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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10903	A sermon of loue Instructing all men to vnite and ioyne themselues in hearty loue, and Christian charitie with one another. Preached at Folkestone, a maior towne in Kent. By Francis Rogers, Batchelor in Diuinity; and sometimes fellow of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge.	Rogers, Francis, d. 1638.	1613 (1613)	STC 21174; ESTC S112048	24,461	54

A SERMON OF LOVE Instructing all men to vnite and ioyne themselues in hearty Loue and Christian Charitie one with another Preached at Folkestone a Maior Towne in Kent BY FRANCIS ROGERS Batchelor in Diuinity and sometimes fellow of Trinitie Colledge in CAMBRIDGE IOHN 13.35 By this shall all men know if yee be my Disciples if yee Loue one another ROMANES 16.17 Now I beseech you brethren marke them diligently which cause diuision and offences and auoid them LONDON Printed by T.S. for George Norton dwelling neare Temple-barre 1613. TO THE RIGHT VVorshipfull his very louing Mother ANNE ROGERS Widow within the precinct of Christes Church CANTERBVRY THE Husbandman doth not plant his Tree Water it Dongue it Lop it Prune it to the end that when the time of bearing Fruit is come it should be like the Fig-Tree to bring foorth Leaues and no Fruit but rather that it should be like vnto the Vine-tree which doth bring forth fruit in clusters and in great abundance euen so man which is planta inuersa a Tree with his roote vpward is not nourished in the wombe of his Mother for the space of fortie weekes together and after he is borne into the world hee is not suckled fed swadled and tended by Mothers naturall care and tender affection to that end that when hee is ripe in yeeres hee should proue like Absalon a stubborne and disobedient childe but rather to be like our Sauiour CHRIST who was obedient to his Father and Mother in all things that so he may be a ioy vnto his Father and make glad the heart of his Mother And howsoeuer Alexander the great propoundeth it as a great question whether a man be more beholding to his Father which begetteth him or to his Master which teacheth him because the one is occasion of his being the other of his well-being yet the Lawes of God and Nature tell vs that all reuerent respect dutifull obedience is to be caried to our Father which begat vs to our Mother which bare vs almighty God hauing promised in the fift Commandement a special blessing of long life vpon earth to the obedient childe Wherefore as when the Grecians in a great solemnitie did present to Philip king of Macedon many goodly gifts a poore Painter stepped in among the rest and offred vp the counterfeit of himselfe in a Table besides which were purtrayed out many Iewels and Pearles Rings ouer each whereof was inscribed Vellem hoc I would I were able to giue such gifts as these Euen so my selfe hauing at this time occasion by importunitie of friends to expose these my simple labours of that poore Talent wherewith God hath endued mee to the worlds view vtinam foeliciter God giue it good successe haue thought it my duetie to present vnto your selfe most deare Mother these my first though vnworthy endeauours vnfainedly protesting that if there be any thing wherein I may shew my obedience and bring comfort to your olde age Vellem hoc I desire of God that I may performe it In the meane time let me entreate this fauour at your hands that as Lewis the eleuenth King of France presented with a great roote by one of his poore subiects perceiuing that it came from an hearty affection tooke it in good part and locked it vp in his Treasurie among his richest Iewels so let mee beseech you to accept this simple present as an outward testimonie of my true hearty loue and Filiall reuerence to you my most louing and naturall Mother and so I humbly take my leaue earnestly entreating Almighty God to giue you in this life peace of conscience which is a continuall feast and at the houre of your death to bring your gray haires with ioy vnto the graue and after this miserable life is ended to giue you peace of soule and body for euermore in his blessed Kingdome of Heauen which God the Father graunt for his Sonne Iesus Christ his sake Amen Your dutifull and obedient Sonne vnto his power FRANCIS ROGERS TO THE READER SAint Hierom saith very well Habet nescio quid latentis energiae viua vox in aures discipuli de authoris ore transfusa fortius sonat the liuely voyce of man speaking hath some especiall secret operation in the minde and doth send a more strong sound into the eares of the hearer In which respect I perswade my selfe this Sermon will prooue like vnto Tapestry wo●●● which seemeth faire farre off but when yo● 〈◊〉 neere vnto it you may discerne the coursenesse of the threed for as Philosophy telleth vs the eare is a farre more dull iudge then the eye and reason teacheth vs that we cannot so truely discerne of things which suddenly passe away as of obiects which are still permanent Therefore as alwayes so now especially I did desire to imitate Plato the Diuine Philosopher of whom it is said Maluit aliena verecunde discere quam sua impudenter ingerere Hee had rather learne of others with modestie then impudently make shew of his owne knowledge Yet the importunitie of my fellow-brethren and Ministers then present was such as my case did resemble the seruants of King Eglon Iudg. 3.25 they tarried at the doore till they were ashamed so I denied them so long as I was ashamed to deny them any more Wherefore now I present this Sermon vnto thee gentle Reader accept it kindely read it patiently censure it charitably and practise it diligently If thou reapest any good thereby giue the glory to him who is the Author and giuer of euery good gift onely thus much I aduertise thee Aristotle the great Philosopher in his bookes doth often refell the opinions of his Master Plato and he neuer doth excuse his so doing but onely in his Ethickes the reason whereof is giuen that hee being in those bookes to giue precepts of good manners vnto others would not himselfe seeme so much to transgresse the bounds of modestie good manners as once publikely to write against his Master which taught him and his Tutor which instructed him without good reason and lawfull excuse Euen so remember good Reader that when thou doest reade this Sermon thou doest read a Treatise of LOVE then do not while thou art reading of loue so farre degenerate from the nature of loue and bond of Christian Charitie as once to giue it an harsh censure and vncharitable construction humanum est errare to erre and be deceiued is proper to humane frailtie ergo pietatis est ignoscere humanitatis non agnoscere therefore pietie teacheth thee to forgiue the faults humanitie biddeth thee not to acknowledge the faults And thus I commit thee to the protection of the most high God From Alkham in the Countie of Kent this 10. of February 1613. Thine in Christ Iesus FRANCIS ROGERS A SERMON OF LOVE Instructing all men to vnite and ioyne themselues in harty Loue and Christian Charitie one with another MATTHEVV 22.39 Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe