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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78568	A further vindication of the Church of England, with advice to all emperours and kings of the Romish faith Also some arguments used to prove the Church of Rome no true church, but antichristian and bloody. By William Chandler.	Chandler, William.	1682 (1682)	Wing C1935A; ESTC R229536	12,548	33

the Quakers who break the Bands of love and Charity with us of the true Episcopal Church of England I wish their Repentance may be their Punishment Saint Paul in the Acts of the Apostles when he was brought before Ananias the High-Priest when he commanded him to be smitten Paul reviled him and called him Thou whited wall c. those that stood by told Paul Dost thou revile Gods High-Priest Paul rebuked himself and said I wist not that he was the High-Priest it is written by Moses thou shalt not revile the Gods nor speak evil of the Ruler of my People I fear and 't is much to be feared that many of these Dissenters have spoke evil and reviled the King and Gods Priests and spoke evil of the Ruler of Gods People Again They break the bond of Love in going out from us because they were not of us If they had been of us they would have kept with us saith Saint John They break the Bond of Charity which cause Divisions as saith S. Paul Mark them which cause Divisions and avoid them contrary to the Doctrine which we have learned for they serve not the Lord Jesus A third sort of men to be reproved are those which neither love God nor their Neighbour nor themselves but covetously and miserably pinch both back and belly to heap up Riches and they know not who shall inherit them and set their hearts upon their Money-bags and as it were make them their Gods The love of Money is the root of all Evil saith the Apostle and hath caused men to run into divers Errours Now the Lord grant that all those that have broken the Bonds of Love and Charity with us may see their Errours and repent the Lord give them Grace that they may with true love and charity come in to us again they they with us and we with them may serve the Lord in true love and sincerity to the Glory of God and the benefit of our Souls at the last day that we may be received into those everlasting Mansions where there shall be no Division but Peace Unity and Love Saint Paul tells us that Charity shall cover a multitude of Sins O my Beloved let us therefore embrace Charity for it will cover a multitude of our sins How ought we therefore to prize this great Grace of Love which is Charity and walk therein for it proceedeth from the Spirit of God and is one of the great Fruits of the Holy Ghost and to make such use of it in our Lives and Conversations as becometh good Christians that our Love may be to God and to our Neighbour in deed and in truth that God may dwell in us and we in him and if we do these things we shall never fall If you would fulfill the Royal Law according to the Scriptures You must love your Neighbour as your self Jam. 2.8 We come now to the next Branch of Charity which is Good Works In this Epistle of St. James Chap. 2. ver 14. and so to the end of the Chapter it is said what doth it profit my Brethren though a man have faith and have not Works can faith save him If a Brother or Sister be naked and destitute of daily food and one of you say unto him depart in peace be you warmed and be you filled notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body what doth it profit Even so Faith if it have not works is dead it being alone Yea a man may say thou hast Faith and I have Works shew me thy Faith without thy works and I will shew thee my Faith by my Works Thou believest there is one God thou dost well the Devils also believe and tremble But wilt thou know O vain man that Faith without Works is dead Was not Abraham our Father justified by Works when he Offered up his Son Isaac upon the Altar Seest thou how Faith wrought with his Works and by Works was Faith made perfect You see then that by Works a man is justified and not by Faith only As the Body without the Spirit is dead so Faith without works is dead also You see my beloved that 't is the benefit of Good Works which makes our Faith perfect it brings us much into the favour of God He that gives to the poor lends to the Lord and doubtless he will pay us again with blessings Temporal and Spiritual If we lend him our Earthly Treasure he will pay us again with Heavenly Treasure which is far better God loveth us if we give chearfully for God loveth a chearful giver To do good and to communicate to the poor forget not for with such Sacrifices God is well pleased Love and Good Works make our Faith to shine in its lustre like precious Jewels in a Kings Crown Faith Hope and Charity may be compared to the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden whereof Faith is the Stock Hope is the Branches and Charity which is Love and Good Works is the Fruit which hangs on the Tree of Life and they that eat of that Fruit shall live for ever in the Kingdom of Heaven Again Good Works which proceed from love will go with us to the Day of Judgment and plead for us for Saint John saith in the Revelations Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labour and their works follow them You see here my beloved that the benefit of our Charity will follow us after death and will not leave us till we come to Heaven It is to be feared the want of Good Works was the Cause why Christ pronounced that Sentence against those that fawned on him as it is said in S. Matthews Gospel the seventh Chapter the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Verses where Christ saith Many will say unto me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy Name and in thy Name have cast out Devils and in thy Name done many wondrous works I shall profess to them I never knew them depart from me ye workers of Iniquity You would think those Ministers to be Saints who have prophesied in Gods Name and in his Name have cast out Devils and in his Name done many wondrous works If those that in Christ's Name work Miracles and in his Name do many wondrous works be called by Christ Workers of Iniquity and bid depart from him he never knew them what will become of such in the end of the World who do no Good Works O all you that are called of God to be Ministers of his Gospel and are of the Church of England the Lord grant you may be found in all Good Works that while you preach to others your selves may not be counted Castaways nor found amongst those whom Christ calls Workers of Iniquity Now the Lord grant every one of us from the King to the Ministers of Gods Word and to all the rest of the People that