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A10338	The prophecie of Obadiah opened and applyed in sundry learned and gracious sermons preached at All-Hallowes and St Maries in Oxford by that famous and iudicious divine Iohn Rainolds D. of Divinity and late president of Corp. Chr. Coll. Published for the honour and vse of that famous Vniversity, and for the benefit of the churches of Christ abroad in the country, by W.H.	Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.; Rainolds, John, 1549-1607. Sermon upon part of the eighteenth Psalm. aut; Hinde, William, 1569?-1629.	1613 (1613)	STC 20619; ESTC S115589	99,467	170

that shall behaue themselues in such order yea the punishment that is threatned Moab is in some respect for Israels sake because that cruelty was shewed on the king of Edoms sonne when the Idumeans tooke part with Israel For three trāsgressions for foure as though he should say though they haue committed many iniquities which I haue spared yet because they cōtinue to oppresse my people I will powre out my vengeance on them so that the fire shall fall vpon their wals and consume them even according to their iniquitie against the people of GOD. And the Metaphor of fire here vsed putteth vs in minde of the generall promise of GOD to all his children namely that he will be a wall of fire about them to shield and defend them that who approacheth to them shall be consumed For GOD taketh it as done to himselfe whatsoever is practised against his servants whosoever toucheth them toucheth 〈◊〉 When Senacherib had bragged against the Iewes threatned them in most cruel maner the Lord speaking to him by the Prophet saith not because thou handlest my servant so cruelly but because thou ragest against me I will put my hooke in thy nose and bring thee home As the Lord did indeed where his owne sons while he was worshippings his Idols murthered him I need not speake of Herod Diocletiā Iulian c of whom the Ecclesiasticall histories write which plainely shew that like sinnes provoke like plagues To be cruell therefore against Iacob is an offéce which draweth with it great vengeance Which as it is great by whomsoever it be committed so is it of necessity much more if it be committed by him that is brother to Iacob Wherfore the Prophet saith for thy cruelty to thy brother the indignity whereof is amplified in the words following where speaking of them that spoiled and ransacked their city and slew them he saith and thou also wast as one of them For although we be bound to abstaine from all inhumanity yet are we more bound to refraine from it towards such as are of the same country city society kindred c and though we be to loue all men yet are we not to loue all men alike For our Saviour himselfe though he loved all those whom the Father had giuen him yet certaine it is that he loued Iohn more entirely then anie of the rest so that he is noted by that title the Disciple whom Iesus loved So that here by the name of brother added by our Prophet we may gather the sin of Edom to be the greater because he dealt thus with him that was his kinsman according to the flesh For the bondes of Nature remaine stil notwithstanding religiō which commeth by grace The heathen entreating of the duties which men owe one to another maketh the first degree to containe all men because they bee men The nexte such as are of one people language citie kindred the nearest of all man and wife children c which doctrine is a remnant of that light wherewith Adam in his perfect knowledge was endowed For even so GOD requireth greater curtesies to be shewed by the Israelites to the Idumeans then to other straungers and Moses giveth the reason because he is thy brother and yet greater of the Iewes one to another greater also of such as are of the same kinred as S. Paule teacheth If any haue Nephews or kinsmē c. Whereby he sheweth that he is first to provide for them againe if there be any man that provideth not for his owne and namely for them of his houshold he denieth the faith and is worse then an Infidell He hath denied the faith for faith dissolveth not these duties which children owe to their parents parents to their children c He is worse then an infidell because amongst them the fathers cast not of their children the children do their best to help their parents in their need Let vs learne therefore to be wise in performing the duty we owe to all men according to the degrees by God prescribed considering the Prophet here sheweth that the Idumeans shoulde haue beene more curteous gentle to Iewes because they were brethren Si fratrem Pollux alternà morte redemit Itque reditque viam toties GOD forbid we shoulde shew such deadly hatred as was betweene Eteocles and Polynices From this affinity which is of them which come of the same parents we are to rise to them of one city nation c and so to them also of one league and one accord Hiram David though not brethren by the flesh yet in amity league so that Salomō the successor so also calleth him If I require the same of vs towards the French Scots and other our confederates it is no more then the Tyrian Prince received at the hands of David and Salomon Now how much more if an Englishman do an iniurie to an Englishman may he that standeth by say vvhy striue you togither seeing you be brethren I come neerer to thē that are of one corporation yea of one Society having as it were one father ioined in one fellowship of study and learning wherein Cicero requireth a likelyhood of manners and affection But the neerest band of all is Religion where of they be al brethren by one father of heaven borne of one mother the church fed with one bread of life preserved by one hope iustified by one faith sanctified by one spirit serving one God the onely Lord of all c. For though the Papists speake skornefully of this name that the faithfull call one another brethren they being desirous to defend that peevish and superstitious distinction of such as cal themselues Friers or brethren yet in the Acts of the Apostles we know that the name is common to all Christians and not proper as they would haue it to any one sect no more thē the name of Iesuites which some of them woulde appropriat to themselues Now as S. Paul would haue vs to do good to all men but especially to them that are of the houshold of faith so are we with this bond of Religion tyed so much the faster as grace is superior to nature Wherefore wee are to remember the exhortation of the Apostle herevpō that no man oppresse his brother for the Lord is a revenger of such things What then shall become of them who neglecting the bonds of nature and grace deale with their brethren no otherwise then did the Idumeans with the Israelites carrying away the substance reioycing at their harmes standing on the other side What shall we say of thē who deale with their brother Naboth as Achab and Iezabel did Whose hands be full of bloud and their houses stuffed with bribes which grinde the faces of the poore pull the skinne from their flesh breake their bones in pieces and chop them as meate for the pot of such as eate devoure vp their

