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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17927	A sermon preached in Oxford-shire; by Nicholas Cantrel, Master in Arts. Published at the request of Sir Richard Blunt	Cantrell, Nicholas.	1624 (1624)	STC 4588; ESTC S118531	21,341	42

that they cannot sinne onely to themselves but must needs redound oftentimes even unto a whole countrie If the master of a house bee given to swearing the whole familie will abuse his example and take the same libertie in that horrible sinne If he care not to breake the Sabbath by unseasonable sports they that live with him will have as little care to keep it holy O let not such a sinister perswasion as this is blind their eyes that because the world flatters them therefore God will be the more favourable to them or because they find God to be more beneficiall to them in the things of this world that therefore the case will bee so with them too in the world to come No saith Christ speaking of them that did put more confidence in their riches than in God A rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven Nay he goes further than so tells us that it is easier for a Camell to goe thorow the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdome of God Math. 19.23 When Lazarus as it is in the parable died hee was straightwaies carried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome but Dives when he died was in torments But what was it that Dives had done wee doe not read of anie horrible crime that was laide unto his charge Onely this was all he served the flesh the world in stead of serving God and did not return that which hee had received from God to the glorie of God Hereupon was that answer given him Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receivedst thy pleasures Luke 16. Thus though a man may be accounted happie in this world though he may appear an honest man to the world-ward yet is not this enough to save him he may be in danger of going unto hell if he can give no better account of his service unto God Oh how will they doe then upon whom God bestowes temporall blessings with a plentifull hand unto whom he gives all manner of meanes and occasions of doing good in this life whom hee compasseth about with the light of his Gospel if after such sweet benefits they be not carefull and zealous to promote his glory What can I say more than this that life and death is set before us and with bended knees beseech the God of mercie even the Father of our Lord Iesus to make us carefull to choose the better part to make us wise to our salvation Now from the qualitie of the partie protesting in the next place I come to the extent of his protestation As for mee and my house wee will serve the Lord Ioshuah thinkes it not enough that hee himselfe be religious that he in his owne person be the servant of the Lord unlesse those that hee keeps about him be thus piously affected unlesse they be religious too Hee will binde all that live with him in the same bond of duetie unto God None shall serve Ioshuah that will not serve that God which Ioshuah serves I will serve the Lord saith Ioshuah yet not only so but I and my house will serve the Lord. Hence I commend unto your considerations this memorable doctrine The true servants of God will keep none in their houses but such as ioine with them in the true worshipping of God This point if you reade the 101. Psalme you may see proved to the full where David setting down what government he wil observe in his house and kingdome shewes what manner of persons they are that hee will refuse and who they be whom he will chuse to live in his house with him Mine eyes saith he look unto such as are faithfull in the land that they may dwell with mee Whoso leadeth a godly life hee shall be my servant There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarrie in my sight I shall soone destroy all the ungodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers from the City of the Lord. Reas 1 Now the reason of this point is first drawne from the conformitie which there is betwixt the Catholike Church and everie true member thereof No uncleane thing comes within the bounds and pale of the Catholike Church nothing abides in that which is not pure and holy And therefore he that is a member of this Church will suffer none to bee neare about him as much as lies in him who is not a member of the same body who is not a free denizon of the Citie of his God As in naturall homogeneall bodies everie part doth suscipere rationem totius participate of the name and nature of the whole shunnes what is contrarie to that nature and most willingly gathers it selfe to that which is of the same kinde For example The least droppe of water hath the name of its Element hath the entire properties of it partakes of the round figure of that Element and best agrees and unites it selfe to water In like manner it is with the fire and the rest of the Elements being homogeneall bodies they are not compounded of anie parts which agree not in the name and nature of the whole So it is with the true members of that mysticall bodie whereof Christ is the head they cannot suffer themselves to be combined with wicked persons and unbeleevers no they will associate none unto themselves by their good wills who are not endued with grace and goodnesse and a godly conversation being the true qualities and markes of that invisible Chuch wherof they themselves are true members A second reason is drawne from the inconveniences which must needs follow Reas 2 if they should suffer wicked and ungodly persons to dwell in their houses For first of all where such Ismaelites are God cannot have his due needs must his honour be blasphemed his name cannot be sanctified there can be no true peace in that house but infida societas a treacherous societie Gen. 3.15 There will be perpetuall enmitie betwixt the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent If the sonne of the bonds woman bee suffered to tarrie in the house with the sonne of the promise Gen. 21.9 he will never leave mocking and persecuting untill hee bee cast out Gen. 25.22 Esau and Iacob cannot lie together in the same womb without strugling together and putting Rebecca to paine 1. Sam. 5.7 The Arke of God cannot rest with Dagon Besides if wee admit this unkindly mixture another inconvenience must needs happen the sound members of that bodie wil be in danger where there is anie rotten member suffered to hang on Heresie and Vice are as infectious as the plague it selfe When the Apostle charged the Corinthians to excommunicate and put out of their assemblie the incestuous person he urgeth this reason A little leaven saith he leaveneth the whole lumpe purge out therefore the old leaven that yee may be a new lumpe as yee are unleavened