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A leafe from the tree of life wherewith to heal the nation of all strife and controversie, and to settle therein peace and unitie / by R. Younge ...
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Younge, Richard.
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mis-spend his time haunt Taverns play the good fellow and do as the rest do he shall have the approbation and good word of the greatest number Yea if none would be precise in their actions nor reprove others for their evill courses if they would but be prophane and wicked and make no bones of sin their malice would cease and we should not have a Roundhead or a Phaâ—â—tick in all the world Neither is Christ a sign to be spoken against of many in Babylon or Assyria but of many in Israel Luke 2. 34. where Religion is profest publikely Yea when sincerity is wanting the neerer the line with any opposition the greater eclipse The Gadarens but besought Christ to depart his own countrymen drave him out and cast him down headlong Luke 4. 29. And who was his greatest enemy but his greatest friend even one of his houshold Chaplains and who but Jeremics familiars watched for his halting Yea commonly vertue fares hardest from such as should and seem â—o uphold her for the chief Persecutors of Christ and his followers are not prefest Atheists or Turks or Jews but such as hold some great place in the Church And intruders upon other mens right can endure any man how bad soever rather to live by them then the servants of him whom they intrude upon as you may see Matth. 21. 33 to 39. where those farmers of the vineyard did not kill the theeves robbers and spoilers of the vineyard but the servants yea and the son too and the end of all was that they might take the inheritance And indeed it hath been the complaint almost of all that have written that they have suffered most from such as profest the same Faith and Religion with them And so much touching the main difference between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman CHAP. XIII I Might go on and shew you that as they hate and persecute the godly because they do wâ—ll so likewise because they fare well and are accepted before them As why was Cain wroth with his brother Abel and after â—lew him as affirmeth the holy Ghost but because the Lord had respect unto Abeâ— and to his offering but unto Cain and his offering he had no respect Gen. 4. 4 5. Why did Esau hate Jacob and purpose to kill him but because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him Gen. 27. 41. Isaac's blessing bred Esau's hate Again wherefore did the Philâ—â—â—ines and Abimâ—lech envie Isaac stop up his wells and banish him from them but because the Lord so abundantly blessed Isaac as appears Gen. 26. 12. to 18. Wherefore did Josephs Brethren hate him not being able to speak peaceably unto him and after sell him into Egipt but because his father more favoured him and they feared he should reign over them Gen. 37. 4 to 9. If Joseph be his fathers darling he is his brethrens eye-sore Wherefore did Saul persecute David and pursue after him from place to place to take away his life but because he was so praised and preferred of the people before himself and the Lord was with David and prospered him in every thing he took in hand 1 Sam. 18. 12 13 28 29. Davids successe is Sauls vexation yea he findes not so much pleasure in his Kingdome as vexation in the prosperity of David And lastly for I passe by the Elder Brothers envie in the Parable against his younger Brother when his Father so royally entertained him at his return Luke 15. 28. which is meant of the Jewes envying the Gentiles conversion and many the like instances Why was Eliah wroth with his younger brother 1 Sam. 17. 28. but because he should be more exalted And I doubt whether Davids brethren were more glad that Goliah was slain or angry that he was slain by their brother For envie is sick if her neighbour be well and the good mans honour is the envious mans torment as it fared between Haman and Mordecai as hereafter the glory of Christ shall add to these Reprobates confusion when they are driven to confess this is he whom we once had in deâ—ision Luke 13. 28. I might also apply all this to many in our times As why do many mens hearts rise against every holy man they meet as some stomacks rise at the sight of sweet meats Why do all drunkards and vitious livers hate the religious and so belch out their enmity and spleen against them in raising and spreading of slanders as they do but although partly to rescue themselves from contempt and to procure a contrary esteem by pâ—tting a foul and ugly vizard upon vertue and decking up vice in a gorgeous and comely attire yet chiefly because they partake of the divine nature and are one with the Father and the Son John 17. 14. 21 22. 2 Cor. 6. 18. I might I say be large upon this and many the like but I must only mention them CHAP. XIV SEcondly Another cause is their Ignorance They shall hate and persecute you yea they shall excommunicate and kill you for my Names sake saith our Saviour to his Disciples because they have not known the Father nor me John 16. 2 3. and 15. 21. And again they are an offence unto us because they understand not the things which are of God but the things which are of men Matth. 16. 23. And are deceived because they know not the Scriptures neither the power of God Matth. 22. 29. Luke 19. 42. This the Apostle confesseth to have been the cause of his persecuting the Church 1 Tim. 1. 13. Who so soon as he was enlightned with the saving knowledge of the truth changed his note with his name and preached that saith which before he persecuted Yea the most ugly and monstrous wickedness that ever was hatched or brought forth into the world calleth ignorance mother Had they known says the Apostle they would not have crucified the Lord of glory 1 Cor. 2. 8. Acts 3. 15 17. Father forgive them saith he of his murtherers for they know not what they do And why have the Kings of the earth in all ages â—nded themselves together against the Lord and against his Christ Psal. 2. 2. â—ut because they knew him not Joh. 15. 21. they see no more then the bark or outside of spiritual things 2 Sam. 6. 16. And the flesh Satans ready instrument will be ever sugesting to them strange surmises touching what the Reliâ—â—ous either say or do as is evident by what is recorded of Michal 2 Sam. 6. 16. of Nicodemus Joh. 3. 4. of Festus Act. 26. 24. and lastly of Paul before his conversion 1 Tim. 1. 13. It is the nature of ignorant and carnal men that walk after the flesh in the â—â—sts of uncleanness whom Saint Peter calls brute beasts led with sensuality to â—â—ak evil of the things which they understand not 2 Pet. 2. 12. especially in judging acts of zeal and piety their opinion still lights upon the worst sense like them in Act.