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A72993	A Romane centurion becomming a good souldier of Iesus Christ In foure sermons, preached in the cathedrall church, and in Saint Thomas Church at Sarum. By Bartholomevv Parsons, B.D. and rector of Ludgershall, in the county of Wiltes.	Parsons, Bartholomew, 1574-1642.	1635 (1635)	STC 19350.5; ESTC S124821	64,942	95

S. Hierome it is no small good deed in the presence of God to bring vp thy children well But to come home unto our selves Beloved we cannot in most places be praised for seasoning and sanctifying our families with the knowledge of Gods wayes and obedience to his will The old people of the Iewes were so admirably diligent in teaching their children the Scriptures that Iosephus lib. 2. contra Appionem saith Nostrorum quilibet de legibus interrogatus faciliùs quàm nomen suum recitat vniversas quipe mox a primo ●ensu discentes in animo velut insculptas habemus Every one of our people being asked concerning the Lawes rehearseth them more easily then his own name for having learned them assoone as we come to understanding we have them as it were ingrauen in our minde but amongst us it is herd to finde a child or a servant in a family that hath learned any patterne of words in faith and love which are in Christ Iesus 2 Tim. 1.13 or layd any foundation of the doctrine of the beginning of Christ Heb. 6.1 as the Apostle speaketh concerning catechisme-learning Iob was no doubt as carefull to sanctifie his children aforehand that they might not sinne as after their feasting least they had sinned Iob 1.6 But it never troubleth many amongst us to have sonnes and servants like to Elies children wicked men such as know not the Lord. Nay may not the Lord send his messengers to us as hee sent the man of God to Elie to expostulate with him for honouring his children before God 1 Sam. 2.27.29 may not the Lord threaten us as he did him to judge our iniquities because wee suffer our children to runne into slander and stay them not 1 Sam. 3.13 may not old Elie be justified in comparison of us for when hee heard evill of his sonnes hee gave them a cold admonition doe no more so my sonnes for it is no good report I heare of you 1 Sam. 2.24 But having both the power of a Father and he a Iudge procceded not to correction whereas we are so indulgent so cockring that we will not displease our children at any time in saying why have you done so 1 King 1 6. that though our children be like to Abselom murtherers whore-masters rebels yet they must be intreated gently 2 Sam. 18.4 Constantius the Emperour father of Constantine the great having made tryall of his servants which would sacrifice to Idols which would not but be constant to the Christian faith banished all the turne coates out of his Court with this Apophthegme How will they keepe their faith inviolate toward the Emperour who are perfidious to God Quomodò fidem Imperatori praestabunt qui deo sunt perfidi Euseb But in our entertainning or re●ayning of servants we respect in them pe●sonablenes serviceablenes and such formality of their religion is the least and last care and wee beare with them well enough though they be swaggerers swearers drunkards cursed speakers at defiance with God and all Godlinesse Men are combred about the many things of this world to provide them for their families and children they rise up early lye downe late and give themselves no rest to scrape together abundance of worldly pelfe for them whether by right or wrong of which Saint Austin saith well Quam curam geris filiorum ut cos obruaslachry mis miserorum non est hoc filios amare sed potius necare Nolo tetalem patrem sentiant filij tui nolo sic provideas ut magis in videas homil 45. Vnum necessarium Parentes qui filiis ditandis omnem curam impendunt corum autem mores negligunt quantò magis salutem dico ego similes suntiis qui magnam calceorum curam habent interim pedem ipsum parui pendunt What care takest thou of thy children that thou maist overwhelme them with the teares of the oppressed I would not have thy children finde thee such a father I would not thou should'st so provide that thou shouldest hurt them But with Martha they neglect that one necessary thing that one pearle of the kingdome of heaven for the buying of which they should sell all the riches Plutarch said excellently Parents that bestow all their care upon inriching their children and neglect their education how much more their salvation say I are like unto those that have great care of the shooes and in the meane while little regard the foote I conclude all with aword of exhortation let us then with David walke with an upright even foote in the midst of our houses harbouring the good there in banishing the evill there from Psal 101. Let us not entertaine any to serue us that will not serue God with us Let us labour so to sanctifie our sonnes and daughters that they may be the sonnes and daughters of the Lord Almightie and that we may rejoyce to see them walking in the truth let us teach them the Scriptures and the forme of