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A22141	Brotherly reconcilement preached in Oxford for the vnion of some, and now published with larger meditations for the vnitie of all in this Church and common-wealth: with an apologie of the vse of fathers, and secular learning in sermons. By Egeon Askevv of Queens Colledge.	Askew, Egeon, b. 1576.	1605 (1605)	STC 855; ESTC S100302	331,965	366

loue Ephes 5. 2. and so walke that not onely with Dauid we runne viam the common and Kings high way of his m Psal 10. 11 ●● commandements and n Iames 2. royall law to blesse benefite and be beneuolent to our enemies Math. 5. 44. but walke also like him in o Psalme 119. 35 semitis in the pathes thereof which are the nearest and gainst way to heauen not as more wittily then wisely p S●ell●●narra● in L●c. 3. 4. some distinguish his Euangelicall precepts and counsels for euen these q Ferus in Math 3. 3 semita are mandata Psalme 119. 35. that not onely we loue from our heart but so feruently without faining that as r Exod. ●2 32. Moses willed it for the Hebrewes ſ Rom. 9. 3. Paul wished it for the Israelites t Ios 2 2. Rahab ventured it for the spies v Iudges 10. Iudith indangered it for Israel x 1. Kings 18. 4. Obadiah hazarded it for the Prophets y Esther 4. 16 Ester for the Iewes z 1. Sam. 19. cap. 20. 33 Ionathan for Dauid a 1 Sam. 17. Dauid for his countrey b Iohn 13. 37 Peter promised it for Christ and Christ performed it to lay downe his life for his enemies Rom. 5. 6. so we also should walke in this path of loue that as hereby we perceiued his loue in that he layed downe his life for vs therefore ought we to lay downe our life for the brethren 1. Iohn 3. 16. then which as no man hath greater loue of heart then when he is willing to bestow his life for his friend Iohn 15. 13. so if like Christ who layed it downe voluntarily of himselfe without any taking it from him Iohn 10. 18. for he died c Bern. ser 3 de pacificat Mar●a Non quia meruit nec quia Iudeus praualuit sed quia ipse voluit not because he deserued for he layed it downe for his sheepe verse 15. nor because the Iew preuailed for none could take it from him verse 18. but because he was willing for he layed it downe of himselfe Nec modo voluit oblatus est quia voluit oblatus est neither was he willing because to be offered but was offered because he was willing as d Ser in Feria ●eb● p●●os de p●ss D●m Bernard elsewhere speaketh If we could I say like Christ thus walke in loue of our hearts we should be perfect as he is perfect sith as Paul epitomizeth religion into faith and repentance Hebr. 6. 1. and Salomon repentance into feare God and keepe his commaundements Eccles 12. 13. so our Sauiour his ten commaundements into two of loue Marke 12. 31. and the Apostle e Aui● Pet. Mart. in Rom. 1● those two of loue into this one of louing our neighbour Rom. 13. 9. to shew that this heartie loue of our foe is the castle-gate of religion the staires of repentance the tower and turret of faith the watch of the feare of God and the keepe of his commandements all which are wholly kept and fulfilled in one word which is this Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Gal. 5. 14. Wherefore if offending in many things thou canst not fulfill the royall law it is so large vis compendium seruandarum omnium legum wilt thou haue saith a f Ar●t in Rom. 13 8. Writer a short cut to keepe all Monstrabo tibi Epitomen I will shew thee a compendious way Loue thy neighbour and thou shalt fulfill the royall law Iam. 2. 8. and praise God saith Austine with an instrument of tenne strings for as Iames said of him who failes in one point that he is guiltie of all so contrariwise may I say that he who fulfils this one point in some sort is guiltlesse of all And thus are we knowne to loue God when we loue our brother and cannot before him assure our hearts till our hearts be sure to the other For as g D●roth de●● 6. ne iudicemus proximum lines in a circle drawne to the circumference from the center the nearer they come the center whence they first proceeded the nearer needs must they come one to another the further off they go from it the more are they distant one from another so our liues in this great round as they haue their first being from that indiuisible center of whom and to whom are all things Rom. 11. 