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cause_n	church_n	just_a	schism_n	2,608	5	10.7463	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91988	The picture of the conscience drawne to the life, by the pencell of divine truth. VVherein are set out 1. Its nature. 2. Infirmities. 3. Remedies. 4. Its duties. Consisting first in the truths to be beleived [sic]. 2. The vertues to be practised. 3. The vices to bee avoyded. 4. The heresies to bee rejected. All seasonable for these distracted times. By Alexander Rosse.	Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.	1648 (1648)	Wing R1980; Thomason E1195_1; ESTC R208720	46,614	212

and this consent must be free and voluntary not forced and the parties consenting must be of age and such as are guided by reason and have power to dispose of themselves 83 Wee cannot with a safe Conscience have above one wife at once for God gave A dam but one Evah the husband will love one wife better then two for love divided is weaker then united the children will be more carefully educated we read of two that by marriage are made one flesh not of three we see divers creatures are by nature taught to content themselves with single mates Polygamie is often times the cause of jarres in families and therefore cannot be lawfull but where there is an immediate dispensation from God as is supposed was among the Patriarchs before the flood and sometime after 84 The husband and wife are bound to love and respect each other and to dwell together to have all things in common to professe the same truth and to communicate to each other the use of their bodies according to the law of marriage the man is to cherish and maintaine to instruct and guide his wife and she is to honor feare and obey her husband she must temper her tounge and he must keepe in his hands he may reprove admonish and instruct but not strike which causeth hatred and strife and shewes want of true love she may not give away his goods without his consent neither must they live apart except upon urgent occasions 85 A man cannot with a safe Conscience put away his wife except it be for adultery for that unties the band of matrimony yet this band may be tied againe upon the desire and consent of the innocent party in whose favour the divorce was made 86 We are bound to abstaine from fleshly lusts which fight against the Soule which destroy the body which dishonor GOD which wrong man-kind and are the causes of many other sins therefore we must make a covenant with our eyes not to looke upon wanton or immodest objects whither in apparell pictures bookes or lascivious gestures wee must make a covenant with our eares not to heare immodest words or songs wee must covenant with our tongues to speake only such words as edifie and not by them utter what is not lawfull to bee done for immodest actions are concealed so should immodest speeches bee by which God is dishonoured the soule of the speaker and so likewise of the hearer is indangered and good men are grieved and we should make a covenant with our hearts not to entertaine lascivious thoughts with delight but to reject them with detestation otherwise cogitation wil breed delight delight consent consent action and actions a habit Lastly wee must take heed of lascivious kissing embracing touching of Women and immodest dances and of luxurious and unchast speeches gestures or any other such like expressions in stage-playes which have made both the Actors and the sports the recreation it self hatefull tho otherwise tolerable 87. VVee are bound in Conscience to separate our selves from that Church where Gods name is dishonoured Idolatry practised and wickednesse countenanced least wee pertake of her sinnes and so of her punishment but wee are not therefore bound to separate our selves from all Congregations where some bad men are suffered for in this life is no perfection and the Sheepe here are mingled with Goates in the same net are good and bad fishes in the same field Corne and tares which must not be suddenly pluckt up we must exercise our patience in induring such churches infimities and indevour to amend them not by our departure increase them or exasperate our weake brethren and give occasion of schisme 88. Ministers are bound to preach and catechise their flocks sincerely purely constantly boldly powerfully to administer the Sacraments without superstition to resist schisme and heresie beate downe sinne and iniquity to suspend from the Sacrament and to excommunicate in cases of extremity which censure is indeed the act of the whole Church whereof the Minister is the mouth but one Church is not to excommunicate an other not being subordinate although upon just cause there may bee separation or desertion but although the Church may refuse to cast pearls before swine or give that which is holy to dogges and is bound to purge out the old Leaven yet she cannot debarre men from hearing the Word unlesse they bee obstinate dispisers and scoffers of it nor can shee keepe them out of Heaven except they bee impenitent nor can shee breake off the Oeconomicall communion that is betweene husband and wives Parents and Children Masters and servants nor yet the Politicall society that is betweene Magistrates and Subjects 89. Every Minister is bound to have learning integrity of life dexterity of preaching and a will bent to doe God service and to edifie the Church and not to respect his owne honour wealth or profit or to intrude himselfe into that sacred function without both inward and outward calling as many doe who by friends Simonie or any other sinistrous way creepe in at the window but enter not in at the dore neither must they forsake the charge once undertaken except they be forced or necessitated 90 We are bound to make restitution of our neighbours goods whither we detaine them by loane fraud or theft for it is a theft to detain the owners goods to which we have no interest against his will and it is both a violation of justice and also of that love we owe to our neighbour which restitution must be made either really if we are able or else mentally and in our resolution if we cannot wee must also restore to the right owner if he can be found or else to him that is next a kin if there be none then dedicate it to God in some pious or charitable use and we must restore the very thing it selfe if we can or else the full value of it so we are bound to restore his good name which we have hurt either by recantation or accusation of our selves or compensation for the wrong he hath sustained or if we have hurt him in his body we are to make such satisfaction as the Law requires or if we have hurt a woman in the losse of her chastity we must make restitution by marriage or by paying her portion 91 We are bound in Conscience to reprove sinne in whom soever we find it for it is an argument of love and no lesse needfull then almes to him that is in want if it be mercy to pull our neighbours beast out of the mire much more to pull himselfe out of the pit of sinne where his soul will perish but our reproofe must be grounded on Gods word must be sweetned with mildnesse and discretion and uttered in love opportunity of time place and other circumstances must be observed our superiors must be reproved with reverence our equals and inferiors with love and benevolence and because charity begins at home we

