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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42553	Philadelphia, or, a treatise of brotherly-love Shewing, that we must love all men: love the wicked in general: love our enemies: that the godly must especially love another: and the reasons of each particular love. The manner of our mutual love; the dignity, necessity, excellenc, and usefulness of brotherly-love. That the want of love, where love is due, is hatred, shewed in divers particulars. The greatness of the sin of malice and hatred; with the reasons why wicked men hate the saints: together with cautions against those sins that break the bond of love. Many weighty questions discussed, and divers cases cleared. By William Gearing, minister of the word.	Gearing, William.	1670 (1670)	Wing G436C; ESTC R223669	92,727	215

happy are ye and be not afraid of their terrour neither be troubled but sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you as of evil doers they may be ashamed that falsly accuse your good conversation in Christ Christians should labour so to walk that they may have nothing to cover their malice withall but that it may be manifest to their Consciences and to the eyes of others that they hate them and set themselves against them for Righteousness-sake and that their Adversaries may be ashamed Then are men brought to shame when things that are shameful are laid open but when Christians by worldliness or distempers or by playing the busy body c. do give them something to cover their malice against them withall they keep them from being ashamed But when a Christian walketh unblameably and watchfully he uncovereth the shame of their malice against him making it to appear that it is for Righteousness-sake and so causeth the shame of it to reflect upon their own faces insomuch that many times their own Consciences do condemn them them for such as fight against God which may be a means of their Conversion or restraint 2. Carry your selves meekly towards them when they are most maliciously and furiously bent against you Two Angels coming into the streets of Sodom in the Evening were entertained by Lot And in likelihood they appeared in the form of men shewed themselves in a shape surpassing in Beauty whereupon these wicked Sodomites boiling with filthy and unnaturall lust desired to abuse them contrary to the Law of Nature taking them to be mortal men and observing into what house they entered between Supper and Bed-time they assaulted his house and called upon him to bring forth his guests that they might deal with them according to their filthy Lust Now mark the carriage of Righteous L●t in this case Gen. 19.6 7 8. And Lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door after him and said I pray you Brethren do not so wickedly Behold now I have two daughters which have not known man● let me I pray you bring them out unto you and do ye to them as is good in your eyes only unto these men do nothing for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof Now it must be confessed that here was a great failing in this carriage of Lot which must not be imitated by any means that to save his guests from being unnaturally abused he would expose his Daughters to the beastly lusts of the Sodomites which was so much the greater in ●hat as appeareth afterwards they were contracted and so it was a great injury to their husbands that had espoused though not yet married them But this was partly out of want of Knowledg as it seemeth for then many Truths were not so cleared as now they are partly it was out of weakness the unlawfulness of Polygamy and so the unlawfulness of doing evil that good might come or yeelding to some sin to prevent a greater sin as in this case These and the like truths were not so clear●y opened to the godly it seemeth as now they are partly it was out of weakness of Faith that he did not rest upon God who had ways enough to keep him out of so great a strait without any such indirect and unlawful means as appeared afterwards and partly out of a sudden confused haste being beset with a mighty number of men desperately wicked and enflamed with violent and raging lust so that not having time to retire his thoughts and compose his Spirit and to take things better into consideration he sell upon this unwarrantable shift I am perswaded he had much rather have lost his heart-blood if that would have satisfied them but he thought nothing would save his guests unless these wretches filthy lusts had some other Objects to feed upon But passing by his great oversight and infirmity let us take notice of his carriage otherwise and that ye shall find was full of Love unto his guests according to the Law of Hospitality full of detestation against such foul unnnatural wickedness full of meekness towards these Sodomites as appeareth in his speech fore-mentioned He gave them never a bitter word he only sought to keep them from this sin CHAP. XXVIII NOw to conduct let me exhort every Christian to maintain a watchful eye over their Love that it wax not cold in these