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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78555	A motive to peace and love. Delivered in a sermon at Pauls the first Lords Day in June, anno Dom. 1648. By Humfry Chambers, D.D. and pastor of Pewsy in the county of Wilts.	Chambers, Humphrey, 1598 or 9-1662.; City of London (England). Lord Mayor.	1649 (1649)	Wing C1916; Thomason E467_12; ESTC R204211	25,089	38

against those wicked damnable blasphemies and heresies and other notorious errours which like a smoake out of the bottomlesse pit are ready overshadow our land I know it is the duty of beleevers and ministers in speciall to contend for the faith which was once given to the Saints Iude 3. Nor Doe I bewaile the Christian zeale of any who with Christian moderation fervencie and sinceritie doe publiquely rebuke those publique sinnes which carry with them a direct opposition against truth and holinesse and stand condemned by the good word of God I know it is the duty of the Ministers of God so to doe they have a command for it 1 Tim. 5.20 Them that sinne rebuke before all that others also may feare Neither doe I bewaile the six'd stedfastnesse of the hearts of those who doe hold close unto truths those truths which they have formerly received and learned from the word of truth against all that contradict and oppose the same for it is not for Christians to childe it as the Apostles speakes in matters of religion Ephes 4.14 And to be tossed to and fro with every winde of Doctrine Stabilitie of judgement becometh those that have received truths from the mouth of God Nor Doe I bewaile the endeavours of those who desire and labour to see Church-Discipline according to the word of God established with vigor and activitie in our land for the purging out of old leaven that we may be a new lumpe according to the certaine will and appointment of Jesus Christ by his Apostles 1 Cor. 5.7 Purge out therefore the old leaven that you may be a new lumpe I would not be mistaken as if I did glance in the least at any such practises which are according to God and which are according to the rule and direction of the word of God But that which I intend to speake of I looke upon as a sorrowfull subject and such as no teares are sufficient to bewaile For there is beyond all this that insufferable rage and violent strife of tongues that railing and bitternesse appearing in our land amongst those who have good grounds to build Christian love and union upon that we have cause to blush if not to tremble at the mention of it I hope no man will say that this should be conceal'd I would it could be concealed but the truth is it is too late to talke of concealing that folly which is openly laid before the eyes of the world by many of those of all sides whom yet I dare not give up as men wholly destitute of unfained regard unto the living God I will not discusse how farre grace may lye at the root of that zeale which fleshly corruption may transport unto such a distemper as bringeth forth bitter railing against brethren that would be to long too speake of But this I say That whether it be from grace in part and corruption overcarrying it or whether it be from corruption only working under a pretence of grace evident it is that there is a palpable and grosse miscarriage in this kinde amongst us at this day to the dishonour of God and to the reproach of the Gospell and I doubt not but much to the weakening of the hands and hearts of those that feare the Lord I shall not adventure to presse farther into this point then I am sure you will or may easily goe along with me in testifying the truth of what I shall speake And in this which I shall now bewaile I 'le speake impartially I doe not know on either hand which of the differing parties amongst us is more or lesse guilty in regard of the miscarriage so notorious in this kinde doe not our streets ring and are not our stalls fill'd from day to day with * Certaine it is that some bookes which had truth for their center yet because they have wanted temperance modestie and urbanitie for their circumference have to the great prejudice of the truth hardened the adversarie in their errors and by their bitter invectives vvhetted them not only to defend themselves and to offend in the like but many times being thereby urged to write to defend the error it selfe to the hurt of many which otherwise might have vanished away without any contradiction bookes written with inke steeped in the gall of Hell and printed in the most unlovely Characters of bitternesse and despight it is so plaine posterities will reade the follie and madnesse of men amongst us In this kinde of men I say on all sides who doe in all their differences unhappily agree with might and maine to slander one another For whereas charity should cover a multitude of sinnes charity it selfe is cover'd and many as if they were strongly engaged thereunto studiously lay out the offences of brethren in print with some advantages yea lay on offences upon brethren with boldnesse which no eye but that which is dazeled with envious jea lousie no heart but that which is braced with malicious partialitie could ever have seene or adjudged them guilty of The miscarriage of many in this kinde at this time is such that charity it selfe is put often-times to the stresse to be charitable towards such men as doe please themselves in such uncharitable practises of this the servants of God may justly say that it is a la●●●●tation I wish it may not be added and shall be for a lamentation Nor will recrimination serve to justifie any man in this kinde If one man be before another in bitter reprochings that will never justifie the injured person in paying the rayler againe in his owne coine and rebanding those scoffes and scornes which cannot without shame appeare or be made mention of amongst Christian Brethren The rule of Christianitie will never ply to this practise If one man be so mad as to fire his tongue at Hell for so the Apostle saith of a wicked tongue that it is a fire kindled at Hell and then spit he cares not whom in the face with scorching reproaches Sir Ed. Cook 5. pt ● of his reports ad Lector in this case a Christian man is bound so far to tender his owne esteeme yea Gods honour as in the words of meeknesse and of truth to quench if possible the slander that it may not blast his reputation and profession But no man is warranted to answer this spit-fire just in his owne hellish language and to straine againe to raise such re●roches against him as are likely to expose both to common scorne The rule for Christians is this Rom. 12.17.21 Render to no man evill for evill Be not overcome by evill but overcome evill with good A man will say why they provoke me provoke thee and was not the Lord Christ provoked he left his owne example for us to imitate who when he was revil'd reviled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but commited himselfe to him that Judgeth righteously 1 Pet. 2.21 It were an happy and