Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	david_n	hate_v	hatred_n	1,155	5	10.0548	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20724	An apostolicall injunction for unity and peace. Or, a sermon preached by George Downame Master of Arts of Christs Colledge in Cambridge, to the parishioners of Saint Stephens in Walbrooke, at his departure from them	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1639 (1639)	STC 7108; ESTC S110125	23,771	45

make peace on earth and that done come againe and you shall be accepted to give glory to Heaven and not before Have Peace therefore with all men especially with those that are of the houshold of Faith with all men not absolutely but upon these conditions The Apostle tels us the first Follow peace saith he and holinesse they must go still together never purchase peace with the losse of holinesse If I must by keeping peace with men warre with my God and offend my Conscience and betray the Truth I will resolve to be contentious still and so farre from following of peace that I will proclaime open warre and hang out my flags of defiance against all the world I will refuse and defie that peace that cannot be had but upon such hard tearms I am sure I have a good warrant for 't the Prophet David was of this minde hee accounted Peace a good and a comely thing but it must be among Brethren those that hate God he will hate they that are Gods enemies shall be his Enemies Doe I not hate them O God that hate thee and am I not grieved with those that rise up against thee Yea I hate them with a perfect hatred I account them my enemies Psal. 139.21 22 And yet cum odio habemus vitia personas prosequimur charitate saith Peter Martyr Though we hate their Vices we must love their Persons otherwise it will prove a devillish malice and not a Godly hatred hate therefore the Sin but love the Man Secondly Harken to the Apostle Rom. 12.18 If it be possible and as much as in you lies live peaceably with all men Fac qaod tuum est ostende alacritatem animi promptitudinem Do what lies in you shew your cheerfulnesse and readines of minde to entertain Peace It 's true it is not in you to put into other men a peaceable disposition but see that there be no stand on your behalfe and then your dutie is discharged Lastly This must be understood as meant in a private or personall cause that we are thus eagerly to follow and pursue after peace Otherwise if the cause be publique or doe concerne others if it tend to the undoing or betraying of our neighbour in such cases as these a man hath a Sanctuary provided him even the Law which hee may lawfully flie unto yet so as hee still remember to ensue Peace and be as ready upon any reasonable termes to lay hold on it This is a Doctrine never out of season but especially at this time when Kingdomes halfe disjoynted are united I pray God continue it especially at this time when all the World are together by the eares and wee in safety especially at this time when you are to receive the communion of the body and bloud of our Saviour Christ which is the Sacrament of Peace and a Seale of our union and communion with Christ our Head and with one another where you are all to eat of the same spirituall meat where you are all to drink of the same spirituall drink when then should you be friends and at peace among your selves if not now I require and charge you before him that knoweth the hearts and tryeth the reins of all men that if any of you have a grudging against me against him against anyone that you doe not dare to approach that holy Table before you disgorge your stomacks lay down your malice and be friends First goe and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy Gift Thus if you performe the Apostles precept you shall not faile of his promise Be of one minde and live in peace and the God of Love and Peace shall be with you Some take this for a blessing others for a promise it may be either or both for first not only the power to Pray to Preach to give the Sacraments but also the power to blesse you that are Gods people is annexed and is a branch of Ours of the Priests office Thus God commanded Aaron and his sonnes to blesse the people Numb 6. Thus our blessed Saviour blessed his Disciples at his departure from them Luke 24. He lift up his hands and blessed them and this was the custome in the Primitive Church at the end of the Liturgie ever to dismisse the assembly with a blessing before which was pronounced not a man of them would stir like good Iacob Non demittam te nisi benedixeris mihi I will not let thee go till thou hast blessed me Esau himselfe lift up his voice and wept for a blessing yea He cryed with a great and exceeding bitter cry and said unto his Father blesse me even me also O my Father Such a vertue held they in it but an evil custome hath prevailed with our people away they go without blessing as if it were not worth the taking with them I marvell how they will be inheritors of the blessing hereafter that seeme to set so little by it now if they ever intend to heare Come yee blessed me thinks they should not now runne from the blessing none of the Apostles did so but one and that was Iudas and you know what followed hee went out and hanged himself But as this is a wish or blessing of the Apostle so it is likewise a promise upon the performance of those duties where you may observe that as God is wont to proportionate mens punishments to their sins so doth he heer their rewards to their vertues if wee live in love and peace the God of Love and Peace wil live with us I would we were but truly possest of the greatnesse of this blessing I would we did but know what it were to have God to be with us not as hee was with Moses in a fiery Bush not as he was with the Israelites upon Mount Sinai in Thunder and Lightning but as hee was with Elias in a still small voice in Love and Peace And contrariorum eadem est ratio If it be so great a blessing to the godly to have God with them then what an ineffable curse is it to the wicked to have God from them and so have all they that live in strife and discord they are without God in the world here and they shall be without him hereafter if you will credit Saint Paul who saith that they that live in hatred variance emulations strife seditions heresies envyings c. shall not inherit the Kingdome of God If it be possible therefore and as much as in you lies live peaceably with all men yea seeke peace and ensue it what ever it cost you whither whether pleasure or profit or credit or whatever else slack not nor give over till thou hast atchieved it So will I make bold to make good the promise of the Apostle to you and it shall be my finall Benediction Deus Charitatis the God of Love and Peace shall be with you He shall be