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A09677	Two sermons on these wordes of Peter the apostle, honour all men, loue brotherly felowship ... preached at Marlebrough the seuenth of Nouember, and fifth of Ianuarie 1595 / by Charles Pynner, minister of the Church of Wotton-Basset in Northwiltshire.	Pinner, Charles.	1597 (1597)	STC 19946; ESTC S2280	32,938	99

worde thus Loue the brother hood referring the word which the Apostle vseth not vnto the minde affection of him that loueth or the vertue of louing as it seemeth our English translation here doth but to the brethren themselues which must bee loued For as before he had shewed vs the matter or as we call it the subiect of our honour saying Honour all men and afterwards will shew vs the subiect of our feare saying Feare God and lastly the subiect of a particular and more especiall honour saying Honour the King so here he sheweth vs the subiect or matter of our loue or if ye will the persons on whom our loue must work to wit the brethren euen the whole society of thē So as a litle to inuert our own translation and yet to keep as neere as we may in steed of this Loue brotherly felowship we may read thus Loue the felowship of brethren So we name the whole state of the Commons of the realme the Cōmunaltie and so here the whole state of the brethren ioyned in one felowship the brotherhood or felowship of brethren Now in this sentence we haue to obserue generally these two partes The brethren which must receiue our loue and The loue it selfe which we owe vnto them And touching the brethren first we see them cōmended to vs by the name of brotherhood which is a societie or felowship of brethren and indeed such according to the force of the worde which Peter vseth I say such brethren as lay in the same belly with vs. Euen as in deed we haue all but one mother Hierusalem as sayth the apostle in the 4. to the Gal. which is aboue and yet beneath the Church scattered throughout the worlde Gal. 4 26 which is saith hee the mother of vs all In her wombe we are begotten being borne anew as Peter before saieth not of mortall seede 1. Pet. 1 23 but of immortall by the worde of God VVho of his owne will as Iames also sayeth begatte vs by the worde of truth Iam. 1 18 that wee should be the first fruites of his creatures And to our mother was the promise made in the foure and fiftieth of Esay Isay 54 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lorde and much peace shall bee to thy children Thus all that are taught of God and haue obeyed his worde are brethren both by father and mother and the whole number ioyned in one societie or felowship is the brotherhood which also is called the housholde or familie of fayth VVhile we haue time sayth the Apostle in the sixt to the Galathians let vs do good vnto all Gal. 6.10 specially vnto those that are of the familie of faith And againe in the thirde to the Ephesians Ephes 3 14 For this cause I bow my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ of whom is named the whole familie in heauen and in earth And the bande of this familie or coniunction of brethren is faith and holinesse in that heauenlie vocation vnto which they are called In which respect they are named as before we heard the familie of faith and faithfull brethren in Christ and holie brethren In the first to the Colossians Paule an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God and Timotheus our brother Col. 1 1 2 To them which are at Colosse Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ. Heb. 3.1 And in the third to the Hebrewes Therfore holy brethren partakers of the heauenlie vocation consider the Apostle and high Priest of our profession Christ Iesus VVherfore let not thine eies wander to seeke thy loue but see who are ioyned in fayth holinesse and they are the brethrē and there thou must fasten thy whole desire It is not in all the worlde besides that thou must so delight in as in them For tell mee if anie thing bee so commaunded or commended to vs as the brethren or some dutie which pertaineth to them Heere onelie wee except the loue of the Father which yet is reuealed and as it were accomplished in the loue of the brethren If yee loue mee sayth Christ keepe my commaundement Iohn 14 15 And This is my commaundement Iohn 15 12 that yee loue one another as I haue loued you And againe By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples Iohn 13 35 if yee haue loue one to another As if the loue of the brethren were the loue of Christ because he delighteth in them yea dwelleth in them and they in him hee is one with them and they with him by a true and reall coniunction though the same not naturall and carnall but spirituall as in the seuenteenth of Iohn I pray not for these alone but for them also which shall beleeue in mee through their woorde Iohn 17 26 21 c. That they all may bee one as thou O Father in mee and I in thee euen that they may bee also one in vs that the worlde maie beleeue that thou hast sent mee And the glorie that thou gauest mee I haue giuen them that they maie bee one as wee are one I in them and thou in mee that they may bee made perfect in one and that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent mee and hast loued them as thou hast loued mee And so the Church considered with her head is mysticall Christ or Christ in a mysterie and so called by the Apostle in the twelfth of the first to the Corinthians 1. Cor. 12.12 For as the bodie saith he is one hath many members and all the members of the body which is one though they bee many yet are but one body so is Christ that is to say Christians in one society euen the Church considered as a bodie but with her head Christ Who by an excellency of the head aboue the members giueth name vnto the whole and it is called Christ Hence commeth this acceptation in the second of Zacharie Hee which toucheth you Zach. 2 8 toucheth the apple of his eye And in the tenth of Matthew Math. 10 42 VVhosoeuer shall giue vnto one of these little ones a cup of colde water onely in the name of a Disciple verelie I say vnto you hee shall not loose his rewarde And in the siue and twentieth of Mathew Mat. 25 37 c. VVhen sawe wee thee an hungred and fedde thee And when sawe we thee a straunger and tooke thee in and so forth Verely I say vnto you sayth Christ inasmuch as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my Brethren yee haue done it vnto mee And againe VVhen sawe wee thee an hungred or a thyrst or a straunger or naked or sicke or in prison and did not minister vnto thee These also are aunswered Verelie I say vnto you in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these yee did it not to me And in the ninth of the Acts