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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03713	A sermon vpon the parable of the King that taketh an accompt of his seruants Math. 18. 23. Wherein is declared, the iustice, mercy, and seueritie of God: the crueltie of man, and his reward for the same. Rising vpon St. Peters question to Christ, viz. How oft shall I forgiue my brother? seauen times? 21. vers. [...] By Iohn Hoskin, minister of Gods holy word, student in Diuinitie.	Hoskin, John, minister of Gods holy word.	1609 (1609)	STC 13838; ESTC S121139	21,695	60

the riche and poore all alike De. 10.17 Iob. 34.19 yea the Prince no more then the peasant but hearkneth and heareth Mal. 3.16 Exo. 22.23 Eccle. 35. yea and reuengeth the wrongs done vnto the poore oppressed bee they widdowes fatherlesse friendlesse or comfortlesse or any wayes distressed Ier. 21.12.13 which is more acceptable to him then sacrifice and to do iustice betimes in the morning Pro. 21.3 viz. without any delay which is the bane of many a poore mans cause and the very shipwrack of him and his Wisd 6 for a great Iudgement shall they haue that beare rule ouer the people Therefore deliuer the oppressed Ier. 21.12 out of the hands of the oppressor least the wrath of the Lord goe out like fire and burne that none can quench it because of sinne and wickednesse 4. Fourthly the iust iudgment of the King vpon him for his cruelty towards his fellow seruant for whereas before hee condemned him to bee solde onely now hee condemneth him to be tormented Now wee sée that his iudgment is more seuere then it was before whereby we haue to learne that God standeth otherwise affected to a mallicious and mercilesse sinner then to one that is but a bare sinner such an one as falleth through weaknesse and imperfection for there is great difference betwixt the infirmities of Gods children and the vnregenerat for although the godly fall through infirmity Ecc. 19.16 yet they striue against sinne before they commit it and are sorrowfull for it afterwards but the wicked neither labour by prayer against it neither are they grieued nor humbled afterwards Pro. 2.14 but as Salomon saith potius letantur cum male fecerint et exultent in rebus pessimis 24.16 they are glad when they haue done euill and reioyce in things most wicked pius labitur in domo sed non a domo the godly slip and fall in the house but not out of it they rise againe but the wicked play as one that breaketh his neck and neuer riseth againe the godly haue the reliques of sinne remaining in them but not the kingdome of Sathan reigning in them Rom. 6. but as for malicious sinners the world was neuer so pestred with them Mallicious sinners as it is now a dayes against whom the Prophet prayeth with imprecations that the Lord will not bee mercifull vnto them because they sinne of malicious wickednesse Psal 59.5 1.1 such are all that sitte in the seate of the scornefull that snuffe and puffe when they are told of their sinnes which is a token of reprobation and contrary wise a signe of the child of God when we can say with Dauid percutiat me iustus 141.5 redarguat let the godly smite me friendly and reprooue me as Nathan reprooued him for Vrias wife 1. S● 12.7 which hee although a King tooke very patiently and cryed peccaui a good example for all men Malicious sinners also are all Ahabs and Iezabels and Nebuchadnezzars such couerous cormorant Caterpillers and Church-robbers as will neither suffer ●oore Naboth to enioy his Wineyard nor the Minister his Tithes quietly whereby Gods people are not onely robbed of both temporall and spirituall foode life and soule but also God of his honor and glory For take away liuing and maintenance take away both life and learning take away learning and take away preaching and take away preaching and then what followeth but all disorder and confusion for where there is no vision viz. preaching Pro. 29.18 there the people perish by famine the people faint and dye Amo. 8 11 but no famine so gréenous as that of the word of God which bréedeth and bringeth the leannesse faintnesse and famishment of the soule Psa 106.15 Yet such fellow seruants this world is full of who although they haue no Réede neither of Naboths Wineyard nor Church-liuings appointed ad pios vsus to godly purposes yet they will throttle their fellow seruants for them and such malicious sinners are also all that know a matter to bee naught and yet will take part with it and mony to defend it as many of our lewd vnconscionable Atturness and pelting pettifoggers doe and so bee they that take money and neuer speake a word in a mans cause and such be those that iustifie rhe wicked and condemne the innocent either for feare fauour Pro. 18.5 17.15 bribes or rewards which as Salomon saith is abhomination vnto the Lord with many more as keepers backe of the hyrelings wages and common blasphemers and such a mallicious sinner was this euill seruant in dealing so cruelly with his fellow and yet not so cruell as many now adayes which cast their poore brethren in prison without any iust cause taking all their liuing from them wherfore it may be said vnto such kinde of fellowes as that Father saith Si in ignem mittendus est Aug. Mat. 3.10 quia sua non dedit vbi put as mittendus qui aliena rapit if he shall be cast into the fire that hath not giuen of his owne vnto the poore whether shall h●● bee cast that taketh theirs from them if there be an ite malidicti a goe yee cursed for them that doe not visit and comfort those that are in prison without succour and reliefe what remaineth for them that voyde of all compassion cast them into prison there kéeping them continually without conscience feare of God or shame of the world Our inferiors saith one Father do so looke for our mercy Greg. Naz. de pauper as wee at time of néede doe looke for Gods mercy Therefore if a sinner that hath obtained mercy at Gods hands many sundry wayes both in temporall and spirituall blessings in so much that hee wanteth nothing that his heart can desire and then be mercilesse vnto his brother that humbly intreateth him to forbeare him a little and will not forgiue him a light offence but beyond all Christianitie will take him by the throate vers 28. vexe and trouble him laye friuolous actions vpon him cast him in prison and so vndoo him his poore wife and children as the manner of many mercilesse men is now adayes whereby they can neither doe their dutie to God nor man with any quiet conscience in their place and vocation God will he wrathfully displeased and reuenge the same Exod. 22 23.1 Thes 4.6 they shall perish with the sword their wiues shal be widowes and their children fatherlesse and as the Prophet saith their sworde shall goe through their owne throate Psal 37.14 15 and all for casting downe the poore and needie Loe thus will God plague all cruell and couetous oppressors This made Plato say Plato that where there are beggers in a towne there are théeues and Church-robbers Now therefore if wee that beare the name of Christians acknowledging the poore our debtors and néedy brethren to be the members of Christ are not ashamed to