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A08276	A commentarie or exposition vpon the first chapter of the prophecy of Amos delivered in xxi. sermons in the parish church of Meisey Hampton in the diocesse of Gloucester, by Sebastian Benefield ... Hereunto is added a sermon vpon 1. Cor. 9.19. wherein is touched the lawfull vse of things indifferent.	Benefield, Sebastian, 1559-1630.	1613 (1613)	STC 1861; ESTC S101601	198,690	274

once provoked vnto evill anger doth for ever hold it fast and cherish it hee is not at any hand approved by God For further corroboration of this doctrine giue eare I beseech you to the blessed Apostles words Ephes 4.26 Let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath Some doe thus paraphrase these words m Guerricus serm in dic Purificat Augustin enarrat in Psal 25. Christus qui est sol iustitiae mentem vestram irascentem non deserat qui cum irâ nunquā habitat Christ the sunne of righteousnesse who loveth not to make his habitatiō there where anger hath its residence let him not forsake your angry minds Christ may not dwell where anger is If therefore you are desirous that Christ should dwell in you you must cast away all anger from within you Let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath There is another exposition vsually given of these words to this sense Sith such is our estate in this our warfare such our weaknesse infirmitie and frailtie that anger may quickly take hold of vs and possesse vs wee must carefully take heed that wee giue it not too much respite or entertainement Our anger must not bee ira pridiana a yesterdaies anger Wee must cast it from vs speedily antequam occidat lux ista visibilis before this visible sunne the sunne that makes our day bee set ne nos deserat lux illa invisibilis that the invisible sunne the sunne of righteousnesse and true light of our hearts forsake vs not It is the holy Spirit that speaketh out of the Apostles mouth Let not the sunne goe d●●ne vpon your wrath There is nothing more adverse or opposite to our bounden dutie of charitie and our owne salvation then perseverance in wrath It letteth vs from doing good to those with whom wee are angry it hindreth our devotion in prayer and maketh the wrath of God to light vpon vs. So true is my propounded doctrine Whosoever once provoked vnto anger doth for ever hold it fast and cherish it he is not at any hand approved by God This doctrine thus delivered against perseverance in anger may serue for a iust reproofe of such as do beare perpetuall ill wil to any nation To hate a Spaniard a French man or any other countryman because he is of such a country or of such a nation this is here reproueable Againe it may serue to restraine such as do thinke it lawful perpetually to hate them of whom they haue received an iniurie Such mē would they but recount with themselues recal into their minds how many how grievous iniuries they haue done vnto God in transgressing his holy commandements and how yet notwithstanding God is still propitious gracious bountifull vnto them surely were they true Christians sealed by God his holy Spirit to the day of redemption they would remit of their hatred yea they would wholy abandon it cast it farre from them according to the exhortation of S. Paule to the Ephesians chap. 4.31 in whose words beloved suffer your selues to be exhorted Let all bitternesse and anger and wrath crying and evill speaking bee put away from you with all maliciousnesse Be yee courteous one to another tender hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christs sake forgaue you Sweete Bernard in his booke of the manner of living well Serm. 36. concerning hatred thus sweetly speaketh vnto his sister Soror in Christo amantissima mihi c. My most loving sister in Christ heare what I speake vnto thee If in any thing thou hast grieved thy sister or caused her to be sorrowfull satisfie her if thou hast sinned against thy sister repent before her if thou hast scandalized or offended any one of Gods handmaides aske her forgiuenes Go on with speed to reconcilement sleepe not till thou haue made satisfaction rest not till thou returne in peace Thus did devout Bernard exhort his virgin-sister The good father no doubt had regard to the wordes of his and our Saviour Iesus Christ written Matth. 5.23 24. If thou bring thy gift to the altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thine offring before the altar and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother and then come offer thy gift First be reconciled to thy brother Be reconciled What is that Reconciliatio saith n Gillebert super Cantica serm 32. one est iterata animorum dissidentium conciliatio Reconciliation is a renued agreement of dissenting mindes This is it into the commendation whereof the sweete singer of Israel breaketh out Psal 133.1 Behold how good and comelie a thing it is for brethren to dwell even togither If either profit or pleasure can allure you then behold cōsider well and weigh seriously how good how profitable and necessary and how comely how pleasant and excellent a thing it is for brethren not only naturall brethren but brethren in Christ all the sons of God the members of his Church and partakers of the selfe same doctrine and life in Christ to dwell even togither not only in one house but specially to be of one affection consent to maintaine betweene themselues brotherly loue mutuall consent Behold how good how comely a thing it is for brethren to dwell togither in vnity It is as the sweet perfume and ointment that holy oile which was powred vpon the head of the high Priest and ran downe vpon his beard and so to the skirts of his garment it is as the dew of Hermon which fell vpon the mountaines of Sion Both these resemblances recommending vnto vs the pleasure and profit of vnity brotherly loue and concord I commended vnto you in my 16. Lecture vpon the first chapter of this prophecie and therefore now I say no more of them S. Paule 1. Cor. 12. treating of spiritual gifts and their diversity there reckoneth vp the word of wisedome the word of knowledge faith the gift of healing the doing of miracles prophecying kindes of tongues the interpretation of tongues and sheweth how all these are wrought by the same spirit who distributeth to every man severally as he will Then vrging this severall distribution by way of interrogation Are all Apostles Are all Prophets Are all teachers Are all doers of miracles Haue all the gifts of healing Do all speake with tongues Do all interpret he exhorts the Corinthians to covet after the best gifts and concludes his Chapter thus I will yet shew you a more excellent way This more excellent way is the way which now I shew you beloved This way is loue O striue yee to walke in it Let the remainder of your daies be spent therein Know yee that whatsoever good parts yee haue or whatsoever good works ye doe it availeth you nothing if you haue not loue Look but to the beginning of the 13. chapter of the first Epistle to the Corinthians There shall you finde it verified what I haue saide vnto you Though you speake