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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57425	The scholars winter garment: or, The garment of righteousness Wherein is declared the duty of every Christian both to God and man; being very necessary both for young and old to learn. With many good exhortations to every man, woman, and child to obey Gods holy will and commandement. Written by Tho. Robins, B. of D. a well-wisher to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.	Robins, Thomas, fl. 1672-1685.	1667 (1667)	Wing R1658; ESTC R219699	8,972	27

THE SCHOLARS Winter Garment OR The Garment of Righteousness Wherein is declared the duty of every Christian both to God and Man being very necessary both for young and old to learn With many good Exhortations to every Man Woman and Child to obey Gods holy Will and Commandement Written by THO. ROBINS B of D. A Well-wisher to the Gospel of Jesus Christ Prov. 6. 21 22 23. My Son keep thy Fathers commandement and forsake not the law of thy Mother bind them continually upon thy heart and tie them about thy neck when thou goest it shall lead thee when thou sleepest it shall keep thee when thou awakest it shall talk with thee London Printed for Tho. Passenger at the three Bibles on London-bridge 1667. THE Scholars CAVIAT YOu Scholars all that doth this Caviat view When you have read You 'l find nothing but 's true First God obey and then thy Parents honour All that do so fight under Christ our Bannar From needy men turn not thy face away Comfort the comfortless faint not when thou dost pray Be reverent always in company Hate idleness much good doth come thereby Shun hateful pride which is the root of evil And covetousness which cometh from the Divel Learn this in time time is a precious thing For rich for poor and all for Begger and for King Then learn in time it will thee profit gain And heavenly joys Christ will send thee for thy pain So I rest Yours in Love and duty T. R. The Author May 1660. Ephes 6. 1 and 2. Verses Children obey your Parents in the Lord for this is right Honour thy Father and Mother which is the first commandement with promise MY Beloved Brethren I would desire you all both young and old rich and poor or of what degrée soever you be I say I would have you to take notice what is here set down which I hope is for the good of your salvation And first of all I would desire every Child of God to make good use of what is declared unto you and my first exhortation is to obedience and with the same words as the Apostle Paul spake to the Ephesians Children obey your Parents in the Lord for this is right Ephes 6. 1. Here you sée the obedience of Christian ●ne to another is part of the first Commande●ent with promise as in the first verse of this Chapter But indéed this is contrary to many ●ens minds now adays for there is many ●hat will not indure to hear talk of obeying ●ne another no not so much as to suffer their ●hildren to show any duty to them which we ●ay perceive that they strive to bring them ●p quite contrary to the Commandements of God and yet they do profess themselves to be ●ervants of God but how can we say with a ●afe conscience that we be the servants of God ●hen we deny his Commandements nay our ●isobedience is not all but our daily séeking ●o intice seduce others for as we are taught ●y our parents so we shall be apt to do For ●rain up a child in the way he should go and ●hen he is old he will not depart from it And ●ndéed we may sée it so with us here now for ●here is so many ancient people that is so ●lindly led as I may say that they will suffer ●o child they have to show them nor to any o●her and this is contrary to that Comman●ement of God for as I told you before look ●nto Ephes 6. 2. and there 's your assurance ●or it in the words for the words says there ●onour thy Father and Mother which is the first ●ommandement with prom●se Nay if you do but read the third verse of this Chapter you may plainly understand the promise which is made unto all such as do strive to kéep this Commandment of Obedience for there the Apostle tells us why we should be obedient That it may be well with thee and thou mayst live long on the earth and no doubt but that it will go well with every poor soul that doth strive to kéep the Commandements For as it is in Proverbs the second the first and second verses My Son forget not my law but let thy heart keep my Commandements For length of days and long life and peace shall they add unto thee Hear ye Children the instructions of a Father and attend to know understanding for I give you good Doctrine Forsake you not my law for I was my Fathers Son tender and onely beloved in the sight of my Mother He taught me also and said unt● me Let thine heart retain my words keep my Commandements and live Prov. 4. to the 4 verse O that every one of us would but strive t● kéep the Commandements of God and t● hearken to the good instructions of our goodl● minded Teachers and not to give our mind● to bearken to the inticements of every vai● fellow which would seek night and day to delude you to difobedience towards God and man as I may say For he that strives to counsel any man woman or child to disobedience towards their Parents they strive to draw you away from Gods Commandements But I desire you all that be here present to have a care of such people and as the Apostle Paul exhorteth the Ephesians so I desire to exhort you all Let no man deceive you with vain words for because of these thing cometh the wrath of God upon the Ch●ldren of disobedience be not ye therefore pertakers with them Eph. 1. ●6 7. Know therefore in this thy day and consider in thine heart th●t the Lord he is God ●n Heaven above thou shalt keep therefore h●s Statutes and his Commandements which I ●ommand thee this day Deut. 4. 39 40. How can that man say he keeps Gods com●andem●nts when he daily and hourly seeks ●o break them by being disobedient both to God and man for he that doth not obey his ●arents doth not over Gods Word there●●re I desire every Christian to consider with ●imself wh●ther it be be●ter to obey the true ●ord of God or be led away with the fancy of men meaning such as will give no obedience unto their Parents For this I will assure you that the disobedience you carry towards your Parents is a fore-runner and a great sign of your disobeying God For can a man obey God and deny the two Doctrines of his word no certainly no man c●n do it Indéed I must néeds tell you that the disobedience of a Christian is more abomination to the Lord then many do take it to be or else p●ople would have a great deal of more care to obey his will and to kéep his Commandements I pray you look into the 27. of Deut. and there you shall see the curse that is allotted for those that are disobedient to Father or Mother For the Word saith there Cursed be he that setteth light by his Father and Mother Deut. 27. 16. I pray God that there be not

