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A46690	A sermon preached at Bugbrook in Northamptonshire, May 15, 1642, upon the collection for Ireland condemned in the morning, in the church, before the whole congregation for popery, and in the afternoone there, for having many lyes in it of a high nature / published by the authour in a just vindication of himselfe from that unjust scandall.	Jay, George.	1642 (1642)	Wing J496; ESTC R43310	9,513	29

mercy in the world to come that shewes no mercy in this life One of the reasons why Hamon King Assuerus great favorite found no pitty in Queen Hesters nor the Kings brest though he begged it on his knees with teares in his eies was for that he had plotted such a mercilesse villanie as to destroy all the Iewes Hest 1.3 both men women children at one blow and therefore hee was thought to deserve no favor Nathan propounding unto David that parable of him that having many sheepe of his owne had robbed his neighbour of his onely sheep having no more besides in all the world was so incensed against this so great an injurie that he held him for the present unworthy of pardon 2. Sam. 12. As the Lord liveth he shall die The word of God cannot faile Heaven and earth shall passe away Matt. 24.35 but my words saith our Saviour shall not passe away And the Prophet Amos threatneth cruell persons with most severe punishment Am. cap. 4. cap. 6. And Salomon saies that the hard heart shall have many a shrewd pang when hee lies upon his death bed But our Saviour bestowes a blessing upon those that are ready to do good and to shew mercy unto others Mat. 5.7 Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercy As we have therefore opportunity let us doe good to all men especially to them who are of the household of faith And so I come to the particular object the houshold of faith especially to them who are of the houshold of faith It was the custome of the primitive Church to have their goods in common that the necessities of every man might be supplied As many as were possessors of lands and houses sold them Act. 4.34.35 and brought the prices of the things that were sold and laid them down at the Apostles feet and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need But now men are so farre from doing so that distribution might be made according to the wants of other men that they doe not only rob them but the Apostles also nay God himselfe Will a man robbe God sayes the Prophet in the Lords name Yet ye have robbed me Mal. 3.8 but ye say wherin have we robbed thee in tythes and offerings Mark what followes Ye are cursed with a curse for yee have robbed me I make no application of what I have said if any man here present be guilty of this sinne let him take heed that he partake not of the curse The words are Gods Yee are cursed with a curse the reason is Mal. 3.8.9 because yee have robbed the Lord and it is plainly set downe wherein yee have robbed him ye have robbed him in tythes and offerings Saint Paul sayes that they which minister about holy things live of the sacrifice and they which wait on the Altar are partakers of the Altar even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel 1 Cor. 9.13.14 And here in my text hee doth enjoyne us to doe good unto all men especially to those who are of the houshold of faith preach the Gospel and faith in Jesus Christ All are to be relieved especially the faithfull It is a cruell hard-heartednesse to see a Christian in want and not to relieve him If I should see a true professor of faith in Christ Jesus beg his bread or walke unclothed and should not feed him and with mine owne garment cover his nakednesse I were worthy to eate the bread of affliction and drinke the water of bitternesse and to want a worse garment then Adam had to cover his nakednesse But alasse charity now adayes is cold Probitas laudatur alget Where are the Hospitals and the goods bestowed in pios usus which were frequent heretofore Where is hee that cryes out with Zacheus Behold Luke 19.8 if J have done any man wrong I am ready to returne him satisfaction and halfe my goods I give unto the poore What followes hereupon but the blessing of all blessings salvation Verse 9. And Iesus said unto him this day is salvation come into thy house Therefore while we have opportunity let us doe good unto all men especially to those that are of the houshold of faith While we have opportunity Why not to day To day if you will heare his voice harden not your hearts This is the day wherein you may exercise your charity and shew your love to the Gospell doe not neglect it for perhaps you may never have the like We are not sure to live another day Luke 1● 20 Remember how the foole in the Gospell was deceived in his expectation And therefore I exhort you to do it to day while it is yet called to day lest yee dye before to morrow And truly I never knew greater reason for it Res ipsa loquitur if I should bee silent the knowne wants of our poore brethren in Ireland were motive sufficient to put heat and life into a cold and dead pitty into a frozen benummed and soulelesse charity Now is a time to shew your love to the Gospell you that in shew are the great professors of it now you have an opportunity to manifest your love to Christ Jesus and your zeale to his flocke to the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hands who have not onely lost their greene pastures and waters of comfort but their wooll skin and flesh by the pawes and teeth of the papisticall Jesuiticall Irish Wolves I feare we are not all so valiant as with our swords with David to endeavour to rescue and deliver these harmlesse Lambes out of the mouths of these Romish Beares and Lions 1. Sam. 17.35 to take them by the beards and smite them as he did yet let us labour by supplies maintenance by our benevolence to preserve those from the sword and hunger and cold that have escaped their fury I have read many sad stories of the miseries of Christians but never the like to this of our brethren in Ireland Whole families nay whole parishes nay whole townes nay whole Counties and in them besides thousands of the Plebeians and poorer sort many of the Gentry and some of the Nobilitie and best ranke have been robbed and tortured and murthered nay worse then this for there is a cruelty beyond death their naked bodies have beene throwne out into the open ayre no man being suffered to bury them and left a prey for Swine Wolves Dogs Vultures and Crowes and other beasts and birds of raven and prey Nay I can tell you greater cruelties yet for there may be more cruelty shewed to the living then to those that are murthered in a usuall way either at their death or after their death When they have spoiled the professors of the Gospell of all their goods who were worth thousands a little before they have stript and ravisht and whipt