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A free-will offering by James Harwood ...
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Harwood, James.
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to preserve obedience to the Prince care must be taken That submission be made to the Churches Canons Which sacred work speedier to effect the charge is Be ye all of one minde This Injunction is given by St. Peter and the greater the Apostle of more weight are his words It is directed to Gospel-Professors to shew commonly where grace there will be peace It is not to one but all Be ye all The Mysteries and Mandats of Christ Jesus must be dispensed non ad unum sed unitatem But what is this that is given in charge Be of one minde A needful Mandat for those mens hands can never be bound to good behaviour whose judgements do differ Know it That new broached Schisms and Heresies in the Church are Cankerworms to the Crown and where the Power of the Keys in spiritualibus is not coercive the impudence of Apostates is intolerable When so many men so many mindes as many mindes so many mischiefs The ignorance of some and impudence of others makes bold Controllers But a rod saith Solomon is made for the back of the fool and a whip Church-censure made of small cords must scourge the incorrigible out of the Temple But come we will not put them out of the Church who pulled us out of our Pulpits what 's past is forgiven so that finally ye all be of one minde We say Better late thrive then never and He runs far that never turns We have hopes of you while you have life What was amiss let it be amended And finally be ye all of one minde I dare not but set the Church-doors wide open to all who come home to the Church there is yet time before the Door be shut The Thief was welcome to Christ at the last hour So Peter hath given almost as large a time for the dissenting Brethren to return Besides there is a Royal Dispensation from our King for what past so that now you will accept of his grace and obey St. Peter And finally be all of one minde and love as brethren Lo it is unity of the Spirit must make Amity among men for as there is no union where there is no love so no love where no union He that pretends friendship to me at my table and will not walk with me to the Lords Table such a friend is more to be feared then trusted for he that makes no conscience constantly to be a Separatist from the Holy Communion hath little love to his own soul And is it not high time then for me to set my Corps du guard Union then in Gods service is the best Certificate It is Peace But look at the tree and look at the fruit like tree like fruit Here is unity and here is love Give me leave though Knocks began the Quarrel yet to end in Love long was it wished and much now to be hoped A love one to another assures we love our Lord and Maker but he that loves not his Brother neither dwelleth the love of God in him Whatsoever went before let love lead up the rear And since no way but one to be certain how God loves us and we one another the advice is Finally be ye all of one minde Finally As if God of his goodness would give a Dispensation for what past so that now at last ye all would be of one minde and love as Brethren Beloved here is one newly lighted who shall bring love to our lodging it is Humility Want Humility and farwel Love to God and Charity to men Every Key cannot open this Lock Love every Captain cannot conquer this Castle every Levite must not look into this Ark and yet Humility is the Key Captain and the Levite that can unclock the Door and win the Castle and search into that Ark where lies this heavenly Treasure Love kept in earthen vessels But as I have found out him can bring Love to our houses so here 's another will seat him in our hearts The last born is the strongest man the last word the most forcible inducement to move this our whole Isle to live in love We be Brethren all of us by Creation many of us by Nation most of us by Profession nay more God is our Father and the Church our Mother What Full Brethren it is a shame then to fall out and live at odds Genes 45.24 O let us love for Brethren It was Abrahams Argument to Lot Let there be no difference betwixt thy Herdsmen and mine for we be Brethren We are of the same Mould live in the same Land profess the same Faith And shall we differ That Tripartite tie of Nature Nation and Religion are serious Motives to bury all discontents and renew a peace and love as Brethren Nay he is guilty of death in foro poli that lives not in love in foro soli for love is the fulfilling of the Law Again my hearty charity to my neighbour clears me of my debt to God for God will forgive all so we will forgive one another I am resolved to send a defiance to Discord and to live in peace with all Mankinde Thus I shall be ensured of the love of God and Man of Grace here and Glory in Heaven Which Glory that we may all inherit let us hence forward be all of one minde and love as brethren FINIS Imprimatur GVLIELMVS LIGHTBVRNE Capellanus Reverendissimi Patris JACOBI DUBLIN Archiep. c. THESE BOOKS ARE Put out by this AUTHOR THe Lords Prayer unclaspt The Plea for the Common-prayer Book The Passing-Bell rung out The Ministers Office the Infants Inheritance or a pair of Spectacles for the Anabaptists
