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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

and for this I will euer acknowledge you to bee the worthier man For I began the strife but you the peace Hee that began the quarrell is the worst and he that procures Peace the worthiest Motiues to peace Sundrie are the reasons or motiues which scripture vseth to presse the endeuour of this duty It would be too long to number all these are some 1 First our calling is in and vnto peace as we before noted and now againe will touch 1. Cor. 7.15 God is a God of peace Christ is the Prince of peace the Gospell is the Gospell of peace the Godly are children of peace Wee haue one Shepheard and are of one sheepfold liue in one Church which is the house of God feed at one table strong bonds all to binde vs to the peace How fowle a thing then is it to see discord amongst such as are knit together with so strong a tye The Creatures in the Ark as we know agreed together though of a fierce cruell and deuouring nature A great shame then will it bee to vs that liue in the Arke of Gods Church if wee agree not It is for dogges and swine to barke and grunt one at another and not for Sheepe and Lambes all the world would wonder to see them bite and teare their fellows If then wee professe our selues to be members of this Church sheepe of this fold whereof Christ is Shepheard let vs liue in loue for how can we with any comfort looke him in the face when we so farre differ from the nature and properties of his sheepe in eating vp and deuouring of our brethren 2. Motiue Againe it is good and pleasant sayth the Prophet Dauid Ps 132.1 for brethren to dwell together in vnitie and peace And no wonder H●●ar cit ●●a cal de vera pac for the very name of peace is beautifull and louely sayth an ancient and therefore the practise of it must exceede There are some things good which are not pleasant as Patience and tolerance of euils Some things pleasant but not good as Epicurisme and voluptuous liuing Some things neither good nor pleasant as Malice Enuie But of Peace and Concord sayth the Prophet as wee see it is both good and pleasant In it and the practice of it both these are met Thirdly where strife is there is confusion 3. Motiue Iames 3.16 and euery euill worke sayth Saint Iames 1. Confusion For the breaking of Relatiues is the ruine of Substantiues we stand not of our selues but vpon reference Liuius Decad. 1. lib. 2. I haue read of a fitting storie for this our purpose and this it is It sometimes fell out that there was a great variance betweene the Nobles and Commons of Rome insomuch that the people banded thēselues together to the great indangering of the Common-wealth The Senate sent vnto the people one Menenius Agrippa a famous Oratour to perswade them and hee tells them this parable On a time the members of the body obiected against the stomake that it deuoured all and took no paines but idly and sluggishly lay in the midst of the body while the rest of the members laboured full sore Hereupon the eye would not see for it nor the hand worke for it nor the foot walke for it nor the mouth aske for it nor the teeth chew for it but euerie member refused any more to doe it office And what followed hereupon The stomake wanting meate and beeing empty the eye began to bee dimme the hand weake the seet feeble all the members beganne to be weake and the whole body to wither in so much that at last they were of necessity compelled to growe friends and bee at agreement with it By which parable he quieted the people and brought them to concord with the Senate Thus if the magistrates bee vnjust people contentious if one profession or society quarrell with another and deny mutuall performāce of their duties each to other the whole body of that house city society must needs dissolue When the husband and the wife draw not euenly in the yoke when one brings fire and the other hath no water to quench it when children are refractory seruants wasters and the like there must needs be a decay of this family Thus then wee see Where strife is there is confusion And yet S. Iames goes further and addeth euery euill work and that most truely For where strife is peace wanting the Lord seeth and men may euidently perceiue that there are euil thoughts euil words and euill practices of all kindes Where sinne and satan bear sway it cannot otherwise be but such places must bee filled with all manner of pollutions Let the consideration of these things so far preuail with vs as that we may bee more in loue with this grace which is much set by of the Lord and auoid strife which Gods abhorres But how may a man become thus peaceable quiet Quest And what must be done for the attainement of this grace First Resp remoue all those things which are enemies to peace and they are either Inward or Outward Inward as thy lusts which is the fountain of all thy discōtentments as S. Iames verefieth Iames 4.1 Of which there are three principall The one is Enuy Verse 2. of which S. Iames makes mention in the place before quoted and this is a great enimy to peace and a disquieter of it It was enuy which wrought that vnquietness between Ioseph and his brethren for the Patriarchs moued with enuy Gen. 37.4 Acts 7.9 sould Ioseph into Egypt Enuy wrought all that vnquietness between Dauid and Saul for 1 Sam. 18.8 when once Dauid was in credit aboue him he had few quiet daies after And what is it but Enuy which breedeth most of our factions in societies opposition in sectaries emulation in equals and molestation to superiors And who sees not what a hand Enuy hath in most sutes and debates which are in our Courts of Iustice daily pleaded No maruell therefore Saint Iames and Saint Paul Iames 3.14 Rom. 13.13 elsewhere joyneth them together for indeed they are seldome separated If thou would'st follow peace withstand that A second is Pride by which saith Salomon Pro. 13.10 men make contention and therefore these two also are well yoaked together as twinnes Phil 2.3 by our Apostle writing to the Philippians Cap. 2.3 This is that which maketh men now-adaies so proue to offer wrongs and so vnwilling to put vp wrongs bei●g offred In all ages it hath been manifested that where pride is deepest there patience hath been shallowest and they that ouerflow with the one haue been void and empty of the other And in another place Salomon hath this Prouerb Pro. ●8 ●5 Hee that is of a proud spirit stirreth vp strife By both which prouerbs we see clearly that there is no greater instigator to vnquietnes then pride and vain-glory is If therefore we would