36 so the nearer they come him in loue the nearer must they needes in affection come one another And as euery one that loueth his brother loueth God also and is borne of him so he that hateth his brother hateth God and if he say he loueth him he is but a lyer 1. Ioh. 4. Howbeit if through naturall deprauation and humane infirmitie surripit ira Christiano anger as h Aug. Pr●fat in Psal 25. one speaketh stealeth on thy heart and like that foule of the heauen catcheth away the seed of loue out of thy heart for i Idem hom 40. humanum est irasci vtinam ne hoc possemus yet must it not be kept so long in thy breast vt fiat pridiana that it liue past a day lest the mote of anger being fed in the night with the dew of suspition become a beame in the morning to put out the eye of reason For seeing k H●rat Epist as an heathen well resembleth it Anger is like an head-strong horse which must not haue the reines lest he throw headlōg his rider we had need curbe this heart-strong passion and perturbation of the mind lest it carry vs headlong into mischiefe and as we put bits in horses mouths that they should obey vs whereby we rule them in the right way so hunc fraenis hunc tu compesce ca●ena its mouth also like horse and mule without vnderstanding must be holden with bit and bridle lest it fall vpon thee Which naturall edge and sharpe affection seeing it is whetted and sharpened by Satan on the stonie heart of man to wound the name or the person of his foe therefore our l Arist lib 4. Ethic. cap. 5. maister of moralitie sheweth Why against whom how when and how farre it may be drawne and vnsheathed Why in the offence of God and defence of goodnesse as m Exod. 32. 19 Moses waxed hot against Israel for their idolatrie against n Num. 16 15. Korah Dathan and Abiram for their conspiracie o 1. Sam. 19. 14 Elias against Israel for their Apostasie p Ier. 6. 11. Ieremie against the Iewes for their impietie and Christ looked angerly on their children for their obstinacie Mark 3. 5. Secondly if thou wouldst know against whom though thou carry this sword of anger in the sheath of thine heart yet like the minister of iustice Rom. 13. must thou draw it against not the good and them that do well but the bad and them that do euill And thus did holy

it and therefore might truly say with x Psalme 69. Dauid The rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen vpon me I payed them the things that I neuer tooke This he performed for vs sinners and said indeed for his enemies as Nisus for his friend Whom seeke ye Coram quem quaeritis adsum I am he whom ye seeke to be crucified Adsum qui feci in me conuertite ferrum O Rutuli I make my selfe sin for them y Esai 53. wound me for their transgressions breake me for their iniquities and lay the chastisement of their peace on me that by my stripes they may be healed Here for them z Esai 50. I giue my backe to the smiters my cheekes to the nippers and wil not hide my face from shame and spitting When sinfull man that like a wandring sheepe was caught in the briars and with the Ramme might haue truly bin sacrificed for this Isaac might truly haue replied Mea fraus omnis nihil iste nec fecit nec p●tuit he did no sinne neither was there guile found in his mouth Quid meruisset ouis This sheepe and lambe of God what hath he done Let thine hand I pray thee be against me and my fathers house Thus the partition wall of ordinances betweene Iew and Gentile was broken downe by him who made of two people one man Ephes 2. Thus the partition wall of our a Esai 5● sinnes which separated betweene vs both and our God was taken away by him who reconciled both to one God and preached peace to vs farre off and to them that were neare Thus our b Ios 17. 1● Iosua made sinne or in-bred Cananite which c Rom 7. 18. 20 dwelleth in our mortall bodie and cannot quite be cast out d Rom. 6. tributary vnto vs that we may raigne ouer it and bring it into subiection This is the manifold loue of Christ to vs his enemies his reall loue his loue indeed with a witnesse and to witnesse it the more stileth he vs with al names of loue as seruants Iohn 15. 15. if that be too litle his friends if that be not enough his e Marke 3. 11 kinsmen if that be too little his f Math. 25. 