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A10556	Faith and good vvorkes vnited in a sermon preached at the Spittle vpon VVednesday in Easter weeke, 1630. By Richard Reeks minister of the word at Little Ilford, in Essex.	Reeks, Richard.	1630 (1630)	STC 20828; ESTC S115772	46,778	68

l. 1. c. 13. Deus u●que laborat in maximis neque fastidit in minimis Amb. in Hexam lib. 5. cap. 2. Indeed the Poet sayd Non vacat exigu is rebus adesse Iovi But the Scripture otherwise that the very haires of our head are numbred Mat. 10.30 and that not so much as a sparrow which is sold for a farthing can fall on the ground without our heauenly fathers prouidence Disponit membraculicis pulicis as Augustine In Psal 148. For besides his generall prouidence which is seene in the gouernment of the whole vniuerse Calvin Instis lib. 1. c. 16. he hath a speciall also mode rating euery singular action and accident Who dwelling on high Aquin. 1. part quaest 22. art 2. Caiet ibid. Heb. 1.3 Wisd 8.1 beholdeth vs as Emmots vpon the mole hils of the earth in whom we liue and moue and haue our being For it is written he supporteth all things by his mighty word He reacheth from one end to another and ordereth all things sweetly Omnia non solum permissa à Deo sed etiam immissa as one saith Lip sius Const●n● lib. 1. Cap. 14. so that nothing falleth out by blinde humane chance but by diuine choise The Lord doeth not onely suffer and see what is done heere below but also disposeth of euery particular euent to the glory of his name and good of his children He beheld Dauid in his trouble Daniel in his dungeon Peter in his prison and ordered their short affliction to their endlesse consolation In that then though he dwelleth on high hee humbleth himselfe to behold the things below In that he keepeth Israel Psal 121.4 which doth neither slumber nor sleepe In that he graueth his children on the palmes of his hands Isay 49.16 In that he heareth the very grones of his children in their closets Psal 38.9 and maketh their beds in their sicknesse Psal 41.3 In that as Augustine sweetly hee taketh care for all his children as if all were but one Confes l. ● c. 11. and for euery particular as if one were all Because of this diuine and most blessed prouidence Trust in the Lord. Vnto these we might further adde many more forcible reasons grounded on the person in my text as namely sixthly from the power seuenthly from the mercy eightly from the loue ninthly from the wisdome tenthly from the goodnesse adde also the truth of Iehouah and looke how many meditations you may conceiue concerning God so many reasons you haue to Trust in the Lord. Whatsoeuer he is he is it to vs and for vs because hee is the Lord Iehouah our God wherefore let vs trust in the Lord. Thus farre of the Doctrine and the Illustration thereof by Scripture and by reason Proceed wee now to the vse of this Doctrine which is diuerse Vse 2 It serueth first for our information I. Iohn 14.1 we ought alwayes to trust in Iehouah Our Sauiour so enformeth and comforteth his disciples Let not your hearts be troubled yee beleeue in the father beleeue also in me in whatsoeuer dangers of soule or of body of life or of death ye may bee yet be not discouraged but trust in the Lord. Dolosum aerumnosum est cor hominis as the heart of man is aboue all things deceitfull so is it distrustfull For as S. Basill to this purpose speaketh In Psal 44. we are of one condition in prosperity but of another in aduersitie as it is most plainly exemplified vnto vs in that example of Peter in Matth. 26.33.69 Fortune saith Seneca freeth many from punishment Epist 61. 79. but none from feare many and manifold dangers like waues comming fast one on the backe of another one griefe calling on another as the clouds burst foorth with raine Many and fearfull are those dangers whereunto the life of man is liable yet if God be for vs what shall be against vs if our trust be grounded on the Lord Psal 46.2.3.4 if our confidence be sure we need not feare though the earth bee remoued and though the mountaines be cast into the middest of the Sea though the waters thereof roare and bee troubled though the mountaines shake with the swelling thereof though the world be lifted off the hinges and all things be turned vpside downe though all things goe the cleane contrary way in a word though the Sunne be turned into darknesse and the Moone into blood though the pillars of the earth and the powers of heauen be shaken yea though the