Warlike care Such an Army of Souldiers make an Host of Saints and if they thus lead a life of Grace the Lord of Hosts will lead them to a life of glory Their reward is in Heaven and they are sure of it the Lord never fails them that fear him but so soon as the Souldiers scabbard falls to the ground the blade is laid up with the Lord Though thou be at a loss for a time thy soul will be safe in Abrahams bosom It is better then to live well then fight well especially for Souldiers whose lives are so very oft in danger Let this threefold Admonition fore-arm them and warn us to lead a good life if ever we mean to enjoy a life everlasting Gods Love MANS LIFE John 3.16 God so loved the World that be c. LOrd inspire me with thy Spirit that my tongue may shew forth thy praise whilest my heart rejoyceth in God my Saviour And since it is not in the heart of man to sathom the depth of thy love O give me leave to admire thy love to him who deserves the utmost of thy vengeance Hadst not thou been a God whose mercy is not to be measured man had never tasted of so much mercy in the midst of his Misery But thus to love us when we had forsaken our first-love This is of the Lords doings and it is marvellous in our eyes Let me lay the guilt of Humane Nature wide ope to the World then the God of Nature will be magnified and the Attribute of his Mercy mightily admired Was not man made little inferior to the Angels The prime piece of Gods Workmanship in the likeness of God did God make man And could a Creature expect an higher favour from his Creator Was he not seated in Paradise an Heaven upon Earth Had he not given unto him Dominion over all the whole Creation And might not his Lordship have Lorded it over all the Creatures He who had all to obey him on Earth was tied onely to obey that one God in Heaven and yet he aspires to be as God A sin so transcendent to turn a Traytor to his Liege-Lord as no mouth dare justifie him no Angel plead for him for in committing this one sin he stood guilty of Ingratitude to his Liege-Lord of Covetousness for aspired to have the Regiment of Angels of Rebellion for rebelled against God and his King As Divines conceive in committing this one sin Adam coagulated all sins not making his Person onely but Humane Nature accessary And thus he dishonored God destroyed himself and corrupted all mankinde And yet rebus sic stantibus instead of punishing God pities instead of confounding God comforts Death was threarned if Adam sinned life is promised after he had sinned not for any foreseen good in man but because God would be so good to man Lust inthrald us Love set us at liberty it was the love of God and therefore of the best sort He so loved as no parallel can equal He loved the World a large extent and gave his Son not a servant his onely Son it s much to have but one and part with that one But why parts God and his Son That some of the sons of men might come to God even as many as believe All then are not at a loss as many shall be saved as lelieve Salvation then is not of works but faith And this Faith myst be in him not in the Jewish Talmud Turkish Alcaron nor Popes Pardons but a Belief in Christ Jesus a belief That as Adam made us guilty of death so that by the death of Christ me shall be freed from the second death and have life here a life of grace bereafter a life of glory here the Inchoation after the Consummation now we live to dye through Christ we dye to live and have a life everlasting What could Adam and all we have expected less what could he and we have more desired we were doomed to dye reprived to live by the Judge of Heaven sentenced to an Eternity of torments by the same Judge our sentence is repealed to a fair possibility of salvation And thus for us to sin against God and God thus to put it up and not onely not to punish with death but to provide for us life life everlasting This may put Humane Wit to a stand Was ever Love like this says the Scripture Can a Woman forget her own Childe The Quaere implies a possibility but a rarity Such forgetfulness may be in us mortals there in none at all in our Maker Being arch enemies to him he befriends us and parts with his own Son to make us his Sons and Daughters yea heirs heirs of God and joynt heirs with Christ Jesus And thus he gives gold for dross and all to make us who are dross to pass for currant coyn in his Kingdom Saith David to Jonathan Thy love to me was wonderful passing the love of women But behold and wonder here is love surpassing mans expression The love of God to man so to love him as to redeem him to send his Son to dye to save man from death and to require no more but to believe to believe His own Son hath paid the ransome with his own life to purchase us a life Everlasting O let my life answer my belief We do not believe in Christ if we lead not the life of grace Though faith onely justifies alone faith never justifies If I do good works to testifie my Sanctification before men then my belief in Christ will ensure my Justification before God As my faith must justifie me so my works must justifie my faith No man believes in Christ that lives in sin I say not who is sometimes gull'd but every day misled and willingly the effect of faith is an holy life As light attends on the Sun so good works on Faith he that lives well cannot believe ill Thy life ensures me of thy belief thy belief of the love of God yea and that thou art one of those of whom it is said God so loved the World that he c. GODS PRESENCE Patiences Protector Phil. 4. part of verse 5. The Lord is at hand THese words were writ to the Philippians occasioned for that surrounded with sorrow and overcast with care They profess Christ and for it scorn'd by the Jews scoft at by the Gentiles Now lest despair crush them or impatience provoke them this Memento is given them The Lord is at hand One able to support for A Lord No mean one for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Lord nor is he far off for saith S. Paul At hand on thy right hand to comfort not on thy left hand to scourge Our God is in Heaven and our God is here Residentially above Potentially below There is his Palace and here he perambulates and as thou canst not flie from thy shade no more from God The Sun is above and vertually with us and God is in Heaven yet always with men on