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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03344	The crie of England A sermon preached at Paules Crosse in September 1593 by Adam Hill Doctor of Diuinitie, & published at the request of the then Lord Maior of the citie of London, and others the aldermen his brethren	Hill, Adam, d. 1595.	1595 (1595)	STC 13465; ESTC S115191	52,777	122

first nor last houre then shall you neuer receiue the reward of euerlasting life they that came in at the last houre shall be first but they that came not in at all were refused as loyterers and condemned as vnprofitable or rather abhominable reprobates Vnmercifulnesse to the poore the sin of Sodome and of England Vnmercifulnesse to the poore is a sinne also that procureth the wrath of God vpon vs. For as God only giueth vs all that wee haue and giueth it to vs freely abundantly beyond our desert or desire so God willeth vs to feede the hungrye to giue drinke to the thirstye to cloath the naked to redeeme the prisonner and to visite the sicke promising that what we giue to those we giue to his brethren Mat. 25.40 and therefore wee are to ponder first what a dignitie it is to be a brother to Christ secondly that all things are ours thirdly we are hereby made conformable to Christ fourthly wee that are mercifull excell the Angels fiftlye that this brotherhood doth excell all carnall cogitation If then God being bountifull vnto vs we are vnkinde to our brethren we are iustly condemned to eternall fire first because of the facilitie of the petition for what doth he aske a peece of bread a cup of drinke an olde garment or a peece of siluer who will denye this to the hungrie thirstie naked or captiue brother of Christ secondly because of the misery of him that asketh for he is poore thirstie naked or a prisonner Thirdly because of the compassion of nature that should bee in vs for hee is a man and therefore we must weigh who asketh what he asketh and of whome He that asketh is a man so art thou he is fraile so art thou hee is miserable so art thou what doth he aske bread drinke a garment or siluer which is none of thine for thou art but a steward of it But thou being a sinfull man dost begge of God and thou beggest righteousnesse Now if thou being a mā dost deny thy equal when he asketh that which is not thine how darest thou being far inferiour to God aske of him righteousnesse or mercie thou wilt not giue to thy neighbour temporall things how shall God giue to thee eternall things The fourth thing that should moue vs to mercie is the desire of the promise for God promiseth vs a kingdome Mat. 25.24 c. Come saith Christ yee blessed of my Father inherit yee the kingdome prepared for you before the foundations of the worlde for J was hungrie and yee gaue me meate I thirsted and yee gaue me drinke I was naked and yee clothed mee J was a stranger and yee lodged me I was sicke and yee visited mee I was in prison and yee redeemed me The kingdome of God which in dignitie is highest in libertie free in peace secure in honor glorious in cleannesse pure in societye of angels ioyous and perpetuall in the affluence of riches the influence of pleasures and the cōfluence of all Saints is promised for a peece of meate a draught of drinke a nights lodging an old garment or a peece of siluer Is not hee a wise marchant that changeth lead for golde a copiehold for an inheritance and for a house a kingdome so doe all those that be mercifull to the poore The fift thing that should moue vs to mercifulnesse is the dignitie of the receiuer for whatsoeuer ye giue to the poore yee giue to Christ We ought to giue to the poore for his owne sake for our sake and for Christes sake for his owne sake because if he be in the state of grace hee is the childe of God if hee be a sinner he is the workemanship of God and therefore albeit he is to be punished because he is an offendor yet he is to be pittied because hee is a man and hee must see in vs the worke of mercifulnesse that hee may glorifie our Father which is in heauen For thy owne sake also thou must be mercifull For Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie Mat. 5.7 Iam. 2.13 and there shall be iudgement mercilesse to him that sheweth no mercie but if thou wilt not doe it for his sake nor for thine owne sake at least wise doe it for Christes sake who saith In as much as yee haue done it to one of the least of these my brethren Mat. 25.40 yee haue done it vnto me for Christ reckoneth it giuen to himselfe whatsoeuer is giuen to the poore What a dignitie then is this for vs which indeede are but dust earth and ashes to be accounted giuers vnto him which is the giuer of all things The sixt thing that should moue vs to mercie is the super abundance of honor because Christ dooth vouchsafe to receaue meate drinke and lodging at our handes If the Queene of England should acknowledge her selfe to haue receiued at our handes meate drinke raiment or siluer were we not greatlye honoured how much more when the sonne of God King of kinges Lord of lords and God of gods doth so magnifie vs that hee acknowledgeth himself to be indetted vnto vs when we doe but our dutie The seuenth thing that should moue vs to mercye is the iustice of the gift for his owne thinges hee accepteth at our handes as though we had giuen them hee giueth vs bread and yet hee saith we giue him bread hee feedeth vs and yet hee saith we feede him hee giueth vs wine and yet hee saith wee giue him drinke hee giueth vs houses and yet hee saith wee lodge him hee cloatheth vs and yet hee saith wee cloath him hee healeth vs when we are sicke and yet he saith we visite him hee deliuereth vs being prisoners and yet hee saith we haue redeemed him Thus the Lord of all things maketh himselfe a seruant the owner of all the beastes of the forrest maketh himselfe hungrie Agge 28. and he that saith Gold and siluer is mine maketh himselfe a beggar to prouoke vs to mercifulnesse Now because neither the facilitie of the petition nor the miserie of the afflicted nor the cōpassion of nature nor the desire of the promise nor the dignitie of the receiuer nor the superabundance of honor which hee giueth nor the iustice of the gift can moue vs to be pittiful to the poore therefore it is the sin of Sodom which was burned the sin of Ierusalem which was sacked and the sin of this iron age which shall be condemned Vnder the name of the poore are meant the ministers of God poore scholers which are the seede plot of the Church poore souldiers poore impotent men as Lazarus was sicke men prisoners and banished men to be vnmerciful to these is the sinne of Sodom and a sinne that neuer leaueth crying to God till it hath brought downe on the mercilesse extreame damnation For wee should loue them and we hate thē we should heare thē and we stop our eares we should visit them gladly and wee