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A57906	A remedie against dissention, or, A help to settle mens mindes in these unsetled times, and to make up the rents made, and likely to be made through the late lamentable increase of opinions and practices as it was delivered in a sermon of Rom. 16,17 / by I.R. ...	I. R., Minister of the Gospell.	1644 (1644)	Wing R22A; ESTC R13056	17,577	24

betrayer gulfe of many honorable patrimonies uncleane sincke of sinne I beseech you marke and avoyd all such with how real a blessing should I dismisse this cōgregation if this one particle were fixed in the heart and affection of every present auditòr how happy a church and state should we presently see if the innocent would withdraw themselves from the company of corrupting Corahs Satan could never prevaile did he not plow with our heifer make men decoyes to betray men What is that which precipitates young prodigals to famin nakednesse and so many illegall and impious wayes to releive themselves therein what filleth your prisons and brings so many good mens children to shame and untimely ends but ill company Indeed God made man a sociable creature and said t is not good for man to be alone there 's no good without communion ego ne in coelo solus the most blessed being is in a sacred society but whereas God hath set by thee so many good men in whose society thou mightst be happy how wilfully dost thou perish whom none but wicked company can please Vse My t Prov. 1.10 c. Son if sinners intice thee consent thou not avoid them if they say come we will lay waite for blond fill our houses with spoyle cast in thy lot among us my sonne walke not thou in the way with them refraine thy foot from their path if the harlot tell thee of peace u Prov. 7.15 offerings let not thy heart decline to her wayes avoyd them which cause divisions and offences Wee are next to consider the delinquents 5 Who cause concerning whom this vehement caution is used those who cause divisions They that cause evill are most pernitious theeves harlots murderers all offenders are worthy to be marked nigro carbone with the charact of iustice but especially they who like the w Ionah 4.7 worme of Ionahs gourd bite the very root of law and policy by causing divisions and offences these two like x Gen. 34.25 Simeon and Levi come upon the republique and destroy all masculine vertue of religion and policy by y discurrendo de domo in domum adulantes quibusdam aliisvero detrabētes concitantes unum adversus alterum per detractiones Remig sisit eius in Rom. running from house to house flattering some calumniating others so fomenting contentions these Sallamanders live in the fire of strife which they industriously kindle these are the pestes ecclesiarum incendiaries of state Hells master workemen who make Bethel the house of God z 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cant. 2.17 a Bether montem divisionis In fault are they who being seduced become an accession to a tumultuous seperating or offending party but they are worst who cause the mischiefe in every offence worst is he who causeth others to be bad To make the people naked as Aaron did is a great sinne but a greater sinne was Balaams who taught them to cast stumbling blockes to make Israel fall To cause others to sinne is to be a Devill or his factor the most fearefull instance of Gods justice is he who causing others to sinne becommeth impardonable It hath ever beene a great wisdome in greatest interests to meete mischiefs with timely preventions by removing their causes therefore the prudent heathen made sundry lawes of prevention Such was that of Lentulus to punish a matron paenâ stupri who was seene in publike without her a Sine stolâ Tertul Apol. c. 6. vaile 't was to prevent whoredome Such was the Calparnian law and the Ostracisme to prevent ambition and oppression such their Licinian law to prevent intemperance in dyet Such was Piso's law b quas à provincialibus quispiam nequiter extorfit Alex. ab Alexand l. 4.175.6 a.m. de pecuniis repetundis to prevent extortion oppression and seditions thence arising Such their Censorian law punishing him that neglected to prune his vines or take the best season to sow spendthrifts prodigalls and company-keepers by sequestring the wife and childrens part to prevent the many mischiefes flowing into the state through the ruine of private families Vse If thou wilt truely serve the State have a speciall eye to them who cause offences abetters barraters authors of Libels and seditious Pamphlets causers of quarrels men of unclean tongus and provoking language corrupters of youth receivers of stolne goods lewd houses enticing harlots drunkards forcing or alluring others to excesse and those Seminaries of innumerable evils unnecessary and ill ordered Victualling-houses maintained by the sinnes of ill husbands and misery of famished wives and children The man that c Prov. 6.16 raiseth contentions among brethren God abhorreth the man that perswaded to serve other gods was to be stoned without pitty sinne is most venemous in the root I beseech you marke them principally which any wayes cause it in others Here are the faults to be marked 1. dissention 6. Divisions which is as d Sueton. vit Iul. Caes Sulla said many Marii in one Caesar all offences in one Dissention is a fault against God the God of peace Religion the Doctrine of peace and community and the publike weale for division importeth plurality of united parts division pernicious to those parts whose life and safety is in unity Unity the e unitas enim coërcet omnia regit Ambros in Psalm 118. prolog Salsedo combinans of the body politick the sacred bond of peace the nerves of State the state of the blessed but f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys qo. s Iusidiarum magistrum vocat Theodoret. ib. division is the subversion of Church and State no kingdome g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Naziam orat 34.540 D. divided no not Satans the grand master of divisions can stand Dissensions are the States Paralysis pollicies dissenterie bellows of devouring sedition therefore marke them that cause divisions 1. Betweene God and man h Peccata enim sola separant inter beminem Deum August de pec mer c. 20. all sinnes are within this latitude for these cometh the anger of God upon the children of disobedience for these the Lord hath a controversie with the land for these he forsaketh a people and counsell perisheth from the ancient valour from the strong and equity from the Iudge retró que feruntur res Danaum such was Israels case in their Apostacie whither soever they went out the hand of the Lord was sore against them 2. Betweene Gods vicegerents and his people mischeivous practicers whispering jealousies into the facred eares of Princes to i Qui à populo amicis Principem submovent qui internuacii sunt aliud quā respondetur referentes claudentes Principem suū agentes ante omnia ne quid sciat Æl●us Lampr●d Alex. sever alienate their affections from the people to divide the head from the body whereas the strength and securest treasuries of Princes are their Subjects loves and scattering doubtfull speeches and seditious murmurings

