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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78423	The good man a publick good, 1. passively, 2. actively. As it was manifested in a sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons, at the late solemne fast: January 31. 1643. By Daniel Cavvdrey, minister of the Gospell at Great Billing in Northhamptonshire, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Cawdrey, Daniel, 1588-1664.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1644 (1644)	Wing C1628; Thomason E34_1; ESTC R12377	36,785	47

not for Goodnesse sake yet for your own Goods sake you are beholding to them for all the Good you have and doe enjoy next under God The Prophet advises the people going into Captivity that they would seeke the peace of that wicked City Babylon and pray unto the Lord for it for saies he in the peace thereof shall ye have peace Jer. 29.7 And you make much of a bad servant because he is profitable and beneficiall to you how much more of those that never did you hurt that constantly doe you Good preventing judgements and procuring mercies your very life and livelihood and all your welfare depends upon it I leave it to your consideration and come 2. To Good men Secondly to speake a word of exhortation to Good men that they would be Good still and improve all their interest in God in these troublesome and calamitous times for the publicke Good First to be Good still 1 To b●e Good and better still and more Good as there is more need and use for the publicke Good He that is holy let him be holy still and he that is righteous let him be righteous still The better man the greater Good As we see it is the policie of children when they have any sute or request to promote they are commonly double diligent to insinuate themselves into our affections and favour It was Esthers wisdom to ingratiate herself with King Abashuerosh when she had a very great request to make unto him she first invites him to a banquet to sweeten his affections to her insomuch that he askes her that intended to aske him What wilt thou Queen Esther what is thy request and it shall be granted thee to the halfe of the Kingdome Esth 5.3 But she hath not yet enough hold of his affections therefore she desires only that the King would come to the banquet which she had prepared for him at which time the King makes the same demand What is thy petition c. but yet she forbeares as intending to ingratiate herselfe more with him thereupon she renewes her former request that he would come next day to another banquet and then supposing herselfe endeered to him out comes her great request Chap. 7.3 If I have found favour in thy sight O King and if it please thee King let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request It is worth our imitation in such times of distresse when our lives and lands lye at stake to make our way with God by more exact observance of him to indeere our selves unto him that so for our sakes not only our owne lives but our Island may be granted at our requests Secondly to improve all the interests they have in God 2. To improve their interest in God and all their grace and favour with him which we have heard is much for the publicke Good The King of Heaven can deny you nothing To what purpose is this Grace and Priviledge with God if we make not use of it as Abraham did The whole Kingdome and Church of God cries to you as to our Saviour If thou canst do any thing come help us Ply God with prayers and tears and be importunate yea in a holy manner impudent till he make this our Land the praise and glory of all the earth In a word imploy your parts and abilities for the publicke Good which is done by getting publick Spirits But that leads me to the second branch of my generall Observation to that I now come And that is this Good men are publicke Goods actively That is they are men of publicke Spirits 2. Branch Good men are publick Goods actively This is preferring the Publicke before their own private Good That this is rightly collected I referre to the explication of the words and proceed to the confirmation 1. Commanded 1. This is Commanded in the Scriptures as the duty of every Christian Let us do good to all especially to the houshold of faith Gal. 6.10 By love serve one another Gal. 5.13 Let no man seeke his owne things but every man anothers wealth or welfare 1. Cor. 10.24 2. This is Commended 2. Commended by instances by the Spirit of God in Scripture to have been the practise of all Good men we observe some memorable instances And we beginne with Moses 1. Of Moses who spent himself in the publick affaires of the people in judgeing all causes brought before him till Jethro his Father in lawe gave him wise counsell Exod. 18.17.18 The things which thou doest is not well thou wilt surely weare away thou wilt faint and fall and all this people with thee for the thing is too heavy for thee thou art not able to doe it thy selfe alone And when God offered him one of the greatest offers that ever was made to a mortall man to bribe him that I may so say and to take him off from seeking and entreating for the Good of his people he utterly refused it Exod. 32.9 10 11 c. The Lord said unto Moses I have seen this people and behold it is a stiffenecked people Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may waxe hot against them and consume them and I will make of thee a mighty people But Moses prayed unto the Lord his God c. And another time when the Lord seemed resolved to destroy that people he ventures not only his life but his soule between them and the wrath of God If thou wilt pardon this people well if not blot me out of thy Book c. The like we may observe in David 2. Of David He fed the people with a true heart and ruled them prudently with all his power Psal 7 72. And as if the spirit of Moses had been upon him he exposes himselfe to the sword of the destroying Angel to stay it from the people 2 Sam. 24.17 Behold I have sinned yea I have done wickedly takes all the fault upon himselfe and all the punishment too but these sheep what have they done Let thine hand I pray thee be against me and my fathers house This is the commendation of that Good man Jehojada 3. Of Jehojada 2 Chron. 24.16 the high Priest and the Epitaph upon his grave made by the Spirit of God They buried him in the City of David amongst the Kings because he had done good in Israell both towards God and towards his house Mordecai also was a man of the like spirit whose life and story is concluded with this Elegie He was next unto the King and great among the Jewes and accepted of the multitude of his brethren There is his Greatnesse his Goodnesse followes Seeking the wealth of the people and speaking peace to all his people Esth 10.3 But most memorable is the instance of that Good and Great man Nehemiah 4 Of Nehemiah who living in the favour of a King and in all pleasures of a Court yet enjoyed not himselfe whilest he