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A01575	Two sermons One, the curse and crime of Meroz. Preached at the assises at Exon. The other, a sermon of patience. At St Maries in Oxford. By Edward Gee, Doctor in Diuinitie, and chaplaine to his Maiestie. Published since his death, by his two brethren, Iohn Gee and George Gee, ministers of Gods Word.	Gee, Edward, 1565-1618.; Gee, John, d. 1631.; Gee, George, b. 1574 or 5.	1620 (1620)	STC 11700; ESTC S103012	31,809	66

vertues 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gentlenesse and Longanimitie will doe no wrong and yet patiently endure the iniuries of others But Applica alasse now in these latter dayes wherein selfe loue hath quite deuoured the loue of Christ and our Brethren so nice and touchous are men become that they cannot endure the smallest wrongs nay the fumes arising from their testie and boyling stomacks do so disturbe their heads the seate and throne of iudgement that euerie trifle seemeth an iniurie to be prosecuted by rigor of Law nay by fire and sword or if abilitie and oportunitie be wanting at least by irreconcileable hate I deny not but if thou see that thy forbearance doth make thy enemie still more insolent insomuch that the Poets saying doth come to passe Veterem ferendo iniuriam inuitas nouam By bearing the old iniurie thou drawest on a new then mayest thou with good conscience seeke redresse of the Magistrate so thy minde be free from acerbitie of reuenge and onely intentiue vpon the iust defence of thy selfe As for the other two sorts of priuate reuenge they ought to be farre from euerie Christian heart Quest Yea but what if thou canst get no redresse by the Law What if a mightier than thy selfe oppresse thee What if the mind of the Iudges be not Answ set vpon equitie and right but turne Iustice into Wormewood and repell the iust complaint of the poore Sure if this come to passe it is no wonder beeing a vanitie as old as Salomon I haue seene saith he the place of iudgement where was wickednesse and the place of iustice where was iniquitie Eccles 3. Eccles 3.16 And therefore himselfe giues an Antidote against the poyson cap. 5. Cap. 5. ver 8. If in a Countrie thou seest the oppression of the poore and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice be not astonied at the matter for he that is higher then the highest regardeth and there be higher then they Here then if thou take vnto thee Patience it will dispell all the anguish of thy soule like vnto that wood wherewith Moses made the bitter waters of Marah sweet and pleasant Exod. 15.23 c. which thou mayst the better doe if thou lift vp thine eyes into heauen and consider that GOD regardeth and will in time make thee a full satisfaction for all thy wrongs Tertullian hath made an excellent Treatise of Patience full of fragrant and odoriferous flowers Tertullian whereof one is fit vnto this purpose Satis idoneus est patientiae sequester Deus si iniuriam deposueris penes eum vltor est si damnum restitutor est si dolorem medicus est si mortem resuscitator est Oh well is thee if thou make GOD the Vmpier of thy patience If thou puttest thy iniuries into his hands he will be thy auenger if thy losses he will be thy restorer if thy diseases hee will be thy Physitian if thy death he will be thy rayser vp againe so that thou shalt be sure to haue iustice either at the end of thy life when thou goest vnto the Lord or at the day of iudgement when the Lord shall come vnto thee Antiquitie did report that Achilles weapons which the Greekes did vniustly award vnto slie Vlysses were in a Shipwracke lost in the Sea and after by the waues thereof carryed vnto the Troian shore and layd vpon the Tombe of Aiax that had best right vnto them which whether it be a fable or true History it skils not much the Poets thereby would represent the course of Iustice which at the length preuaileth and getteth the vpper hand But we haue a more sure word my Brethren both of the Prophets and of Christ himselfe Act. 3.19 that a day of refreshing wil come and that euerie man shall be rewarded according to his workes the remembrance whereof makes vs to beare all oppression and tribulation with alacritie knowing that these light afflictions which continue but for a moment 2. Cor. 4.17 doe bring with them a farre more excellent and eternall weight of glorie In the Olympian combats he wan the garland that bestowed most blows vpon his fellow champion but in the Lists of Christ where GOD is our Agonotheta or Rewarder the blessed Angels our Spectators the holy Ghost our Annointer