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A87404	Oi eleemonez eleethesuntai, or Gods mercy for mans mercy. Opened in a sermon at the spittle, March 31. 1657. before the Right Honourable the Lord Major, the aldermen, &c. By Thomas Jacomb minister of the Gospel at S. Martins Ludgate, London.	Jacombe, Thomas, 1622-1687.	1657 (1657)	Wing J114; Thomason E912_13; ESTC R207554	30,501	46

cry of the poor he also shall cry himselfe and shall not be heard Thirdly God will returne to the mercifull man what he gives to the poor he will reward him in kinde that looke what ever it is that he bestowes it shall be in the very kinde made up to him again many have found this to be very true 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost Prov. 11.24 in the morning they have given may be five shillings and before night God hath brought them in unexpectedly twenty for it The best way for a man to increase his estate is charity mony here like the widdowes oyle the more 't is powred out the more it doth increase There is that scattereth and yet increaseth and there is that withholdeth more then is meet and that tendeth unto poverty There is a secret blessing upon the merciful that they shall wonderfully prosper even in the things of this life Thou shalt surely give him Deut. 15.10 and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy workes and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto If God do not returne your mercy in the very kind he will do it some other way The charitable man makes God to be his creditor and he will surely pay what is lent to him A gift to the poor is a loan to God and he is a faithfull pay-master Prov. 19.17 He that hath pitty on the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again And therefore sayes the wiseman Cast thy bread upon the waters Eccles 11.1 for thou shalt find it after many dayes Fourthly God will deal with him as he deals with others for that of our Saviour holds true in all cases With what measure ye mete Matth. 7.2 Prov. 11.25 1 sal 18.25 it shall be measured to you again The liberal soul shall be made fat and he that watereth shall be watered also himself With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful He that shuts up his bowels to his brother God will shut up his bowels unto him but he that is pittiful and compassionate shall finde the same at the hands of God Fifthly merciful men shall have mercy for their posterity their children shall be blessed for it when they are dead and gone Mercy is entailed upon the charitable mans children What is given to the poor is a childes portion put into the Lords hands to be kept for him Psal 37.26 He is ever merciful and lendeth and see what followes And his seed is blessed When David had received kindnesse from Jonathan see how he desires to vent his love upon his posterity Is there not any yet of the house of Saul 2 Sam. 9.3 that I may shew the kindnesse of God unto him God will make enquiry after the children of merciful men and they shall be blessed for their parents sake he will not save them for the Fathers grace Rom. 1.17 no The just shall live by his faith but he will give them many outward blessings here for the Fathers charity The Widdow of Sarepta relieves the Prophet and God by the Prophet raises up her childe for her 1 Kings 17.20 Sixthly and lastly merciful men shall have mercy at the great day of judgement a sentence of life shall be passed upon them and a crown of glory given them for their reward at the great Assize of the World the processe shall be by acts of mercy Come ye blessed of my Father c. Why so For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat Matth 25.34 c. I was thirsty and ye gave me drink naked and ye clothed me c. The merciful mans reward is sure He shall in no wise lose his reward Vid. Chrysost Ho. 23. Eclog. de Eleemes Matth. 10.42 And as 't is sure so 't is great for 't is eternal life These things I passe over as briefly as I can because I hasten to the Application you have the second thing dispatched and that is the Blessednesse of merciful men with the proof and confirmation of it such shall obtain mercy For the preventing of mistakes and for the further stating of the point I will lay down two Propositions The First is this 't is not mercy Ex merito but Ex pacto or 't is not mercy Ex debito but Ex gratiâ Nullo modo nostra misericordia c. Vsque adeo tamen-ut pro uno teruntio centies mille aureos proque uno haustu aquae frigida regnum coelorum polliceri non dubitet Luther Quisquis tibi enumerat merita sua quid tibi enumerat nisi munera tna Aug. Conf. l. 9 c. 13. Eleemosina securitatis nostrae salubre praesidium medela peccati c. Cypr. very high de Op. Eleemos Via Pamel in lo. The merciful man shall have mercy not because he hath deserved it but because God hath promised it Merit away with it