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A sermon preach'd before the King at Kensington, January 13, 1694/5 by J. Lambe ...
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Lambe, John, 1648 or 9-1708.
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I have discuss'd the Nature the Character and the Effects of Envy And do we yet believe the Scriptures Do we allow the Proposition Are we convinc'd in earnest that Envy is a foolish and a destructive Vice I am sure we may for it cannot be represented so deform'd so fatal as indeed it is Would they not then whose Tempers are a little tinctured with it be delivered of it Would they not return again to the easie chearfulness and candor of the Human Nature 't is never too late Resolution with a due application of means will effectually cure the Evil. Be pleased but to observe these following Rules and you shall never be troubled with the Distemper more And this was the Fourth and last particular I proposed to consider viz. The Methods of Recovery And in the First Place he that would be free from Envy must endeavour to deserve as well as may be both of God and Man True Vertue gives a Man an Humble Opinion of himself acquaints him with his own Defects or what he is not as well as what he is It gives him such a solid Peace as he would not lose to gain the World It enlarges his Spirit and makes him less sollicitous about Rewards calm and easie under any Disappointment It is Vertue only that can subdue our Passions but a Spirit truly Good will become insensibly the Master of it self Again If you would be free from Envy you must bring your Mind to a good Opinion of your own Condition The Imperfection of our present State or our Capacity of enjoying a great deal more than we can have here dispose us to a continual desire of that which we have not and a loathing of that which we have or to set a greater value upon the Possessions of others and less upon our own than they deserve But we shall never be clear of Envy till we have disciplin'd our Minds into a better Opinion For that which we eagerly desire we shall be angry if we don't obtain He then that would be easie in his Mind must govern his Desires and make the best of what he has He must be glad that he enjoys so many things and that he needs or wants so few There is upon the matter an equal destribution of Good If one has Riches another has Health if one has Honour another has Wisdom and no Man's Case is either all Evil or all Good He therefore who would be free from Envy must turn his Eyes within We live amongst innumerable Contingencies we cannot have all or what we will And therefore accept of your Lot and be thankful that it is no worse Sic verâ— Invidiam effugies Si te non ingesseris oculis si bona tua non jactaveris si scieris in sinu gaudere Sen. or there can be no end of your Misery You cannot be a Lyon and Lap-Dog a Soldier and a Philosopher says Plutarch Sparta is your Province look well to that and acquit your self as you should do Thirdly and Lastly He that would be free from Envy must wean his Affections from the World and learn to value it at no higher a rate than it deserves Glittering appearances possess our Minds with vain Imaginations and delude us into false Opinions these stimulate Desire and that produces Discontent and Envy He then that would be easie and quiet in his Mind must look upon the World in a better Light He must consider what it is not as well as what it is or that the Possession of the Universe if he could Command it would not recompence the Misery the Weight and Anguish that Envy brings upon us All Earthly things says Seneca are trivial alike in their outward Face indeed they seem to differ but in truth they are equally vain they are hardly worth our care but much below our Envy USE What then remains but that we endeavour to subdue our Passions to Master our Spirits and live according to Reason in the World He is certainly the Wisest Man who passes his Life with calmness and tranquility of Mind with a prudent manly Steddiness and Composure Who values things according to Weight and Measure and pursues his Ends in a due proportion who keeps his Happiness within his Power and is not a Slave to things without him And he 's the best Christian without Dispute who comes the nearest to the Pattern of the Holy Jesus who has imbib'd and is united to the Laws of his Religion who shines in the Ornament of a Meek and quiet Spirit who is resign'd intirely to the Will of God and satisfied in all Events What sincere and solid Joy what Honour in the World what glory to God what regard to the Gospel would such a Christian Temper cause What an easie Passage thro' all the various Fortunes of this present Life does it procure till we arrive at last to a perfect settled State where we shall be filled as full as we can hold where no Emulation Envy or Despair can enter where there will be an eternal sympathy between God and Us where one only Principle one Motion one Desire one Life one Joy shall act us all for ever To which may God c. Amen FINIS Books Written by the same Author and Printed for Walter Kettilby 1. A Dialogue between a Minister and his Parshioner concerning the Lord's Supper Principally designed for the Instruction of those that never yet received To which are annexed three several Discourses of Love to God to our Neighbour and to our very Enemies 8 vo 2. A Sermon Preach'd before the King at Windsor June 13. 1680. on Matth. 6. 26. 3. A Sermon Preach'd before the Lord Mayor Feb. 5. 1681. on Psal 119.165 4. The Liberty of Humane Nature Discuss'd Stated and Limited in a Sermon on 1 Cor. 6.12 5. A Sermon Preach'd before the King and Queen at White-Hall Jan. 19. 1689. on Prov. 22.4 6. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall Jan. 24. 1690. on Tit. 2.10 7. A Sermon Preach'd before the King and Queen at White-Hall on Sunday Jan. 15. 1692. on Isaiah 57.21 These seven by the Reverend J. Lambe D. D. Mr. Tho. Lambe's Stop to the Course of Separation 8 vo 's Fresh Suit against Independency 8 vo