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A44165	The good Samaritane A sermon preached at the parish-church of St. Magnus the Martyr, by London-Bridge, the 13th Sunday after Trinity, being August 25. 1700, upon the Holy Gospel for the day. Printed at the request of the church-wardens, and others of the chief auditors, and humbly dedicated to Sir Charles Duncombe, Knight, and alderman of the ward of Bridge. On account of the most unwonted sort of charity, and noble generosity, which the City of London, and particularly the parish of St. Magnus has lately tasted of. By Richard Holland, M.A. chaplain to His Grace the D. of Richmond, curate of St. Magnus, and lecturer of Alhallows the Great.	Holland, Richard, 1679-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2434; ESTC R215288	15,570	36

Healing and Restoring of us And when he returned to Heaven he left us still in very good Hands his Apostles and their Successors to the End of the World These he ordered to Comfort to Cure and Preach Salvation to us giving them at present a Reward on Earth for looking well to us appointing them who Preach to live also upon the Gospel but promising them still a better and greater Reward when he shall come again to make up his Jewels Then are they to receive the full Fruit of all their Labours and for looking well to their charge they will be doubly Paid and Rewarded for whatsoever of their Pains and Care they shall lay out for the Recovery of his People And as the Parable it self was a sufficient display of the Folly of the Jews in determining their Love and Friendship to their own People and obliged this Cunning and Learned Man of the Law to acknowledge the same And the only application that our Lord makes of it to him was that he should put in Practice what he so well knew and had there Ingenuously owned being now convinced that he should make it his Business to mend his Manners since he had good Learning and knew the Law it would leave him without excuse not to live up to it if he did not Go and do likewise So the fuller discovery of that more Valuable Learning the Christian Doctrine in it that that this Lawyer could not see but the happy Disciples might Nay that that the former Prophets and many Kings have desired to see and hear but could not since all this is clearly revealed to us since we with open Face can behold as in a Glass the Glory of the Lord how great will our Condemnation be if we do not live accordingly what will become of us if after so clear Conviction of our Sins and Misery and perfect Demonstration of Christ's Love and Mercy we cannot we will not yet be perswaded to Go and do likewise For our further improving then of this Sacred Scripture what I shall insist upon at this time with God's assistance shall be the Proof and Application of this great Doctrine That all our clear Convictions and Knowledge of Christianity our skill to discover and find out our Duty the Demonstrations and great Pretentions of our Religion and even Faith it self these are all but nothing worth without our Living and Doing accordingly To know to own and to commend is not enough but our great Duty is to keep God's Holy Will and Commandments To discern to talk of and to teach them is not enough but to walk in the same all the days of our Lives Behold to obey is better than Sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of Rain said Samuel to the Men of Israel 1 Book 15 ch 22. ver To keep Gods Law to have just regard to his Precepts and that with all manner of sincerity to be exemplary in Charity and fruitful in all good works this is the Genuine off-spring of the best knowledge and the only Demonstration of the true Christian Faith Good works flow from thence as Fruit does from the Tree And without good works in vain is the pretence of Religion knowledge is deceit and a lye and Faith it self quite Dead But from the discovery of the Goodness and Mercys of God the infinite Love and Condescention of Jesus Christ the Comfort Assistance and Refreshings of the Blessed Spirit from our Knowledge and Assurances of these in the Revealed Word for us to live accordingly for us to Go and do likewise is to Glorify our God to Edify and improve our Generation and to declare and justify both our Faith and Knowledge before Men. When our Learning and Skill in God's Commands is seen by our Obedience when our Light so shines before Men that they see our good Works when our Acts of Conversation are such as we justifie in Opinion Then do we Glorifie our Heavenly Father prove our Claim and Interest in the Merits of his only Son our Blessed Saviour and then do we please and rejoice the Holy Ghost then do we answer the end of our Creation become Ornaments to the Universe while we appear truly useful helps amidst the infirmities and failuers of a miserable World and as our example will tend to the Encouragement of others provoking them also to Glorifie God so more especially to the Justification of our selves in the great Day of the Lord. Holy David says Blessed are those who are upright in their way and who walk in the Law of the Lord Ps 119. ver 1. Blessed are they who keep his Commandments and seek him with their whole Heart ver 2. He does not say that they are Blessed who can talk of God's Testimonies who know the best way and are well instructed in the Law of the Lord but they who do accordingly they who keep the Law and seek him with their whole Heart He afterwards says ver 6. Then shall I not be ashamed or confounded when I have respect unto thy Commandments Now in knowledge a Man may be confounded in Opinion and Fancy and even in Faith it self but in Obedience in having just respect to God's Commands in doing likewise three we cannot be confounded And our Blessed Lord himself says St. John 15.14 Ye are my Friends if ye do whatsoever I Command you 't is not for knowing only or believing but for doing what Christ Commands that demonstrates us to be his true Friends The Apostle St. John says expresly in his 1 Ep. 3 ch 10 ver That Whosoever does not Righteousness is not of God Therefore is it that the Man after Gods own Heart prays for his Son in these words Give to Solomon my Son a perfect Heart to keep thy Commandments thy Testimonies and thy Statutes and to do those things 1 Chron. 29.19 Wisdom and Knowledge Solomon himself had desired and obtained from God in a most Glorious abundance above any Instance that the World had ever produced But this is his Godly Father's Prayer for him that he might do likewise that he might live and act according to his Superlative Knowledge And it is the particular and highly Honourable Character of Zachary and Elizabeth that They walked in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless St. Luke 1.6 They lived up to their Religion and obeyed the Statutes and Laws thereof And this is that that was Comfort to King Hezekiah in the day of his Sickness and Distress when the Prophet was sent to him with this Doleful Message Set thy House in Order for thou must dye and not Live this then refreshed and encouraged him therefore to appeal with it to his God Isaiah 38. ver 3. I beseech thee O Lord Remember how I have walked before thee in Truth and with a perfect Heart and have done that which is good in thy Sight The Author to the Hebrews says Ch. 11. ver 6. That without Faith it is impossible to please God And St.