Alas when we have been drawn out in charity to the utmost should we give all our goods to the poor yet there is nothing merited at the hands of God Do we not give of his own What do we give for him but what first we have received from him The servant that followes his Master at his Masters command gives the Beggar an alms of mercy doth this servant merit any thing who gives nothing but what is his Masters And so 't is here Let Grace be never so high Obedience be never so high and Mercy to the poor never so high yet the reward is reckoned not of debt but of grace I confesse the Fathers before the Controversie of Merit was started spake very high in this point but they are to be understood in a found sense and Cum grano salis The Second Proposition is this Every merciful man man shall have mercy 2 Ep. John 3. but not all the same mercy There is a full reward There is the mercy of Earth and the mercy of Heaven the blessings of the Throne and the blessings of the Foot-stool Bowel-mercies and Bounty-mercies A meer moral man may be a merciful man this man shall have mercy for it but 't is nether-spring mercy onely God will blesse him in his estate Matth. 6.2 name relations and this is all There are others now in the Covenant united to Christ acted from a saving principle aiming at high and spiritual ends these now shall have mercy in the highest degree Heaven and Glory the Kingdom prepared from all eternity yet not immediately upon the accompt of their mercifulness but as this is the fruit or evidence of the truth of Faith for that indeed is the grace which hath this immediate influence upon future blessedness Having thus run over the Doctrinal part I now come to make some practical improvement of it Vse 1 And first by way of Inference If the merciful be blessed what

nothing at all And so much for the objections also I hope you are now brought to ask me this question wherein would you have us to expresse this mercy or what object will you direct us to for our charity If so let me tell you here are famous objects before you this day the famous Hospitalls of this Citty the Corporation for the poor Here your charity is needed here it will be readily received and here it will be faithfully improved Here you see the high charity of them that lived before you Here you have foundations not to be parrallel'd in the whole world Vid. Aquin. 1 a. 2 ae Cajetanes Mons pietatis is but a Mol-hill to what you have here For shame when your Fore-Fathers have done so much do not you hold in your hands and do nothing at all These great lamps call for a great deale of oyle our misery is The Lamp grows greater and the oyle doth not increase with it We need go no farther then to these Foundations to prove the decay of charity Dr. Hackwels Apolog. for Provid A learned man writes a book to prove there is no decay in Nature but who can deny but that there is a decay in Charity Men before us had enough of it to build and we have scarce charity enough to support that with a little cost which they erected with vast treasures One tells us it was the use of the Roman Censors once a yeer to call the Cittyzens before them M. Rogers good Sama●it p. 80. to take an acount how the lawes were observed in all their Provinces A messenger being commanded to call the Good-men before them he goes to the Tombes of those who in their Life time was most renowned and calls them by their names summoning them to appeare before the Censors Being reproved for so doing he answered sickenesse and age had worn out all the Good-men of the Citty and there was none left that was worthy of that name The Application is too obvious should I be commanded to call in some charitable men before you I must go to the Graves of our old Benefactors for truly in our dayes there are very few such to be found amongst us I speak this to your shame and therefore you rich Cittyzens and others go home and open your purses and send in something to these Mercifull plantations of which you see there is so much fruit reaped I have pitched upon this because of the day I might instance in other objects but I must contract I have spoken to you as rich men Be mercifull Munetarius pauperum egentium candidatus sic festinet ad coe●ū Hieron In the practice of this duty go on towards glory you shall not be the worse on earth you shall be infinitely the better in Heaven for what you do to the poor 2 Cor. 9.8 10 11. I le conclude this head with that of the Apostle where he is treating upon the same Argument And God is able to make all grace abound towards you that yee allwayes having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good worke As it is written he hath dispersed abroad he hath given to the poor his righteousnesse remaineth for ever Now he that ministreth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food and multiply your