too many now a days that deserves this curse For certainly there is too many such abroad that hath but little care of their Parents Nay I must needs tell the Parents that hath such children that it is long of them and not of their Children For how should a Child learn obedience when they are brought up where it is not taught how should a scholl●r learn all languages that never hears no word but English teach them that which is good and they will learn it for as the Text saith train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it Oh happy is that man or woman that hath so much grace in their hearts as to bring up their children in the fear of God and to learn them to know their duty towards God and man For how should they know their duty toward God which they nev●r saw when they will not show no duty to their own Parents which they are daily withal Therefore give ear a while unto me and I will let you understand a little more concerning the ioy and comfort that belongs to the obedient child And then lastly I shall by Gods assistance declare to you the torments which belongs to them which are disobedient for look but into the 28. Chap. of Deuteronomy and begin at the first verse and so on I pray give your attention to it and when you have heard it the Lord of his mercy give you all grace to make good use of it And it shall come to pass If thou shalt hearken d●ligently unto the voice of the Lo●d thy God to observe and do all his Commandements which I command thee this day then the Lord thy God will set thee above all Nations of the Earth and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee If thou hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God then blessed shalt thou be in the City and blessed shalt thou be in the field blessed shall be the fruits of thy body and fruits of thy ground Deut. 28. 1 to 5. Nay this is but small to the blessings which is promised to them that strive to be obedient and kéep his Commandements For if thou wilt be pleased but to read this Chapter at thy leisure you will find a great many comfortable blessings for those that truely honour obedience and do their indeavours to kéep Gods Commandements which I pray God give us all grace so to do truly I desire at the hands of our gracious God that he would put it into the hearts of every one of us to consider how the Lord threatned the people for their sins as you may find in Isaiah the third I pray you consider with your selves whither you be not in the very same condition at this present day For behold the Lord the Lord of Hosts doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water The mighty man and the man of war the Judge and the Prophet and the Prudent and the Ancient the Captain of fifty and the honourable man and the Counsellor and the cunning Artificer and the eloquent Orator And I will give children to be their princes and Babes to rule over them And the people shall be oppressed every one by another and every one by his Neighbour the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient and the base against the honourable Isa 3. 1 to 6. And as before I say still I pray God that we be not almost under the same punishment as those people was for what sin can we read of in Scripture but that we are subject unto Then how should we think to go frée from the punishments which are ordained for those sins For when was there more crying out against false decrées and unrighteous dealings then there is now adays or when could you hear of more wrong done to the Widow and the Fatherless as there is now and hath been this many a da● But I desire every one that hath any hand in such matters to look into Isa 10. 1 and 2. verses there you may see the woe that is pronounced against these that oppress the Widow and the Fatherless for there he saith Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees and that write grievousness which they have prescribed To turn aside the needy from judgement and to take away the right from the poor of my people that Widows may be their prey and that they may rob the Fatherless Isaiah the 10. Chapter the first and second verses But now a days we make no conscience at all to wrong the Widow and the Fatherless and to oppress the poor and needy No no I am afraid that there be too many that make a common practice to wrong the widow and fatherless But the Lord of his mercy give every one more grace For he that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches and he that giveth to the rich shall surely come to naught Prov. 22. 16. He that giveth to the poor shall never lack but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse Proverbs 8. 22. And too many there be that will turn away their faces from the poor but you may sée many that is ready to give to the rich But alas my Brethen you may see by this place of Scripture that it is contrary to Gods Comandements which is a vile and terrible thing for if we would but secretly examine our hearts and consciences and consider with our selves and we shall find that this precéeds from a disobedient heart and therefore we should pray God to give us obedient hearts Which I pray God give every one grace to consider in time and pray to the Lord night and day that he spake not to us as he spake to the people in Isa 43. 22. and these be the words But thou hast not called upon me O Jacob but thou hast been weary of me O Israel Truly it is to be feared the Lord hath a just cause to speak the same words to us For how can we say but that we are weary of him when we will not strive to kéep his Commandements O let ●s turn unto the Lord and he will look upon us with the eye of mercy as in Isa 45. 22. Look upon me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth for I am God and there is none else Oh what a blessed and comfortable spéech was here spoken to poor sinners this was from the mouth of God and not from man O what a miserable condition is this that we should be so stony-hearted one towards another when we sée the Lord so loving to us Can a woman forget her sucking Child that she should have compassion on the Son of her womb yea they may forget yet I will not forget thee Isa 49. 15. O what a comfortable spéech is this if we would but consider on them for though