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A44165	The good Samaritane A sermon preached at the parish-church of St. Magnus the Martyr, by London-Bridge, the 13th Sunday after Trinity, being August 25. 1700, upon the Holy Gospel for the day. Printed at the request of the church-wardens, and others of the chief auditors, and humbly dedicated to Sir Charles Duncombe, Knight, and alderman of the ward of Bridge. On account of the most unwonted sort of charity, and noble generosity, which the City of London, and particularly the parish of St. Magnus has lately tasted of. By Richard Holland, M.A. chaplain to His Grace the D. of Richmond, curate of St. Magnus, and lecturer of Alhallows the Great.	Holland, Richard, 1679-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2434; ESTC R215288	15,570	36

James says that Faith without Works without Holiness without doing accordingly is Dead in the 2 ch of his Ep. 17. ver good works therefore must revive and quicken our Faith That same Apostle therefore says in the 1 ch of his Ep. 22. ver Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only deceiving your own Souls arguing it to be a mighty Shamm a Trick and an Imposition upon our own Souls to be great Hearers of the Word and not doers accordingly that it will blast all our pretences cheat us of our Salvation and deny us all hopes of that Noble Hire which that great Husbandman will generously bestow on all good Workmen the faithful Labourers in his Vineyard And our Blessed Lord himself giving a Check to the rest of our Lawyers Brethren and Companions the Scribes and Pharisees who boasted so much their Perfection in knowing the Law and naming the Name of God says to them this plainly Not every one that crys Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven And now he tells you who shall But he that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven 'T is St. Matth. 7.21 the Doer the active Man full of good Works has an easie and most Glorious admission into the Kingdom of Heaven It shall be our Righteousness says Moses to the Children of Israel if we observe to DO all these Commandments before the Lord our God as he has Commanded us Deut. 6.25 And says David Blessed are they that keep judgment and do Righteousness alway Ps 106. ver 3. This therefore after his Conversion he made his utmost Care I have inclined my Heart to perform thy Statutes alway even unto the end Therefore it is that St. Paul presses this very hard and affectionately upon the men of Philippi in the 4 ch of his Ep. to them the 8 and 9 ver even all brave and generous Actions Whatsoever things are true whatsoever things are honest whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever things are of good report if there be any virtue and if there be any praise think of these things Again Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me those things take you care to do And that mighty King and Prophet a little before his Death in the last great Meeting he had of his Princes and Nobles the Heads of all the Tribes being about to take leave of them and to give them some good advice at parting this is the only farewel admonition that his last Breath delivers to them to inforce which and make them take the better notice of it he adds so great an Encouragement that it would be the means to continue them in that good Land which the bounty of their great God had now placed them in and to ensure also a blessing upon their Posterity His words in the 1 Chron. 28. ch and the 8. ver are these Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the Congregation of the Lord and in the audience of our God keep and seek for all the Commandments of the Lord your God that ye may possess this good Land and leave it for an inheritance for your Children after you for ever And when they had Forfeited Gods Favour and lost that good Land and were got into Captivity the Omission of this Duty is that that Nehemiah in his Confession does attribute to be the great Cause thereof Nehem. 1.7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept the Commandments nor the Statutes nor the Judgments which thou Commandest thy Servant Moses they did not perform well they did not act the Duties of their Religion wherefore God suffered them to be a Prey to the Heathen that they that hated them were made Lords over them And as he further says Ch. 9.36 Behold we are Servants this day and for the Land that thou gavest to our Fathers to eat the good thereof and the Fruit thereof behold we are Servants in it And it yieldeth much increase to the Kings that thou hast set over us because of our Sins also they have Dominion over our Bodies and over our Cattle at their Pleasure and we are in great distress ver 37. Whereas on the other side for the Comfort of those who cheerfully obey and do Gods will they have their desires and enjoy true Peace the Apostle St. John says That whatsoever we ask we receive from him because we keep his Commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight 1 St. John 3. ch 22. ver And of all those things the works of Mercy and Pity the Business of the Text these are al-always the most pleasing in his sight These are the fulfilling of the Law and the sum and substance of the Gospel These are the Honour of Humanity and by these Men are known to be Christ's Disciples The best of Men were truly famous for them and no one can be at all Religious without them Such a Power and Charm they