ought first to reprove our selves for that sinne which we reprove in others and not to take more notice of our neighbours moates then of our own beames 92 We are bound to hearken to reproofe accounting the wounds of a freind better then the kisses of an enemy and to receive reproofes with all humility love and patience and to resolve to make use of such physick though unpleasant for it is no lesse wholsome for the Soul both to cure and prevent spirituall diseases then Aloes though bitter yet fit to purge us of our bodily humors 93 We are bound to love our neighbour as our selves by wishing and doing the same good for him that we wish and do for our selves and with the same mind and sincerity not wishing him any hurt except it be for his further good and for Gods glory so we may wish the losse of his goods for the gaine of his soul and the death of a tyrant for the safety of the state nay we may safely venture the losse of our own bodies for the saving of our neighbours soules and we are to pray for him as for ourselves even for our enemies by this sheweing we have committed our cause to God and that we desire not revenge and in this we immitate our heavenly father who causeth his sunne to shine upon the good and bad and his raine to fall upon the just and unjust and who hath been pleased to reconcile himselfe to us his enemies 94 Wee are bound by a holy life to shew good example to others for the imployment of our talent is required God by this is gloryfied others by our example in goodnesse incouraged otherwayes good men by us will be offended and by our scandalous life the Gospell will be hindred and the Church of God reproached and profane men in their wicked waies animated and hardned 95 We are bound to avoyd and prevent rents or schismes in the Church for they often times make way for heresies they overthrow the life of the Church which consists in unity they hinder the edification of the Church and the growth of christianity they also destroy love and charity and as we are bound to avoyd schisme so must we shun the company of schismaticks least we seeme to countenance their schisme and that we may not be infected therewith or give occasion to others to follow our example yet he is no schismatick that separates himselfe from that Church which persecutes him for the truth or with which he can hold no communion without manifest danger of sinne and seduction 96 We are all bound to be tender of our fame and good name cheifly Magistrates and Ministers otherwayes God will be dishonored the Church hindred the Gospell and justice scandaled but if our fame be without cause wounded we must with patience beare it being a part of our crosse which Christ and his best servants have with patience endured 97 Wee are bound to speake and thinke well of all men whilst we have no reason to the contrary and not to judge censure or condemne any man rashly which argues in us either inadvertency to timerite levitie or malice it is a sinne repugnant both to charitie and justice for every man hath as great right to his good name as to his goods we wrong a man more by taking his good name away then by stealing his goods for in this we make him to be pittied but in the other to be dispised and hated we also wrong God by usurping his office for he is the only Iudge of secreets 98 We are bound to conceale the secret infirmities of our neighbour least by divulging them we wrong his reputation except it be when we have no other way to reclaime him or when we see that the concealing of his sinne may prove dangerous to others then a publike good is to bee preferred to a private 99 Wee are bound to imploy the talent which our Lord hath given us and not to hide it in a Napkin wee must impart our gifts of knowledge wisedome wealth and such like unto others for wee are not Lords but stewards of them and the more eminent wee are the more careful should we be in the cariage of our selves least we spoyle others by our bad example If much be given us much will bee required of us and inferiour men are apt to bee drawne by the example of their superiors whereas indeed they are bound to respect and honour them as their superiours but not to follow them if they bee bad Christians 100. Magistrates are bound to maintaine their people in peace to defend them from oppression to advance Religion and learning arts and industrie to reward the good and punish the evill doers for hee is the Minister of God for our weale so the people are bound to submit themselves to their Governours to honour them and maintaine their charge to bee obedient to their commands and thankfull for the good they receive from them 101. Masters are bound to feed and cloath their servants to pay them their wages to use them with gentlenesse to instruct them in the wayes of godlinesse to help them in their sicknesse and to use them according to their deservings to punish them for their stubbornnesse so servants are bound to love feare and obey their masters to bee humble and faithfull even to untoward Masters expecting their reward from God 102. Parents are bound to love feede cloath and instruct their Children to correct them to season them with the feare of God to provide maintenance and fit matches for them so Children are bound to love feare and honour their Parents to be subject and obedient to them to beare with their infirmities to cover their nakednesse and with thankfullnesse to repay their love charges and tender affection over them 103 As Ministers are bound to love teach and to edifie by their good example the people to watch over them to exhort instruct and rebuke them and to pray for them so the people are bound to love reverence to obey and to maintaine their Ministers and to have them in more then abundant honor for their works sake 104 All men that make bargaines are bound to stand to them if they be not under yeares or tuition or mad if they be not cheated and deluded besides their meaning and intention if they be not forced to the bargain by feare or violence if the thing for which they bargaine be impossible unusefull or unlawfull that is either sinfull or sacred this is called Simony in such cases no man is bound to performe these bargaines 105 We may with a safe Conscience let out mony upon use seeing our mony would bring in gaine if any otherwayes imployed seeing there can be no tradeing without lending and borrowing seeing it was lawfull for the Iewes to to take use of strangers CHRIST borrowes a similitude from the Vserers without reproving them which he would not have done had usury in it selfe been unlawfull neither doe the Scriptures