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A18048	Christ his last vvill, and Iohn his legacy In a sermon preached at Clare in Suffolke, by Bezaleel Carter preacher of the word of God at Canham neere to Saint Edmunds Bury.; Christ his last will, and John his legacy.	Carter, Bezaleel, d. 1629.	1621 (1621)	STC 4692; ESTC S117382	37,432	99

CHRIST HIS LAST WILL AND IOHN HIS LEGACY In a Sermon preached at Clare in Suffolke By Bezaleel Carter Preacher of the word of God at Canham neere to Saint Edmunds Bury Rom. 16. 17. I beseech you brethren marke them diligently that cause diuision and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned and auoyd them LONDON Printed by Bernard Alsop for Edward Blackemore and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blazing-Starre in Paules Church yard 1621. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL AND ZEALOVS GENTLEWOMAN MIstresse Borlace of little Merlow and to the noble and learned Gentleman Sir William Borlace the elder her sonne of Mednam in Buckinghamshire and to the vertuous and elect Lady the Lady Marie Borlace his wife Bezaleel Carter a weake and vnworthy Minister of Gods word wisheth the blessings of both worlds RIght Worshipfull I confesse that I haue had an intention to haue written of all the sufferings of our Sauiour Christ vnder Caiphas Herod Filate and to haue beene as large vpon the whole 23. chapter of Saint Luke as I haue beene vpon these two verses in the following Pamphlet but so I am preuented through a numberlesse number of businesses by reason of my Sabboth dayes paines my weekeday Lecture teaching children and other imployments that I almost wonder at my selfe or rather I admire Gods goodnesse that hath enabled me and carried me through all these If God shall please hereafter to rayse me vp such competency of meanes that I may without further distractions follow my priuate studies I yet resolue when I see a calling to publish all my Meditations vpon that Chapter In the Interim I haue aduentured to the light this simple Discourse and haue also presumed to Dedicate it to your selues as a testimony of vnfained affection and thankefulnesse and as a motiue to excite you to charity constancy in Gods seruice I say to you as Paul to the Galathians you haue begun well nay I doubt not but that I may praise God for you as the same Apostle did for the Thessalonians because your faith growes exceedingly My prayer for you is that as you haue beene for many yeares fruitfull trees in Gods Vineyard bearing and bringing forth much good fruite so also you may perseuere florishing like the Cedar tree that saith Plinie beares the best the most fruite in the oldest age in which regard the Psalmist resembles the righteous mā to the Cedar Psal 92. The righteous shall florish like a Palme tree and spred abrode like a Cedar in Lebanon and then it followes in his old age he shall be fat and wel liking Right Worshipfull these haue beene the motiues which made me bold to consecrate these my labours to your names neither do I doubt all weakenesse and imperfection bewrayed notwithstanding for the Authors sake at the least you will accept them who also remaineth and shall euer Your worship in all duty and seruice Bezaleel Carter TO THE READER CHristian Reader it came to passe after I had furnished my selfe my selfe with matter for another congregation while these meditations following were fresh in my memory that I rode through the towne where this Sermon was preached being then the lecture day and as God disposed of things at that time disapointed of a supply what needs multitudes of words my selfe was requested by the carefull Pastor of that place to speake to the people perswasion ouercame me but the Sermon finished it is admirable to consider how many mouthes were opened against me some said that I was mis-informd against the place other sayd that I was an hatefull enemy to such as are called professors all concluded that I was a man of a turbulent spirit the report of that I should speake passed with swiftnesse from man to man molehills were made mountaines moates were made beames some that heard me defamed came and louingly conferred with me others and such as should haue beene more charitable did not onely heare reports but ranne current with the rest trumpetting foorth what they heard in the extreamest manner Now whether there is a iust cause of offence giuen let him iudge that reads ouer this following Discourse which I wrote out hearing my selfe to bee so traduced I will not say verbatim forasmuch as my manner is not to write out all I speake and when I haue it perfectly by heart to repeate it syllabice according as I wrote it but as neere as I could remember my Authors names excepted which are written in the Margent I wrote out the same words that I preached without takeing away or adding onely I haue added somewhat to the sixe and twentyeth verse that I had thought to haue vrged but could not for want of time and I haue now raysed some of my obseruations of the 26. verse that I then raysed out of the 27. verse as that one where children are commanded to honour and maintaine their parents supplying their necessities that other of aflictions how one crosse followes another as one waue wallowes in the necke of another c. which may be raysed naturally out of either verse the maner of handling both in preaching and writing was the same I know that seuerall men haue seuerall aymes in printing euen as in preaching some haue one end some another some preach out of lucre others out of enuy others out of good will Phil. 1. 15. So in printing some print out of malice that they may spit out their poyson in their faces that haue displeased them others out of ostentation and vaineglory like the builders of Babell to get a name For my part I dare ayme at no other end then the aduancement of Gods glory and the satisfaction an edification of the Church should I ayme at mans prayse I know I should misse of mine end and loose my reward with God should I ayme at reuenge and stuffe my Booke with scoffes and froathy inuectiues as too many doe that write controuersies maintaining their assertions with scoffes and taunts rather then by reason and argument I should but discouer malice and doe that that I must bewayle with teares or haue my portion with the scorners God knowes that I haue another end and a better viz. the satisfaction of many and the edification of all In others of my labours I haue seene the fruits who knowes whether God will also blesse me in this If such as make a trade of traducing others shall notwithstanding that I haue sayde yet fall a iudging and condnēing me God I prayse him that I passe not for mans iudgement neither doe I iudge my selfe hee that iudges me is God iudge nothing before the time So be thou findest these laoburs aduantageous to thee blesse God pray for the Author that ceaseth not to pray for thee remaining Thine in Iesus Christ Bezaleel Carter CHRIST HIS LAST WILL AND Iohns Legacy IOHN 19. 26. 27. When Iesus therefore saw his mother and the Disciple standing by whom Iesus loued hee saith vnto his