frame of the world like the temple of Dagon fall ratling vpon our heads yet we will not feare for as Dauid saith Psal 18.2 The Lord is my rocke and my fortresse and my deliuerer my God my strengh in whom I will trust my buckler and the horne of my saluation and my high tower God is our Captaine therefore like Souldiers wee will rely vpon his warinesse and watchfulnesse God is our Shepheard therefore like sheepe wee shall sleepe in peace vnder his staffe God is our Pilot therefore like passengers sayling in great waters we shall be without feare vnder the protection of his care and experience God is our King therefore like subiects we will feare no inuasion of enemies no want of prouision vnder his so well-ordered gouernment God is our father therefore like to his children we will feare no ill vnder his armes O trust in the Lord for he is the Lord of hosts 1 Sam 15.45 Antigonus King of Syria as Plutarch speaketh being ready to giue battell by sea bard by the Isle Andros In Pelopida answered one of his men who told him that his enemies had more ships then he For how many men reckonest thou me indeed the dignity of the Generall is much to be esteemed when it is sorted with prowesse and experience But where is there prowesse where experience if it be not in the Lord Therefore Iob excellently saith hee is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who hath hardned himselfe against him and hath prospered Iob. 9.4 Surely saith Dauid Psal 3.8 Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord. And the Prophet Esay saith Esay 43.11 I euen I am he and besides me there is no Sauiour For as none can deliuer out of his hand so none can deliuer as he can To the righteous he is a shield Psalme 5.12 To the weake strength Psalme 22.12 To the oppressed a refuge Psalme 9.9 To the persecuted a fortresse Psalme 91.2.9 To the Sun-burnt with afflictions he is a shadow To those that are exiled for righteousnesse sake bee is a well furnished habitation To the thirsty he is a well of water as to Sampson To the pursued he is a wall of defence as to the Israelites To the hungry hee is the bread of life To the faint he is a bed of downe To the miserable he is a deliuerer neither are his deliueries palliatiue cures easing as cold water in a feuer onely for the

of them both To what end hath the grace of Soluation appeared if not to this end to teach vs to liue godly in respect of our great and glorious maker and master to liue soberly in respect of our selues to liue iustly in respect of our neighbours if we haue with the ouerweening Pharisee great godlinesse in our philacteries fringes and care-seruice frequenting the Lectures of the Law not caring how wee liue we shall seeme holy without righteousnesse and if with the simple seduced Saduces we liue honestly and ciuilly but beleeue nor Angels spirits nor resurrection wee shall appeare righteous without holinesse either of these commeth short of that obedience which is required of God who will not be serued with holinesse only nor righteousnesse only but with both Againe to what end hath the Lord giuen vnto euery one a seuerall gift and talent in this present world if not for this end to employ them in Doing of good in our seuerall places to the glory of his name and good of his Church This matter then of Doing good concerning vs all is to be considered of vs all in particular Particularly the Magistrate must bee carefull to Doe good Vp and be Doing of good you Magistrates exercise your talents a great measure of well-doing is expected from you God and man call daily for it and you shall well performe it if you will rise betimes with Dauid and punish the workers of iniquity if in the zeale of Phineas you will execute iudgement in Israel if you will for the better examples sake sanctifie the Lords Sabbath your selues and command the sanctification of the same by others if you will countenance the good defend the fatherlesse take the cause of the poore into iust consideration weed out and root out from the city of the Lord all vnprofitable members inordinate walkers dissolute liuers search Ierusalem with lights for these linkers in the theeuish corners of the City which are the Deuils closets wherein he sits close studying and contriuing all villany and mischiefe and afterward put in execution take heed you winke not at these nourish them not but suppresse them let them not come in your way except it be to punish them hoc agite principatum quemgeritis ornare adorne your