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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87384	The active and publick spirit, handled in a sermon, preached at Pauls, October 26th. 1656. By Thomas Jacomb, minister at Martins-Ludgate, London.	Jacombe, Thomas, 1622-1687.	1657 (1657)	Wing J112; Thomason E904_3; ESTC R202625	34,125	55

He ever lives to make intercession for us When he was ascending into his Fathers presence Heb 7.25 doth he onely beg for glory for himselfe No he asks it for his members also Father I will that they also whom thon hast given me may be where I am John 17.24 He is not content to be in glory himselfe but Beleivers also must be with him What a publick spirit was in Christ He pleased not himselfe he sought not himself Rom. 15.3 the circumference of his love was very vast and the centre in this circumference of his love was not his owne private but the publike interest I sinde the Apostle pressing the duty I am upon from this example of Christ Looke not every man on his owne things Phil. 2.4.5 but every man also in the things of others Why so Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus He did not mind his own things do you so too Ah miserable and sad had our condition been if our Lord and Saviour had been of this temper he might have stayd upon the Throne enjoyed his Fathers presence in Heaven delighted himself in those infinite loves which were betwixt him and his Father but he leaves the Throne and comes to the Manger the Bosome of his Father and lyes in the Lap of the Virgin puts of the Robes of his Majesty and cloathes himself with the Raggs of our mortality And all this he doth perfectly upon the account of poor man that he might bring him out of a state of misery into a glorious and blessed estate Lombard l. 3. D. 18. Let the School-men dispute whether Christ merited for himself or not certainly his ayme was not there but all for poor lost undone man Who can study Christ and have a private selfish spirit Thirdly This publick Spirit is our conformity to the choicest and most excellent Saints who the more they have had of God the more they have had of this spirit I might here give you a cloud of instances take some few for many Moses is so set upon the serving his Generation that he is in danger to wast and consume himself in their service Thou wili surely weare a way Exod. 18.18 sor this thing is too heavy for thee thou art not able to perform it thy self alone says Jethro to him when God makes him a very fair proffer It shall be well with thee Exod. 32.10.11 onely let me punish this people I have seen this people and behold it is a stiff-necked people Nor therfore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and I will make of thee a great Nation This will not stop Moses his mouth if it go ill with the publick private advantage shall not take him off And Moses besought the Lord his God and sayd Lord why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people c. And this his mediation sav'd them Nay he seems to embarque the common good and the salvation of his own Soul in the same Vessell Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin if not Exod. 32 32. blot me I pray thee out of thy Book which thou hast written O Admirable zeal for the publick good such another was Jehojada whom the Scripture sayes They buried in the City of David amongst the Kings 2 Chron. 24.16 because he had done good in Israel both towards God and towards his house Hester will hazard her own life to serve her Generation I will go in to the King and if I perish I perish Esther 4.16 But I l'e passe over many who have been eminent in this and give you only one example more and that is Paul of whom the Gospel records such things as these The care of all the Churches was upon him 2 Cor. 11.28 1 Cor. 9.19 1 Cor. 10.31 he becomes all things to all men that he might win some He denyes himself in that which was his right that the passage of the Gospel might not be hindred 1 Cor. 9.12 If others be partakers of this power over you are not we rather Nevertheless we have not used this power but suffer all things least we should hinder the Gospel of Christ You find him counting not his very life dear to him Acts 20.24 if he may but finish his Ministry for the good of others He tels the Thessalonians he was willing to impart to them 1 Thes 2.8 Phil. 1.23 not the Gospel onely but his owne Soule He is willing for the publick good to stay out of Heaven for a time which is a peece of the highest self-denyal that I know when a man is sure of Heaven and yet willing to stay on earth for service Nay highest of all he sayes Rom. 9 3. I could wish that my self were accursed from Christ for my Brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh And to add no more what was the great thing that troubled this holy man it was the great sin of self-seeking All seek their owne Phil. 2.21 and not the things which are Jesus Christs Vse 1 I have done with the confirmation of the Point it is the duty and glory of a man to serve his Generation this active and publick spirit is according to the command the end of our Creation very agreeable to our common union in the Church the fruit of love and our due conformity to God Jesus Christ to eminent Saints I come to the Application And is this true then in the first place there are some persons sharply to be reproved who are far here from Davids practice and Davids praise He served his Generation I wil level this reproof against four sorts of persons Caligula homo omaium scelest ssimus de conditione templum suorum quaestus est quod nullis calamitatibus publius insignirentur Psatina First There are some as I fear too many who are so far from serving their Generation that they do what they can to disgrace their Generation My meaning is this they are so far from designing publick good that they design publick mischief they are working and plotting and have a vaster reach then selfe but what is it for onely to do hurt to the places where and to the persons with whom they live They are men only ad perniciem nati to be pestis Ecclesia Reipublicae They sleep not unlesse they have done mischief Prov. 4.16 Such are your Incendiaries Promoters of strife that go about like Sampsons Foxes with firebrands at their tayles to put Church and State Cities Corporations Families all into flame men of Nero's Spirit that Monster of men who sets Rome on fire and then laughs at it when t is done no draught so sweet to these men as a draught of their brethrens blood No fire warmes their hands and hearts so well as the flames of publick discord and misery Viper-like they will not stick for their own ends to tare the bowels of their Mother-Church

several Companies yet the Corporation is but one or as it is with the body which consists of many parts and members yet t is but one body Thus it is in the Church it consists of many Christians is made up of various Professors but still the Church is but one and all the people of God where ever they live they are all united in this own body for there are many members 1 Cor. 12.20 Eph. 4.4 Eph. 3.6 but one body There is one body and one spirit c. Jew and Gentile all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but one body Now upon this union it should be in the body Mysticall as it is in the body Naturall all the members in the body conspire for the good of the whole The Eye sees not for it self the hand takes not for it self the Stomach digests not for it selfe but all their Organical acts tend to the benefit of the whole body Thus I say it should be in the body Mystical or politique the members wherof must not keep their Graces their Comforts their Abilities singly and seperately to themselves No but all must be layd out in a blessed subserviency to the publick and common good Paul having made a large discourse in setting forth the Church by allusions to the naturall body shuts up all thus 1 Cor. 12.25 That there should be no schisme in the body but that the members should have the same care one for another Let me onely say this further under this head The self-seeker the Gallio that cares not what becomes of the body Acts 18.17 this man is but like a Glassie Eye or a wooden Leg he is no living member in this body he is a prodigious Monster rather then a genuine Member Nothing more unsuitable to our common union then a private spirit Fourthly This publick spirit discovers much of that excellent grace of love 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist Rhetor. l. 20. c. 40. Faith and Love are the two great graces of the Gospel Faith is a getting grace Love is a spending grace Faith layes up Love layes out Faith layes out from Christ Love layes out for Christ Faith receives all Love returns all Now I say this serviceable active spirit for generation good discovers much of love for love is a diffusive communicative grace t is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a sociable and publick grace Love is noble and generous it keeps open house wil not eat its Morsels alone if it hath good if it can do good Job 31.17 others shal be the better for it 1 Cor. 13.5 Love seeketh not her own its designs are vaster then so N●rrowness of heart argues much scantness of love I may set this reason higher A publick spirit discovers the truth of grace t is an inseperable adjunct from saving grace David was a man after Gods own heart and he serves his Generation The true Israelite cannot but pro modulo lay out himself for the good of others if any be weak he must strengthen him if any be sad Luke 22.32 he must comfort him if any walk disorderly he must reprove him T is the voice of a Caine to say Am I my brothers keeper What have I to do with my brother Gen. 4.9 I 'le mind my self The Children of God say with the Lepers We do not wel this day is a day of good tydings 2 Kings 7.9 and we hold our peace We have received many mercies shal we bury them We have many opportunities shal we not improve them This is the language of grace Do not mistake me here I do not say that every publick spirit is a gracious spirit but this I say every gracious spirit is a publick spirit Fifthly This publick spirit is our due conformity to God to Jesus Christ to the choicest and most excellent Saints First This is our due conformity to God He is Summum bonum summe bonus the cheifest good and cheifly good infinitely good and therefore infinitely communicative He is a Fountaine full and overflowing and all the creatures in Heaven and in earth do all participate of his goodnesse so far is he from ingrossing all to himselfe The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his workes Psal 145.9 Psal 33.5 The earth is full of the go●dnesse of the Lord. There is not the meanest creature but it receives something from this inexhaustible treasury nay there is not the vilest man the most wicked man but God doth good to him Hee causes his sun to arise upon the bad as well as the good Matth. 5.45 Nieremberg Vt nemo sine illius gustu vixerit And as for his owne people his goodnesse there is written in the beames of the Sun there we must say Truly God is good to Israel even to them that are of a cleane heart Psal 73.1 And why doth God thus open his hand and his heart unto us why such bounty why such bowels the reason is cleare He is good and therefore he doth good He might injoy himselfe in his owne fulnesse Matth. 5. ult 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Synes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Marc. Anton and keep to himself the sea of his owne blessednesse but he will not no his poor empty creatures also shall receive from him for he looks upon his goodnesse as his glory What then makes a man more like to God then a publick Spirit To be good to do good this is to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect Do you see a man that aimes at nothing but himselfe that never lets the Cock run but when it is for his own advantage that envys every drop that is not for his owne use that limits and confines all to himselfe and none shall be the better for him how contrary is this man to God and how little of God appears in him Here 's Walking indeed as man but here is no walking as God 1 Cor 3.3 But on the other hand do you see a man that makes it his businesse and designe to do good to communicate to others t is not well with him if others be not the better for him this man is a lively image and representation of God himself Secondly This is our conformity unto Jesus Christ who as he is a publick Head so he is of a publick spirit Acts 10.38 He went about doing good Why did he come downe from Heaven into the World To save sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 Why did he set himself apart to the work of his Mediatorship For the good of others John 17.19 For their sake also sanctifie I my self that they may be sanctified by the truth Why did he lay downe his life Not to merit any thing for himself but for his sheep I lay downe my life for the sheep Why did Christ arise againe John 10.15 Rom. 4. ult For our justification For whom doth he intercede at the right hand of his Father