evil-times Our Saviour long since prophesied of the latter times that because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold Mat. 24.12 That there should be a flood of iniquity and a frost of love The times wherein we live tell us that iniquity doth abound I had almost said it cannot abound more now then let brotherly love continaee Heb. 13.1 This Love like that Fire under the Law came down from Heaven therefore preserve it we had need be very careful for sinful times are cooling times Sin is as apt to quench Love as Water to quench the Fire These objects of Love are continually the same When Love goes away the power the zeal the practice of religion goes away It is an argument your Love is truly divine if you keep it flaming in the worst of times It you suffer your Love to God and his people to decay you will lose all the good that ever you have done If your Love decay all the people of God with whom you have taken sweet counsel together prayed together fasted together all these shall rise up in judgment against you Oh think what manner of damnation yours will be ye shall feel the most dreadful effects of Gods eternal hatred who have suffered your Love to Gods ways and people to dye within you Oh if your Love decay it is not easily recovered again and to recover your first Love you must repent and do your first works it will cost you much labour much sighing much sorrow of heart before you can recover your former degrees of Love Take heed of a slavish fear of wicked men St. Paul opposeth the spirit of fear to the spirit of Love 2 Tim. 1.17 Be not too familiar with those that are unsetled in the truth Many had loved more had they disputed less Set your hearts on the things of the world Demas forsook the fellowship of the Saints because he embraced this present world FINIS Books to be sold by Thomas Parkhurst at the Golden Bible on London-Bridg MR. Sedgwick's Bowels of Mercy fol. The Taylor 's Works the first vol. fol. 2. An Exposition of Temptation on Mat. 4. verse 1. to the end of the eleventh 3. A Commentary on Titus 4. Davids Learning A Comment upon Psal 32. 5. The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed upon Luk. 8. and 4. A Learned Commentary or Exposition on the first Chapter of the second Epistle to the Corinthians by Richard Sibbs D. D. fol. A practical Exposition on the third Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians with the Godly Mans Choice on Psal 4. ver 6 7 8. By Anthony Burgess fol. The view of the Holy Scriptures By Hugh Broughton Fol. Christianographia or a Description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the world not subject to the Pope By Eph. Pagitt Fol. These six Treatises next following are written by Mr. George Swinnock 1. The Christian Mans Calling or a Treatise of making Religion ones busineis in Religious Duti●s Natural Actions his Particular Vocation his Family Directions and his own Recreation to be read in Families for their Instruction and Edification The first Part. 2. Likewise a second Part wherein Christians are directed to perform their Duties as Husbands and Wives Parents and Children Masters and Servants in the conditions of Prosperity and Adversity 3. The third and last part of the Christian Mans Calling Wherein the Christian is directed how to make Religion his business in his dealings with all Men in the Choice of his Companions in his carriage in good Company in bad Company in solitarine●s or when he is alone on a Week-day ●rom morning to night in visiting the sick on a Dying bed as also the means how a Christian may do this and some motives to it 4. The Door of Salvation opened by the Key of Regeneration 5. Heaven and Hell Epitomized and the True Christian Characterized The Fading of th● Flesh and the flourishing of Faith Or One cast for Eternity with the only way to throw it well all these by George Swinnock M. A. Large Octavoes A learned Commentary on the fourth Chapter of the second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is added First a Conference between Christ and Mary Second the Spiritual Mans Aim Third Emanuel or Miracle of Miracles by Richard Sibbs D. D. 4 to An Exposition on the five first Chapters of Ezekiel with useful observations thereupon by Will Greenhil 4 to The Gospel-Covenant or the Covenant of Grace opened Preached in New England by Peter Buckely 4 to Gods Holy Mind touching Matters Moral which himself uttered in ten words or ten Commandments Also an Exposition on the Lords Prayer by Edward Elton B. D. 4 to A plain and familiar Exposition of the ten Commandments by John Dod 4 to Fiery Jesuite or and Historical Collection of the Rise Increase Doctrines and Deeds of the Jesuites Exposed to view for the sake of London 4 to Of Quenching the Spirit the evil of it in respect both of its causes and effec●s discovered By Theophilus Bolwheile A Defence against the fear of Death By Zac● Crofton The True bounds of Christian freed●m or a Discourse shewing the extents restraints of Christian Liberty wherein the truth is setled many errors con●●●ed out of John 8. ver 36. FINIS