40. brethren if that be not enough his g Math 12. 50. sisters if that be too farre off his h Marke 10. 15 children if that be not ●nough his i Luke 8. 21. mother if that be not enough his k Cant. 5. spouse which is the greatest and passing loue of women and all this to shew he loued vs with all kind of loues possible the seruants loue a friends loue kinsmens loue brethrens loue sisters loue childrens loue mothers loue and spouse-loue which is as strong as death and cannot be quenched with floods of water Cant. 8. 7. This was Christs loue to vs his enemies as high as heauen as deepe as the earth and hell it selfe as broade as the world and as long as life eternall Wherefore as him selfe spake of washing his Disciples feet Iohn 13. 14. Siego If I saith he I your Lord and Maister haue stouped to wash your feet ye ought also to wash one anothers feet for I haue giuen you an example that ye should do as I haue done to you so may I reason strongly with his Apostle Beloued if God if Christ so loued vs we ought also to loue one another 1. Iohn 4. 11. And indeed beloued Christian thou canst neuer loue truly and do good to thy foe vntil thou remembrest what Christ hath done for thee while thou wert his enemie Let this loue of Christ constraine thee then who commaunded it for thy practise and practised it for thine example If considering thine owne weaknesse and infirmitie Deficis sub praecepto comfortare in exemplo saith l M●dit in Psal 56. Austine if thou thinkest the precept an hard saying to flesh and blood who can beare it be comforted in the example of him who performed it Christ did it as man in thine owne nature to teach thee he commaunds no impossibilities and he is present with thee vt praebeat auxilium qui praebuit exemplum saith that Father to m Cant 1. 3. Iohn 6. 6. draw thee after him who bids thee n 1. Pet. 2. Come follow his steppes Let vs runne when he draweth and let vs loue really our foes as he loued vs while we were not his friends If we cannot sic sicut so infinitely as he did vs for consider behold and see if euer there was loue sicut amor eius like his loue if we cannot go with him in his sicut and quantitie yet let vs runne after him in the sic and qualitie of his loue as o T●m 1. Ser. 13 in cana Dom. Dil●●te ●nuicem fie●t ego d●lex● vos ●●c aduerbium sicut non qua●●tat●s sed qualitat●s simil●●ud●em nota● Idem ser 5. in caen D●m Bernard doth distinguish Howbeit if we cannot walke with God nor follow our elder brother in his great steppes of loue yet let vs ambulare cum Dauide go cheeke by cheeke with Dauid our fellow-seruant who rendring good for euill to his arch-enemie Saul made him ashamed of his enmitie and heaped such coales of fire on his head that he kindled his affection to cry out in admiration Is this thy voice my sonne Dauid and weeping he lift vp his voice 3. Our fellow-seruants example and said to Dauid Thou art more righteous then I for thou hast rendred me good and I haue rendred thee euill and now thou hast shewed this day that thou hast dealt well with me for as much as when the Lord had enclosed me in thy hands thou killedst me not for who shall find his enemie at such aduantage and let him go free with a good turne Wherefore the Lord render thee good for that thou hast done to me this day 1. Sam. 24. Yea when afterward he repented of this repentance and with the dogge returned to his vomite yet Dauid againe ouercame his euill with goodnesse that he cryed out with a peccaui in his mouth I haue sinned come againe my sonne Dauid for I will do thee no more harme because my soule was precious in thine eyes this day behold I haue done foolishly and erred exceedingly 1. Sam. 26. 21. With such loue was Dauid annointed when he was annointed with the horne of oyle to be king this was the strength of his loue when he had the oyle but not the horn when he was elected and not yet inducted into the kingdome and yet behold when after Sauls death he had gotten sceptrum pro pedo a scepter for a sheep-hooke and was taken from the sheepe-folds to feed Iaakob his people and Israel his inheritance when the Lord had now exalted his horne whereby he might extirpate Sauls house and roote out all his enemies yet asked he Zyba after Sauls death p 2 Sam ● ● saying Remaineth there yet none