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A10924	Christian curtesie: or, St. Pauls vltimum vale Deliuered in two sermons, on 2. Cor. 13.11. at St. Margarets on Fish-street-hill in London. By N. Rogers (sometimes preacher there) at his farewel, vpon his remoueal thence to a pastoral charge else-where.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1621 (1621)	STC 21194; ESTC S116107	47,357	86

thirst as the Iewes our Sauiour adding affliction to them whom the Lord hath wounded by insolencies exprobrations as Shemei to Dauid 2 Sam 16.13 Of the same spirit amongst vs wee haue many who triumph in the greatest miseries of their brethren That misery of miseries a wounded spirit many make it rather matter of exprobration than of compassion This is the fruit of your Church-gadding and Sermon-following or else by questioning sincerity as the friends of Iob. See say they now God hath met with him he is paied home for his hypocrisie c. Of such as these may be truly said Miserable comforters are you all But let all such miscreants remember and hear their doom which the Prophet Dauid denounces against them by Propheticall instinct Psal 69.24.26 Poure out thine indignation vpon them and let thy wrathfull anger take hould vpon them for they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded Goe on then thou that art so barbarous inhumane laugh at the Religious sport thy selfe with their sorrows make thy selfe merry with their miseries and count it melody To see and hear of the maladies of thy Brethren Yet knowe that light is sowne for the righteous and ioy for the vpright in heart But as thou hast done Obad 15 so shall it bee done to thee thy reward shall certainly return vpon thy owne head For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it A second sort that this doctrine meets with are those who doo not fail in giuing but in not receiuing comfort when it is offred You shall heare these often effectually comforting others that are in misery and liberally drawing out of the wels of consolation for others that are afflicted yet themselues will take none May not the prouerb be fitly applyed to these Physician heal thy self They will spend much time in making knowne their wants but will not apply the remedy No argument can be strong enough to make them cheary Mat. 2.18 but as Rachel weeping for her children they will not bee comforted And why so Because they are vnworthy of such gratious promises But doe not thou stay till thou bee worthy take the comfort that is brought and be thankfull Wee would count him mad that being fallen into som pit and nigh to drowning calling and crying out for help should yet when help is offred withdraw his hand because hee hath done nothing worthy of that loue and kindnes Look thou to those conditions that are required in Gods word and see thou bee capable of those comforts and neuer stand vpon thy owne desert or merit for though it bee too much for thee to haue yet it is not too much for God to giue Thirdly Instruction to the performance of this duty First mutually one another and secondly euery one himself Iob 6.14 Man that is in misery should bee comforted of his friends saith Iob but that men haue forsaken the fear of the Almighty You then that haue this feare of God before your eies make conscience of this duty and as you desire to partake comfort from God so with-hould it not from the afflicted It is reported of the Bees that when one is sick Aegrotante vna lamentantur omnes Pl●n they all mourn and of the Sheep that if one of them be faint the rest of the flock will stand betweene it and the Sunne vntill it bee reuiued God hath hewen vs all out of one rock tempered all our bodies of one clay and spirited our soules of one breath We are all sons of one Father members of one body and heirs of one Kingdome in respect of which neer linking together ther should be compassion and sympathy betwixt vs. 1 Cor. 12.26 If one member grieue all suffer with it saith the Apostle And doo we not see when a thorn is got into the foot how the back bows the eyes pry into the hurt the hands are busie to pluck out the cause of the anguish Euen wee are members one of another 1 Cor. 11.29 Psal 41.1.2 2 Tim. 1.16.17 and therefore be it so So shall God recompense it into thy bosome and the soules of the afflicted blesse thee And for our selues Let vs chear vp our hearts and not darken the glory of religion by our vncomfortable walking If worldlings offend that they laugh when they should mourn wee offend no lesse if wee droop in cause of chearfulnesse And what estate can we be in wherein wee haue not cause of chearfulnesse if wee bee the Lords If both earth and hell should conspire to afflict and molest thee yet if thou hast God thy Father Christ thy Sauior the holy Spirit to be thy comforter and Heauen for thy mansion thy sorrow cannot counteruail the causes of thy joy Thy losses crosses may be great but thy joies do far exceed Mat. 25.21 Enter into thy masters ioy said the Lord vnto his seruant that was faithfull Great joy it must be because our Masters and because that enters not into vs but we into it such which we cannot comprehend but are comprehended of it Worthily then is it called Ioy vnspeakeable 1 Pet 1. ● and full of glory In time of grief then put Dauids question to thy heart Why art thou sad my soule and why art thou disquieted within mee Weigh all things well in the balance of the Sanctuary and I dare say thou wilt not knowe whether to bee more angry with thy self or more ashamed at the answer It may be it is thy body or thy purse or thy fame or thy friends that causeth that vnchearfulnesse it may bee none of these onely thou art sad because thou art But what if these or more D●● Hall Dec. Yet hast thou God If yea Why then doest thou not reioice Canst thou freeze in the fire and starue at a feast He is the authour of all true ioy how canst thou be dumpish Hast thou the conduit of Comfort and yet abid'st in heauiness Paul and Silas they sang in the prison The Martyrs in the slames Iohn Baynam reioyced as if hee had been in a bed of Roses when hee was at stake No doubt these were sensible of the pain but the sweetnes of that joy which they had arising from the fruition of God and his fauour ouercame the feeling of their present torments Suffer not then thy selfe so to be vanquished or dismaied by any grieuance whatsoeuer as that thou shouldest not be able chearfully to serue the Lord. And so I come to the next thing the Apostl● exho●ts vnto and that is Vnanimity Be of one minde In which words Te●● the contentions and dissensions that were amongst them are noted out and they exhorted to vnanimity and consent in matters of faith and doctrine The note is Such as professe one and the same faith 〈…〉 should 〈…〉 doctrine should minde and affect the same things In the beginning of the former Epistle which hee

