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A33300	Christian good-fellowship, or, Love and good works held forth in a sermon preached at Michael's Cornhill London before the gentlemen natives of Warwickshire at their feast November the 30, 1654 / by Samuell Clarke.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1655 (1655)	Wing C4505; ESTC R26025	19,446	26

differences which are too rife even amongst Gods own people in this world when holy Grynaeus lay upon his death-bead he told a friend that came to visit him that he was going to that place ubi Luthero cum Zuinglio optime convenit where Luther and Zuinglius agreed well though they could never agree upon earth 5. In regard of the eternity of this grace it is that the Apostle 1 Cor. 13. 8. tells us that charity never fails and in this regard prefers it before Faith and Hope verse 13. Now abides Faith Hope and Charity but the greatest of these is Charirity 6. It 's a signe we walke by the light of Gods Word and spirit 1 Ioh. 2. 10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is no occasion of stumbling in him 7. This Grace is of God and sheweth that we are born of God 1 Ioh. 4. 7. Let us love one another for love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God 8. Without this Grace of love no duty is accepted though never so difficult or specious in the eyes of the World 1 Cor. 13. 3. Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not Charity it profiteth me nothing 9. Love will draw love from others Cos Amoris amor Love is the whetstone or Load stone rather of Love ut ameris Ama If you would be beloved of others you must love others Love is a coin that must be returned in its own kind the excellent properties of it are further set forth by the Apostle Paul 1 Cor. 13. 4. 5. c. Charity suffereth long and is kind c. But we must remember as was said before that love comes from God and therefore must be begged of God 1 Ioh. 4. 7. All these things considered will furnish you with arguments enough wherewith to provoke both your selves and one another to love Especially if on the contrary we do but remember what evills are attributed by the spirit of God to the contrary vice of hatred 1 Ioh. 2. 11. He that hates his brother is in darknesse and walks in darknesse 1. John 3. 15. Who soever hateth his brother is a murderer and we know that no murderer hath eternall life abiding in him 1 John 4. 4. 20. If any man say I love God and hateth his brother he is a liar For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen And thus I have opened and proved the first part of my Doctrine I am come now to the second That it 's the duty of all Christians to provoke one another to good works Now in the prosecution of this Thesis or Position we shall dispatch three things First to speak something by way of explication Secondly by way of confirmation Thirdly by way of Application First for Explication we shall answer severall Queries As Quest What work may be called good Answ. There are three ingredients required to make up good works 1. They must be good materialiter or in the matter of them They must be such things as are either commanded or at least approved of by God Else he will say unto us Who hath required these things at your hands There are indeed many actions which glister much in the eyes of the World and yet are an abomination in the eyes of God As the Popish Fastings Pilgrimages Bead-prayers giving their Prayers to God by number not by weight of which I may say as the Apostle Col. 2. 23. Which things indeed have a shew of wisdom in Will-worship and humility and neglecting of the body and yet the Lord abhors them 2. They must be good quoad fontem they must proceed from a right principle A good heart a pure conscience and faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1. 5. Now the end of the Commandement saith the Apostle is Charity out of a pure heart c. Charity we know is a work commended by God and yet it 's not accepted except it come from a good Fountain a good heart and a pure conscience For the same Apostle tells us Tit. 1. 15. Unto the pure all things are pure but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure because their mind and conscience is defiled He tells us also Heb. 11. 6. that without faith it is impossible to please God and therefore all works though materially good if done by unbelievers they are but splendida peccata as the Father said But specious and glittering sins 3. They must be good quoad finem They must tend to a right end viz. the glory of God in our own and the salvation of others Christus opera nostra non tam actibus quam finibus pensat saith Zanchy God doth not so much judhe of and weigh our works by the actions as by the ends The want of a right end made Cain's sacrifice and 〈◊〉 zeal and the Pharisees Fastings and Prayers and Almes abomination to the Lord who searcheth the heart and tryeth the reins and knows all our thoughts a far of Wee must therefore look well to our end in all our works and see that as the Sun puts out the light of the fire so the glory of God puts out all other selfish ends whatsoever Quest But what good works should we provoke one another to upon this occasion Answ. The most seasonable is at this our feast to remember the place of our Nativity the Country where we were born and to doe some good for that I shall humbly propose these good works to your Christian considerations First laying down this Position That the chiefest work of mercy is that which tends to the benefiting and enriching of other mens souls The Gospel indeed hath through Gods mercy been preached and professed in Warwickshire ever since the first reformation in King Edward the sixth his daies of glorious memory and many blessed Martyrs suffered there for the truth under that Marian Persecution which followed As sincere Sanders gracious Glover and many others I could also name unto you many famous lights set up in the Candlestick of Warwickshire in the reign of our three late Soveraignes besides such as are now there living So that that Country hath been a Goshen when many other parts of the Nation have been in a Cymerian and Egyptian darknesse Yea give me leave to tell you that which it may be you have not formerly taken notice of that in Warwickshire about the yeare of our Lord 1519. the little Park by Coventry was perfumed with the odours of six of the Saints bodies burned in it upon one day for their profession and perseverance in the truth Besides diverse others which suffered not long after So that it appears that before the name of Luther was heard of in the Christian world Religion was propagated in our Native Country Yet 1. Are there not some blind and barren places in the same

