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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10921	A treatise of love. Written by Iohn Rogers, ministers of Gods word in Dedham in Essex	Rogers, John, 1572?-1636.	1629 (1629)	STC 21191; ESTC S105965	73,128	253

I will be with him and glorifie him With long life will I satisfie him and shew him my saluation And Iohn 14. 21. Hee that loueth mee shall be loued of my Father and I will loue him and shew mine own self vnto him vers 23. Yea these are they to whom God hath promised his heauenly Kingdome Iames 1. 12. to them that loue him Thirdly it condemnes those that loue any thing more than they loue God as father mother wife childe profit pleasure friend yea or life it selfe which is no other than Idolatry and to make that our God which wee loue aboue God and spirituall Adultery as St. Iames cals it Iames 4. 4. as a man that loues a harlot more than his owne wife yet what is more common than this yea the trade of it with the common sort who for the sake of the things aboue named care not what dueties they omit or what sinnes they commit against God who yet ought to be loued aboue all and all things to be loued in and for him and vnder him and as may stand with our loue to him and not otherwise Yea the seruants of God because their loue is not perfect suffer many things to come in betweene God and vs and steale our heart and affection in part from him and that obedience that wee owe vnto him which we ought to bewaile deeply and labour euery day more and more that his loue may bee greater in vs than to any thing nay all things else that are in the world besides And so much of the Loue of God briefly hauing taken it but by the way CHAP. 3. Of Loue to our Neighbour and first what it is NOw I come to handle the duety of Loue to our Neighbour as that which necessarily floweth from the Loue of God And of this first What it is secondly of the Notes it 's knowne by thirdly of the Properties of true Loue and fourthly of the persons that we ought to loue 1 Loue is a sanctified affection of the heart whereby whosoeuer is indued withall endeuoureth to doe all the good he can to all but especially to them that be nearest vnto him 1. It s an affection seated as we say in the heart as all the other of hate hope feare ioy griefe c. as the vnderstanding is in the head These are in themselues good and not euill being giuen to Adam in his creation in whom they were all pure well ordered and in good tune louing the good and hating the contrarie and so in the rest But euer since the Fall they are vtterly corrupted the will and affections haue not onely lost all their purity but the will is become most rebellious and all the affections disordered and turned the contrary way As this of Loue is turned to the loue of euill to malice reuenge and selfe-loue 2. I say its a sanctified affection for ere a man can loue he must be regenerate sanctiffed throughout as in his vnderstanding and will so in his affections which is when a man is vnited to Christ by Faith he is sanctified by the Spirit that is the old and cursed disposition that is in vs by nature is put away and a new and contrary frame and disposition of soule wherein wee were at first created is brought into vs the vnderstanding enlightned the will made plyant and frameable to the will of God and so the affections purged and restored to their former integrity in some measure as to hate the euill so to loue the good to loue God and our brethren for Gods cause So that no vnregenerate or vnsanctified man can loue eyther God himselfe or any body else True Loue proceeds from a pure heart good conscience faith vnfained 1 Tim. 1. 5. from a soule purified by the spirit 1 Pet. 1. 22. And Gal. 5. it s reckoned among the fruits of the spirit And 2 Pet. 1. 7. its reckoned among other graces Faith Temperance Patience Godlinesse c. so that one is no more in vs naturally than the rest There be many things that the blinde world call Loue which are not this grace that we speake of nor come in any such account with God That betweene the fornicator and his harlot is no loue but lust as in Amnon which turned as soone into hatred Between drunkards and theeues is no loue but conspiracy for Loue reioyceth not in iniquity but in the truth that is in that that is good Nor that naturall loue of parents to their children This is in bruit creatures the Cowe loues nourisheth and defendeth her Calfe the Goose and Gander tend and brood their young Nor that ciuill loue that is between ordinary people in the world that stands only in eating and drinking prating and playing together which they count such loue and good fellowship as who so speakes against and cals for better spending of the time is cryed out vpon as an enemy to all loue and not to be suffered But our Sauiour Christ nor the Gospell comes not to bring such friendship but rather debate Such as that was among the Heathen and is only carnall whereas true loue respecteth the soule and that most of all which is no whit seene nor thought of among carnall men Vnregenerate men cannot loue their neighbours for while they be kinde to their bodies and haue no care of their soules is this worthy to be called Loue It s as ones friend or child should haue a hurt in the braine and another in the heele and he should carefully looke to the heele and let the braine putrifie Carnall Parents that pamper their childrens bodies and prank them vp braue and lay for great portions for them and suffer their soules to welter in sinne and dye and perish for want of instruction admonition prayer and holy example is this to bee called Loue what do they more than Turkish Parents The wicked Magistrate that is very friendly to all the Countrey and keepes a good house all the yeare and yet suffers sinne to reigne and houses of disorder to abound in his circuit the Sabbaths to be prophaned and like Gallio cares for none of those things call you this Loue The negligent Minister that sets on the great Pot and keeps good Hospitality among his neighbours and yet suffers their soules to famish for want of breaking to them the Bread of life The carnall neighbour that to the body of his neighbour is very kinde but suffers sinne to rest vpon his soule and rather nourisheth him therein than rebuketh him thereof this in the language of the holy Ghost is hatred and no loue Leuit. 19. 17. And what hold is there of vnsanctified mens loue one to another They may be very inward and great friends now and on the sodaine vpon a small occasion fall out and become deadly enemies They oft goe arme in arme to the Ale-house or Tauern embracing each other and stabbe one another ere they come forth See a liuely picture of this Iudges

