Sejus Christianus sed no● bonus vir which is a real Reproach which th● other was not And may we not complai● as Salvian in his Time In nobis patitur Christus opprobrium in nobis patitur Lex Christian● maledictum Christ

the Peoples Wealth Liberty and Safety Yet his Courage is not fierce and boisterous as of some Brutes but is guided and animated by sober Counsel and sound Wisdom He is a Man of Justice who will not be corrupted by Bribes enticed by Flatteries or ●iassed by Friendship Opinion or a Party He regards not the Rich more than the Poor in pronouncing Sentence will deliver the Oppressed from unjust Violence and plead the Cause of the Fatherless and in all things proceed uniformly according to the Rules of Equity and right Reason without partiality or respect of Persons He knowing he is the Righteous Gods Vice-gerent or Minister dares not act unrighteously as Bracton speaking of the supream Magistrate while he doth Justice he is Vicarius Dei but when Unjustly Minister Diaboli Lib. 3. l. 9. He is a Man endued with Mercy and Clemency can have Compassion on the Oppressed and Afflicted will mitigate the rigour of the Laws where they may seem over-severe especially in matters of Religion and makes his Government an easie Yoke and not irksome and grievous to the People seeks rather to Rule in their Hearts by Love and Gentleness than over their Persons by Fear and Terrour is ambitious of a Chearful rather than a forced Obedience can sympathize with the People as a Father with his Children and the Cryes of the Oppressed enter into his Ears and their Petitions find easie access and speedy relief so that he obligeth them by his Goodness and provokes them not to Wrath by rigour and severity But yet he is careful to keep up the Authority of his Government tha● it fall not under Contempt He studies not Revenge but counts it his glory to pardon Offenders so far as may stand with publick safety shewing himself herein like unto God whose Name he bears and whose Minister he is who as the Psalmist saith is Slow to Anger and ready to forgive He is also a Man of a publick Spirit minds the general Good more than his own private Concerns and rejoyceth more in the Good and Welfare of the People than his own or rather wraps up his Own in Theirs And that he may act the more like God himself who doth good to all he is devising how he may make his Government most useful to the publick Benefit As the Emperor Adrian had this for his Motto Non Mihi sed Populo His Power was for the People not Himself He depends not upon Power and Success to justifie his Cause so as to leave himself no Witness from God good Men or his own Conscience if it doth miscarry but the righteousness of his Cause doth uphold him so that he doth not go on Trembling upon the prospect of the mutability of humane Affairs or any emergent Difficulties that may rise up in his way or from any inward regret of his own Mind or Conscience If he meet with Success and his Affairs Prosper at Home or Abroad it doth not transport him to transgress the Bounds of Justice ●he Law of God or the Rules of his Go●ernment or to invade any of those just Rights or Priviledges which belong to the People but is a Defender of Property against Foreign Claims or domestick Wrong or Violence Again If he be incompassed with visible Strength and all probable safety both at Home and Abroad yet he is not secure remembring the Old saying Summa cadunt subito nor puts his trust in any Arm of Flesh as knowing the uncertainty of all humane Affairs and the unexpected Changes that do often befall the things of this World. And therefore Conradus the Emperor chose for his Motto Fortuna dum blanditur fallit Fortune is False when she Flatters and Citò reposcit quae dedit was anothers Soon takes away what she gives Further He is true and faithful to his Word and Promises will not prostitute his Honour and his Conscience by Deceit or Dissimulation He well knowing that his Office and Place requires of him to be a Man of Truth and that not only the Law of God but the Light of Nature oblige him thereunto Many of the Heathen as appears in story valuing their Words equal with their Lives and as he expects Truth and Fealty from the People in performing their Oaths Promises and Ingagements unto him so he reciprocally answers it by performing his Trust or Ingagements unto them And as he entertains no principles to the contrary so neither is he led aside by any bad Examples as in the case of John Huss who was put to Death by the Emperour Sigismund at the Council of Constance tho' he engaged his Faith and Honour for his safety Cochlaeus lib. 5. Histor Hussitarum And as the Dignity of his Place Cloaths his Word with Power so he knows it will reflect the grearer Dishonour upon him if it be divested of Truth Again He is vigilant to discover Dangers at Home and to understand the state of affairs Abroad that he may either strengthen himself by Foreign Alliances or be prepared to resist Invasions or any Encroachments that may be designed upon the Nation and his Government Again He well knowing that People are apt to be led by the Example of their Governours he is therefore careful about his more Private and Personal conversation that it may be managed with that gravity wisdom sobriety piety and true manliness as becomes his Place and may procure an awful Respect to his Person and the more invite the People to give Obedience to the wholesome Laws of his Government according to the true Motto Bonus dux bonus comes A good Leader will have good Followers The love of Pleasure doth not effeminate his Mind nor divert his Thoughts from attending the weighty Affairs of his Government and the Interest of the People And if he be a King the weight of his Crown doth affect his Head with thoughts but the Lustre of it doth not blind his Eyes or bewitch his Heart He is one who will stop his Ears to Sycophants and Flatterers who for some private Advantage to themselves may Counsel him to that which may be really Mischievous to himself and injurious to the Publick good Again He carries it Humbly tho' he is in High Place his outward State and Grandeur lift not up his Heart with Pride he maintains them rather to keep up the Awe and Authority of Government than to exalt himself The distance of his Place doth not make Access to him uneasie through his condescention to the people Though he is called God yet he knows he must Die like a Man and that Death will fetch him down from those Steps again to which his place hath Advanced him He will make use of Policy but what only may consist with Justice and Honesty He will not in all things follow Machiavel or a Caesar Borgias lest he be condemned by Solon Lycurgus Solencus or any of those just Heathen Law-givers He always keeps within the bounds that Reason Conscience or the Law of his