wholesome doctrine I meane their Catechisme that they may be wise unto salvation and let our houses be as Churches and assemblies of Saints wherein the word of God may dwell plenteously prayers may be powred out dayly and holy hymnes sung to the great and glorious name of the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost c. THE THIRD SECTION Acts 10. vers 2. A devout man and one that feared God with all his house which gave much almes to the people and prayed to God alway THe tree saith our Saviour Math. 12.33 is knowne by his fruite either to be a good tree by the good fruite growing thereon or an evill tree by the ill fruit it beareth and he addeth there verse 35. by way of declaration as it were that a good man out of the good treasure of his heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bringeth forth good things and an evill man out of the evill treasure bringeth forth evill things Those good trees then that are planted in the house of the Lord by the rivers of the waters of his sanctuary flourish in his Courts and being forth fruit in due season and with perseverance unto old age Psal 92.13 1.3 Such a good tree was Cornelius shewing himselfe so heere in the fruits of his religion both in pity towards his brethren he gave much almes to the people and in piety towards God hee prayed God continually And as God will have mercie and not sacrifice Hos 6.6 preferreth a duty of charity towards our brethren commanded in the second table before a duty of outward seruice towards himselfe commanded in the first table when the case so standeth that one of them must be omitted for observing the other so here in ranking and ordering of those duties he giveth the priority of place and time to his workes of mercie although his workes of piety towards God must have the priority of nature and dignity acconding to that methode of prudence prescribed by Logicianes Methodus

the time of their trouble Nehem. 9.26 27. So that they that hated them were Lords over them Psal 106.41 And sometimes he sold them into the hands of their enemies that were round about them who vexed them and spoyled them sometimes hee brought upon them a Nation from farre whose language they did not know nor understand what they said Ier. 5.15 As now at this time Shiloh being come the Scepter was departed from Iudah Gen. 47.10 and they served the Romanes Rerum domini who at this time were as the Poet speaketh Maisters of the world and had by Pompey the Great overcome Syria and India and made them subject to their Empire And the Romans placed their troups in these parts partly to keepe under the Iewish nation apt to rebellion and to shake off the yoake for they much scorned subjection Ioh. 8.33 partly to with-stand the hostility of the Parthians who were deadly enemies to them made outroades into their Empire and were famous for the killing of Crassus slaughtering of the Roman legions and taking of their Eagles the ensignes of the Empire Now Beloved to come home with this to our selves hath God done this in the greene tree what shall be done in the drie Luk. 23.31 hath he not spared the naturall branches that sinned let us that are but the wild olive tree grafted in amongst them and with them partakers of the roote and fatnesse of the olive-tree take heed least he spare not us for our rebellions Rom. 11.21 Assuredly the Apostle giveth us a rule that must hold in all the judgements that befell them these things happened to them for ensamples 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and they are written for our admonition 1 Cor. 10.11 Their corrections then must be our instructions For are not wee as Isay calleth them a sinfull nation a people laden with iniquity a seed of evill doers children that are corrupters that have forsaken the Lord that have provoked the holy one of Israel to anger and gene away backeward our whole head is sicke and our whole heart faint from the sole of the feet even unto the head there is no soundnesse but wounds and bruises and putrifying sores Isay 1.4.5.6 are not we a nation not worthy to be beloved as Zephaniah calleth them a nation not desired Zeph. 2.1 have not we made our faces harder then a recke and refused to turne unto God Ier. 5.3 may not the Lord send an inquisition into our streets and not finde a righteous man neither amongst poore nor great Ier. 5. may not the Lord have a controversie against the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of God in the land by swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adulterie we breake out and bloud toucheth bloud Hos 4.1.2 Are not the sinnes of Sodome pride fulnes of bread abundance of idlenes haughtinesse and abomination before God Ezek. 16.49 in such excesse amongst us as they were amongst them that we are more corrupt in our wayes so that Sodome if it now stood might be justifyed in comparison of us Ezek. 16. See we not the falling away of many of our people to Popery the luke-warmner and neutrality of others as tempering themselves to every time the licentiousnes and dissolutenes of