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A81897	The Parliaments commission: delivered in a sermon, upon Nehemiah chap. 2 vers. 19, 20. / By J. Durham.	Durham, James, 1622-1658.	1643 (1643)	Wing D2821; Thomason E246_10; ESTC R3805	10,053	8

to him so that he might run his race and testifie the glorious Gospel of God Be not ashamed of thy master for our Saviour Christ saith that whosoever denieth him before men he will deny him before his father in Heaven Worldly masters will not cast a way their faithfull servants but maintaine them as they may and thinkest thou that God will forsake his servants Thinkest thou a mortall wretched man to be more loving to thee then the eternall God and mercifull father that made thee feedeth thee and defendeth thee when man cannot help thee yea loveth the better then thou lovest thy selfe and stayeth thee from running from him when thou wouldest willingly seek thine own destruction wilfully Stand to him boldly forsake him not cowardly Polycarpus an old man when he should suffer martyrdome was advised by some to have pitie on his old age and not so stiffely to stand out Nay saith he I have served my Master Christ these 86. yeares and he did me never harme I will not forsake him now in my last dayes Thus Nehemiah stoutly answering them and boldly incouraging his fellowes goeth forward with the work contemneth their mocking and false accusations and falleth to his building again so must all good builders of Gods house neither be afraid nor weary of scornfull mockers threatnings accusations or violence but manfully go forwards to the end knowing that their God is stronger wiser and more willing to defend his people then his enemies shall be to hurt them He that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh backward is not meet for the Kingdome of God saith Christ our Lord Luke 9. And he that continueth to the end shal be safe Mat. 25. 20. Our Saviour Christ when he preached that whatsoever went in at the mouth did not defile a man was told by his disciples that that doctrine offended the Pharisees but he answered them and said Every plant that my father hath not planted shal be plucked up c. As though he should say their doctrine is not from my Father and therefore cannot stand let those blind guides alone seeing they wil be wilful and obstinate and will not learn go ye forward with preaching of the Gospel care not for them So every good man must continue that he may say with S. Paul I have kept my faith I have run my race the crown of righteousnesse is laid up in store for me c. After that Nehemiah had thus boldly answered them and encouraged his countrey-men to their work he now turneth him to Sanballat and his fellowes and sheweth himselfe to make as little account of them as they made of him and saith As for you ye have no right part nor remembrance in Ierusalem as though he should say what have you to do with us in this building ye are not Iewes borne as wee bee yee belong not to Israel nor are partakers of his blessing Yee bee Samaritans strangers to his City and common-wealth ye be none of Gods houshold if ye will be doing meddle where ye have to do This City God himselfe did chuse for his people to dwell in and serve him Ye be idolaters and worship not the true God of heaven if ye will be building build ye Samaria your own head City ye are no Citizens here nor have any freedome liberty or priviledge granted unto us ye be none of our corporation nor denizons ye shall have nothing to do here All that build here have their portion of land and living in this city and countrey appointed for them they shall have justice right and law ministred unto them and for a perpetuall remembrance of their faithfull service unto the living God their names shal be registred that all posterity may know their doings and praise the Lord that strengthened them to this building but ye have none of all these for when the land was divided by lot and measure by Ioshua ye had no part appointed for you under the Law ye do not live but have lived after your own device nay ye beare such hatred unto us that ye will not willingly eat drink nor keep company with us friendly let us alone trouble us not get you hence and let us fall to our building again It is no small blessing of God when he calleth any to be a builder of his house for both in this world his name shal be had in perpetuall remembrance and he is written in the book of life where no death can prevaile David saith The righteous man shal be had in perpetuall remembrance Psal. 112. and S. Iohn saith that He that is not found written in the booke of life shall be cast into the fierie lake Rev. 20. The builders of this city now have their names written in the next Chapter following for their perpetuall praise in this world to teach us that as the builders of this worldly Jerusalem have their names registred here much more the builders of the heavenly Jerusalem have their names written in the Book of life for their salvation Ill men and troublers of Gods building have their names written in this book too What more blessed then is he that hindreth Salomon teacheth and saith The remembrance of the righteous is to his praise but the name of the wicked stinketh This is then the difference and thou mayest chuse whether thou wilt be remembred to thy praise or to thy shame and with the good will of the living or hatred But by this answer of Nehemiah when he saith that they have no part right nor remembrance in Ierusalem it is partly given us to understand that when they could not hinder this work by big brags and threatnings they offered themselves to joyn with them in this building to take their part and beare the charges fellow-like for why should he deny them these except they required it But Nehemiah a wise man would neither be afraid of them as open enemies nor receive them into his fellowship as feigned friends wherein he teacheth all true Christians how to behave themselves in building of Gods house that is neither to fear the one nor to receive the other S. Paul saith Be not yoked with infidels what hath righteousnesse to do with unrighteousnesse light with darknesse or Christ with Belial Gods people are knit together with two bonds the one is Christ their head who giveth life to all members of the body the other is brotherly love among themselves but neither of these can be found in Idolaters for they neither take Christ for their head and live by him nor they love not Christians as their brethren but dissemble with God and man All Christians have one God one faith one baptisme one Religion one law to live under and one heavenly Kingdome to look for but infidels and hypocrites have many gods all religions be alike unto them they live as they list and that is their law and will to go to heaven after their own device if they can get it Yet they have a delight to thrust themselves in among Gods people pretending a love unto them where indeed it is for no good will but to learn their secret counsels and purposes that by such means they may betray them when occasion serveth But wise builders wil admit them into no fellowship nor friendship as Nehemiah here utterly refuseth them and wil have nothing to do with them But this case is more plainly propounded to Ezra and there I have spoken more largely of it and Ezra plainly determineth the matter there who so list to read and consider God be praised FINIS Printed by R. AUSTIN and A. COE 1643.