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A10931	Certaine sermons preached and penned by Richard Rogers preacher of Weathersfield in Essex, directly tending to these three ends. First, to bring any bad person (that hath not committed the sinne that is vnpardonable) to true conuersion. Secondly, to stablish and settle all such as are conuerted, in faith and repentance. Thirdly, to leade them forward (that are so setled) in the Christian life, to bring foorth the fruite of both. Whereunto are annexed diuers godlie and learned sermons of another reuerend and faithfull seruant of God, Mr. Samuel Wright, Bachelor of Diuinitie, late president of Sidney Colledge in Camebridge, deceased, tending also to the same ends, with diuers particular points in both, profitable and fit for these times.	Rogers, Richard, 1550?-1618.; Wright, Samuel, d. ca. 1612. aut	1612 (1612)	STC 21203; ESTC S116121	188,868	230

seeme to be wanting For what can be further desired then that after such a sweet and plentifull partaking of Gods benefits and that in his fauour while we liue here yet that the best should be behinde namely to inioy fulnesse of pleasures at Gods right hand after wee goe hence and that for euer Yea and this in the middest of the anguish and torture of the reprobate For so our Sauiour saith when the wicked shall bee at their wits end then looke vp saith hee to his and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth neere meaning that the effects thereof shall then appeare And therefore S. Peter teacheth a most singular vse of this that the Lord shall come to iudgement in a fearefull manner to the wicked but to the euerlasting comfort of his elect agreeing with that which the Lord requireth here saying Seeing these things must be what manner persons ought we to be in holy conuersation and godlinesse Now it followeth to shew what the fruite of a godly life is to the children of them that leade it as I haue done alreadie to themselues who are parents for such a promise God maketh to them and so the Lord speaketh here that it may goe well with them and with their children So that Parents fearing God doe thereby prouide well for their children as well as for themselues and deriue Gods blessings to them aboundantly which promise is confirmed by the Lord in the second commaundement where he saith He will visit the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate him and shew mercie vnto the thousand generation of them that loue him and keepe his commaundements This is also further confirmed by the contrarie in Deuteronomie where God speaketh thus to the people of Israell Because thou diddest not serue the Lord thy God with ioyfulnesse and a good heart for the aboundance of all things therefore these curses shall be vpon thee for signes and wonders that is euident signes that he is offended with thee and vpon thy seeds for euer And if it be so then it followeth that if we loue our children we should indeuour aboue all things to leade a godly life Which is vrged by the Lord at mens hands in the entrance into their mariage that couples should be espoused to him before they be so one to another And it may be truly said that they set not by neither care for the welfare of their children who doe not first regard their own good and welfare of their soules by walking obediently vnto Gods commandements themselues And how vnnaturall a thing is it that any should bee the meanes to bring children into the world to send them to hell And that they should be so pitilesse as to cast their poore shiftles progenie vpon the curse of God more grieuous then if it were vpon the swords point and that through their sinne and wickednesse For thereby that is by bad example giuing they make them like themselues as much as in them lieth For as by a godly care in themselues and a christian education of them they commonly haue the fruite thereof in their children that by the blessing of God they be religious also so a thousand to one if in the profanenesse of themselues the children become faithfull and good christians but if they doe no thanke to them they did as much as in them lay to make them prooue otherwise Obiect And whereas many of them will be ready to obiect that they will bee vnruly and disordered howsoeuer they bring them vp in the feare of God and good instruction yea though they be carefull also themselues to walke vprightly in their whole course before them Answ they may be answered that it falleth not out oft to be so but we should trust God for that and commit the successe to him by doing our duties conscionably towards them And if it please God that the meanes shall not alwaies take effect partly lest wee should ascribe the good successe to our selues and so take the glory from him and partly for other causes vnknowne to vs let vs leaue Gods secrets vnto himselfe but there shall be alwaies cause enough why God doth so and to iustifie him seeing few are so carefull about the good education of their children but that they may be iustly charged with default that way This be said of the fruit that shall follow the godly life of parents in their children that they shall prosper and it shall goe well with them as with their parents in respect of other who liue among them and best of all hereafter when they goe hence For they shall be receiued with their parents into the paradise of God into an habitation not made with hands but euerlasting to the which our Lord Iesus is gone before to prepare a place for them and all his to the which he vouch safe to bring vs euen speedely to whom with the father and the holy Ghost be ascribed all honor praise and thanks for euermore FINIS TWO SERMONS VPON MATTH 13. vers 45.46 Vers 45 Againe the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a Marchant man that seeketh good pearles Who hauing found a pearle of great price went and solde all that he had and bought it THe summe and effect of this Parable is this that how base and vile soeuer the Gospell seemes in the eyes of men yet whosoeuer commeth to finde the worth price and excellencie of it will giue all that he hath to get it and will rather part with all then he will forgoe it For here by the kingdome of Heauen that I may shew what is meant by it wee are not to vnderstand the place of the blessed mansion of the faithfull after this life whither Christ is ascended though the words are thus to be taken sometimes as in Matthew I say vnto you that many shall come from the East and from the West and shall sit downe with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kingdome of heauen neither is it taken for the absolute kingdome of God whereby he guideth and gouerneth all the world and all his creatures from the greatest vnto the least of them neither lastly is it taken for that especiall rule and regiment which Christ as the head hath ouer the Church his bodie which is likewise called a kingdome after a more especiall manner but here by kingdome wee are to vnderstand the Gospell of the kingdome as it is called in Marke Iesus went forth into Galile preaching the Gospell of the kingdome and in diuers other like places And this Gospell of the kingdome is not only in many places of this Chapter but most euidently in the 21. Chapter of this Euangelist called the kingdome of God in these words Therefore I say vnto you the kingdome of God shall be taken from you and giuen to a nation that will bring forth the fruite thereof