is not instructed in the Law of God but of such as are painefull faithfull and able to instruct So Moses Exod. 24.14 going vp to the Mount left Aaron and Hur his Deputies And thus Paul sent Timotheus to Thessalonica 1 Thes 3.2 to stablish and comfort them touching their faith and left Titus at Creta Tit. 1.5 to redresse the things that remain Yea if he be sincerely affected to his people when the necessity is serued hee will haue a desire to returne and visit his flock Rom. 1.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and hee will say with S. Paul I long to see you He will haue such a desire after them as is impatient of delaies for so the word signifies which Paul vseth and wil not be long detained after once he can get to bee released but plaieth as the old-beaten Hare Ionga cursitatione def●●lus cubilibus suis emori Esponc lib. 3. digress ad 1. Tim. cap. 22. beeing weary of long chasing abroad returns home and dyeth in his owne borrough I could wish then that such as are negligent would themselues rather seriously consider this then giue others cause to complaine for certainly want of loue to the flocke is the cause of wilfull absence from the flocke Omnis negligenter pascens toties sibi cōmendatum dominicum gregem cōumcitur summum non amare pastorem Damas epist 4. And hee who loueth not the flock loues not him whose flocke it is and therefore our Sauiour sayth to Peter If thou louest mee feed my sheep Wherupon sayth one euery one negligently feeding the Lords flocke so often commended vnto him is found not to loue the chief shepheard CHRIST IESVS Ob. But though wee feed not commonly by our selues yet continually by our substitutes R●s If the former occasions cause thy absence this is good as before I haue shewed If not it is no excuse vnlesse thou couldst loue Christ by a deputie and substitute It was a saying of one Iodocus sometimes a famous preacher within the Realme of France which hee did often inculcate in his Sermons * Vspence Adibunt per vicarios parad●sum in persona ins●●os as one that often heard it doth report That such as feede their sheepe by Vicars themselues being negligent and idle shall go into heauen by their Vicars but into hell in their owne persons hee spake pleasantly yet vttered the truth But to conclude this vse Aaron was commanded to beare the names of the children of Israell vpon his shoulders Exo. 28.12.19 and vpon his heart for a memorial before the Lord continually To remember Ministers sayth Bishop Babington of respectiue memorie vpon the place How deare vnto them the flocke committed to their charge should be euen grauen as it were in their breasts and euer in their minds to profit them by all possible meanes they may that they may bee saued Looke then we do so for if we haue no shoulder nor bosome for them Christ that great Shepheard of the sheepe will finde no mansion for vs. A second vse of this point may be for people let them learne to be perswaded of the loue and good affection of their Pastors toward them and answere it againe with like loue and good affection It is a policie of the diuell to driue men out of conceit with their Minister and cause them to suspect his loue and affection towards them and all for this end that they may lesse profit by his paines For well doth this enemy of mankinde know that where there is no affection to the person there will bee no regard of the preaching where there is no liking to the man there will follow a loathing of his Ministerie For the mind being forestalled with this conceit The Minister loues vs not makes vs misdeeme all things whatsoeuer are spoken to suit with the malitious Fountaine from whence preiudice supposeth them to proceed as when the palate is annoied with some bitter humour all things seeme bitter to the taste and hereby is the effect of the word much hindered We see this in the example of Ahab toward Eliah and Micaiah whom hee hated and professeth his enmity toward them 1 Kings 21.19 20. 22.7.8 and therefore despised the word that came from their mouths And without doubt here is a main reason why men profit not by the teaching of the word as they ought and might Because they acknowledge not the loue of their Teachers and their tender affection ouer them for their good especially when they taxe and reproue them for their sinnes then they thinke he loues them not nor careth for them but speakes out of malice and spleene and so they hinder their profiting by his teaching 1. Thes 5.12 13. But I beseech you brethren to know them which labour amongst you and are ouer you in the Lord and admonish you and to esteem them very highly in loue for their works sake We haue done now with the Compellation the Valediction followeth Text. Farewell It hath beene an ancient custome both amongst the Iewes and Grecians to begin and end Letters and Epistles with Salutations and Greetings and therein they did wish to their friends that which they counted the chiefest good And hence the Heathen as they were opinionated about the chiefe Good so they did indifferently wish good things to their friends in their salutations The Philosophers wished prosperitie the Physicians health The Common-people Ioy The Iewes wished peace The Romans safety And our Apostle here Doct. Common forms of salutation both by word of mouth and writing are commendable welfare vnder which he comprehends all blessings belonging to this life or a better From hence we learne Common forms of Salutation and Greeting both by word of mouth and writing are commendable and are both ancient and Apostolicall A precept for this duty wee haue giuen vs by our Sauiour When you come into an house salute it Mat. 10.11 And againe Into whatsoeuer house you enter first say Luke 10.5 Ruth 2.4 Peace be to this house A paterne wee haue in Boaz who coming among his reapers said vnto them The Lord be with you and they answered him The Lord blesse thee Yea the Angels themselues haue vsed forms of salutations And in the Angel that came to Gedeon who saluted him thus Iud. 6.12 The Lord be with thee thou valiant man And in the Angell Gabriel who came vnto the Virgin Mary Luke 1.28 and said vnto her Hail thou that art highly fauoured the Lord is with thee The Psalmographer insinuateth the commonness of this Christian duty among Gods people when he saith They that go by Psal 129.8 say not so much as The Lord prosper you And we shall finde the Apostle Paul to be very precise in the obseruing of this point in all his Epistles who oftentimes setteth down the greetings and salutations of others as well as his owne Rom. 16 4-17 The whole