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A10928	The vvild vine: or, An exposition on Isaiah's parabolicall song of the beloued: Isa. 5. 1,2,3, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, pastor of Messing in Essex; Strange vineyard in Palæstina	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1632 (1632)	STC 21200; ESTC S116115	254,274	348

this is the portion of their cup. He will indeed iudge the iust man for his transgressions in this life but m Psal 68.21 hee will wound the head of his enemies and the hairy pate of him that walketh on in his trespasses Yea in n 2 Thess 1.8 9. flaming fire shall God come taking vengeance on them that know him not and that obey not the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christ and they shall be punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power o Reuel 6.15 16 Then shall the Kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chiefe Captaines and the mightie men and euery bond-man and euery free-man whose names are not written in the Lambes Booke hide themselues in dens and in the rockes of the mountaines And say to the mountaines and rockes Fall on vs and hide vs from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lambe But as it was with the old world when God rained from heauen the greatest showre that euer the earth did or shall sustaine their shifts were bootlesse so will it now be They then thought to ouer-climbe the iudgement and haste vp to the highest mountaines and being there with some hope looke downe on the swimming valleyes But alas the water begins to ascend to their refuged hilles and within a small time the place of their hopes becomes an Iland now they hitch vp higher to the tops of the tallest trees but soone after the waters following ouertake them halfe dead with hunger and with horror Thus those mountaines could not saue those in that day of water nor these mountaines these in this day of fire for the very heauen p Verse 14. shall depart as a scrowle that is rolled vp together and euery mountaine and Iland shall be moued out of their places and what hope then remaines in them of securitie or refuge Tremble tremble at this all you vngodly ones q Psal 4. Stand in awe and sinne no more A iudgement is reserued for you deceiue your selues no longer Weaknesse in Gods children must be corrected and shall wickednesse in you escape vnpunished Is it possible you should thinke it Mee thinkes it is a thing impossible you should be so senselesse No no if God thus afflict his children he will neuer suffer disobedient bastards to goe free hee whips the one with rods hee will scourge the other with Scorpions For r Prou. 11.31 Behold the righteous shall be recompenced in the earth and therefore much more the wicked and the sinner And this for the first vse A second followes This serues for admonition to the best that they beware Vse 2 of sinne for if they will take libertie to breake Gods lawes let them looke for stripes God loueth his like a wise Father aiming at their good and chuseth rather to profit than to please and not fondly and effeminatly like some foolish mother who giues her selfe to follow the foolish lusts and appetite of her childe he hath his rod lie by him and will discipline vs and if we enter into a course of sinning he will reclaime vs by his chastisements And therefore let no man thinke nor say he is safe because he hath some assurance of his election and therefore cannot be depriued of saluation For though thou beest in the state of happinesse for the life to come yet thou maist fall into great misery in this life present Dauid was as well elected as thy selfe and as safe from being condemned as thou art or canst be and yet such calamities befell him as made him Å¿ Psal 32 4. groane and crie yea roare so that his bloud was dried vp and his moisture was like vnto the drought in Summer yea he felt as great anguish as if his bones had beene broken or all out of ioynt and therefore be not high minded but feare For it is not the vertues that thou hast that can be a warrant to thee to fall in vice nor yet thy profession or religion no nor yet election that will keepe the rod from off thy backe if thou play the foole in committing folly I confesse God will not wipe out those whose names he hath written in the booke of life nor damne any of his elect which are in Christ yet if they or any of them wax wanton hee will whip them to the purpose and make them tame The Magistrate wee know hath many punishments for offenders besides death and gallowes hee hath the stocks the whipping-post the pillory the gaole And so hath God more iudgements besides damnation hee hath his stocks his whip his little-ease his purgatory for his owne in this world though hee doe not reprobate them yet hee may so hide his face and conceale their pardon from them as that they may finde little difference betwixt a reprobate and themselues t Psal 2.10 11 12. Be wise now therefore oh yee Christians bee instructed all yee godly of the