seed sown and increase the fruit of your righteousnesse Being inriched in every thing to all bountifullness which causeth thorough us thankesgiving to God And take that other place too 1 Tim. 6.17 18 19. in another Epistle Charge them that are rich in this world c. That they do good that they be rich in good workes ready to distribute willing to communicate Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternall life Branch of the Use I shall now address my self to you the Right Honourable Magistrates of this famous Citty And give me leave to presse the duty in hand upon you Be yee mercifull and very mercifull I beg mercy of you not onely as you are rich men but as you are Magistrates you must not onely open the purse but also improve your power in a way of mercy Do not mistake me I do not desire mercy of you for the guilty but for the needy I would not have you to blunt the sword of justice or to abate your severity in the punnishment of sin and offenders for here 't is * August Veniam prestare illicitis non est misericordiam praestare sed justitiam misericordia non tenere Hilar. Misericordia puniens crudelitas parcens Ther 's abundance of sin amongst us which certainely the Magistrate is to punnish Theft Drunkennesse Adultery prophanation of the Lords day Go on I beseech you and let those who are guilty of these abominations finde no mercy from you Omnes hominines qui de rebus magnis acturi sunt ab ira misericordiâ oporiet esse va 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cato in Sallust Job 29.15 Psal 82.3 4. Iob 29.12 And when you are upon the Bench in capital matters and notorious sins know no mercy but only to punish All that here I ask of you is that you would be merciful to the poor that you would be eyes to the blinde and feet to the lame that you would judge the cause of the needy defend the poor and the fatherless and stand up in the gate for them that have none to help them Take heed of oppressing the poor and of discountenancing the poor mans cause when ever it comes before you Many Widows and Orphans depend upon you to be faithful to your trust in reference to them will be a high act of mercifulnesse Exod. 22.22 23 24. Ye shall not afflict any Widow or fatherless childe If thou afflict them in any wise and they cry at all unto me I will surely hear their cry and my wrath shall wax hot and I will kill you with the sword and your wives shall be widdowes and your children Fatherlesse God doth in a speciall manner interest himselfe in the concernements of the widdows and Fatherlesse and they that wrong them he will certainely meet with in some remarkeable judgement either upon themselves or upon their posterity But as for you I blesse God and rejoyce in it I may herein speak to your commendation for your great care and fidelity in this businesse yet I hope you will pardon me for hinting this to you as an eminent peece of Mercy I could lay before you other excellent Channells for your mercy to run in but I will not be either too bold or too tedious 3 Branch of the Use But a word to you the Worshipfull Governours of the severall Hospitalls and the Trustees in these Corporations of Charity and I have done with this Vse As you are to improve and to receive the mercy of others so you are to put forth your own mercy

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 OR Gods Mercy for Mans Mercy Opened in a SERMON at the SPITTLE March 31. 1657. Before the Right Honourable the Lord Major the Aldermen c. By Thomas Jacomb Minister of the Gospel at S. Martins Ludgate London Hebr. 13.16 But to do good and to communicate forget not for with such Sacrifices God is well pleased 2 Cor. 8.9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be made rich 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost Eclog. de Eleem. l. 6. Pauperes remuneratorem nobis faciunt Dominum qui se pro paupere obligandum obtulit Ambros Offic. l. 2. c. 25. LONDON Printed for Philemon Stephens and are to be sold at the gilded Lion in S. Pauls Church-yard 1657. To the Right Honorable Sir ROBERT TITCHBVRNE Knight Lord Major of the City of London and to the Right Worshipful the Aldermen My Lord and Gentlemen YOu were pleased to favour this Sermon with your serious attention in the preaching of it and after with your Candid acceptation which goodnesse of yours doth as much incourage me as your Authority doth command and oblige me to make it publick If any should say to me as Joab once said to Ahimaaz Wherefore wilt thou run my Son seeing thou hast no tidings ready or at least not fit for the Presse I have nothing to reply for my Vindication but obedience to your Honours command and the necessity and excellency of the Subject which is here handled I hope that Sermon which begs charity for others will finde some charity for it self which indeed it needs very much for t is full of wants and weaknesses But such as it is he commits it to God and presents it to you who is Yours in all Offices to serve you THO. JACOMB Gods Mercy for Mans Mercy Opened In a SERMON at the Spittle March 31. 