afterward see some great good effect to come thereof as heere is to be seene in him Heere now the Iailer begins to stay himselfe but yet betwixt hope and feare he cals for a light to see if it were as Paul said and leaping in and trembling yet with feare and finding all things to his desire he falles downe before Paul and Silas The shaking of the earth and the setting open the doores amazed him but when he saw that none of the prisoners were fled this was yet more admirable vnto him And this strucke into his conscience an accusation of himselfe for his hard vsage of these men whom he saw so kind to him and carefull of his good perceiuing indeed that the miracle was wrought for their sakes Whereby God sheweth how necessarie it is for men to be cast downe and abased before they be raised vp as we see in him in Manasses and in Paul at the gates of Damascus and many other for great is the pride and strong is the stoutnesse of mans heart Then because the place where they were was loathsome and vnfit for speech to be had in it he bringeth them out not fearing what the Magistrate should say vnto him Which cleerely sheweth that many which shew crueltie against Gods innocent and faithfull seruants if they did a little better know and consider who they are in what account with God and also if they would bethinke themselues how vile they themselues haue been would become more calme and kind vnto them and be wounded for their owne great sinne against them But he proceeds further and desires to be instructed of them and that in the most waightie matters of all As if he should haue said Sirs I see now it is true which I beleeued not that ye are the seruants of the most high God and this ye haue made apparent to me For I like a most vile beast put you in the dungeon but I see he regards you and shakes the earth and workes wonders for your sakes You haue saued my life for I was but a dead man Now ye haue shewed such care of my life shew me I pray you the way to eternall life What shall I do c. He thus sheweth himselfe willing to heare and learne of them and he acknowledgeth them able to satisfie him therein And indeed then are men in good way to true conuersion when they are thus teachable and when they are perswaded that such as they repaire vnto for direction and comfort are meete to resolue them And they who are the elect of God do consult and take counsell what to do of them whom God hath sent with the word of reconciliation These are guides sent of him to bring men into the right way and to guide them in it O the wonderfull worke of God! would the Iailer thus haue attended to learne of them if God had not drawne him would hee that had so cruelly vsed them haue come to bee taught of them nay would he not haue vsed them worse The Lord therefore meekeneth him and maketh him a vessell fit for grace to be powred into And although many that God humbleth with his terrors become not humble indeed yet it was otherwise with him Obserue heere what a change God can make hee that ouernight would not haue heard them though they had fallen downe at his feet to entreate him now he fals at their feet desiring them to teach him Euen as the Lord promised to the Church of Philadelphia that he would make them that were of the synagogue of Satan to come and worship at their feet This among many other ministreth comfort to all faithfull Ministers of God for hereby he teacheth them that hee can meeken the proudest when he seeth good and therefore they ought to rest contented in the carefull discharge of their duties But if he do not yet it shall be little to their reioycing in the end who after all meanes remaine hardened Paul readie to teach in season and out of season taketh the opportunitie seeing him as the hot iron fit to be wrought vpon euen as he did to Agrippa and as godly Ministers ought to do And in bidding him beleeue they preached not the Law as I haue said before because they saw him humbled but powred oyle into his wounds A full answere to such for Christ hauing life in him it followeth that he that hath him that is by faith layeth hold on him hath life also And faith alone saues as Paul teacheth in all his epistles and therefore is the popish doctrine false and diuellish teaching that we are saued by workes as causes For then is Christ no perfect Sauiour if we helpe him in the satisfying for sin and in meriting heauen And as for the obiection out of Iames that we are said there to be iustified by workes his meaning is that we are iustified thereby before men to be faithfull as Paul teacheth and no otherwise and therefore this is a maine ground to ouerthrow Purgatorie merits Masse c. And Paul labouring to make as plentiful an haruest to the Lord as he could puts him in mind that not himselfe only but his houshold also might be saued See wherein he is couetous euen to winne soules thus putting the Iailer in mind of his dutie that is to haue his familie instructed in the way to saluation For masters of housholds are not only to seeke the way to heauen themselues but they must haue care of all that be vnder their roofe Command 4. Thou and thy son and thy man seruant and maid shall keepe holy the Sabbath and not suffered to run and roaue at their pleasure no more then to toile And so the Ministers of God are in like manner to labour with and draw them on as well as the other The Iailer by and by brought them to heare that they might beleeue be saued yea though it might haue seemed to haue been out of season being after midnight which is to the iust reproofe both of masters that will not bring their seruants and of seruants that will not be brought from their gaming and worldly dealings on the Sabbath day to be instructed Also in Paul is set out an excellent example of paine in teaching It was midnight they had not slept they were sore and hungrie yet their calling makes them forget all as our Sauiour in the fourth of Iohn being wearie hungrie and thirstie yet hauing opportunitie to commune with the woman of Samaria forgets them all And so ought Gods Ministers to do when he offereth opportunitie the paine and labour to seeke the saluation of men ought to seeme none to them but pleasure And as he taught him that he must beleeue in Christ so he preached him out of the word of the Lord. For How shall they beleeue in him of whom they haue not heard as the Apostle saith therefore