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A11823	Tvvo sermons, upon that great embassie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ recorded by his Euangelist, Saint Matthew, Chap. 10.V.16. Preached by Iohn Scull, an humble professor and minister of the word.	Scull, John, minister of the word.	1624 (1624)	STC 22123; ESTC S114766	41,503	56

vincis if thou fightest thou shalt ouercome for a man cannot be an innocent and foyled Si occideris coronaberis if thou die for thy 1 Ioh. ● 9. conscience thou shalt be crowned for thy innocencie for Apoc. 7. 11. he that dyes a Martyr shall bee cloathed with the long white roabe of puritie Labour O labour to preserue Innocencie in thought word and deed for as Pericles spake to Sophocles that a iudge must haue non modo manus sed oculos etiam atque linguam abstinentes not onely cleane hands but continent eyes also and a warie tongue so he that will be absolutely innocent must looke not onely to his actions but to his words also and thoughts to be iustified in all I said I will take heede vnto my wayes that I offend not in my Psal 39. 1. tongue was the Kingly Prophet his resolution Pambo Socrat. hist eccl l. 4. cap. 18. thought this one line lesson enough for sixe moneths and nineteene yeeres little enough to learne perfectly this one point of innocency Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and Psal 141. 3. keepe the doore of my lippes ther 's the innocency of the tongue O let not my heart be inclined to any euill thing Verse 4 ther 's the innocency of the heart Let me not be occupied in vngodly workes ther 's the innocency of the hands Plants are first seedes before they become to be vegetatiues Creatures are first Embrions before they become to be sensitiues and workes first thoughts before they be formed into actions If therefore you would preuent the deede you must not entertaine the thought Now the will and the deede before God are both alike Voluntas pro opere Hieron sup Mat. reputatur God taketh the will for the deede If a man hath a will to doe harme Quamuis non nocot cui vult nocere abstine Aug. de vera innocentia at ab iniquo opere reus tamen fit sola voluntate Though hee doe no harme yet his will to doe makes him before God guilty of the harme The Law Right Reuerend lyeth in your hands quo plus potestis peccare definite Abuse not your authority to doe iniustice Seneca in Pro. You are Sheepe you might be Wolues Posse nolle nobile It is a vertue not to doe all that a man may doe Heauens ordinance hath made you Gods on Earth Douely Psal 82. 6. innocency will make you Saints in Heauen Innocency speakes neither good of euill nor euill of good Beware ye Gentry of the Countrey how you aggrauate or extenuate any cause because as Hecuba in Euripides spake to Vlysses 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Her apud Eurip 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Your allegations are Axiomes and according to your credit with the Iudge so shall you doe either good or harme by your report Innocens est qui cum alijs non nocet nec sibi nocet An innocent Aug in Psa 38 wrongs neither others nor his owne conscience in eyther iustifying the wicked or condemning the innocent Yee good men of the Iurie are held for sheepe O bee not Wolues in Sheepes cloathing You are thought to be wise as serpents to preserue the head O spend not your venome vpon the members You should bee Doues for your innocencie O bee not Apodes for your partialitie alwayes in Plin. hist in l. 10. ca. 39. extremities eyther flying with the plaintiffe or lying downe with the defendant you are iudges de facto you must be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you must haue no respect of persons Deut. 1. 17. in iudgement you must follow your Euidence and finde secundum allegata probata as you haue proofe to induce you Finally what man is hee that lusteth to liue and would Psal 34. 12 faine see good dayes Keepe thy tongue from euill and thy lippes that they speake no guile Eschew euill and doe good seeke Verse 13 peace and ensue it Or would you haue good dayes while you liue and peace at the end Keepe innocencie and doe Psal 37. 