earth Serue the Lord with feare and reioice with trembling Kisse the sonne lest hee bee angry and yee perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little Blessed are all they that put their trust in him Vse 3 And lastly from hence much Comfort may bee gathered in as much as afflictions doe not disable vs from being Gods It was Gedeons weaknesse to argue Gods absence by them u Iudg. 6.13 If the Lord be with vs why then is all this befallen vs saith he Fond nature thinkes God should not suffer the winde to blow vpon his deare ones because her selfe makes this vse of her owne indulgence But wee shall reade * Heb. 11.36 37. that none out of the place of torment haue suffered such or so many afflictions as his dearest children There is no reason then why we should imagine that Gods fauour is the lesse towards vs when we are exercised though with great and heauy afflictions for x Prou. 3.10 whom he loueth he doth chastise and neerest to God fullest of sorrowes as one saith y Clem. Alexand. well Hence is it that the Apostle enformeth vs after this sort z Heb. 12.5 13. My sonne despise not the chastening of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him For whom the Lord loueth he chasteneth and scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth If you endure chastening God dealeth with you as with sonnes For what sonne is hee whom the father chasteneth not But if you be without chastisement whereof all are partakers then are you bastards and not sonnes Furthermore we haue had fathers of our flesh which corrected vs and wee gaue them reuerence shall we not much rather be in subiection vnto the Father of spirits and liue For they verily for a few daies chastened vs after their owne pleasure but he for our profit that wee might be partakers of his holinesse Now no chastening for the present

THE WILD VINE OR AN EXPOSITION ON ISAIAH'S PARABOLICALL Song of the Beloued Isa 5.1 2 3 c. By NEHEMIAH ROGERS Pastor of Messing in Essex Yet I had planted thee a noble vine wholly a right seed How then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine vnto me Ier. 2.21 LONDON Printed for Edward Brewster and are to be sold at his Shop at the Signe of the Bible at the great North doore of Pauls 1632. TO The Right Honourable and truly Noble Lord ROBERT Earle of Warwick Lord RICH Baron of Leeze c. Encrease of Honour here and euerlasting Glory hereafter Right Honorable Lord MAy it please you to take in good worth this my bold attempt in that vpon so little knowledge and far lesse deserts I haue aduentured so far as to grace these my weake labours with your Noble name Besides some personall and particular respects which I here let passe I haue had some generall inducements hereunto and this aboue the rest Your Honours loue vnto the Truth and great regard of the Ministerie thereof which your more than ordinarie paines taking to heare holy Instructions together with the great respect your Honour giues to such as bring glad tidings of peace whose feet and much more their face Rom. 10.15 are esteemed by you as beautifull are sufficient arguments to euince By which and other fruits of pietie you still merit renowne to your Noble Name and are zealously honoured of al that know you and loue goodnesse into which number I hopefully presuming haue thrust my selfe as being loth to bee hindmost in that acknowledgement which is so nobly deserued and ioyfully rendered of all desiring as far as in me lieth to make knowne vnto the world that grace which lies lodged in your noble brest which being vnited to your greatnesse maketh so happie a composition as that they who had no more than Natures light esteemed it only for true a Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus Iuven. Nobilitie For whereas greatnesse makes some men scornefull and imperious yet what b Nec quicquam in te mutavit fortunae amplitudo nisi ut prodesse tantundem posses velles Plin. epist ad Vespas Plinius reports of Vespasian may be truly said of you It hath changed nothing in you but this that your power to doe good should bee answerable to your will Yea it may be iustly thought that your Honour would teach men to take the measure of your greatnesse by your goodnesse of so euen a length and equall pace are they And indeed so it must be for should Honour out-runne Honestie it would hardly bee ouertaken But I must remember to whom I speake euen to such a one as careth not for long salutations in the Markets I haue done when I haue once againe craued pardon for my boldnesse and humbly requested at your Honours hands whose goodnesse hath not wont to magnifie it selfe more in giuing than in receiuing such like holy presents acceptation and countenance to what is here offered by a thankfull heart As for the Matter herein handled I will not feare to say it deserues it And for the Manner I must say it needs it whatsoeuer it bee bee it not as it should be yet my will wisheth it to be well but as it is I humbly betake it to your Honours fouourable protection