1657. Matth. 5.7 Blessed are the Merciful for they shall obtain Mercy ALthough the Sun in the Firmament is alwayes very glorious yet 't is observed that this excellent creature is most glorious in the Morning when it rises and in the Evening when it sets The Application of this to Jesus Christ in his Ministery will hold true in a very great measure for though all his Sermons were highly spiritual and of transcendent worth yet above all the First and the Last seem to have the preheminence if we may in this without boldnesse make any comparison The First you have laid down here by this Evangelist in this and in the two following Chapters which is so full and comprehensive that it contains Perfectum vitae Christianae modum as Augustine speaks 'T is a Summary of all practical Religion August do Serm. Dom. in Monte. John 13. c. a perfect Model and Plat-form of all Christianity that as in the Last Sermon you have the sum of the Saints priviledges so in this you have the sum of the Saints duties In hoc quintum caput irruerunt immundi porci M Luther f. 7. in Praesat ad Enar. in c. 5. ad Matth. Duties I say for what is here handled is not in a way of Counsel only to some that do aspire to perfection and would supererogate as the Papists would teach us in their Duodecim consilia Evangelica but in a way of precept or command as reaching to all Christians This Sermon begins with that which all men dedesire to end with and that is Blessednesse And our Saviour doth therefore begin with this that he might the better insinuate himself and his doctrine into the hearts of his hearers Enar. in c. 5. ad Matth. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys To. 1. in N.T. Hom. 15. in c. 5. ad Matth. he making it hereby more amiable and lesse grievous to them as Chrysostome observes Blessedness is that which all desire but few know and fewer pursue after in a right way The old Philosophers like the blinde men in Sodom groped for this door but could not finde it they did beat their brains to come to the knowledge of true happinesse but with all their digging could never spring the Mine where this treasure lay De Civit. Dei l. 19. c. 1. Augustine out of Varro tells us there were no lesse then 288 Sects amongst them about it Jesus Christ hath told us in a few words what it is and where it lies That what the learned Mirandula saies of Truth may here be applyed to Blessednesse Philosophia quaerit Theologia invenit religio possidet The Philosopher seeks it the Divine findes it the true Christian enjoyes it or as we proverbially expresse it They beat the Bush and we under the Gospel get the Bird. And yet if we look into particulars we shall finde nothing here in this discourse of our Saviour but Paradoxes Quis unquam vel cogitare potuit quod in paupertate sita esset faelicitas V. Avendan in Matth. for he calls that Blessednesse which the World calls Misery and Christs Benjamin is the World 's Benoni Blessed are the poor in spirit Blessed are they that mourn Blessed are they which hunger and thirst c. Blessed are they which are persecuted This is strange doctrine How can these things be Are these your blessed men Is this your blessednesse then say carnal men take it to your selves the Lord deliver us from it Oh what an incompetent Judge is Carnal Reason in the things of God! If that might here passe judgement all this of Christ would be blotted out and instead thereof such as this put in Blessed are the rich Blessed are they that laugh that feed delitiously and swim in the streams of pleasure c. The Lord rebuke this Satan of Carnal Reason This Ladder of happinesse the foot whereof is on Earth Gen. 28.12 but the top reaches to Heaven is made up of Eight Rounds which are like the Eight Steps to the going up of Ezekiels Temple Ezek. 40.31 The Naturalists when they would speak a quality very intense they call it Calor ad Octo or Frigus ad Octo. Without levity I hope I may allude to it in this case Would you speak a man very happy blessed in the highest degree of blessednesse say he is Beatus ad octo or one that hath an interest in these Eight Beatitudes I have singled out one of these to be the subject of my Discourse this day at this solemn Anniversary Meeting And I hope my Sermon will be seasonable a word fitly spoken Verbum super rotas Prov. 25.11 as the Hebrew carries it This day is Dies Pauperum this Text is Scriptura Pauperum The poor mans Day and the poor mans Text will suit very well Blessed are the merciful c. The Text is made up of Mercy 't is filled with it It Begins with Mercy it Ends with mercy Blessed are the merciful there 't is mercy in a way of