merciful for they shall obtain mercy And the same is largely held forth by the Prophet Isa. 58. from 7. to 13. as before 5. It will afford much inward peace and comfort For as light and influence accompanieth the Sun and as heat goes along with the fire and as every flower hath its peculiar sweetnesse So every good work carries meat in the mouth comfort in the performance Pro. 21. 15. It's joy to the just to doe judgement The like may bee said of works of mercy It will afford joy to them that doe them whereas cruelty and unmercifullnesse shall be a sting in the consciences and a dagger at the heart of those that are guilty thereof 6. God expects that like the Tree of Life mentioned Rev. 22. 21. we should bring forth fruit every moneth That wee should be like the Lemon tree that ever and anon sends forth young Lemons so soon as the other fal off through ripenesse Or like the Egyptian Figtree which Solinus speaks of which beareth fruit seven times in the year Or more perennis aquae Like Fountaines which continually send forth fresh streames of water But alas most Christians on the contrary are like unto the Cypresse tree that is fair and tall but altogether fruitlesse Or like that Figtree mentioned in the Parable Luk. 13. 6 7. A certain man said Christ had a Figtree planted in his Vineyard and he came and sought fruit thereon but found none Then said he to the dresser of his Vineyard mark the doom of such Behold these three years came I seeking fruit on this Figtree and find none Cut it down Why cumbreth it the ground 7. Lastly God will make honorable mention of such merciful and liberall persons at the day of judgement where your labour of love shewed to the poor members of Jesus Christ shall not be forgotten Mat. 25. 34 35. Come yee blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world For I was an hungred and yee gave me meat I was therstie and yee gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in Naked and yee clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in Prison and ye came unto me verse 40. In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Therefore it exhorts us all here present to improve this our meeting as the Apostle adviseth us here To provoke one another unto love and to good works But many think that it will be time enough for them to think of doing good works when they come to make their Wills before their death Truly I will not discourage men from this duty at any time But give me leave to tell you in the words of a Reverend Divine Good works saith he done at a mans death are like a dark-lanthome that gives light only to those that come after it but good works done in a mans life are like a torch that equally gives light both to those that go before and to those that follow after it Yea defer it not till another year as some would perswade for you know not whether ye may live till an other year Yea what saith the Apostle I am 4. 14. Ye know not what shall be on the morrow For what is your life It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away Take therfore the present opportunity as Paul exhorts you Gal. 6. 10. Non semper estas erit Summer will not last alwaies Post est occasio calva A pretious opportunity once lost may never be recovered again Bis dat qui cito dat He that gives speedily gives twice Remember Solomons advice Pro. 3. 28. Say not to thy neighbour goe and come again and to morrow I will give when thou hast it by thee Remember how gratefull a Sacrifice it is to God Heb. 13. 16. To do good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased Hence Cyprian Qui Pauperi Eleemosynam dat Deo suavitatis odorem sacrificat He that give an Almes to the poor offers a sweet smelling sacrifice unto God and the same Father tells us that Dives sine Eleemosyna arich man without alms is one of the great absurdities in the life of man And saith Gregory Nyssen There is no excuse for hardheartednesse For where can a rich man cast his eyes but he may behold objects for his charity As the husbandman casts some of his corn into a fruitfull soil whereby in due time he reaps with advantage So do you with your worldly blessings sow them in the bowells and on the backs of your poor Country-men members of Christ and in the day of Harvest you shall find a great encrease Onely by way of caution let me give you this advice Sow not sparingly For 2 Cor. 9. 6. He which soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly And he that soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully And Pro. 22. 9. He that hath a bountiful eie shal be blessed for he giveth of his bread to the poor Hence Eccl. 11. 2. Give a portion to seven and also to eight and verse 6. In the morning sow thy seed and in the evening withhold not thy hand But especially remember the words of our Saviour Christ Luk. 6. 38. Give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom For with the same measure you mete withall it shall be measured to you again Again Give not grudgingly Every man saith the Apostle 2 Cor. 9. 7. according as he purposeth in his heart so let him given ●ot grudgingly or ofnecessity For God loveth a cheerful giver Rom. 12. 8. He that sheweth mercy must do it with chearfulness They must be ready to distribute willing to communicate And for your further encouragement herein I am requested to give you notice that what God shall stir up your hearts to contribute at this time shall be faithfully imployed to good uses by your Stewards who will be accountable to you for the same at the next Feast Consider what hath been spoken and the Lord stirre up your hearts to provoke one another unto love and to good works Amen Errata Pag. 4. l. 34. r. Goliah's for Goliaths p. 5. l. 14. r. we are all of the same County p. 8. l. 36. r. judge for judhe FINIS Eph. 2. 10. Tit. 2. 14. Rom. 15. 13 Doct. Use Doct. Use Doct. Est ignis ab igne spiritus accensus Pros. Isa. 5. 8. Aa 2. 12. Mat. 6. 2. c. See my English Martyrologie pag. 64. Isa. 58. 10. See his life in my first part of Lives p. 97. Eodem p. 100. 2 Cor. ● 7. See my Mirrour in Charity Paulus Diaconus Ps. 112. 6. 9. 1 King 18. 13. Act. 10. 2 Act. 9. 36. See my Mirrour p. 117. c See her life in my 2d part of Lives Object Answ. Use 1 Tim. 6. 18