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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86519	Nevv Englands teares, for old Englands feares. Preached in a sermon on July 23. 1640. being a day of publike humiliation, appointed by the churches in behalfe of our native countrey in time of feared dangers. / By William Hooke, minister of Gods Word; sometime of Axmouth in Devonshire, now of Taunton in New England. Sent over to a worthy member of the honourable House of Commons, who desires it may be for publick good.	Hooke, William, 1600 or 1601-1678.	1641 (1641)	Wing H2625; Thomason E208_5; ESTC R17543	12,760	27

in the same body God doth then expresly require this part of brotherly love The Doctrine is cleare enough It is the part of true friends Prov. 17.17 c. A friend loveth at all times and a brother is borne for adversitie Reasons Because they are members of the same body the Reason intimated by the Apostle Remember them that are in adversitie as being your selves also in the same body Now it is the part of one member to fellow-feele with another When the Shunamites sonne was sick especially in one part his whole body complained saying My head 2 King 4.19 my head This made David to say for my brethren and Companions sake I will say Psal 1 22 8. Peace be within thee He desired the peace of Jerusalem because of his brethren and companions there who were as it were bone of his bone It is a great lightning of the afflictions of brethren to be bemoaned by brethren and friends in time of affliction Solamem miseris socios c. sociall sorrowes doe somewhat solace the miserable Which wee see in Jerusalems Complaint for want of pity from her Lovers and Jobs at last from his friends Now it is the part of friends and fellowes to beare one anothers burdens Yea it is of the Law of Christ Gal. 6.2 which is the Law of Love And surely if a man doth but see his horse over-burdened he will run presently and lighten the loade that is upon him Againe Consider that it may be the case of friends themselves who then would be glad to be sympathized with A man that hath friends Prov. 18. last saith Salomon must carry himselfe friendly He may soone els loose his friends when he expects to be dealt with friendly by them One reason why mercy rejoyceth against judgement Iam. 2.13 is because as it hath yeelded mercy to others in time of Judgement so now it expects the same from them in like case Lastly It is an easie service of Love It cost Jobs friends but little to come and bestow their teares and their sorrowes upon him What can a friend doe lesse true friendship and brotherhood goes further it will nay it must if need be lay downe its life for the brethren 1 Ioh. 3.16 Vse Before I come to the maine use which I ayme at I will speake a few words by way of Information to shew how farre they are from being friends or brethren who are ready to rejoyce at the afflictions and miseries of others A right Edomitish quality Obad. vers 12. for Edom rejoyced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction and spake proudly in the day of their distresse and these were a cursed generation And indeed the Psalmist implyes it to be a property of abjects thus to doe In mine adversity they rejoyced Psal 35.15 and gathered themselves together yea the abjects i.e. the cast-awayes gathered themselves together And it is commonly observed that men and women who have turned Witches and been in league with the devill thereby to doe mischiefe are never given over so to doe till they begin to have an evill eye which grieveth at the Prosperity and rejoyceth at the misery of others Hence Witchcrast is described by an evill eye I know not what eye hath bewitched my young Lambes And when any are bewitched Nescio quis teneros oculus mihi fascina● agnos it is a phrase of speech among many to say they are overseene i.e. lookt upon with a malicious eye Nay it is the property of the devill to be thus affected Mans prosperity is his p●ine and mans adversity his rejoyeing as wee see in Iob neither is there scarce any thing that doth more import the seed of the Serpent in a man then this same 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rejoycing in the evill and misery of another It is then the property of Edomites abjects witches and devils to rejoyce in the misery that befalleth others And though I am not able to charge any of you with this cursed affection yet I doe wish you to looke into your owne hearts for this I am sure here are strong temptations sometimes leading towards it in this Land which when they meet with an heart voyd of grace must needs stirre up the disposition in it and not onely emulations and envyings but witchcraft it selfe is a worke of the flesh Gal. 5.19 20. But the use that I doe principally intend is of Exhortation to you all as you desire to approveyour selves the true friends and brethren of your deare Countrey-men in old England to condole with them this day in their afflictions Jobs friends you see did it for him seven dayes and seven nights i.e. many dayes oh let us doe it then this one day at least for these Indeed when we looke upon our selves at this time in this Land the Lord hath given us great cause of rejoycing both in respect of civill and spirituall peace God hath at once subdued the proud Pequats and the proud opinions that rose up in this Land and for plenty never had the Land the like Yea which is much better the Word of God growes and multiplyeth Act. 12. the Churches have rest throughout the whole land and are edified Act. 9.31 and walking in the feare of the Lord and in the comfort of the holy Ghost are multiplyed This is much and more it would be if the edge of these and other our comforts were not this day turned by the feare of civill strifes and combustions in the Land of our Nativitie which doe not a little abate the sweetnesse of all other our happinesse to us and call for Lamentation and sack cloth at our hands When Artaxerxes said unto Nehemiah Neh. 2.3 Why is thy countenance sad seeing thou art not sicke Have you not read the answer Why should not my countenance be sad when the City the place of my Fathers sepulchres lyes wast and the gates thereof are consumed with fire Why Nehemiah was well enough at ease he had honour and power and favour and pleasure enough and being the Kings Cup-bearer he had Wine enough of all sorts at his command which maketh glad the heart of man But what is all this not to cloud his countenance and to overcast it with griefe and sorrow when the City of his Fathers was layd wast and the gates thereof consumed with fire Thus Beloved if our comforts were treble to what they are this day yet could it not but much abate the sweetnesse of them to consider what distresses may lie at this time upon ●ur native Countrey for ought wee know a●● have too just cause to feare When the Arke and Israel and Judah abode in tents and Joab and his men were encamped in the open fields 2 Sam. 12.11 Vrijah tooke no comfort in his beautifull wise nor in his house nor in his meate and drinke Let us therefore I beseech you lay aside the though●s of