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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14185	Lectures upon the vvhole Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians, deliuered in St. Peters Church in Oxford: by the reuerend and faithfull seruant of Christ Henry Airay ... and now published for the vse of Gods Church by C.P. ...	Airay, Henry, 1560?-1616.	1618 (1618)	STC 245; ESTC S100494	890,650	1,118

Church as that they should be grieued at the heart for the wicked that trouble them for the sinnes that reigne amongst them and for the desolation that will follow if speedy conuersion and repentance preuent it not Yea they should water and wash their threatnings and their exhortations with their teares in token of their tender affection and great compassion towards their people and towards the Church And should we men and brethren mourne for you an● should you giue place to the Deuill and to such his wicke● instruments as seek to drowne you in perdition should we 〈◊〉 grieued at the heart for you and should yee walke on in th● counsell of the vngodly and stand in the way of sinners an● sit in the seat of the scornefull should we be touched in 〈◊〉 soule that our labour should be in vaine amongst you an● should yee go on in the wickednsse of your waie drinking iniquitie like water and drawing on sinne with cord● of vanitie as it were with cart-ropes Nay beloued by th●● ou● duty learne yee your duty For if we ought to be thus affecte● towards you then bethinke your selues well how yee ough● to be affected in your selues Surely if it should wring te●● from our eies to see you sort your selues with the wicked and to suffer your selues to be drawne away with their error 〈◊〉 should make you to water your couch with teares and to mingle your drinke with weeping If it should touch vs in ou● soules to see you giue your members weapons of vnrighteousnes vnto sinne and to serue sinne in the lusts thereof i● should fill your soules full of heauinesse and plunge you i● sorrow of heart vnto the nethermost hell If it should grieue vs to see you after that yee haue escaped from the filthinesse of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and of the Sauiour Iesus Christ to be yet againe intangled therein and ouercome it should vex you euen vnto the death and caus● you to powre out your soules vnto the Lord in the bitternesse of your spirit Whatsoeuer it is concerning you should grieue vs should much more cause you to mourne in soule and to be troubled in your spirits For what is it that doth o● should cause vs to mourne for you and to be full of heauinesse for you Our desire is to present you holy and vnblameable in that day And here is our griefe that you suffer your selues to be seduced by the world and wicked ones and that our labour is in vaine amongst you Consider then with your selues how yee ought to be grieued in your selues and take heede how yee be not grieued in your selues for the things whereat your godly Pastors are grieued It grieued no doubt then Noah that preacher of righteousnesse that the Gen. 6. people in his time so prouoked the Lord to anger by their ●ruelty and wickednesse but they regarded not his griefe and therefore the Lord brought in the floud vpon the world of the vngodly Gen. 19. Iust Lot vexed his righteous soule with the ●ncleane conuersation of the wicked and with their vnlawfull deeds But they regarded it not and when he told them of ●o●● iudgements hee seemed euen to his sonnes in law as though he had mocked and therefore the Lord raind vpon ●hem fire and brimstone and destroyed them Ieremiah was 〈◊〉 great anguish of spirit for the rebellion of the stiffe-necked 〈◊〉 but they regarded it not therefore the Lord deliuered ●hem into the will of their enemies and they that hated them ●ee Lords ouer them Take heede then how yee regard it not when your Pastors are grieued on your behalfe take ●●●de how yee make light of such sinnes as they grieue to see ●ou defiled withall but rather sorrow for them that their sorrow may be turned into ioy and your ioy may be full euen ●oth yours and theirs In their ioy ouer you yee haue iust ●●●e of reioycing and in their griefe for you yee haue 〈◊〉 cause of griefe Looke therefore that they may re●oyce ouer you for that shall be your ioy and take heede that they may not mourne or grieue for you for that shall be your griefe Againe hence I obserue a notable comfort for the faithf●ll and painefull Ministers of Iesus Christ Hath he in all good conscience laboured in the worke of the Lord and doth he not see the desired fruits of his labours Paul the great Apostle of Christ mighty in the scriptures and much renow●ed for many great miracles which he wrought yet laboured 〈◊〉 vaine with many which he taught insomuch that the con●●deration of them with whom he laboured so much with so ●●●le profit made him weepe and shed teares as in this place It may not then seeme strange vnto vs if our labour with many be in vaine But it standeth them vpon that heare vs to looke vnto it that our labour be not in vaine amongst them for though they be not gathered yet shall we be glorious in the eyes of the Lord and our labour shall not be in vaine in the Lord but if they be not gathered they shall be scattered from the presence of the Lord and of the Lambe for eue● more Giue therefore all diligence that we may reioyce 〈◊〉 the day of Christ that we haue not runne in vaine nor l●boured in vaine amongst you for that will bee profitab●● for you Labour that we may giue accounts for you with io● and not with griefe Heb. 13.17 for that will bee vnprofitable for you L●● vs haue mutuall ioy one of another and let our ioy be in th● Lord. The third thing which I note is that the Apostle saith th● many walke vp and downe which are the enemies of the crosse 〈◊〉 Christ Whereby the Apostle signifieth the great danger th●● there was of them because they were many for that it woul● be hard for the Philippians not to light on some of them and t● be seduced by them vnlesse they should diligently looke o● him and such as he was Whence I obserue that it is not a●waies safe to follow a multitude but commonly rather dangerous Mat. 7.13 For many there are that goe in at the wide gate and walk● in the broad way but it is dangerous to follow them for th● way leads to destruction And againe our Sauiour hath told vs that many should come in his name Mat. 24.5 and deceiue many Yea commonly the multitude is the worst What were the rest of th● old world besides Noah and his familie Ten had beene bu● a small number of righteous men to haue beene found in th● great Citie of Sodom yet were not ten found there How often were all the multitude of the Israelites ready to ston● Moses and Aaron But one Elias vnto 450 of Baals Prophets but one Micah vnto 400 false Prophets And how ofte● doth Paul complaine that a great doore and effectuall being opened vnto him he had many aduersaries that there were