have always had over the wise and good that rather than not to do them they would even challenge Misery it self or choose not to be at all which made that upright and perfect Man cry out Job 31.16 If I have with-held the Poor from their desire or have caused the Eyes of the Widow to fail Or have taken my Morsel my self alone and the Fatherless have not eaten thereof For ver 18. of the Fatherless he says From his Youth he was brought up with him as with a Father Of the Widow he says I have guided her from my Mothers Womb. Again ver 19. If I have seen any perish for want of Clothing or any Poor without Covering If his Loins have not blessed me and if he were not warmed with the Fleece of my Sheep If I have lift up my Hand against the Fatherless when I saw my help in the Gate Then ver 22. Let mine Arm fall from tho shoulder Blade and mine Arm be broken from the Bone And if he fail'd of a generous improvement and honest use of what God had blessed him with then said he Let Thistles grow instead of Wheat and Cockle instead of Barley As then he should not deserve so neither did he desire any more increase of his Land And for the Encouragement of the Rich and Generous the greatest Emperour the Richest Prince as well as the wisest Man says Cast thy bread upon the Waters for thou shalt find it after many days Eccles 11.1 Give of thy substance freely to those who are absolutely unlikely to return thy Bounty and thy reward shall be when both it and thy self shall be forgotten The same Wiseman says that all is but lent unto the Lord who will fully repay whatsoever is laid out Prov. 19.17 And this is the Reason that the Prophets of old who spoke the Mind and Will of God took care very earnestly to deliver this Doctrine to all great Men they were

sent to The Prophet Isaiah charges them to loose the bands of wickedness to take off heavy Burdens to let the oppressed go free and break every Yoke to deal their bread to the hungry to bring the Poor that wander to their Houses and when they see the naked to take care and cover them Isa 58.6 7. The Prophet Ezekiel commands them no more to oppress but restore the Pledge to the Debtor to spoil none by violence but to feed the hungry and cover the naked with a Garment to withdraw their hands from iniquity and execute true Judgment betwixt Man and Man Ezekiel 18.7 8. Holy Daniel advised the King himself in a great streight that he would take care speedily to break off his sins by Righteousness and his iniquities by shewing Mercy on the Poor Dan. 4.24 Our Blessed Saviour himself commands them that they would let their Light so shine before Men that they may see their good works and glorifie their Father which is in Heaven St. Matth. 5.16 And our great Apostle charges them who are Rich in this World that they be not high-minded nor trust in uncertain Riches But that they do good that they be Rich in good works ready to distribute willing to Communicate assuring them that it is the way to lay up in store for themselves a good Foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on Eternal Life 1 Tim. 6.17 18 19. Nay our Blessed Lord himself commands them to make to themselves Friends of this Mammon of Vnrighteousness with so remarkable an Encouragement that a Generous and Charitable use of these Earthly things will procure them true and lasting Friends when all else shall forsake them such as shall Vsher them to Heavenly even everlasting Habitations St. Luke 16.9 To Apply now what has been said 1. Let this be a severe Check to all Sanctity in pretence only to that Devotion that Religion that is more in Name and Noise than in Heart and Deed whose Proselites boast their Love of God and yet hate their Neighbours who are formal and constant and open in the outward shew and profession of their Religion but have nothing of the inward Life and Power and Vigour of true Christianity which rejoyces in good works and is always exemplary in shewing Mercy This our witty and Eloquent Mosaical Man that could talk of loving God with all his Heart and all his Soul and all his might and all his strength and then his Neighbour as himself who perhaps was Zealous in his outward Performances of the things relating to the Law his Prayers and Sacrifices his Tyths and Offerings and who could teach others their Duty was well enabled to give Rules and direct his Neighbours in Goodness was still but as a Dead Man he wanted to go and do likewise to learn even of a true moral Heathen a good honest tho' a despised Samaritane how he might attain Eternal Life So Idle and silly is all affected Holiness when there wants real Performances so trifling is all outward show and glorying that is without Heart and Substance so vain and presuming are all their pretences to an Eternal happy Life who live not according to their Faith and Knowledge who tho' they can very glibly talk yet are dull and heavy in acting the Duties of their Religion that their expectation is but a snare their Profession a perfect Cheat their Knowledge and Glory is in shame and their mighty boasting will prove at last little else than Damnation to their Souls 2. From this great Transaction and those serious Checks given to the furious sons of Israel by our Blessed Lord we see the mistake of all those who affect infallibility in this Life and the wrong measures they take in pretending to advance the Dominion of Religion the Kingdom of Christianity by destroying and rooting up all those who are