he beares away the Crowne that beares patiently the blowes of his aduersarie and in liew thereof returneth nothing but good turnes because he plainely shewes thereby that his enemie did beat the ayre onely and neuer touch him with his wrongs Which kind of conflict mans nature will better endure if he doe consider that his case who doth harme his brother is farre worse then he that receiueth wrong as Chrysostome doth well obserue Was not the adulterous wife of Potiphar Gen. 39 though ietting in her Palace farre more wretched and worse tormented then Ioseph in the Stockes Was not wicked Ahab in more miserable estate then poore Naboth that lost both his Vineyard and his life Yes surely 1. King 21. and so it is in euerie iniurie alike wherein the actor at one time or other time is vexed in his minde but he that suffereth hath matter of ioy when he considereth that his sufferings doe come from the wil of God and so doth remit all anger against those that are the doers thereof 2. Sam. 16. like as good Dauid did patiently beare the reproches of Shemei when he considered that the finger of the Lord was therin and remembred that though his good name were abused yet the Lord would through his constant enduring make his righteousnesse as cleare as the light and his iust dealing as the noone-day Psal 37.6 And thus let euerie one as Paul willeth the Romans Rom. 12.21 learne not to be ouercome of euill but to ouercome euill with goodnesse The second part Of patience toward God Part 2 NOw it remaineth that I should speake of that Patience which we are to vse toward God which how necessarie it is will easily appeare if we consider that no part of the worship of GOD can be without it Leuit. 2.13 For as no sacrifice could be without salt so can no part of Religion be practised aright without this patience Witnesse the hearing of the Word preached the doore and entrance vnto life which if it be not patiently continued vnto the end what will it bring but that curse Prou. 28.9 He that withdraweth his eare from hearing the Word his Prayer is abhominable Witnesse the practise of godly life which if it be impatiently broken off doth heare The dogge is returned to his vomit 2. Pet. 2.22 and the Sow that was washed to the wallowing in the myre Witnesse our inuocation and prayers Aug. in Ps 88. which as Austin notes vpon the 88. Psalm are many times repelled of God that as a flame of fire which is blowne backward they may returne and be more ardent and therefore vnlesse they

he must carefully learne But if you scorne to learne your dutie of Heathenish people I commend vnto you the example of holy Iob Iob 29. who said and no doubt truely of himselfe being in place of iudgement as you are I put on iustice and it couered me Iob. 29 14. my iudgement was as a robe and a Crowne I was eyes vnto the blind and feet vnto the lame I was a father vnto the poore And lest you should thinke he was more pittifull then iust marke what followeth And when I knew not a cause I diligently sought it out Thus if you doe the eare that heares you shall blesse you and the eye that sees you shall witnesse vnto you and the blessing of him that is readie to perish shall come vpon you But if on the other side you shal either take a reward to hurt the innocent or hinder the right of the Stranger the widow and the Fatherlesse yea or doe this worke of the Lord negligently Deut. 27. and vnfaithfully Cursed shall you be in the field and cursed in the towne cursed shall bee your basket and your dowe Cursed shall be the fruit of your bodies the fruit of your Land the increase of your Kine and the flockes of your sheepe In a word all the curses of the Law like so many thunderbolts shall light vpon you and Let all the people say Amen FINIS A SERMON OF PATIENCE Preached at S. Maries in Oxford BY EDWARD GEE Then Fellow of Brasen-nose Colledge Since Doctor of Diuinitie and one of his MAIESTIES Chaplaines in Ordinarie And now published for the benefit of others BY his two brethren IOHN GEE and GEORGE GEE Ministers of Gods Word LONDON Printed by W. S. for Nathaniel Butter and are to be sold at his shop neere S. Austins-gate at the signe of the Pyde Bull. 1620. A SERMON OF PATIENCE IAMES 5. VERS 7. Be patient therefore Brethren vnto the comming of the Lord Behold the Husbandman waiteth c. AS they that build in friths and armes of the Sea right Worshipfull and well beloued doe at a low water fortifie the place with some strong wire to keep away the tide lest their worke should be ouercome by the reflowing Ocean euen so the children of God who are