And so your Honour to the protection of the Highest Your Honours humbly and officiously deuoted in all dutie NEHEMIAH ROGERS TO The right vertuous and truly zealous Ladie FRANCIS Countesse of Warwicke and wife to the Right Honorable Lord ROBERT Earle of Warwick c. Encrease of Honour here and euerlasting Glory hereafter Right Noble Lady MY attempt may seeme a wonder but where IVDGEMENT searcheth out the cause and Prudence guideth Wisdome to weigh the circumstance the conceit of wondermēt ceaseth What hath induced mee to ioyne you with your Honourable Lord needs no long relation God hath cemented and combined you together with the neerest strongest bands and therefore I in my due honoring of both presume to conioyne you both in this one Dedication What is conceiued and reported of your Honours worth thorow all our Countrey I must passe ouer in silence for well I know your excellent modestie will not suffer such though deserued a relation Your Honour rather affecting to doe things deseruing Fame than Fame it selfe And like the fixed starres the higher God hath set you the lesse you desire to seeme I confesse I am as yet but a Stranger in these parts yet must he be more strange that meeteth not with the report of your Honours vertues whose diligent paines in gaining knowledge of holy things and conscionable practise of what you know whose humble sober wise courteous and modest cariage rare vertues to be found in Ladies of so high a place and ranke are so many tongues and mouthes and pens without mine to publish your due praises And though through the corruption of these times this age is growne so base as that one cannot thinke any to be the better or the worse for the report that flies of them vnlesse they be eye-witnesses either of their good or ill yet where the sound is all so honourable I dare be confident of an holy inclination gratious disposition which hath giuen me such encouragement as that I haue little need to misdoubt either your Honours acceptation of this Treatise or to aduise your vse for I perswade my selfe that you wil not only view the title and Epistle as the fashion of most Patrons is but the whole book also in some of those houres which your Honour redeemes I dare say for soule employments from those idle and excessiue customes wherein too many Ladies please themselues and none else But I know that your Honor will be better pleased if I turne praises into praiers therefore I will endeuour to supply that want this way beseeching the God of Maiestie and mercy to sanctifie your heart yet more and more who with the New-yeere giue you new supplies of the graces of his Spirit and gratiously to encrease in you the ground of all true Honor Goodnesse Let me not offend in offering so meane a worke to so worthy a Personage the weaker it is the more need hath it of a worthy Patron therefore I humbly betake it to your Honours fouourable protection And so your Honour to the protection of the Highest Your Honours humbly and officiously deuoted in all dutie NEHEMIAH ROGERS TO THE READER HE that feasts high Estates must seeke out for forraine Cookeries and fantasticall dishes to please their pallats but hee that in true charitie inuites home his plaine honest neighbours doth well enough if he prouide such homely fare as shall be competent and befitting men of meaner qualitie It is the plaine Country-man I feast commonly called the Good-man And therefore for thee Reader to expect any curious Diuision rare Inuention or Rhetoricall composition in this

Ministers must labour herein and not Vse 1 content our selues with idle or intricate discourses further than to lay them as grounds for exhortation A lesson without vse u Bernards Faith Sheph. saith one is as a deuised thing idly without end And it is lesse cunning to giue a precept than to shew aptly the vse thereof Wee are Stewards now saith the Apostle * 1 Cor. 4.1 2. It is required in stewards that a man be found faithfull Faithfull first in prouiding wholesome food for the whole family and secondly in a wise distribution of the prouision giuing to euery one in the house their portion Thus must we first see our prouision be good and seasonable deliuering not for Doctrine mens precepts nor the fancies and inuentions of our owne braines which fill full of winde and not sound nourishment And secondly giue euery one their part out of the wholesome word of life Comfort to whom comfort belongs and Iudgement to whom iudgement belongs making difference not seruing all alike nor sending that to the Masters board which was prouided for the men for there is no faithfulnesse in this but setting before euery one what is fittest for him giuing the bread of consolation to the childe and the whip and staffe of reprehension to the dog This is the course whereby holy doctrine is fastened as with nailes by the Masters of Assemblies And the want of this is the cause why many mens paines are so liuelesse fruitlesse for as rich man discoursing of bread to a hungrie begger or a Physitian