all orders and degrees ouergrowne with pride ouerflown with surfetting and drunkennesse sometimes the shame of beggers now the glory of Gallans How many blazing starres of pride may we meete in every place How many sonnes and daughters of our Sion dressed up in the toyes and tyres that Isay complaineth of Isay 3. in the strange apparell to which Zephany threateneth a punishment Zeph. 1.8 What a generation is there risen up in our dayes more then ever in the daies of our forefathers of them that are mighty to drinke wine and men of strength to mingle strong drinke Isa 5.22 that cannot be content to fill themselves with wine and strong drinke but must needes draw others to hell with them give them drinke to make them drunken also Hab. 2.15 of whom we may much better reason see we not how much they drinke and devoure daily are they not like the Angell of the bottomlesse pit Apollions destroyers Rev. 9.11 then Cyrus King of Persia did concerning the idol Bel unto Daniel thinkest thou not that Bel is a living God seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day History of Bel verse 6. How inordinatly and idlely doe men amongst us walke from the highest to the lowest from the Clergy to the Laity not doing the workes of that calling wherein God hath set them but either doing that which belongeth not to them or doing naughtily or nothing How justly might it be said to us which Pharaoh unjustly to the Israclites ye are idle Aliud agentes aut male agentes aut nihil agentes What defrauding and oppressing is there of one another in bargaining in buying and selling what slightnesse in making of ware what slights of false protestations false oathes false every thing in putting them off men thinking that every thing which may be carried without danger of the Law may be carried and done without danger of conscience What generall prophanenesse is there in mens hearts tongues actions meetings feastings without feare who have as Isay saith the Harpe and the Viole the Tabret and pipe and wine in their feasts but they regard not the worke of the Lord neither consider the operation of his hands Isa 5.12 nay make a scorne of his workes words messengers and all and solace themselves with scurrilous songs not onely against the prince and state but even against Gods religion and them that bring it and them that beleeve it no order is spared the iust upright man is laughed to scorne Iob 12.4 Cum privilegio quod libet licet Is not fornication and uncleanesse which should not be named amongst Christians practised by many as it were with a priviledge who in this point thinke that which liketh them is Lawfull deceive themselves with vain words as though no wrath should come upon them for this What a custome of that sinne of swearing that hath neither pleasure nor profit in it the usuall loadstones of sinne hath that unruly member of most mens tongues gotten so that all sense of sinning is taken away from us heerein And how doth that intoxicating weed which God who maketh every thing to good ends made no doubt for some use and purpose groane under the burthen of vanity being made the incentive of drunkenesse the tye of good fellowship the common courtesie of the kingdome I should even loose my selfe if I should particularly goe about to number up our numberlesse iniquities How then should not God visit us and be avenged on such a nation as wee are Ier. 5.29 this rod hath a long time beene shaken against us in sundry places yet all but gentle corrections of parching heate pinching cold extreame drouth excessive

to feare and serve him in sincerity and truth Ios ●4 14 And being the Lord yea the Lord of Lords of necessitie feare is due to him as hee reasoneth himselfe a sonne honoureth his Father and a servant his Master if then I be a father where is mine honour if I be a Master where is my feare Mal. 1.6 Feare the Lord all yee his Saints Psal 34.9 And this is not an old Commandement belonging onely to them that were under the old Covenant but renewed also to us that are under the Covenant of grace passe the time of your Sojourning here in feare 1 Pet. 1.17 Nay it is not onely the voyce of God by his Apostle but by an Angell speaking with a lowd voyce feare God and give glory to him and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountaines of waters Rev. 14.7 Yea by many Angels who will not feare thee O Lord and glorifie thy name for thou onely art holy for all nations shall come and worship before thee for thy judgments are made manifest Rev. 15.4 Religion and the feare of God hath ever bin the fairest flowre in the Garland of all the worthies in Scripture that have gone before us and remembred either before or without all their worldly riches honours triumphes and trophies When God had tryed Abraham the father of the faithfull to the uttermost and would give him the highest commendation it is in these termes I know that thou fearest mee Gen. 22.12 Ioseph would make himselfe knowne to his brethren for one that feared God Gen. 42.18 and so was of their spirituall kindred before he