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father_n	ghost_n	person_n	trinity_n	16,077	5	9.9221	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10903	A sermon of loue Instructing all men to vnite and ioyne themselues in hearty loue, and Christian charitie with one another. Preached at Folkestone, a maior towne in Kent. By Francis Rogers, Batchelor in Diuinity; and sometimes fellow of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge.	Rogers, Francis, d. 1638.	1613 (1613)	STC 21174; ESTC S112048	24,461	54

anone hee breaketh his legge then hee is in vvant againe now his House is burnt and so in infinitum our life being a Sea of Glasse as tumultuous as the sea as brittle as glasse The loue of men in these dayes is like to the Sunne whose nature is to dispell darknesse and lay all things open to euery mans view so our loue is like the Sunne in disclosing and talking of our neighbours faults and infirmities like vnto Flyes in the Summer time which if there be but one galled piece on the horse backe they will be licking there and let the sound flesh alone so the conditions of vs in this age is to be talking and taxing our brothers faults neuer commending his vertues but hearken what our Sauiour saith Hipocrite Mat. 7.5 first plucke the beame out of thine owne eye and then looke into the moate which is in thy brother eye hee which is without sinne himselfe let him be censuring his brothers sinne hee is a foole which hath his owne house on fire and letteth it burne and so runne to looke vpon the fire on his neighbours house euen so hee is vnwise which doth not clense his owne soule from sinne but is espying faults in his Brothers life Others there are which will not openly disclose their neighbours infirmities but as the Sunne shineth through a little creuisse and small grate so they will secretly carry newes and tales of all they see and heare and these are the fire-brands of much dissention Prou. 26.20 for Salomon saith Take away wood the fire goeth out so take away a tale-bearer and contention ceaseth and indeede it is as great a sinne to heare as to tell tales and there would neuer be one tongue in the head to tell tales if there were not two eares on the out-side of the head to heare tales But indeede our loue should be like vnto the Sunne in his Circle sursum deo●sum dextrorsum sinistrorsum the Sunne in the morning ariseth so our loue must goe vpwards we must loue our Superiours and not enuy them the Sunne at euening goeth downewards so our loue must descend wee must loue our inferiours and not despise them the Sunne shineth on the right hand so vvee must loue our friends and not offend them the Sunne shineth on the left hand so vvee must loue our enemies and pray to God for them Briefely to shut vp all seeing my beloued that the wayes of God are the wayes of peace Prou. 3. seeing it is a good and pleasant thing for brethren to liue together in vnitie Psal 133.1 seeing Loue is the Christian mans bagde whereby hee must be knowne Iohn 13.35 By this shall all men know if yee be my Disciples if yee loue one another seeing Blessed are the peace-makers Matth. 5.9 for they shall be called the Children of God seeing the Apostles in their Epistles wish to them to whom they write Grace and Peace from God the Father and our Lord Iesus Christ seeing the Angels at the birth of Christ did sing this Song Glory be to God on high Luke 2.14 peace on earth good will towards men seeing our Sauiour willed his Disciples into what house they entred to say Peace be vnto this house Luke 10.5 seeing Christ Iesus dyed to make peace betweene God and man seeing at his death the last Legacie he bequeathed vnto his Disciples was Peace My peace I giue vnto you Iohn 14.27 my peace I leaue among you the first blessing after his Resurrection he desired God to bestow vpon them was Peace Iohn 2.19 Peace be vnto you seeing the God whom wee serue is the God of peace 1 Cor. 14.33 let vs therefore labour and endeuour to be in loue and charitie with all men to seeke peace and follow after it and as freely to forgiue others their trespasses against vs as wee desire God to forgiue vs our trespasses against him And as the Toade before hee drinketh doth cast vp all his poyson so let vs before wee presume to taste of the heauenly foode of Gods Word disgorge all rancour and malice least otherwise God espying vs without our Wedding-Garment of Charitie Mat. 22.11 bid that wee be taken and bound hand and foote and cast into vtter darknesse where is nothing but weeping and gnashing of teeth Philip. 2.1 Wherefore with S. Paul I beseech you brethren if there be any consolation in Christ in you any comfort of loue any fellowship of the spirit any compassion or mercy be yee like minded hauing the same loue being of one accord and of one iudgement that nothing be done through contention and vaine glory but as in the Trinitie three persons make but one God as in Christ Iesus two natures his God-head and his man-hood make but one person as in the Sunne are many beames yet but one light as many graines of corne make but one loafe of bread as many grapes make but one cup of wine so wee though wee are many and diuers yet being ioyned together in harty loue wee may make but one Church and one body whose head is Christ Iesus in heauen and thus being lincked together in Christian Charitie wee may all of vs from the highest to the lowest from the richest to the poorest from the eldest to the youngest with one voyce with one heart and with one consent sing forth and set forth the prayses of God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ To God the Father to God the Sonne to God the holy Ghost three Persons in Trinitie but one true and euer-liuing God in essence and in vnitie be ascribed and giuen as is due all honour and glory and power from this time forth for euermore Amen 2 CORINTH 13.11 Finally brethren fare yee well be perfect be of good comfort be of one minde liue in peace and the God of loue and peace shall be with you FINIS