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A57545	The good Samaritan; or an exposition on that parable Luke X. ver. XXX----XXXVIII. A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell amongst theeves, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, preacher of the gospel.; Mirrour of mercy, and that on Gods part and mans. Part II	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1823A; ESTC R222130	165,186	261

where will you go to find out Mercy We read that it was the use of the Romane Consors once in a yeare to call the Citizens before them and take account how the Lawes were observed in all their Provinces A messenger was commanded to call the Good-men before him He went unto the Temples and to the Tombes of such as for their virtue in their life-time were most renowned and called every one of them by their names summoning them to appeare before the Censors for which being reprooved he thus answered that sicknesse and age had worne out all the Good-men of the City so that he was driven to go unto their Sepulchers none being left alive amongst them worthy of that name You can apply it The Prophet sometimes when righteousnesse was taken up into the Clouds and the Earth void of it cries unto the Heavens that they would drop downe Righteousnesse again So let us seeing the want of mercy amongst men cry out O ye Heavens drop downe mercy And with David Helpe Lord Psal 12.1 Lamenting much the decay of it as God expects Isay 57.1 And by our indeavours set her up once more every one shewing mercy to his brother as we are exhorted Zach 7 9. 1 Pet. 3. Colos 3.12 Luk. 6.36 So when others misse of mercy as mercilesse people will Iames 2.13 We shall find it for Blessed are the mercifull Mat. 5. This in Generall come we to Particulars The Person succouring is here described first by his country or Nation secondly by his humanity and mercifull disposition By Nation he was A Samaritane Samaria was the City royall of the ten Tribes built by Omri and remained the chiefe seat of the Kingdome so long as their kingdome endured 1 King 16.24 But when Salamansur the Assyrian in the dayes of Hoshea beseiged it and tooke it he carried the Israelites thence into Assyria and the King of Assyria who was as Ezra saith Esur-haddon the son of Senacherib Ezra 4.2 whom he also called verse 10. the great and noble Ashapper sent thither Colonies to inhabit that Region from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Ava and from Hemath and from Sepharvaim 2 King 17.24 Ezr. 4.9 10. Tremel annot in 2 King 17. Cuthah and Ava were parts of the Deserts of Arabia Hemath and Sepharvaim of Syria and Mesopotamia These Heathens as the Text shews served not the Lord and therefore the Lord sent Lyons amongst them which slew them 2 Kings 17.25 Hereupon they sent to the King of Assyria who sent unto them one of the Priests of Israell who were brought thence to dwell amongst them and teach them the manner of the God of the Land who did accordingly and dwelt at Bethel and taught them to worship the true God ver 26.27 28. And hence it was that in many points of Religion they agreed with Gods owne people acknowledging the five Books of Moses using Circumcision and the Sacrifices of the Law ver 32. and looked for the Messiah that was to come Iohn 4.25 But yet they corrupted those points of Religion they had learned with grosse superstition and Idolatry verse 29. In which respect though the holy Ghost saith of them ver 33. They feared God because of some parts of his worship which they retained yet in the next verse it is said that they did not feare God because they worshipped him not according to his Word This their Superstition was the chiefe cause why the Iews hated them and contemned them Nor could they object worse in their venimous slander than this thou art a Samaritane Iohn 8.42 For such they concluded had the Divell they worshipping the Divell under their Idols Now in the History one of these Samaritanes it was one of that Sect and Nation that shewes Mercy and compassion to this poore distressed man Observe then first Doct. How God beates downe the Pride of man by such meanes and persons as we most contemne and esteeme most basely of 1 Cor. 1.27 28. See this in sundry instances 1 Sam. 17 9 42 44 49 51. Iudg. 5.29 4.21 9.53 Acts 12.22 Exod. 8. Vse And therefore despise not the meanest persons nor basest creatures Rom 14 3. Lev. 1● 14 Luk. 18.10 by these God can humble and confound our Pride The Cock in comparison