revealed himselfe to be their brother after the flesh And the greatest title that God giveth to Moses after all the great things he had done by him is this Moses my servant Ios 1.2 It is the first thing in description and commendation of Iob that he was a perfect and vpright man and one that feared God Iob. 1.1 and of old Simeon who had the honour to see Christ both carnally and spiritually that he was a just and devout man Luk. 2.25 And this duty of religion piety his service worship and feare God is not content to prescribe by precept propose by patterne but he doth also presse it to us by the profit of it by the blessings earthly and heavenly spirituall and temporall of this life and the life to come that shall be heaped on them that feare him walke in his Commandements and leade a godly life I need not gather them as they are scattered vp and downe in Scripture the Apostle hath conjoyned and comprehended them together 1 Tim. 4.8 having bid Timothy exercise himselfe to Godlinesse piety he addeth that it is profitable to all things having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come so happy shall they be so well shall it be with them that feare God and walke in his wayes Psal 1.28.1.2 But because wee are so forward to flatter nay to deceive our selves with shewes of piety when we deny the power thereof with false imaginations of the feare of God when wee doe not make him our dread and our terrour I will give you some of the principall markes of true piety and the feare of God wherby we may learne whether we doe but lispe out the Sibboleth of Godlinesse from the lips and mouth or else doe indeed sound out the true Shibboleth of piety fearing and serving of God from the heart and inward affections Iud. 12.6 I will I say give you some principall markes for it is long if not impossible to describe and discerne all as it would be in directing a travailer to acquaint him with every petty marke in his way and not to be content with relating the most eminent to him Now the markes for discerning true piety and the feare of God in us are either general or special There is a total or general shunning the wayes of wickednesse and running the wayes of Gods Commandements The wise man exhorting to feare God doth presently adde as a meanes or marke thereof and depart from evill Prov. 3.7 yea hee saith more plainely that the feare of God is to hate evill Pro. 8.13 And when Iob is commended for the feare of God this is presently added as a true signe thereof that he eschwed evill Iob 1.1 when the Preacher would tell us what is the conclusion of the whole matter and the whole duty of man hee saith it is to feare God and keepe his Commandements Eccl. 12.13 making that an undoubted evidence of Gods feare as God himselfe wishing there were an heart in the Israelites alwayes to feare him expresseth what it is to feare him in the words following and keepe his Commandements Deut. 2.29 Hee that feareth God neglecteth nothing Qui timet Deum nil negligit timere deum est nulla quae facienda sunt bona praeterire Greg. in Mor. Solus est Dei timor qui mentes corrigit fugat crimina innocentiam servat omnis boni tribuit facultatem Chrys in homil de Ioh. Bapt. to feare God is to omitte no good things that are to be done saith Gregory And Chrysostome againe It is onely the feare of God that correcteth mens mindes chaseth away crimes preserveth innocency and giveth an ability to doe all good On the contrary when wee will wallow in wickednesse drinke up iniquity like water lye in sinne and love it love it and leave it not when they consent unto the theeues and are partakers with the adulterers when they give their mouthes to evill and frame deceit with their tongue when they speake against their brother and slander their owne mothers sonne Psal 50.20 Nay when they set their tongues at libertie to blaspheme Gods great and fearefull name when they suffer their hearts to be overcome with surfeting and drunkennesse when their hands are full of iniquity and their feete swift to shed bloud when they can defraud and oppresse one another in bargaining selling and buying when nothing standeth in their way that maketh for their pleasure profit advancement revenge or the like or yet when they will not goe to a thorough reformation of themselves but flatter and favour themselves in some darling sinne like Naaman that would serve God and yet be borne withall in going to the Idols temple and bowing there to please his earthly master like Herod who would heare Iohn Baptist willingly doe many things readily and yet keepe his Minions too Marke 6. there is no sound seruice or sincere feare of God in them though they make a shew of Godlinesse in standing before God in his house either taking his word in their mouthes and preaching his statutes or hearing his word and will and shewing much love with their mouthes making many prayers unto him partaking of his spirituall meate and spirituall drinke and performing all outward obsequies and services unto him his Saints that truely feare him doe sincerely hate all false