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duty_n	husband_n	master_n	wife_n	4,020	5	6.5961	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12384	Certain notes of M. Henry Aynsworth his last sermon. Taken by pen in the publique delivery by one of his flock, a little before his death. Anno 1622. Published now at last by the said writer, as a love token of remembrance to his brethren to inkindle their affections to prayer, that scandalls (of manie years continuance) may be removed, that are barrs to keep back manie godly wise and judicious from us, wherby we might grow to farther perfection again	Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?; Robinson, John, 1575?-1625. aut; Staresmore, Sabine.	1630 (1630)	STC 227; ESTC S115946	14,398	34

of the Church of Leyden that were joyntly interessed with them But farther here was another thing yet worse for either the Elder alone or these privy counsellers with him stood not to this second agreement the Church made but wrote another with alterations additions and diminishings besides the Churches knowledge or consent sent it for the Churches minde and acte yet behold the other brethren that never saw or heard this newe forged letter till near two years after they were cast out of the Church which was dispatched in hast even in 14. dayes time least they should bee prevented upon the very suspitiō that a few of thē met to write to cōtradict the Churches action in hir letter of advise by the sole yet false information of the Elder two of them were singled out and selected from the rest and produced to the Church for evill which yet the informer professed that the thing informed and accused might be holy just and good for ought he knew yet being desirous to get matter the matter was prosecuted in the Church by interrogatoryes to finde out sin which the brethren testifyed against as contrary to the law of love which thinks no evill rule of Christ Matth. 18. Yet offred they the suspected act to sight correctiō wherin soever it should be found amisse and with all protesting solemnly they had neither done the thing so suspected nor intended it yet behold the brethren were cast out without the knowledge of sin or due dealing for sin save that for refusing to answere intrapping demaunds which they urged submission unto as Gods word Christs government they were Consured as contemners of both and the maintenance of this both Elders Church are now so wedded to that the chief of them blush not to affirm that rather then they will goe back from what they have done herein they will goe on in it yea though two of them doe not remain together And yet who sees not their palpable grosse partiallity in sparing their offending favourites in matters of scandalous and evill nature least their evill combination be weakened discovered or broken Oh how much better were it they would ceasse to abound in their own sence and take counsell from such as in the fear of God are both able and willing to direct them better O that they would learn to be wise at the last so through the good hand of our God there might be some recovery of what is lost Whereas now their irregular proceedings have made our brethren in all places to hang down their heads as they have been plainly certifyed frō sundry Churches Now from these and the like offences divers that were of us turn their backs upon us and betake themselves to live at large as if now the doore of indifferency or libertinisme were sett open that it matters not whom they hear or where they walk anie where or no where and measuring these mens sins with others they think they can hardly goe to worse And whence riseth all this much more of the like but even for the want of faithfull Pastors and Teachers and godly discreet and able guides or Rulers in the Church but what hope of ever such worthyes coming in when there is such an hideous noyse in the house by such unruly masters which cruelly smite some wound others cast their dear brethren out at the windowes Hence come familyes to be devided the loving husband from his beloved wife the affectionate parents from their dear Children hence come familyes to be spoyled by remissnes in neglect nay in utter laying aside of joynt family dutyes the new vessels want their seasoning the tender plants their due watering and so become barren before their full growth So that we may justly take up the complaint of the Prophet Habakuk 1. 2. 3. 4. Oh Lord how long shall I cry and thou will not heare even cry out to thee for violence and thou will not help Why dost thou shew me iniquity cause me to behold sorrow for spoyling and violence are before mee and there are that raise up strife and contention c. Oh consider this ye that are so bent to spoyling repent and turn in time least the living stones crying in the wall of the spirituall house the corner stone be offended and fall upon you and grind you to peeces But I desire your conversion and not subversion if the will of the Lord so be though ye have been bold to vent your worst you can imagine against me upon all occasions and for your presumptuous determining my eternall estate the Lord forgive you If you please to read what is here writt I hope through the Lord it may turn your courses that ye may see your duty is to build and not to destroy They were the instructiōs our late faithfull Teacher M. Aynsworth delivered to us all the last time he ever executed his ministery with us which was at such a time as his bodye naturall strength were so decayed that he wanted as ye know ability to come up again even that very Lords day in the afternoone as his usuall manner was wherein his faithfullnes may be seen even to his last gasp in striving to feed the flocke even when the hand of God was heavy upon him in that sore perplexing and tedious disease of the stone of which in a few dayes after he dyed yet since even in his strong paines that sometime by reason of the extremity caused a stay of speach to the griefe of the hearers and beholders he was delivered of this as the last fruit of his ministery let the Israell of God love it as Iacob did Benjamin the dear sonne of his beloved wife of whom she dyed It is not for nothing that the Holy Ghost expressly tells us These be the last words of David 2. Sam. 23. 1. Give me leave therefore though not to call you together as Iacob did his sons when he was to deliver his last words to them Gen. 49. yet to entreat you to read what our loving Teacher as a father spake in his charge last to us And though some or the most of you heard them sett out in the lively voyce Gods solemn ordinance of preaching yet let it not greive you that I write to you some of the same things so farr as my slow hand could extend to compasse the fullnes of his words I professe not to report no nor yet the summe or substance of every thing he hence delivered no nor yet have I published things so well as J might have done had I sett upon the work to write it out fair instantly while things were green in my own others memoryes but now these notes having layen by me near 8. years before I sett upon this resolution it is more defective then is requisite for the report of a work of so able and faithfull a man yet I trust none will be offended at me for this my service of