is but a weake creature and yet his crowing doth make the Lyon tremble What is a Bee to a Beare or a Mouse to an Elephant And yet if the Bee do but fasten his sting in the Nose of the Beare or a Mouse creepe up and knaw the Trunke of an Elephant how easily do these l●ttle creatures torment the greatest What creature so swel●ing and of it selfe so incroaching as the Sea And what more weake smooth and passable then the Sand And yet the Sand so easily remooved and swept away is decreed to hold in the raging Element and to break its proud and foming billowes What in appearance weaker then words spoken by a weak poore and despised Minister And what stronger in the world then raging lust And yet God by those tames and subdues these that we may learne to feare his power Secondly Observe Doct. Better dealing may many times be found from those that are wicked and superstitious then from such who professe better You have heard what Profession the Priest and Levite did make and who the Samaritan was and how short he came of them you have also seen and yet here he shewes mercy when they shew none at all see Luk. 17.16 That we give no offence give me leave to explaine my selfe in these foure Conclusions First Where the true feare of God is not no good dealing can be expected or looked for but the contrary Gen 12 12.20 21. Hos 4.1 2. Ier. 5.7 7.9 10. Rom. 1.25 26 29. 3.18 Mich. 7.5 We see this also in the example of the Sodomites Gen. 19.9 And in the Inhabitants of Gibeah towards the Levite and his wife Iud. 19.22 So that where men are without the feare of God and knowledge of his name they are abominable in all their doings and to every good work reprobate Secondly no better dealing is to be found then where the true feare of God is Those who are truly religious who know God and feare him will deale well none better Gen. 42.18 Exod. 1.17 Psal 111.10 Such are best Husbands Gen. 21.12 Best Wives 1 Pet. 3.6 Best Masters Gen. 18.19 Act. 10.7 Best Servants Gen. 14.14 24.2 Philemon 11. Best Children Gen. 22 9. Thirdly It sometimes so happens that better dealing may be found amongst Idolaters and those who are superstitious then amongst such as are very forward Professors of Gods name and feare Thus Ieremias found more favour amongst the Chaldeans then his owne people The men of Anathoth they sought his life Ier. 11.21 And put him in Prison Ier. 37.15 when the other knock off his Chaines set him at liberty give him victualls and a reward as you read Ier. 39.12 40.4 5. So David

then feed my sheep feed my Lambs c. David knows not whither to goe for bread but to the Priest in the Sanctuary of the Lord. Where should the Beasts of the Forrest drink And the wild Asses quench their thirst if not at these Fountains Object But non habemus unde we want wherwithall Respon Habet semper unde det qui plenum pectus habet Charitatis saith S. Austin Some way or other we may be comfortable to distressed ones S. Paul shewes 1 Tim. 5.10 wherein poore widdows might be hospitable If with S. Peter and S. Iohn we want mony and meat yet wee may and must by our Prayers and counsell succor those that are in need Secondly may we rot be wanting in this duty Then much lesse cruell God complaines Hos 6.9 that as troopes of robbers wait for a man So the company of Priests murther in the way by consent 1. There were many robbers and so not so easily avoided 2. They joyned in troopes and so hardly to be conquered 3. They fell not only to robbery which had bin farre enough but to mutther 4. They were not Theeves who did all this such as professed not God but Apostated Priests such as robbed under an holy garment or Prophets mantle It may be some such one may bee found one Iudas amongst the twelve Apostles 5. They do it by consent yea Agendo agunt They commit it it is their practise Now if the Priest and Levite are as you see here in our Text condemned for not succouring the wounded man what shall become of those who give wounds and that murtherous ones so do Heretiques Schismatiques and false Teachers The Damnation of these men slumbers not Vse 2 Next this concernes you the People It was an order and custome in S Augustines time that the poore should beg of none but the Priest and if he had not wherwithall to relieve them they might exclaime against him for not more effectually mooving the people for from them must the Priest receive that he may give Indeed all the Charity of the world is put upon us other men rid their hands of it and conceive it only