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A40428	The Israelite indeed a sermon preached at the funeral of Mark Cottle, Esq., late register of the Prerogative-Office, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 1681 / by Sam. Freeman ...	Freeman, Samuel, 1643-1700.	1682 (1682)	Wing F2141; ESTC R65	12,038	36

Deportment towards God and so he is one 1. Who is Religious out of good Principles such as these that there is an eternal God infinitely good wise land powerful who is in every place sees every thing and not only takes notice of our actions but knows our very hearts and the most inward thoughts and intentions of them That this God as Governour of the World and Judge of men concerns himself in all humane affairs disposes of all events requires punctual obedience to his Laws and will justly reward every man according as their hearts and practices bear a conformity to them By such Principles as these he is influenc'd on all occasions here he begins and here he ends all his actions thus he considers and proposes to himself Verily there is a Reward for the Righteous therefore I 'l be just and righteous in all my Dealings the Poor in Spirit shall inherit Heaven therefore I 'l labour to subdue my Pride I 'l forgive the Injuries that are done to me because he that forgives shall be forgiven I 'l be merciful to them in misery because the merciful shall obtain mercy I 'l love my Enemies because this makes me like to God and fit for Heaven I 'l bless them that curse me because they that bless shall at last be most certainly blessed 2. Whose Religion is inward in the heart and soul and not only in the outward Action whose Religion consists not meerly in External Services or Bodily Exercises but in an inward good complexion and virtuous disposition of Soul This is that our Saviour told his Disciples and in them us Matth. 5. 20. Except your Righteousness shall exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven The Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees was an External Righteousness consisting of External Rites as Circumcision and Sacrifices depending upon External Priviledges as being of the Seed of Abram and Stock of Israel pretending to an external Sanctity and blamelesness of Conversation These were the great Doctors of the Jewish Church and they Expounded the Law no farther with them no man was a Murderer but he that sheath'd his Sword in his Brothers bowels no man an Adulterer but he that actually lay with his Neighbours Wife they thought it no Injustice or Irreligion to return an Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth to retaliate and revenge in the highest degree so that at the same time their outward man might keep the Law whilst their inward man brake it But the Religion of a true Israelite sinks deeper enters into his Soul renews his Nature curbing every exorbitant desire and suppressing every irregular motion and affection of the Heart hence he is said to be a Gal. 6. 15. a new Creature b John 3. 3. to be born again c Eph. 4. 23. to be renewed in the spirit of his mind and to this purpose are those words of St. Paul applicable He is not a Jew that is one outwardly neither is that Circumcision which is outward in the Flesh Rom. 2. 28. but he is a Jew that is one inwardly and Circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of God 3. Whose Religion is regular and peaceable as well as pure he never runs away with Objections upon hear-say nor bespatters any legal Constitutions before he examines them he scruples not the use of some things that seem inconvenient to him provided they are not sinful there being no Church under Heaven free from all exceptions as to matters of Discipline and Worship and quietly and prudently submits to the lawful nay doubtful appointments of men rather than the Bonds of Peace and Unity should be broken He very well knows what a mortal Enemy all Factions and Divisions are to Religion how like a Canker they eat out the Soul and Life of it and therefore he sets himself with all his might and skill to compose and suppress all religious Differences and like that brave Roman is ready to Sacrifice himself to fill up the wide Gulph that mens Contentions have made in the World All separating Principles he abominates and thinks nothing too deare a price to be laid down for Peace but Truth and Holyness 4. He never takes up a Religion to serve a turn to make it an Art to thrive by or a Footstool to climb up to his affected Greatness He hates nothing more than to see men make Religion a Pander to Vice and an Engine to give credit to their unwarrantable Undertakings than to see them entitle God to their Villanies and father their Pride and their Passion their Enthusiastick Freaks and Delusions upon his Holy Spirit such are they who personate the Saint that they may with less suspicion play the Devil that prostitute Religion to bad purposes and use it as a paint to make ugly Designs look well-favour'd 2 Sam. 15. 7. Such an one was Absolom who under the pretence of Devotion and paying his Vows to God design'd and plotted Rebellion against his Prince and Father such an one was Ahab 1 Kings 21. 9. who proclaim'd a Fast that he might kill Naboth and take possession of his Vineyard such were the Pharisees of old Matth. 6. 16. what heavenly looks what devout gestures what long prayers what frequent fastings had they more than other men you might have found them praying in every corner of the Street and some of them did almost nothing else but pray and yet all this did these demure Hypocrites make use of but as a Cloak to cover their Malice and ill Nature their Rapine and Violence 5. As he does not take up Religion out of any worldly ends and designs so neither does he lay it down upon such As he despises the flatteries of the World so hee 's not afraid of its frowns he fears not them that can kill the body and chooses rather to loose all than to let go his Integrity How yielding and complying soever he may be in all matters of an indifferent nature yet in a matter of plain Duty when the honour of God and the interest of Religion is at stake he is a man of the most steady and unshaken Principles whom not all the terrors of his Adversaries can make to flinch or give way How easily might Daniel by omitting his Devotions to the God of Israel but thirty days Dan. 6. 7. have outwitted his Enemies Malice and disappointed the Law that he knew was contrived on purpose against him viz. That whosoever should ask a Petition of any God or Man for thirty days save of the King should be cast into the Den of Lions yet what does he he was neither afraid of theirs nor the Lions rage but although Dan. 6. 10. he knew the Writing was sign'd went into his House open'd his windows and pray'd three times a day to his God as