spiritually to be builded vpon the earth as in the raging sea of troubles and afflictions must in the tranquillitie of their mind sence themselues with the inexpugnable bulwarke of Patience lest when crosses doe happen which happen at one time or other vnto all the deepes of heauinesse breaking out should ouerflow their soules and beare downe the precious edifice of faith and pietie begun in them The which poynt of heauenly wisdome wishing to be rooted in your religious breasts I haue made choyce of these words of Saint Iames wherein he doth sweetly comfort the poore Christians of his time who being as Lillies among the Thornes were pricked and rent with the iniuries and oppressions of their fellow brethren Prou. And albeit this my Text may seeme to be like vnto that Wine Salomon aduised to giue onely to those that haue griefe of heart that drinking they may forget their pouertie and remember their miserie no more yet if by your patient attention you shall shew that you loue and imbrace this excellent vertue of patience I shal by the assistance of Gods Spirit make it plain that euerie one which heareth mee may receiue some wholsome instruction out of this Text wherein there be contained Two principall parts 1. The Exhortation Bee patient Brethren 2. The Motiue of this patience which is the fountain of all Christian comfort namely 2. Thessa 1.6 7. The comming of our Lord when as he shall recompence tribulation vnto them that trouble and vnto them that are troubled rest But because flesh and bloud being impatient of delay will straight reply Oh but that day is farre hence and the hope thereof being deferred is the fainting of the heart hee therefore meeteth with that exception by a double reason the one taken from the example of Husbandmen who doe patiently waite for the former and later raine to receiue onely the fruit of the earth the reddition of which comparison being implyed is that we should much more patiently expect the great haruest of the Lord wherein we that now gee weeping and sow precious seede Psal 126.5 6. shall ioyfully reape the blessed sheaues of immortalitie In the other reason he vtterly denyeth the obiection and vrgeth that the comming of the Lord is neere at hand and so iterateth his exhortation incouraging them to be patient and to settle their hearts This I take to be the true meaning and most naturall analysis of my Text all the parts whereof I intend not particularly to handle at this time but in the exhortation to insert the reasons being as it were the sinewes and bones wherein the strength and vigour of the exhortation doth consist First then wee must vnderstand that this holy patience whereunto the Apostle doth stirre vs vp is not a quiet sufferance of euils arising either from a sencelesse stupiditie of the mind which is but brutish or from some morall good end which is but Heathenish or from some bad and euill purpose which is but diuellish Definitio but it is a sacred vertue and slip of charitie engraffed in vs by the holy Ghost wherby we entirely submitting our wils vnto the will of God doe chearefully beare all wrongs crosses and afflictions without grudging at men or repining at God and that for the glorie of his name for the benefit of his Church and for the performance of his Commandements The which heroicall vertue being farre aboue the reach of mans naturall powers it pleased the Lord to teach by a rare example the wonder and astonishment of all ages For behold he that was impassible and could suffer nothing did as it were euacuate himselfe that he might suffer all things and become a perfect mirrour of patience for vs to behold whose onely death if it be duely considered is most effectuall to appease all vnquiet and tumultuous humors in our hearts What contumelies did he suffer what iniuries did he endure what torments did he beare and yet neuer complained Isay 33.7 Mat. 26.67 Mark 8.23 but stood as a harmelesse Sheepe before the Shearer not opening his mouth They reprochfully spit vpon his face who had a little before restored the blind by his spittle They reuiled that name which maketh all creatures both Angels Phil. 2.9.10 Math. 27.29 and men and Diuels to tremble They buffeted him with the palmes of their hand and crowned him with thornes who crowneth his children with garlands of glorie and putteth palmes of victorie into their hands They stripped him of his robes and gaue him gall and vinegar to drinke Math. 27.31 34. Math. 26.28 that had drunken vnto them the cup of the new Testament in his bloud and had prepared a robe of righteousnesse