among the heathen arise and let vs arise vp against her in battel 2 Behold I haue made thee smal among the heathen thou art vtterly despised BEfore I come to the exposition of the Prophets words I thinke it convenient to shew vnto you the cause why leaving the epistle of Peter which I had in hand I haue taken vpon me to handle this Prophesie Saint Peter having testified that the Gospell of Christ was the truth of GOD preached to men for the salvation of their soules exho●…teth them that not withstanding the fury and malice of the wicked which had set themselues against the same they would per sist in the do●…trine and truth which they had learned to embrace the same fait●…fully and expresse the force and fruit thereof effectually in their life and conversa tion and that in generall to fly from evill a●…d follow that which was good and in particular towards GOD and man especially Subiects to honour their kings servants to obey their Masters wiues husbands children parents In all which that their endeavours might not be hindered by enemies he exhorteth them to patience and constancie And finally beseecheth the Elders Pa stors to feed the stocke of CHRIST committed to their charge as the principall meanes to bring thē to their duety and to establish them in grace vnto the ende Now in expounding these things I came to the dutie of subiects wherein I declared that the Princes received the sword and supremacie over all persons it followed that afterward I should shew that it was also in all causes But because since that time it pleased GOD to call me to proue it else where and to commit the same to writing it seemeth not so necessary to handle that point in this place As for the other points concerning the duties of servants wiues Parents for that there are very few such come hither least I shoulde preach to them that were absent I thought that part might conveniently be omitted Wherefore the last point remained which was concerning the enimies of the Church whom for that the LORD will most certainely destroy we must haue the greater patience to ●…ndure and continue in the stedfastnes of our profession For which cause also he exhorteth the Pastors diligently to feed and tend vpon their slocks Which matter being right necessary for vs to know and for that I hoped this doctrine would pierce the better into our hearts if we had the same handled out of some continued place I chose this Prophesie of OBADIAH where this thing is handled orderly iointly namely in the 16 first verses the destructiō of the enemies of the church in the fiue last the salvation therof by the ministerie of the Pastors whom in the last verse he calleth Saviours for that GOD by their Ministery worketh the salvation of his people And this also haue I the rather chosen because I may vse Peter as an Interpreter of the Proph●…t whereby comparing them togither the one may giue light to th' other that so being built on the doctrine of the Apostles Prophets we may grow vp into that building whereof Iesus Christ is the chiefe corner stone The Title The vision of OBADIAH Whence we gather the commodity and excellencie hereof by the Matter and Author 1 The matter is tearmed by the name of visiō which is a doctrine Revealed from GOD so called because GOD Revealed them so evidently and delivered them for such certainety as though they had presently seene before their eies the things which they foretold And the Lord not onely by visible sights as he did to Ezechiel Daniel c at sometimes but also very often by his word without visible signes is said to haue delivered these visions for so is he said to haue spoken to Abra ham in vision I am thy great reward The words which Esay saw c of this sort is this vision That is a doctrine Revealed from GOD no●… by sight but by word only 2 The Author is supposed of some to be that O BADIAH who was governour of King Achabs house who hid the Prophets of the Lord. But by the circumstances especially by that in the 11. verse it seemeth not to be he seeing mention is made of the taking of Ierusalem which was 800 yeares after Achab. But whether it were the same or another of that name whether hee before in the spirit saw or afterwards spake by experience It sufficeth vs that he was the Minister of the Lord and servant as his name importeth and that these prophecies came not by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moued by the HOLY GHOST And for our parts though w●… know not the earthen vessel wherein this treasure was enclosed yet let vs b●…ing faithfull and humble hearts to the receauing and imbracing of the same for he was but the messenger the message was the Lords Edom otherwise called Esau conceaued a deadly hate ag●…inst Iacob because he had got from him first the prerogatiue of the birthright then the blessings which rancor and hatred descended vnto the children and seed also of Esau so that when the Israelites their brethren would haue onely passed through their land they would not shew them such mercy but gainstood them and when the king of Babylon had taken Ierusalem spoiled it they set the worke forward by what meanes they could calling on them as it is in the Psa. Ra●…e it rase it even to the foundations Wherefore the Lord comforting his people with promise to execute his iudgement on such as had persecuted them nameth Edom as the chiefe amongst them Now where he saith I haue made thee small among the heathen Hee speaketh of a thing to come as though it were already past to signifie the vndoubted certainetie thereof and so it is expounded in the 10. verse Shame shall cover thee Now because the meanes hee would vse is warre raised against them by nations confederating together the Prophet openeth it as though it were in doing GOD hauing revealed it to his servant for here is an Ambassadour sent from one nation to another to stirre them vp against Edom and mention is here made of a full and perfect destruction Here note three things 1. Witnesses O●…ADIAH and the Prophets we haue heard c. 2. Meanes Heathen raising one another to warre 3 Event An vtter destruction of land and country One point which wee are to marke for our instruction is the ground which the Prophet layeth for our faith whereon the Church of God must rest which is this Thus saith the Lord. Which doctrine is first necessary for such as are teachers in the Church that the words which they must teach must bee wordes of the Lord that as Peter commandeth who so speaketh may speake as the words of GOD And thē is it needful for t●…e hearers that they beware how they receaue any thing for the ground of faith but