describing his Patients disease and leauing him to himselfe so is a Preacher not applying Or as a whole loafe set before children would doe them no good for they might starue well enough vnlesse it be diuided So is a generall Doctrine amongst our auditors In it selfe indeed it is nourishable but being not applied it seldome is so to them I end this Vse with a Meditation of a Worthy of our times x Dr. Halls Vowes and Meditations third Cent. Med. 35. Those that are all in Exhortation no whit in Doctrine are like to them that snuffe the candle but powre not in oyle Those that are all in Doctrine and nothing in Exhortation drowne the wike in oile but light it not making it fit for vse if it had fire put to it but as it is rather capable of good than profitable in present Doctrine without Exhortation makes men all braine no heart Exhortation without Doctrine makes the heart full but leaues the braine emptie Both together makes a man One makes him wise the other good One serues that we may know our dutie the other that we may performe it In both which wee must labour and who can say in whether most Men cannot practise vnlesse they know and in vaine they know if they practise not Let none thinke I take vpon mee to taske or censure any I only as my dutie is and occasion giuen mee by this our Prophets practise labour to shew what we ought to doe Vse 2 And now for Hearers let them learne to suffer with meeknesse the word to be brought home and applied close vnto their consciences and quietly to receiue that which is their appointment In these misinding daies faith one it is a hard matter to ouerreach the Deuill if we let sinne alone his kingdome flourisheth if wee strike at him and hit not the bough he sits on we moue him not if we hit him by taking the very sinne on the head then we are iudged partial personall and wreakers of our owne spleene Hence growes the quarrell betwixt vs and you for were it not for speciall application we should please you well enough but because we tell you the truth we are become your enemies Beloued if it were profitable for you it were peaceable for vs to shoot at Rouers and speake at randome but both our dutie and your necessitie cals for particular application Art thou a blasphemer a Sabbath-breaker an vngodly vsurer or such like Why then thou hast thy portion appointed thee and that is brimstone and fire it is somewhat hot indeed but this is the portion of thy cup y Psal 11.6 as the Psalmist speaketh this is appointed for thee to drinke Art thou angry with thy Minister for telling thee this If then beest thou hast little reason for it For where is the fault in thee or him I pray thee heartily repent and amend thy life and such things shall not be spoken to thee become a childe and thou shalt haue a childs part the bread of consolation But while thou continuest thus profane and dissolute looke for no other than the whip of reprehension and content thy selfe therewith if thou wilt become no better Yea let euery one helpe the Minister in this his labour and learne to apply what is taught to their owne consciences accusing or excusing We vsually heare the word as we doe newes out of forraigne Countries as not pertaining to our selues and come to heare Sermons as women come to costly banquets to pocket vp and carry away for others that are at home more than for themselues or as they doe at Feasts laying liberally on their neighbours trenchers letting their owne lie empty Thus when we heare any sinne threatned or disgraced we can post it off to others Oh such a one is met withall and that is for him But heare not so idly the Lord speakes to thee and intends that exhortation or reprehension to thy foule take it then as spoken to thy selfe Is it comfort Repent and beleeue and it is meant to thee Is it Iudgement If thou repentest not it is to thee as surely as if he had named thee And this is the way to heare sauingly So much in generall Text. The Vineyard of the Lord of Hoasts is the house of Israel God himselfe as we see here is the owner of this Vineyard who is called A Lord and A Lord of Hoasts From the first of these we learne Doctr. God is an absolute Lord ouer all creatures God is an absolute Lord ouer all creatures He it is that hath all absolute dominion power authoritie and soueraigntie ouer all This Nebucadnezzar after he was himselfe acknowledged z Dan. 4.3 2.47 Whose dominion is an euerlasting dominion and his kingdome is from generation to generation Dauid in his prayer makes an ample confession of it a 1 Chron. 29.11 12. Thine O Lord is the greatnesse and the power and the glory and the victorie and the maiestie for all that is in the heauen and in the earth is thine thine is the kingdome O Lord and thou art exalted as head aboue all Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest ouer all and in thy hand is power and might and in thy hand it is to make great and to giue strength vnto all And in that forme of prayer which our blessed Sauiour hath giuen vs wee are taught to acknowledge