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A10926	A strange vineyard in Palæstina in an exposition of Isaiahs parabolical song of the beloued, discouered: to which Gods vineyard in this our land is paralleld. By Nehemiah Rogers, Master in Arts, and pastor of the congregation at Messing in Essex.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1623 (1623)	STC 21199; ESTC S122274	258,015	353

And therefore let this serue further for our Instruction that we learne highly to esteeme of such as be truly godly seeme they neuer so meane or base in the worlds eye Thus did S. Lawrence that blessed Martyr of Christ Iesus who being demanded of the Tyrant where the riches of the Church lay looking for store of gold and such like treasure he gathered together a multitude of poore Christians telling the Tyrant that there was the riches and beauty of the Church and albeit they were now ragged and vnseemly in the eyes of men yet they should one day be clad in white robes and shine in maiestie and glory before the throne of God The like as I haue read was the practise of Ingo an ancient King of the Draues and Veneds who making vpon a time a stately feast inuited thereunto all his Nobles who were at that time Pagans and vnconuerted to the Christian faith and a multitude of poore Christians His Nobles he set in his Hall below and those poore Christians with himselfe in his presence chamber entertaining them with the royallest cheere and kingliest attendance that might be At which when his Nobles wondered he told them this he did not as hee was king of the Drau●s but as king of another world wherein these should bee his companions and fellow Princes To them he would giue ciuill due in the gouernment of the Commonwealth but these hee must loue and honour in his heart as most honoured and best beloued of God Reade this to thy shame who knowest not how to shew the least respect vnto a Christian and if thou wouldst not haue it to condemne thee let it mend thee causing thee to be more respectiue in thy cariage towards such as serue the Lord So shalt thou imitate God like a good childe herein and get a testimonie to thy owne conscience that thou art Gods because thou louest his image which marke of a childe of God may comfort thee when all others in the time of temptation may faile thee Hence also we may haue Direction how to become excellent and famous namely by becomming gracious This way will not faile to effect it and no other course can be auaileable without it Men may be wealthy and ignominious they may haue gorgeous apparell and yet be contemptible Pharaohs horses had costly trappings and the Midianites Camels had chaines of gold about their necks Grace and goodnesse doe more decke and adorne than all these doe or can This is that which the Apostle calleth Seeking glory and honour by well-doing and only is that whereby Abel Noah Abraham and the rest obtained a good report How grosly then are such deceiued as thinke godlinesse doth cause contempt and the way to become honourable is to grow gracelesse and sinfull For can any wise man thinke that the dunghill of wickednesse is a fit Mine to digge out a good estimation or that the puddle water of vanity will make a man seeme beautifull and faire or that the onely way to make a man sweet is to tumble in a iakes Certainly figgs grow not vpon thornes neither is the sweet oyntment of a good name compounded of those stinking ingredients Pride Drunkennesse Whoredome Profanenesse or the like A good name ariseth out of honest things as the Poet could say and not from actions sinfull and dishonest Cain and Esau we know were wicked men and dead many hundred yeeres agoe yet the Scripture neuer speaketh of them but with great reproach as Prophane Esau Cain who was of that wicked one and slow his brother And so Iudas who is neuer almost spoken of but he is called by the name of traitor The Patriarchs Prophets and Apostles haue likewise beene a long time dead and yet how louely are their names Scripture neuer speakes of them but with great respect as Abraham the Father of the faithfull Moses the seruant of God Dauid the sweet singer of Israel And S. Peter S. Paul S. Iohn and so the rest Thus the wicked leaue a filthy sauour behinde them as a greasie snuffe when it goeth out which euery one that passeth by stops his nose at but the godly leaue their names behinde them for a blessing the very remembrance of them is sweet and like the end of some sweet wax candle which euery one loues to haue the sent of euen after it hath left burning Wouldst thou then bee counted excellent See that thou doe worthily in Ephratha and so be famous in Bethlehem It is vertue onely that can emblazon thy name and that will doe it A field of sinceritie charged with deeds of pietie cannot but be accomplisht with a crest of glorie But if thou liuest licentiously and prophanely so loathsome will thy abominable life make thee as that thou shalt scarce euer come into mention of Gods people but with a stile like that of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat that made Israel to sinne And lastly for Consolation let this serue to the godly poore despised by the rich and worldly wise Know thou for thy comfort thou art a choise plant in Gods account and hee that knowes the true worth of things esteemes thee precious and holds thee for one of his iewels of great price whateuer men doe deeme And when that day of separation shall come hee will then make it known to all the world First by his setting thee on his right hand as one of his darlings whom he purposeth to aduance and honour when all other shall be turned to the left hand as base and contemptible Secondly by that his gracious call and sweet sentence Come thou blessed c. The prosecuting of this point would bee very comfortable but I hasten and now come to the fift Particular heere mentioned whereby Gods loue to this his Vineyard was manifested in these words He built a Tower in the midst of it which was as well for the beautifying and adorning it as for the further strengthning of it By which Tower whether wee vnderstand the glorious Temple in Ierusalem that stately edifice and building or Ierusalem it selfe whereunto all the Tribes resorted and the nations came to worship it will leade vs to this Obseruation that The Beautie and Bulwarke of a place is Gods seruice and worship erected and set vp in that place For neither is Ierusalem nor Zion here compared to a Tower especially in regard of the stately buildings multiplicity of Turrets aspiring Towers or the like but in regard of Religion that was found in it In Ierusalem was the continuall worship of God In the Temple the continued seruice of God and this was it which gaue the grace and countenance this made it the golden head of the picture Ladie of the world seat of the Monarchie and as Micah agreeing with this of our Prophet cals it the Tower of the flocke and the strong hold of the daughter of