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heart_n	faith_n	good_a	unfeigned_a	2,823	5	11.0408	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65239	An humble apologie for learning and learned men by Edward Waterhous, Esq.	Waterhouse, Edward, 1619-1670.	1653 (1653)	Wing W1048; ESTC R826	172,346	272

the Ruler of the land Esai 16. 1. I think it not amiss to offer this humble Petition to you That you in your judgements distinguish between those that sin of malicious wickednesse and those who offend ignorantly that you remember much hath been forgiven you therefore you ought to forgive much that you in al deliberations think upon that great day that just judge the sinful life and the sorrowful death of the best of men who hath not greater mercy shewed him then he can shew to others Alas the greatest offence against thee O man how high soever is but against a mortal man whose breath is in his nostrils but the least sin thou committest against God is infinite not to be satisfied for with the sorrow of thy soul to all eternity yet behold thy Saviour hath satisfied for that and if he hath not rejected the confessing thief nor the penitent sinner nor the humble Canaanitesse nor the woman taken in adultery nor the disciple at the seat of custom if he cast not away the devout publican the denying disciple nay not his very persecutors as S. B●…rn sweetly then do not ye reject any offer of doing receiving good at any time or to any person or thing which God offers you a season to take hold of considering that of the Prophet Blessed are ye that sow besides all waters Esai 32. 20. And this I humbly move ye to out of charity rather to your own souls then to offenders For our Lord Jesus tels us That if ye forgive not men their offences neither will your Father in Heaven forgive you your offences Matth. 6. 15. This well becomes a sober and Christian man to offer to you and you to accept from him for there is nothing that more dishonoureth Governours then to misreceive moderate addresses which tend by good and grave counsell to emendation What ever makes men like God is most worthy welcome They who would have Christ for their reward must follow him in his race of charity meeknesse moderation easinesse to be intreated He God blessed for ever hath a returne for the wandering Shulamite a kisse for the home-come Prodigall an Euge for the servant who hath been faithfull in a little he values the mite which a poor humble soul offers to him more then the rich oblations devout observations proud boasts and external breadths of the Pharisee He is not pleased with the Pageantries of politick Composures and appearances of sanctity when there is under that mask a designe to devour widowes houses and under that sugured tongue poyson of asps vox in choro mens in foro virtutem non colere sed colorare God is not always in the whirlwind nor in the Earthquake nor in the fire of humane power but in the stil voice of gentle perswasion Turtures amat Deus non vultures And those that wil be his must not be unlike him in goodness in pardons and praeteritions of provocations St Bernard hath a good note Where O holy Souls consists your wisedom if not in the teachings of Christ whence your righteousnesse if not in the mercy of Christ what temperance like that which is taught you from the life of Christ for then are services acceptable to God when they come from a pure heart and faith unfained the Philosopher when he heard a sword praised that was taken by an unskilfull man from his friend replyed The sword is good but the hand naught and unworthy to handle so noble a weapon So when I see one as unholy as Saul offering a peace-offering to God I cannot but think of that speech of his who cried O heaven while he pointed downwards There is nothing O Powers next to sincerity a greater honour to men in place then moderaration noble natures are more afraid to be unthankfull then ruined and chuse rather to provoke power then goodnesse Will not Abraham beg for Ishmael the son of the bond-woman though cast out and forced to flye because united to him by the bond of nature and Israel pray for the peace of Babylon in their captivity because in the peace thereof they had peace Believe me no policy to that of candor and liberality The Throne of Christ which endureth for ever and the Scepter of whose Kingdome is a righteous one shall be established by mercy Isai. 16. 5. To forgive is the greatest conquest because of our selves as well as others It was a noble speech of the Emperour Adrian to one who before he got the Empire was his professed enemy Be of good chear since I am Emperour I have contemned the thought of abusing power to revenge my selfe on thee and no lesse was that of Philip of Macedon to whom when the Athenians sent a sawey message by Democrates the King answered only Say what I can do acceptable to the Athenians the Varlet Democrates replyed touchily Nothing better then to hang thy selfe The standers by ruffling at the intemperance and madnesse of the reply Philip caused silence to be made and cooly said Go tell the Athenians what patience Philip hath expressed in suffering himselfe to be dishonoured and his favours refused And whoso reads the clemency of Caesar to Rufus Porsenna to Scaevola Antigonus to his souldiers Cato Socrates and Antisthenes the Scythian King to those that smote them cannot but wonder that such grapes of Canaan should grow upon the crabstocks of nature or our wals of mud and clay nourish so delicious and pleasing Summer fruit These are strong inducements towards pardon and unanswerable disswasions from frequent punishing to exhaereditation and losse of life Debellare hostes fortunae est refocillare victos verè regium but there is an higher principle for Christians to walk by a more illustrious President for them to follow Christ the King of Saints forgave his enemies and prayed for them the nails of his crosse piercing his flesh did not so torment him as the sins of his persecutors and the judgment that impended the Nation for crying him to death who was innocent yea he took not down the vinegar and gall that was given him Matth. 27. 34. that no man should think him the Prince of peace a harbourer of any bitternesse against his enemies his soule was affectionately expended in prayer that they might be forgiven since they knew not what they did And those onely shal sit with Christ on thrones who follow him in doing works of charity and who forgive as they desire to be forgiven This is the way to honour by this is preparation here made against the evill day Fortune is mutable and those onely can hope for friends in their adversity who have in their day of power not despised the small things of civility and pity Nil habet fortuna melius quàm ut possit nec natura melius quam ut velit servare he deserves not to be owned