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A10924	Christian curtesie: or, St. Pauls vltimum vale Deliuered in two sermons, on 2. Cor. 13.11. at St. Margarets on Fish-street-hill in London. By N. Rogers (sometimes preacher there) at his farewel, vpon his remoueal thence to a pastoral charge else-where.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1621 (1621)	STC 21194; ESTC S116107	47,357	86

wrote to the Corinthians as well as in the later end of this wee shall finde the Apostle commending this duty to them thinking it to bee so necessary that both in the beginning and in the end and at all times they were to be put in mind of it Now I beseech you 1 Cor. ● 1● Brethren saith hee by the name of our Lord Iesus Christ that ye all speak the same things a●d that there bee no diuisions amongst you but that ye bee perfectly ioyned together in the same minde and in the same iudgement And in his epistle to the Romans the last chapter saue one hee makes a most earnest praier to God that this might be found among them saying Rom. ●5 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be alike-minded one towards another according to Iesus Christ that you may with one minde and with one mouth glorifie God Phil 2.1 ● And writing to the Philippians hee doth deeply charge them yea strongly adjure them that If there were any consolation in Christ any comfort of loue any fellowship of the spirit if any bowels and mercies fulfill yee my ioy that yee bee like-minded hauing the same loue beeing of one accord and of one minde Were not this a duty of great importance surely the Apostle would neuer bee so earnest in the vrging of it beseeching praying yea adjuring vs to the practice of it And no wonder For a great aduantage is giuen to the enemy by dissension It is a military principle Tempt not an enemy by giuing him the aduantage Wee giue them opportunity to shuffle-in their counterfeit coine whiles we consent not in our gold And yet alas the difference amongst vs is not so much about the weight or purenes of substāce as about the fashion Euseb Eccles Hist And this Eusebius obserues was the policie of the subtill serpent when persecutions gaue the Church breathing space Euermore to begin to vexe her with her owne diuisions Vse 1 Alas for vs for there is vtterly a fault amongst vs in this respect As for diuision in Doctrine which is Heresie we cannot be charged with but for diuision in rites which is Schisme that is our disease In substance we ioine and therefore thinke it a small matter to dissent in circumstance and indeed it is the lesse matter yet such a matter as deserues a sharpe censure what detriment it hath been vnto our Church hee hath no mind that considers not no heart that condoles not Shee hath beene like Rebecca troubled in her wombe with the striuings of two children of contrary dispositions which hath caused her to complaine Why am I thus Gen. 25.22 Ephraim is against Manasses and Manasses against Ephraim Woe to such vnnaturall brethren who pittie no more the paines of their mother Surely the Authors and Fautors of her diuision haue much to answere for before the Lord. For the sinne is so great if we beleeue Chrysostome especially authoritie being resisted that it cannot bee expiated by Martyrdome Let it therefore admonish and exhort as many Vse 2 as loue the peace of Sion to bee knit together in one mind and one iudgement in the Lord. Read how many vnities the Apostle puts vs in mind of that we might be the better wonne to this vnitie Ephes 4.4 5 6. There is one Body one Spirit one Hope one Lord one Faith one Baptisme one God and Father of all Indeed if we serued diuers Lords Masters there might sometimes naked swords be seen but now contentions must needs be odious Againe consider Is it not a shame for the children of God to dissent when the children of hell are at peace The diuels in hell are not diuided and it is necessary for them to hearken one vnto another saith a Father and to haue vnity in their distraction lest they ruine their owne kingdome Expedit ipsis daemon●bus ●ba●●● libi 〈◊〉 in Schisma● 〈◊〉 Mat A●● 29. For a kingdome nay that very kingdome being diuided against it selfe could neuer stand Thirdly consider the effects that follow heereupon The diuision of tongues as we read in holy writ hindred the building vp of Babell and it cannot otherwise bee but the diuision of hearts must needs hinde● 〈◊〉 ●ding of our Ierusalem Gods Sabbot● 〈◊〉 ●eglected the Word the Gospell of C●●●● Iesus cannot haue that free passage that it otherwise could and would haue were it not for our owne home-bred broyles Some wil heare none but refusers of conformity others take aduantage of their disobedience to contemne their Ministery both waies the kingdome of Christ is hindred It giueth likewise matter of encouragement vnto our enemies How commeth it to passe say Papists to vs you haue so many sects amongst you What meane the tearmes of Zuinglians Lutherans Caluinists How is it that some are Brownists some Baraists some Puritans some Protestants How happens it that touching Ceremonies Discipline Blessed bee God they can taxe vs in no other there is such disagreement Strom l. 7. Quia Omnia secta christianismi titulum sibi vend●cat tamen alia altam exceratur condemnat Clemens Alexandrinus brings in the Heathen exprobrating our religion for vntrue vnwarrantable vpon this very ground Thus it giueth aduantage to our enemies to scorne vs yea and more to scourge vs. Aske the reason why the wild Boare hath spoyled the vineyard why the Iim and Zijm filthie and vncleane birds roost themselues within our sanctified Dominions The answere must be Israel is not true to Iudah the renting of the ten Tribes from the two hath made both the tenne and the two miserable Scilurus his arrows taken singly out of the sheaf are broken with the least finger the whole bundle vnseuered feares no stresse By dispersing our forces we have weakned our selues and thus we haue found the Politicians rule to be but too true Make diuision and get dominion Diui●● 〈◊〉 imp●ra amicorum dispendia hostiū compendia Dissensions haue beene and are a Lent to our friends a Christmas to our foes gain to the one and losse vnto the other To draw now to a conclusion of this point Let it be enough yea and more than enough that our falling out hath been a grief and heart-smart to our mother let vs proceed no further lest we all smart for it in the end So shall the peace of our Ierusalem break forth as the light and the saluation thereof like the morning-Sun Let vs be guided by that one rule which God hath prescrib'd in his word and not decline from that either to the right hand or to the left In such things as are not reuealed let vs a-while suspend our judgements and wait GOD's good pleasure for the reuelation of them and Text. Prius pertinet ad opinionum consensum vt s●●l●cet idem de s●de dogmatibus ips●● sentiamu● Alcerum est mutua se charitate amorum coniunctione complecti Cal. in loc to those