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A20529	Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast, enioyned by authoritie, by occasion of the pestilence then dangerously dispearsed. Likewise two other sermons on the twelfth Psalme. VVhereunto is annexed a briefe tract of zeale. / By I. Dod. R. Cleauer.	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.; Winston, John, fl. 1614-1634.; Greenham, Richard.	1611 (1611)	STC 6938; ESTC S114261	70,793	120

and meekely with others whose corruptions either for greatnes or multitude we cannot so thorowly see as wee may our owne Secondly as we must deale most sharpely against our selues so must we be ready to giue more outward libertie vnto others then to our selues And for this we haue the example of Abraham who was so strict to himselfe that he would not take of the King of Sodome so much as a threed or latchet and yet he would not denie Aner Escol and Mamre their liberty So Iob as he would not permit to himselfe so neither would he deny to his children their liberty of feasting But especially the example of Paul is notable for the confirmation of this point for seeing that in some places he could not so conueniently liue of other mens charges as at Corinth and Thessalonica he would labour with his owne hands rather then be chargeable to any of them yet he would not that all men should be tied by his example to doe the like and therefore he laboureth much in his Epistles about this that Ministers ought to be prouided for so strict was he to himselfe such liberty left he vnto others Whence we may easily perceiue that it is rather a Pharisaicall pride then any Christian zeale to be too tetricall and rough in vrging men so farre that whosoeuer in euery point is not so strict and precise as our selues we cast them off as dogges and prophane persons and such as are vnworthy of any account or countenance The next propertie of true zeale is not to be blinded with naturall affection but to discerne and condemne sinne euen in those that are neerest and dearest vnto vs. That was it that made Christ so sharply to rebuke Peter and Paul to deale so roundly with the Galathians and Corinthians Many offend against this rule who will neuer reprooue sinne in their friends till God reuenge it from heauen wherein they are farre from true friendship for whereas they might by admonishing them of their faults in time preuent the iudgements of God they do through a false loue pull the wrath of God vpon them whom they loue most dearely Hee loueth most naturally that hath learned to loue spiritually and hee loueth most sincerely that cannot abide sinne in the partie beloued without some wholesome admonition But doe not manie now adayes seeme zealoussie to mislike sinne in strangers who can winke at the same fault in their kindred in their wiues in their children in their parents as if the diuersitie of persons could change the nature of the sinne This blind zeale God hath punished and doth punish his children Isaac did carnally loue his sonne Esau for meat for a peece of venison Dauid was too much affected to Absalon and to Adoniah for their comely personage so as his zeale was hindered in discerning sinne aright in them Now Iacob was not so deare to Isaac and Salomon was more hardly set to schoole and made to take paines but behold God louing Iacob and refusing Esau howsoeuer Isaac loued Esau better then Iacob made Esau more troublesome and Iacob more comfortable vnto him Absalon and Adoniah brought vp like Cocknies became corasiues to Dauids heart Salomon more restrained and better instructed was his ioy his crowne his successor in his kingdome This disease is so hereditary to many parents louing their children in the flesh rather then in the spirit that the holy Ghost is faine to cal vpon them more vehemently to teach to instruct and to correct as knowing how easily nature would coole zeale in this kinde of dutie Indeed many will set by their wiues children and kinsfolkes if they be thriftie like to become good husbands wittie and politicke or if they be such as for their gifts can bring some reuenue to their stocke or afford some profit vnto them how deepe sinners soeuer they be against God that maketh no matter it little grieueth them whereby they bewray their great corruption that they are neither zealous in truth of Gods glory nor louers aright of their children because they can be sharpe enough in reprehension if they faile but a little in thriftinesse and yet are too too cold in admonition if they faile neuer so much in godlinesse Well let these fleshly zealous men lay to their heart the blinde affection of Heli who being the deare childe of God was seuerely punished of the Lord for that he was not zealously affected to punish the grosse and foule offences of his children but blessed are they that can forget their owne cause and euen with ieopardie of nature can defend the quarrel of God labouring hencefoorth to know no man after the flesh nor suffering any outward league so to bleare and dazle their eyes as that they should not espie sinne in their dearest friends to reforme it or that they should not discerne vertue in the greatest aliens to reuerence it Now whereas many haue great courage to rebuke such as either cannot gainsay them or gainsaying them cannot preuaile against them heere commeth another property of zeale to be spoken of and that is that it feareth not the face of the mightie neither is it dismaied at the lookes of the proud and loftie Such was the courage of Iob who besides that he made the young men ashamed of their liberty afraide of his grauity made euen the Princes also to stay their talke and to lay their hands on their mouthes And yet heere we must beware of their hasty zeale who will not sticke to charge the children of God to be without zeale if presently and abruptly they rush not into an open reprehension of men that are mightie in authoritie as though no regard of time place or persons were to be had which opinion many by weakenesse of iudgement defending find neither fruit in others nor comfort in their owne consciences when they doe admonish in that presumptuous maner for that hunting after feruentnesse without the spirit of meeknesse and casting off all consideration of a godly opportunitie they rather exasperate then humble the parties admonished and they themselues rather depart with confusion and shame for such posting on without warrant of wisedome then with comfort of heart for any duty done Neither am I heere ignorant how great danger of trouble of minde commeth to many in that they being so curious obseruers and waiters of opportunity doe for some ease of the flesh vnder the cloake of this wisedome altogether leaue off that godly dutie Wherefore as we affirme that wisedome and loue mixed together do deeply enter into the most prefract prodigious spirits so we mislike their fearefull delay of duty who hauing a meane occasion offered them from the Lord doe not zealously and earnestly rebuke sinne though in some higher personages Out of this may issue another frutit of holy zeale namely when we are zealous in their behalfe who can neuer recompence vs againe and that in defending

be zealous to himselfe Those are the most skilfull Physitions and best able to deale with others that haue first wrought a cure vpon their owne soules Therefore our Sauiours aduice is Cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first and then shalt thou see perfectly to pull out the moate that is in thy brothers eye We must then first of all iudge our selues and cast the first stone at our selues that so finding how vgly and noisome a thing sinne is and that by experience in our selues we may be at defiance with it wheresoeuer we finde it and neither flatter others in their euill courses nor yet too rigorously and vnmercifully rebuke them for the same Those that haue beene pinched with sicknesse and are recouered can by the smart which they haue felt pittie others in the like case euen so they which haue beene stung with sinne themselues can more easily be moued to shew compassion towards poore sinners like themselues because by the feeling of misery men learne the practise of mercy in that Christ suffered and was tempted he is able to pittie and to succour those that are tempted Against this rule doe all hypocrites offend who will wade very deepely into other mens soules and very bloodily gore other mens consciences who yet neuer once purged their owne vncleane sincks at home nor drew one drop of blood out of their owne corrupt hearts Such were the Pharises who pleased themselues much in iudging and censuring our Sauiour and his Disciples but were so farre from condemning themselues as faultie in any thing that they iustified themselues before God and men Such also are the Brownists which are readie to burst their bowels with crying out against disorders abroad and yet neuer reforme their owne soules at home for if they did they would also reforme their liues and their families But what kind of zeale these mens is wosull and late experience still crieth in our eares for manie of them being so zealous to others but onely through some secret loue of the world when they had that which they sought for made knowne their hollow their rotten zeale in that without griefe of conscience they could suddenly rush into a profound worldlinesse and without all godly sorrow could after they had satisfied their greedie and fleshly zeale not onely more hardlie seare vp their owne consciences but also be so changed that they could sowe vp their lippes and spare their words from speaking in like manner againe to others and so are neither zealous to themselues nor others Heere also are all such to be censured as faultie that can prie and make a priuie search into the wants of others accounting the same wants no wants in themselues The father saith this my childe doth amisse and the childe in this my father faileth the husband knoweth what the wife should doe and the wife what the husband should doe c euery one in the meane time neglecting their owne duties whereas indeed euery ones principall care should bee to know and doe his owne dutie and to be grieued where he commeth short of the same And thus much for the third rule that true zeale must beginne in our selues Now further we are to vnderstand that there must be an order kept in being thus zealous namely that first and especiallie wee make conscience of the principall matters of the word and after of the lesser as our Sauiour telleth the Scribes and Pharises These things ought yee to haue done that is the weightier matters of the Law and not to haue left the other vndone viz. matters of smaller importance Which sheweth that their zeale is verie corrupt and faulty who as our Sauior saith straine out a Gnat swallow a Camell who are very hot about matters of ceremonie but altogether cold in matters of substance as also theirs that on the other side will crie out against them that rob by the high-wayes side yet they themselues make no conscience of pilfring cosoning and secret defrauding of their neighbours as if small sinnes were not to be left as well as great Another rule of true zeale is that wee looke as carefully to our hearts before God as to our carriage before men for so the Lord commandeth Clease thy heart ô Ierusalem c how long shall thy euill thoughts remaine within thee And againe Purge your hands yee sinners and your hearts yee hypocrites Which serueth to ouerthrow the hypocrisie of such Pharises as make cleane the vtter side of the cuppe and platter but within are full of bribery and excesse of pride disdaine selfe-loue and hatred Now that wee may the better trie our selues by this rule two things are to be obserued I. That wee feare to commit any sinne secretly and when wee are alone as well as when wee are in the presence of men So did Iob and so did Ioseph and this mooued them so to doe euen that the Lord did behold them and could punish them for secret as well as for open offences Which condemneth them of grosse dissimulation that are loth to be accounted ill and yet make no conscience to be ill What is this but to be painted sepulchers that are faire to looke vpon but within full of rotten bones Wee may deceiue men but God is not deceined and therefore let vs beware of this hypocrisie and so much the rather because the Lorde hath fearefully discouered and plagued them that in outward shew haue borne a great countenance of religion and yet haue liued in secret filthinesse and other vile sinnes which in time haue come to light to their shame and ruine The second thing to be obserued is that we haue an eye to the priuie corruptions that lurke in our hearts and maintaine continuall warre against them as Paul did Rom. 7. and this we should the rather doe because it is a fearefull and yet an vsuall iudgement of God and that vpon many professors that making no conscience of entertaining wretched lusts and vile affections secretly they haue broken foorth to the committing of the grosse actions and so haue shamed themselues publikely And this is a iust stroke vpon those that would rather seeme to be then in truth desire to be godly that making no conscience of their thoughts and inward desires they should in time be so giuen vp as to make no conscience of their words or deeds The sixth rule is that wee be more strict vnto our selues then vnto others and more seuere against our selues then against others giuing more libertie vnto them then wee will take vnto our selues And first concerning seuerite vnto our selues such ought to bee our acquaintance with our inward and outward corruptions and so grieuous ought they to be in our eyes that our heate being spent vpon our selues wee may thinke the sinnes of others more tollerable and so learne by the sight and sense of our owne sores to deale more mildely