places with your carriage in so good a place Doe much good God hath put the sword in thy hand to doe this businesse therefore thou must doe it then goo on with cheerfulnesse and courage in thy place the Lord shall be with thee shew thy selfe a man Particularly the Minister of Gods word must be zealous of Doing good painfully labouring with wholsome doctrine threathing the thunder-claps of Gods iudgements against all impenitent workers of iniquity and pouring the balme of Gilead into the wounds of the distressed Samaritan opening the mystery of the word of life whereby many bee made wise vnto saluation and that the man of God may be perfectly furnished to euery good worke And in 〈◊〉 word euery particular degree of men high and low rich and poore publikely in the Church priuately in the family must exercise themselues in doing of good yeelding obedience to the commandements of God and labouring in their lines and conuersations to make a reall yea a royall manifestation of the fayth which they professe by Doing of some good But there is a more proper obiect of our Doing good namely to the poore wherein that wee may not any way mistake the Scripture hath set downe certaine cautions and confined vs to certaine limitations summarily cou ched in that prouerbiall verse viz. Est modus in dando quid cur cui quomedo quando Beyond which bounds wee may not passe Let vs take a running view of them Fiue rules are heere to bee obserued in our Doing good 1. What we giue 2. Why we giue 3. To whom we giue 4. How we giue 5. When we giue 1. What. We must giue that which is our owne honor the Lord with thy substance not another mans and with the first fruits of thine increase Prou. 3.9 2. Why must we giue Because God commands it loue the stranger Leu. 19.34 then loued when releeued because Christ demands it Date cleemosynam Luc. 11.41 hee that giues all requires but some a cup of cold water a crust of bread and because the spirit commends it for a sacrifice wherewith God is well pleased Heb. 13.16 The Rabbines say tithe and be rich the Lord giue and be rich he that giueth to the poore lendeth to the Lord Prou. 19.17 Qui miseretur proximo foeneratur Domino 3. To whom must we giue To all Gal. 6.10 While we haue time let vs doe good to all especially to the houshold of faith Thus God is rich in goodnesse vnto all euen his enemies in causing the sunne to rise vpon the iust and vniust Matt. 5. but especially to the faythfull which in regard of the small number are called a houshold these Dauid preferred O Lord my goodnes extendeth not to thee but to the Saints that are in the earth my delight is in them Psal 16.2.3 And as touching the poore wee must make discretion Steward of the Kitchin lest we prooue our selues guilty of foolish pity for there are of poore 1. impotent 2. labouring Seeke out these in the backe lanes if they seeke not thee and releeue them but for the idle poore and sturdy poore giue them not except it be a whip and a pasport and therin the more liberall the fewer beggars in Israel 4. How must wee giue The Apostle hath directed The Lord loueth a cheerefull giuer 2. Cor. 9.7 God loueth a willing giuer Againe abundantly hee that soweth sparingly shall reape sparingly and he that soweth plentifully shall reap plentifully To this end the oyle of our charity must be compounded rightly As Moses was commanded to put into the oyle certaine spices so God would haue euery Christian Almesgiuer to play the Druggist first our almes must be like myrrh which distils from the tree without cutting or incision so must charity without compulsion Secondly Cinamon hot in taste hot in operation so must our almes neither stone cold as Nabal nor lukewarme as Laodicea but hot as it is sayd of Iohn Baptist of Constantinople whose daily practise was to releeue the poore Thirdly Cassia as sweet as the former but low the embleme of humility so giue but not vainegloriously Fourthly Calamus an odoriferous powder but of a fragill reed So giue but acknowledge thy weakenesse thinke it not meritorious periculosa domus corum qui meritis sperant saith Bernard dangerous is that house which thinks to winne heauen by keeping house dangerous because ruinous no say you are vnprofitable seruants But lest I grow tedious Fiftly consider the time when we must giue while we haue time during our life thus was Dorcas sayd to bee full of good workes while she liued Salomon so aduifeth Prou. 3.28 Say not vnto thy neighbour goe and come againe to morrow and I will