a ministeriall duty as if we only were bound to do all things But what receive we Let us demand but recompence for our labours we are counted covetous if we give not we are deemed unmercifull whilest in the meane time you are guilty of iniquity and abridge the Priest and Levite of his meanes by Customes Impropriations forged Cavillations c. Such is the injury of the world yea such is the Pride of many Parishes that the Minister must be alwaies the poorest man in it For by this means the poore Minister may not dare to reproove his rich Benefactours least he loose his contribution Would you have the Pot of Charity seeth and yet allow no sire to put under Or would you have fire in the Sanctuary and yet allow no Fewell Can the Lamps burne without Oyle That the Altar should have maintenance for her servants none but those who wish there were neither Altar nor Minister no Gospell nor Preacher rather then their heires shou●d want a Personage or their Horse-heeles litter wi●l or can deny Read Gal. 6.6 1 Tim. 5.17 18. 1 Cor. 9.7 and see how the Apostle labours about this point who having laid downe for a Position that none goeth to warrefare at his owne charge nor plants a Vineyard but eats of the fruit c. He then meeteth with this objection you speake in your owne cause and are partiall No saith St. Paul the Law saith what I do for there it is written thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Oxe c. And why was that Surely to incourage Ministers for for our sakes no doubt this was written that he who ploweth should plow in hope c. God having made a Statute of provision for his Clergy that we might not be left to the wills and allowances of those men whose sins we must reproove nor feed upon arbitrary Contributions or Benevolences Having answered this objection he prooves the point and brings an argument drawne from equity If we have sowen unto you spirituall things is it a great thing if we do reape your carnall things Doe you not receive farr more from us than we from you whilst we bring Salvation unto you and receive some small portion of food and rayment from you besides they that minister about holy things live of holy things as you well know Nor was this a Statute and Law in Iacob concerning the Levite only but in Israel also and concerneth the Minister of the Gospell for even so hath the Lord ordained what can be said more fully for Ministers maintenance And yet how many thinke it arbitrary at their choice whither they will give the Minister any thing or not You shall have some give more for a License to keep a dog to eat flesh in Lent c. than to the Minister for feeding his soule all the yeare Object But the Clergie is rich Resp It is truly answered there are but few that are so and those that are are such 1. As have bin inriched by some Patrimony Dowry or Gift of Freinds 2. As have lighted on the unruined things of the Land which stood out of the Popes way and in the sicknesse of Superstition escaped of Impropriation or that which Sacriledge hath not let blood by Custome Composition Depopulation c. 3. Or those Antiqui Heroes nati melioribus annis that came to their livings when that good Queene Elizabeth came first to her Crowne at which time Benefices were not at so high a purchase as afterwards they were they went a begging then as Ministers do now 4. Or lastly Such as destill a dry Rose cake for water by Parsimony and miserablenesse get something out of Gentlemens leavings and thresh over the straw againe for a few graines of wheat But notwithstanding scarce one of a thousand is called by any other title than a poore Priest or Minister Object 2. What the Law gives you have Resp Gods Law is the best Law give us what that gives we aske no more 2. Presse not mans Law too farre Sure I am you expect more from us than humane Law can extort from us should wee preach no more Sermons in a yeere then Law exacteth at our hands you would complaine of injurious dealing Why should you require above statute worke when you give but statute wages Besides know 3. The Law leaves something to the liberty of thy conscience to be answered in a higher Court. Object 3. What would content you you never have enough Resp Let God determine that See 1 Cor. 9.14 we desire no more then we may live upon 1. As men so we must have for necessity and delight 2. As Beleevers so we must have sufficient to lay up for those whom we are bound by the Law of nature to provide for 1 Tim. 3.2 3. As men of God so we are to have