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A10801	A sacred septenarie, or The seuen last wordes of our Sauiour Christ vttered vpon the crosse, (with the necessary circumstances of the same:) expounded by a commentary, gathered out of the holy Scriptures, the writings of the ancient fathers, and later diuines. By Alexander Roberts, Bachelour in Diuinity; and preacher of Gods word at Kings Linne, in Norfolke.	Roberts, Alexander, d. 1620.	1614 (1614)	STC 21074; ESTC S115974	219,904	265

of compunction So Moses expostulateth vehemently with Aaron for making the golden y Bernardus in Cantica serm 44. calfe Exod. 32. 21. Elias is not afraid to set before Achabs eyes both his exorbitant sinnes and the heauy wrath and vengeance of God for the same 1. King 21. And Iohn the Baptist telleth Herod Antipas boldly that it was not lawfull for him to haue his brothers wife Matth. 14. 4. Paul withstandeth Peter to his face when he dissembled and went not with a right foot z De hac Petri reprehensione sunt Augustini Hieronymi Epistolae Gal. 2. 14. And there be many weighty causes which may enforce this duty vpon euery Christian First the earnest desire and zeale to aduance and preserue the glory of God of which Dauid the zeale of thy house hath consumed mee Psal 69. 9. And Elias I haue been very zealous for the Lord of hostes because the children of Israel haue broken thy couenant 1. King 19. 20. Nehemias rebuked the Princes and Rulers when they oppressed their brethren with vsurie and he set a great assembly against them Neh. 5. 7. Secondly the profit and benefit arising from thence for if thy brother heare thee and thy reprehension thou hast gained him Math. 18. 15. And in this regard we are charged with feare to pull some out of the fire Iude 23. For there be no bowels of mercy in him who can weepe for a body from which the soule is departed and doth not lament that soule which God hath forsaken Thirdly the danger of neglect in this case and that both in the offendor and the sparer to reproue For the sparer is hereby made through his conniuencie an accessarie to the transgressor and to all the a Agapetus in Capitulis admonitorijs ad Iustinianum Augustinus de Ciuitate Dei lib. 1. cap. 9. Gregorius Mag. in pastorali sinnes which he committeth and might by his meanes haue been hindred And this is that which God said to Eli the Priest how he would iudge his house for euer for the iniquitie which he knew because his sonnes ranne into a slander and hee stayed them not 1. Sam. 3. 13. For they which behold euill done and be tongue-tyed to finde fault doe deny to apply remedie to those wounds which they might heale In the offendor for hereby when in the beginning there is no restraint hee is heartned to goe on and increase in his wickednesse Absolom who had no punishment for the vnnaturall murther of his brother Ammon falleth into a relapse and committeth parricide seeking to take away the life and kingdome of his Father 2. Sam. 13. 28. 15. 13. Seeing then this duty is so needfull but hard to be performed which b In Paedagog lib. 1. cap. 8. Clemens Alexandrinus very fitly calleth the Chirurgerie of the soule Augustine a c In Enchiridio cap. 72. spirituall almes that we may apply and bestow the same to the recouering of health and increasing benefit vnto others these two rules are to be obserued The first that we labour to bring the offendor to the knowledge of himselfe and his fault that he may vnderstand how grieuous it is and displeasing vnto God Thus Nathan the Prophet delt very cautelously with King Dauid setting before him his offence first vnder the couert and vaile of a Parable afterward shewed him the curtaine pulled aside in his true shape the vglinesse of his adulterie and murther wherby forthwith confessing his wickednes fled vnto God for mercy intreating pardon by most earnest and humble prayer 2. Sam. 12. 7. 13. Psal 51. 12. c. The second is that when the transgressor once knoweth his wickednesse we striue to obtaine thus much of him that he may be heartily sorry for the same and endeuour by all meanes to amend it and to reforme himselfe wherof there is a singular and cleare example in the Corinthians whom the Apostle sharpely reproued for tolerating and bearing with an incestuous person amongst them 2. Cor. 7. 8. 9 10 for thereby they were made godly sorrowfull that is seriously fearing iudgement and vengeance wrought by the sentence of the law accusing and reuealing sinne and the wrath of God against the same yet not dispairing but comforting themselues vpon the confidence of a Mediator and for his sake crauing mercy from whence proceed many sweet and pleasant fruites d Wenrichius in locum 1 Care in amending those defects which the Apostle reprehended 2 Clearing of themselues desiring pardon an vndoubted proofe of their vnfained repentance and amendment 3 Indignation an holy anger against the incestuous person author of the publique scandall 4 Feare of the anger of God heauy punishments which be alwayes attendants vpon sinnes when they are not turned away by true conuersion 5 Desire to see and embrace Paul who with so fatherly and tender a care laboured to procure the saluation of this Church of Corinth 6 Zeale which is such an affection whereby the heart is stroken and pearced with that offence which is committed and wrong offered to a person beloued and specially when the glory of God and saluation of the Church is in question And this was now most vehement in these Corinthians in witnesse and confirmation whereof they excommunicated that wicked one 7 Reuenge the effect of zeale and hath reference to the excommunication of the incestuous party whereby they defended the glory of God and maintained the honour and reputation of their Church And by this example terrified others from committing the like sinne 8 Demonstration of their innocency disallowing both that present vncleannesse and all other disorders by which the Church of Corinth was defiled and stained And vpon those by whose industry and labour offenders are brought to stand thus affected the blessing of God resteth Prou. 24. 25. Rebuked him saying fearest thou not God seeing thou art in the same condemnation The solemne forme of the good theeues reprehension is expressed in these words and that for which hee rebuketh his fellow is not so much his outward blasphemy which with an vncleane mouth hee spewed forth against Christ as the puddle and filthy sinke from whence that came which was the want of the feare of God in his heart Those who feare not God run headlong into all kind of wickednesse and therefore the Apostle after the rehearsall of a long beadrowle of many lewde and abominable actions he addeth this as the cause of them all There was no feare of God Rom. 3. 18. And the selfe same doth the kingly Prophet affirm of Hypocrites and Epicures setting down their shape as it were vnto the world thus Wickednesse saith to the wicked man euen in my heart that there is no feare of God before his eyes Psal 36. 1. And Abraham when he went from the valley of Mambre into Palestina soiourned in Gerar dissembled Sarah to be his wife because he thought the feare of God was not in that place and therefore they would