of b cuius unctio omuem ecclesians penetr aret Prosp Rom. 13. Matth. 5. Christ descending upon the whole church like the dew of Hermon the nurse of plenty there the Lord promised the blessing brotherly love is the summe and perfection of the law the ballance of the sanctuary the sal foederis without it God accepteth no service if this faile religion dyeth Abraham could finde no such enforcing motive to peace as this sacred name of c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost in Ro. 32. in Rom. Gen. 13.8 3 Marke Them brother let there bee no contention between thee and me for we are brethren if the spirit of adoption dwell in us let it now prevaile with us I beseech you brethren So come we from the form to the matter first to the first duty marke them we must diligently marke the causers of divisions offence we have need of diligent caution these d De Arab. serpent inquit solinus 144. f. morsu●s aniemers quam delor insequitur serpents kill before they are perceived tosting therefore you must e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Oecum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 throughly view enforme your selves f Syrus legit caveatis abillis a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Zahar ad●onisit diligens fail-Vispeculamini Tremel ut e●usideretis Erasm Heb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 à verbo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 custodivit ut Hos 12.2 Sam. 11 Custodivit oves unde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Custodes qui per noctem vigilant Psal 130.6 1. Chron. 9 19. unde etiem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 custodia carcer Gen. 40. Gen. 42. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 est attentè diligenter quasihostes è speculd obseruare Beza tanquam ●x semetipsis manifesti non sint dicit obsecro ut observetis̄ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost 9. s ' ostendit astutiam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Oecum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. beware of them and restraine them some copies have 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 marke them diligently as Saul said of David he is subtile and crafty see therefore and know all the secret places where he hideth himselfe if we would marke well we should finde that 't is the Devill who is the author of dissention and wicked men further it therefore whether they vaile their working under pretence of Zeale care of reformation or what ever other shew of good marke them well who cause divisions for as the Romans once thought of their g L. Florus hist. Rom. l. z. c. 3. Major aliquanto labor erat invenire quam vincere Ligurian enemies it is something more difficult to descry and finde them out then to overcome them They are of unwearied vigilancy for mischiefe proportion your care hereto 'T was that which h alluding to the name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the theefe Plut. Demosthenes once seriously iested my Lords of Athens said he how vigilant ought we to be seeing we have theeves of brasse and walls of clay Vse He that keepeth a treasure watcheth all that come neere it Care hath an hundred eies You whose charge it is this day to marke offendors marke them diligently because 't is Gods worke for the preservation of state and church we want no Zeale for secular matters but when God and religion are interessed how few marke diligently How rare are they who present adulterers factious schismaticks profaners of sabboths impious swearers neglecters of Gods service when 't is infallible that from neglect of divine lawes flow all contempts of humane Wicked men in a state are as ill humours in the body if they be not corrected all must perish he that punisheth not the i Qui de malis ' poenas non sumunt bonos affici volunt injuriis Pytha. apud Stob. serm demagistrat wicked cannot preserve the good now because 't is not one k Scipio minor dicebat non possum sunulet accusator esse judex Plut. office to accuse and judge marke them with your enditements and be not partiall nor indulgent to sinne He that conceales anothers faults makes them his owne If you deceive the trust imposed on you if you violate your oath to God to you must appertaine that which Mordecai once l Ester 4.14 said in a like dangerous time if thou bold thy peace at this time comfort and deliverance shall appeare out of another place but thou and thy fathers house shall perish and who knoweth whether thou art come to this office for such a time therfore marke them and avoyd them This is the second branch of the duty authors of divisions and offences must bee avoyded 4 avoyd them receive him not to house neither bidhim good speed 2 Ioh. 10. He faith not raise tumults to suppresse them t is m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Rom. Hom. 32. enough to avoyd them meddle not with n Prov. 24.21 them that are seditious reiect him that is an hereticke after once or twice admonition Tit. 3.10 be not companions with them Ephes 5.7 o Psal 18.26 with the froward thou wilt learne frowardnesse Men are as the A stronomers say of the starre Mercury good or malignant according to their conjunction with others Peter among the Apostles would lay downe his life for Christ but among the conspirators in Aunas Hall p Ioh. 18.25 he denyed him How many millions go for company in Caravans to hell q P. Martir in Rom. Some understand this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of excommunication but it is indeed as that reed put into Iohns hand Revel 11.1 to measure within the temple all that is within the verge of the Church Seeing then schismaticks and authors of tumults are as the lepers in Israel as infected beasts in the flock it soundeth to all Iudges an amovets as Saul 1 Sam. 28.3 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 put away the sorcerers and southsayers out of the land so in the 2 Chron. 36.3 Pharaoh Necho removed Iehoahaz which 2 Kings 23.33 is he imprisoned him at Ribrlath thus iudges must decline the authors of dissentions To private men who have no power of iudicature it saith avoydill company the Syriac interpreter gives it longe s à Verb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 longè remoium esse sic 1 Tim. 6.3.5 Math. 7.13 discedatis ab eis good reason ne mala vicini pecoris r Hebr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 suru recedite a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 recessit in Hithpael 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 removit abstulit Genes 8.13 1 Sam. 28.3.9 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 abcidit Pythones Montan. excidit Iun. ejecerat Vatablus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 70. exterminavit perd●dit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Targum abstulerat contagia laedant t is a desperate contagion there 's no security but in quick flight long distance from it ill company bane of hopefull youth corrupter of innocency sinnes broker vices pander vertues underminer nurse of impudence modesties