but yet loue their persons and pray God to open their eyes and turne their hearts Obiect 2. God bade the Israelites kill the Cananites man woman and childe and spare none Answ. If God bade them hate them they had a warrant so to doe for wee must loue our enemies in God and for God and not against God and wee must obey his commandement But God bade them not hate them but kill them and so they might doe and yet wish well to them and pity them The same may be said of all iust warres wee may hate the bad cause of our enemies ouerthrow their enterprizes and slay their persons and yet pity them and pray for their saluation As the Magistrate also that puts a malefactor to death for his offence and to terrifie others by his example yet hates him not but desires that his bodily punishment may be an occasion to bring him to Repentance to the sauing of his soule and therefore giues him godly counsell grants him respit and time sends Preachers to him to labour with him So in the other And thus much of Gods enemies Besides these we may haue priuate enemies that be vpon occasion fallen out with vs that hate and hurt vs and haue done vs wrong and seeke our mischiefe These our enemies wee must loue and of these principally as also of Gods curable enemies is our speech to be vnderstood in all that followes We must loue our enemies that is we must carry a tender affection towards them as desiring their good wishing saluation to their soules and outward prosperity so farre as may stand with Gods glory and their good reioycing at their welfare and grieuing at the contrary and this wee must shew forth by all signes and fruits of good vsage euery way which are referred Mat. 5. 44. to these three heads first Blesse them that is speake kindly to them and of them secondly Doe good that is be readie to helpe and relieue them and lastly Pray for them that hate and persecute you euen pray to God to pardon them and to turne their hearts And thus are we to doe to those that be neuer so deadly set against vs yea and neuer so wrongfully And marke that in this last cited place wee are first bidden to oue them the beginning must be in the affection of the heart that so the other dueties required may be performed and that in a right manner without which the one or the other or both will faile and then that wee must not say wee loue them onely but shew it by the fruits Rom. 12. 20. If thine enemy hunger feed him c. ouercome euill with goodnesse Prou. 24. 17. we are forbidden to reioyce at our enemies fall eyther into sinne or punishment Thus Dauid put on sackcloth fasted and prayed when his enemies were in affliction Elisha bade the King set bread water before his enemies and them that came to take the Prophet 2 Kings 6. So did our Sauiour Christ to his Precept Matth. 5. ioyne his Patterne not onely not reuenging as St. Peter saith being reuiled he reuiled not againe being persecuted he threatned not but on the contrary prayed for them that put him to death Father forgiue them they know not what they doe Thus he spake kindly to Iudas when he betrayed him with a kisse and called him Friend Matth. 26. 50. Thus Steuen prayed for his persecutors euen in the act of their stoning of him Lord lay not this sinne to their charge Acts 7. at the end Now listen to some Reasons to moue vs to this difficult duety and the Lord make them powerfull to perswade vs thereto First They be our owne flesh Isa. 58. 7. therefore wee are not to hurt them nor turne away our face from them to do them good Secondly they haue some part at least of Gods Image in them in their soule being an immortall spirit in the Maiesty of their face aboue all creatures in their authority they beare or age or gifts or the like Thirdly our Sauiour Christ commands it But I say vnto you Mat. 5. 44. The Scribes and Pharisees had taught they should loue their friends and hate their enemies But our Sauiour Christ the Law-maker and so the truest Interpreter thereof the Doctor of his Church hee of whom the Father bade from heauen heare him Matth. 17. 5. who is also our Lord and King bids vs loue our enemies So that if hee may be heard who is onely to be heard and if his authority and commandement may beare sway with vs that only ought to command our consciences then must wee doe so So that though Scribes and Pharisees say Loue friends and hate enemies though the Deuill say so flesh and bloud say so and doe so yet there is another to be heard against all these But I say vnto you c. Let vs therefore listen to his voice Fourthly so shall wee be the children of God and be like him who makes his sunne to shine and raine to fall on the iust and vniust and besides many outward mercies giues them the Gospell to call them to repentance And euen loued vs when we were his vtter enemies and when as hee might haue glorified himselfe in our condemnation yet he so loued vs as he gaue his own deare Sonne to redeeme vs and hath effectually called diuers of vs to the Faith of his Son Iesus Christ and the hope of eternall life Oh Loue vnspeakeable to bee shewed to enemies Now what should we desire and is our happinesse but to be like him Now when wee can loue our enemies indeed it will be a certaine euidence wee are the children of God a signe we loue God dearly when wee can doe this difficult thing for his sake And a signe of much grace to mortifie the rebellion of our nature that lusteth to the quite contrary And wee can haue no mark we are the Lords except wee can doe this in some measure and striue after it more and more Fifthly Gods people must doe singular things such as the world cannot attaine to Now euery Publican ciuill person hypocrite can loue his friends and hate his enemies but we must doe more God hath shewed vs singular mercy therefore we must yeeld him singular obedience and shew forth the power of his grace that is in vs. We must not be singular in conceits opinions and courses of our owne deuising but wee must be singular in obeying such commandements of God as the world will not be brought vnto and to reproach vs for such singularity shewes them to bee of this world that doe it Sixthly this hath reward from God so hath not louing them onely that loue vs which is selfe-loue wee shall haue their loue still its like and there is the reward we are like to haue but in louing our enemies we shall haue a reward Prou. 25. 22. not of merit but of promise for our encouragement Seuenthly we are commanded Matth. 5. 48. whence all these