not perfectly of their mind 'T was the constant Practice of the Pharisees one of whom our Lawyer was to pretend to the Love and Service of God exclusive of all others and to pursue those who came not up to their heights not only with scorn and neglect as the Priest and Levite did the wounded Man but with great violence also and inveterate Malice Amongst the Apostles themselves there was a furious James and John mention'd but just now who were ready to call for Fire from Heaven upon those who refused them Entertainment And in all Ages and Places of the World as well as at Jerusalem there have been those Pharisees who studiously boasted themselves and party Condemning all others But Wisdom is justified of all her Children and Righteousness is that that will bring a Man Peace at the last 'T is the integrity of the upright that shall preserve them 't is doing likewise not pretending and boasting only 't is shewing Mercy and Truth not doing mischief and cruelty that can assure us of all the Glories and Advantages of our Religion and at last will advance us to God's Right Hand there to enjoy Eternal Life 3. This is Argument of great Comfort to the honest Hearted Christian to hold up his Head keep his integrity mind his own Business notwithstanding the untowardness of his Generation the multitudes of Thieves and Robbers those who lye in wait both to deceive and spoil them Tho' the Priest and Levite go by and leave them in their Distress tho' those who think themselves safe and above the danger of Misery shew no Mercy at all to them yet the God of Israel He raises them a Friend tho' of a Samaritane he sees and takes Pity on them He Remembers us in our low degree says David And again When my Father and Mother forsake me the Lord taketh me up Ps 27.10 When therefore there appears no probable Remedy neither from the Men of Religion whose Profession should Oblige them to Mercy nor any relief from Parents whose Bowels of Compassion cannot fail even then comes he to save whose Arm is not shortned that God from whom alone proceeds all Deliverance whose Mercies endure for ever Blessed be his Holy Name Lastly Let this be Encouragement to all Men to be Kind and Merciful Assistant and Loving to all those in Misery who stand in need of help and Comfort He is our Neighbour whose Misfortunes and afflictions call for our assistance Let us then Go and do likewise Not run away from such Opportunities for our Charity nor at distance stand and pity them only but as the good Samaritane here have real compassion on them serve them effectually poure in Oil and Wine and then bind up their wounds carry them to Lodgings to be taken care of and leave them money too These good works are they that will go before us into Judgment this is that Virtue that will be fullness of reward in the end So says our blessed Lord himself if he be to be believed He tells us St. Matth. 25.31 That when the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the Holy Angels with him and shall sit upon his Throne of Glory and before him shall be gathered all nations that he will seperate them one from the other as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from the goats Under the Type of setting the Sheep on the right hand he will advance all the righteous to Glory And by putting the Goats to the left will he doom the unrighteous to misery Now pray observe that at that great Day when he will recompense all according to their Works these will then be those Great Works so particularly reckoned for these will then appear the Works that will stand by and justifie us ver 34. Come now ye Blessed of my Father receive the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the World The reason follows For I was an hungred and ye gave me Meat I was thirsty and ye gave me Drink I was a Stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye Visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me And to prevent mistakes and leave all unkind and unmerciful men without excuse he further adds that it is not to his own person that he expects all those performances because he would withdraw that shortly from the Earth but that he would leave them there continual Objects of Love and Mercy and all that he expected was to be done to those Miserable Members of his ver 45. And accordingly would reward them as done to himself as he would also resent the omission with certain punishment In as much as they did it not to these they did it not to me These therefore shall go into everlasting pain But the righteous into life Eternal They who did it to the least of my Brethren to the most despised and ordinary of Men when in misery they did unto me I will take care now of their reward They shall go away into Everlasting Life Whoso is Wise shall ponder these things will go and do likewise and they shall understand the Loving kindness of the Lord. FINIS Advertisement A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of St. Magnus the Martyr by London-Bridge On Sunday February 11 th 1609 1700. At the Baptizing of some Persons of Riper Years brought up by Quakers and Anabaptists but now Conform'd to the Church of England Published at the Request of them and their Friends By Richard Holland M. A. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Richmond Curate of St. Magnus and Lecturer of All-hallows the Great who has since Baptized several others The Second Edition Printed for John Back at the Black Boy on London-Bridge