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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89792	A sermon preached to the Honorable citizens of London, September 29. 1659. being the day of the election of their Lord Major. Wherein is distinctly shewed, I. The usefulness of a powerful ministry to the civil governor. II. Integrity when in conflict is most amiable and in its highest glory. III. What virtues are desireable in a good magistrate. By Philip Nye a servant of Jesus Christ in his gospel.	Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672.	1660 (1660)	Wing N1500; Thomason E1048_6; ESTC R208118	17,332	35

seem vile in the Eyes of others and they deride your resolution will rise with Davids even to be more vile Where Grace is in pretence and shew only like the stony ground there wil be a withering in such heats and conflicts for what we only seem to have is now taken away But to him that hath at such a time especially it shal be given Therfore such men in their Conflicts wil be as Jacob in his wrestling He was for power with God as a Prince Gen. 32.28 such was the perfection and glory of his Graces appearing in that conflict Having therefore the advantages of this posture of Nehemiah to draw his perfections more to life I shall now shew you the Graces and Vertues in particular that are so eminently conspicuous in this Man heigthned and shineing forth in this his conflict and victory which ought to be attended and looked after in whomsoever you shall this day choose for your Nehemiah They are these First you have in this Man a publick Spirit shall I go into the Temple to save my life shall I preferr my private before the publick There is one thing more to a Man then life his Eternity immortalitatem quidem contra Rempublicam non acceperim said a Heathen Moses Paul knew what they said when those transcendent and unparaleld expressions of a publick Spirit broke forth Exod. 32.32 Rom. 9.3 But to keep in the rode of what is exemplary and imitable There is nothing in this World deerer to us than life Job 2.4 Yet where a publick Spirit how easily and freely will such a Person prostrate and lay his very life as an out-out-work for the Defence and Security of the publick Esther a woman and that Sex most tender and timerous of death especially when in so much prosperity yet having the welfare of her people in her Eye how confidently doth she engage and with what a manly resolution defie all personal concerments IF I PERISH I PERISH Magistrates are Shepherds Mich. 5.5 Esay 44.28 the good Shepherd saith Christ will not flee and secure himself leaving his sheep to the Wolf but the good shepherd will give his life for the sheep Joh. 10.11.12 Shall I go into the Temple to save my life the actings of a publick Spirit rise up here to a very high degree it is a resolution such is his zeal for the publick as he will not put it upon so much as an Hazard to secure his neerest concerments no not lire it self I say hazard for it was not a certain loss It was not said if you go into the Temple you ruine all but it was told him peremptorily and by a Prophet and the time when and the manner how his life would certainly be lost if he did not take refuge there at that time he knew not the contrary for it was afterwards perceived by him verse 12. Magistrates ought not to put the welfare of the Publick upon the least hazard for the ascertaining their own enjoyments though of greatest importance This man would never have been brought to put the publick not only upon Hazard but certain loss and detriment as it 's too frequent amongst us for the securing to our selves or friends matters of less importance then life It 's a sad Omen to find men Baruch like seeing great things for themselves though they see at the same time all going to ruine the Lord breaking down what he hath built and plucking up what he had planted Jer. 45. Two things should awaken each of you to fear lest a private narrow spirit should surprise you The first and that which is more general the Times we are fallen into long since before prophesied of 2 Tim. 3.1 2. In the last daies shal come perilous times perilous and dangerous to the publique for men shal be lovers of their own selves Covetous Proud c. The perilous evil of a private spirit is there declared with its wretched principles from which it ariseth Men shal be lovers of their own selves and the immediate root of it Pride a proffessed high esteem of themselves when a man seriously believes that he much excels others as the Pharise Lord I thank thee I am not as other men accordingly he becomes a lover of himself for what we deem best we love most thence this private narrow spirit impropriates all to it self as being most worthy 1. They are said to be Proud Pride Elevates a proud man looks upon himself though indeed but a member yet equal in value and worth with the whole Body and reducing the whole body into one member and destroy community to preserve propriety and if so then where is the body as the Apostle speaks this destroys the very being of a Corporation for it s of the Essence of a Body to be made up of many members yea and each through humility to be members one of another Rom. 12. Let no man think of himself more highly then he ought for we being many are one body and every one members one of another verse 3 and 5. That which is the original of confusion in politick bodies it 's thinking of our selves more highly then we ought and accordingly our care and provision will be for our selves as only worthy of it without any respect unto others hence the Apostle joyns these together again Phil. 2.3 Let nothing be done through vain Glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better then themselves The Second is Lovers of our own selves an immoderate love to our selves it seems by this expression that the love we bear to our selves ariseth not only from the high opinion of our selves and conceipt of a goodness and thence an amiableness more in our selves then in other men but also from an intimate propriety we are our OWN SELVES we are more our own and interest our selves in our selves so much as others are scarcely owned by us or with any equal regard as they ought love is fed and nourished more plentifully from propriety and interest then property or worth So this self Love being in such a measure even pressed down and running over in their own bosoms there is no place for that affection that should be extended to our Neighbours and therefore in the same Text they are said to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without common affection love is the most extensive vertue and carryeth forth service with it which way soever it moveth serve one another in love where love is kept in and set upon our selves only we wil serve and care for none but our selves hence the Apostle gives this praise of love where rightly disposed 1 Cor. 13.4 5. love puffeth not up seeketh not her own by love we serve one another as well as our selves But more especially and what is a more peculiar snare to Citizens Is their breeding and Education you have been al along for your selves and ever since your apprentiship hath bin out ever since you have been free