38. the thing that is right for that shall bring a man peace at the last Hee that would dye Peaceably must liue innocently innocently Doct. in thought word and deed not onely Doing but suffering also innocently It is obserued in the Doue that she not onely neuer plaies Ser. 2. fol. 42. false play with her mate but that therewithall shee patiently also vndergoes his imperiall taunts of Ielousie to teach vs that Douely innocencie is not onely the forbearing of Doct. wrong doing but the patient-bearing also of wrong offered the first is Omnem iniuriae illationem abhorrens an vtter Cic offic detestation of all wrong doing To this are men tied by the law of nature Homo naturae obediens homini nocere non potest Idem Ibid. If we conforme our selues in obedience vnto nature wee cannot offer any violence one man to an other The other Aug quaest 83. quaes 31. is Honestatis causa rerum difficilium voluntaria ac diuturna perpessio A noble entertainement of a good cause though we suffer for it eyther in Christ as all good Christians for hereunto are yee called for Christ also suffered for vs leauing 1. Pet. 2. 21. vs an example that we should follow his steppes or for Christ as Martyres and confessors blessed in suffering for Mat. 5. 10. Righteousnesse sake aequo non iniquo animo willingly and Aug de pat cap 2. innocentlie for this is thankes worthie if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe suffering wrongfully 1 Pet. 2. 19. and that because First Hee will not take Gods office out of his hands to Reasons worke his owne reuenge for vengeance is mine and I will repay sayth the Lord. Rom. 12. 19. Secondly He waiteth patiently Gods leasure in hope at last to be deliuered Say not thou I will recompense euill but Prou. 20. 22. waite vpon the Lord and he shall saue thee Thirdly Though hee bee not for the present deliuered yet he is resolued that the afflictions of this present time are not Rom. 8. 18. worthy of the glory that shall be shewed vnto vs. Fourthly In the interim he possesseth his soule by patience Luke 21. 19. is master of himselfe and calmeth natures outrages He that is slow vnto anger is better then the mighty man Pro. 16. 32. and hee that ruleth his owne minde is better then hee that winneth a Citie Fiftly Hee knowes not what good his example may doe Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob and haue knowne what end Io. 5. 11. the Lord made When man by persecution goes about to trouble thee Vse or the deuill by temptation to seduce thee or God by his crosse to proue thee take heede Greg homil 35. First Ne contra mala proximi pertrahatur mens ad retributionem mali least thou thinke vpon

the other Captaines least hee should be circumuented in the doing of what he was commanded He flees so soone as he hath done least he should be apprehended for the doing If the duty of our calling expose vs vnto necessary danger and wee dye for our consciences as Iohn for reprouing Herod our death is precious Math. 14. 4. Right deare in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Psal 116. 13. Saints If we escape as Eliah out of the hands of Iezabel 1 Reg. 19 2. our life is honourable Triumphat Victor imperator non Aug. Confess l. 8. cap. 3. vicisset nisi pugnasset The Conqueror returnes triumphantly but had he not conquered he had not triumphed and had he not fought he had not conquered quanto maius Ibidem periculum fuit in pralio tanto maius gaudium in triumpho The greater the danger was in the fight the greater by so much is the glory in the triumph Horatius Cocles stood single Liu. decad 1. lib. 2. against Porsennas whole Army till the bridge was broken behind him then he leapt into the water and saued himselfe by swimming His first care was to performe his duty to his Countrey his next care was to reserue himselfe for his Countrey Wee cannot at once performe all duties wee owe to Church and Common-wealth Dauid did his Father Iesse good seruice when being his Shepheard and but a stripling 1. Sam. 17. 34. hee slew the Lyon and the Beare and rescued his Sheepe He did his Master Saul better seruice when his Captaine and a man hee slew his ten for the others one Saul hath killed his thousand and Dauid his ten thousand but the Cap. 18. 7. best seruice he euer did was Gods and his Countries when an old man and a King when hee fed Iacob Gods people Psal 78. 72. and Israel his inheritance when hee fed them with a faithfull Verse 73 and true heart and guided them prudently in all his wayes To teach vs to walke warily betweene despaire and rashnesse Vse Neither with the Circumciliones to force men to kill Aug. contra lit Petiliani lib 2. cap. 83. vs through a vaine hope to become Martyrs Martyrem non facit poena sed causa It is not the paine but the cause that makes a Martyr nor yet with the Stoicks presume of security Aug. cont Crescon l. 3. cap. 47. through opinion of fatall necessity Nusquā tuta fides A man knowes not whom to trust Therefore it is that our blessed Sauiour in the next verse bids vs Beware of men Ye are in the Text as Sheepe in the middest of Wolues Be ye Mat. 10. 17. therefore wise as Serpents and innocent as Doues The Creatures serue man foure manner of wayes 1. Either Aug. de Gen. ad Lit. lib. 3. cap. 17. vtiliter Probando Demonstratiuely for our good as the Angels 1. to direct Israel in the way 2. to comfort Eliah with bread and water and Hagar with shewing her a well Exod. 13. 21. 1 Reg. 19. 6. 3. To protect the Israelites from the Aegyptians Ioshuah Gen. 21. 19. with the Sword Elisha with Horses and Chariots of fire Exod. 14. 19. 4. To deliuer the Apostles out of prison 5. To reioyce at Iosh 5. 13. 2 Reg. 6. 17. and assist our well doing our conuersion our prayers 6. To take charge ouer vs while we be aliue 7. To carry Acts 5. 17. Luc. 1● 10. vs to Heauen when wee be dead The second vse of the Apoc. 8. 3. Creature is Poenaliter Laedendo Exemplarly to punish as the Psal 91. 11. fiery Serpents in the Wildernesse the Diuels in Hell The Luc. 16. 20. third seruice that the Creature doth vnto man is i. Salubriter Num 11. 6. Luc. 16. 23. exercendo naturally to vse Some for foode as the cleane beast 2. Some for rayment as the Sheepe 3. Some for Leuit. 11. 47. physicke applicando naturalia actiua passiuis by applying naturall causes to produce naturall effects 4. Some for necessity as the Elements without vs and without which we cannot liue one minute or within vs and whereof we are composed and without which we are not 5. Some for pleasure as Saul his House and Wiues the Kingdomes of 2 Sam. 12. 8. Israel and of Iudah giuen to Dauid The fourth kind of seruice that man hath of the Creature is Ignoranter docendo inducing him by the instinct of Nature either ad studium Sapientiae To enrich his vnderstanding with wisedome as the Serpent or ad Comparandam exercendamque virtutem To crowne his actions with morall vertues as the Doue Nothing is so naught but is good for something The Spider gathereth the infected ayre the Toade affoords a stone precious for the sight The Viper on Pauls hand proues Acts 28. 3. him an Apostle not a murtherer Behold I giue vnto you power to tread on Serpents and Scorpions and ouer all the power Luc. 10. 19. of the Enemy and nothing shall hurt you The Angels that sinned the old World that repented not are ensamples how 2 Pet. 2. 4. we fall from grace or remaine impenitent after warning The Serpent that deceiued vs in Paradice where was nothing to offend vs teacheth vs in my Text to walke warily in the World where are Wolues to deuoure vs. Men may goe to Schoole and learne euen of brute Doctrine beasts The Pismire prepares in Summer against Winter Prou. 6. 7. The Riuer-Horse finding himselfe ouer-grosse by reason Plin. bist nat l. 8. cap. 26. of his high feeding sets his body against the sharpest reede hee can meete with and so pricketh a vaine in his legge and letteth himselfe bloud The Hart drawes arrowes out Plin l. 8. c. 27. of his body by eating of the hearbe Dictamnus The Lyzards eate of the hearbe Calaminth and it is their antidote against the byting of Serpents The Land Torteyse prepares himselfe with Marioram against he fights with them The Swallowes cure the soare eyes of their young ones with Celedine The Dragon his squeazy stomacke with Lectuce The Stocke-Doues Iayes Merles Owsels with bay-berrias Partridges House-Doues and Turtle-Doues with Pelletary of the wall all water Fowle with Cicory If the Swine hath eaten of the hearbe Hyosciamus he taketh Creafishes and it is his antidote wilde Oliues the Elephants after the swallowing of the Lyzard Camelion and Pismires the Beares after Mandrake Apples Finally the Snake by restinesse and lying still all Winter hath a certaine membrane or filme growen ouer his whole body but hauing recourse to Fenell with the iuyce thereof hee casteth that old coate that clogged him and appeareth fresh slicke and young againe O that the painfull Pismire could set sluggards on worke Vse or that the Apostles Law were better obserued that he that 2 Thess 5. 10. would not worke should not eate O that we that are more