most Faithful Servant Richard Holland August 30. 1700. The good Samaritane St. Luke 10 37. Latter part Go and do thou likewise THE Words are our Blessed Saviours Application of a great Doctrine inculcated in one of his Noble Parables which the Wisdom of our Church has appointed for our Contemplation this Day and Week in the Holy Gospel to which I must intreat you to have some respect while I shew you the import of them In the beginning thereof our Saviour acquaints his Disciples and Followers of their Felicity above other Men even Prophets and Kings who had been before them and had seen none of the things which they had seen The Intimations of the Messias the Saviour of the World were all but dark to them and obscure when to these the Disciples Life and Immortality is brought to light The Prophets and Kings of Old had seen him only by Faith When these bodily saw him and convers'd with him they Eat Drank with and discoursed him were Fed and Cured by him they heard his Voice and were moved by his Example and had all Encouragements imaginable to their excellent Religion both from the Miracles they frequently saw and the Doctrine they constantly heard from his own Mouth All which is to advance and improve the Honour and Excellency of the New Testament above the Old the state of the Gospel above that of the Law When immediately comes to him a great Man of that Law one well vers'd in the Rites and Performances of the Old Religion the Statutes and Rules of Moses He was very expert in that way There he boasted his Perfection And because he thought that he knew enough and that no one could instruct him abounding in Pride and Self-Conceit he puts forth this tempting Question to our Lord ver 25. Master what shall I do to inherit Eternal Life He was Pert and Brisk and thought by his Art and Sophistry to impose upon or Silence our Blessed Lord. Who answers him only thus ver 26. What is written in the Law How readest thou that is Thou oughtest thy self to be well known in this and it is thy Office to satisfie others in the matter thou who professes the Knowledge of the Law and from whose Mouth other Men seek it thou should'st be able to satisfy Men from thence and sure there thou canst find it What is written in the Law How readest thou He answers directly now and shews his Proficiency in the Law and said ver 27. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and with all thy Soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind because indeed he cannot be sufficiently loved and thy Neighbour also thou shalt love him as thy self Jesus allows and approves of this his discreet answer commends him for it and adds that since he knew his Duty so well nothing remained but for him to do it ver 28. This do and thou shalt live The knowledge of the Law and the best of all Religion is not enough but to live to do accordingly that is the Life of all Religion Knowledge does not Knowledge cannot but doing accordingly most certainly will give Life And this was a direct answer to his Question What shall I do to inherit Eternal Life The Gentleman being Baulked and not a little touch'd with this our Lord's Reflection upon his answer and being convinced that he did not live according to his Knowledge being puft up with the usual affection and vain Glory of the Pharisees one of whom he was he would not in the least own and acknowledge any manner of defect but as if he had been Perfect very boldly he puts forth a second Question and demands of Jesus who he esteems to be his Neighbour ver 29. And who is my Neighbour The Jews you must know reckon'd their own Nation and Brethren the only People to whom were due their affections or any even the least assistances and kindness Foreigners and Strangers they persued with all manner of Hatred and Scorn and in afflictions instead of relief they practised towards them neglect only and that to the greatest degree of Inhumanity This being the constant Course of their Lives and Conversation with all manner of People but their own our Blessed Saviour ordered his Discourse so that in the answer the Lawyer himself should acknowledge their Ill-natur'd folly and unreasonableness in that matter Which he does by a Noble Parable representing the whole of their Dispute and teaching that the great Duty of Love of the true Christian Charity is not to be confined to Kindred and Countrey to Nation and Religion to Friends and Acquaintance only but to extend to all Men of what Nation and Kingdom of what Perswasion or Relation soever if they really be in Distress and Miserable The Parable runs thus ver 30. A certain man of the City of Jerusalem having Business at Jerico was upon his Journey thither but Fortuned on the Rode to be be-set with Thieves who over-powering of him robb'd him of what he had even stript him of his Cloths and not content with that abus'd his Person Wounding him to prevent his pursuing of them then went away leaving him almost dead Now who should come by that way but a Priest first who from his Order and Profession of Priesthood ought to have been an example of Mercy to others yet he passed by the other way would not so much as inquire into the Poor Man's Condition or take the least Notice of him but avoids him as if he had been an infection and as the Jews used to avoid and refuse all sorts of Men be their Condition never so bad who differ'd from them in Religion The next Person that came that way was a Levite ver 32. A man of Moses also and Dedicated to the Temple of the second Order of those who Ministred in God's Service a Man there of some Devotion but yet of as little Charity as the Priest He also was not in the least moved at the dreadful Condition of the Traveller tho' he proved to be their Countrey-Man and Fellow Citizen of Jerusalem but he passed on also and gave no help at all After both these comes a certain Samaritane ver 33. Now the People of this Town of Samaria and those of Jerusalem bore always a mortal hatred one to another The Jews have no Dealings with the Samaritans St. John 4.9 They did not so much as Trafick together for any thing whatsoever which was the Reason why the Woman of Samaria wondred at our Saviour for asking some Water of her How is it says she that thou being a Jew asketh Drink of me being a Woman of Samaria The Jews always refused and scorned any thing from them The like we find from the Samaritans their Humour was as Cross and Untoward to all the Jews as will appear by this Instance When our Saviour with his Disciples was upon his Journey to Jerusalem where he was to perfect his great Work they