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A20724	An apostolicall injunction for unity and peace. Or, a sermon preached by George Downame Master of Arts of Christs Colledge in Cambridge, to the parishioners of Saint Stephens in Walbrooke, at his departure from them	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1639 (1639)	STC 7108; ESTC S110125	23,771	45

For conceiving the faith of Christ in her heart rather then for conceiving the flesh of Christ in her wombe Let the same minde therefore be in you which was in Christ Iesus our Lord And love them best that come neerest unto him Love your Brethren love your Kindred love your Country but especially love those that are of the houshold of Faith Love your Friends but those especially that are friends with God chuse them not for profit but for piety Illa vera perfect a amicitiâ in Christi Gratiâ sundata That is true friendship that is grounded upon the grace of Christ. Many a man useth his friends as Dionysius did his bottles suck them out when they are full and hang them up when they are empty this comes to passe because wee love not in verity that is in the truth of the Christian profession So for your children love them most that deserve best not like some fond parents that affect one above another not regarding their goodnesse but their handsomenesse or some outward toy bedecking one as if he were Ioves Ganimede and neglecting another as if hee belonged to Tryphons den If any difference be made let it be in respect of their quality and condition and this will beget in them a holy emulation and they will all strive to out-strip one another in goodnesse seeing you preferre those that deserve best To contract this Quos Deus conjunxit nemo separet Those whom God hath joyned together let no man put asunder those whom the Spirit of Christ hath made one let no man separate but as the wicked multitude run in a knot to hell so let us go hand in hand to Heaven for we are all branches of the same stock wee are all links of the same chaine wee are all members of the same body wee are all subjects under the same Soveraigne servants under the same Master Brethren under the same Father Quod superest fratres Finally brethren And when I have said that word I have said all I can for I know no neerer relation as the Etymologie of the word will tell us The word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which comes from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 uterus a wombe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 significante 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 simul together together in one belly or from the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which in the ancient Greeke tongue signifieth unum one so neere is the relation between Brethren I am loth to leave this sweet subject of love to Brethren but because I shall meet with it anon again I will here leave it and come to the next thing considerable which is the Apostles valediction to his brethren Finally Brethren Farewell The word in the originall is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies three things salvere valere gaudere First salvere God save you a word of greeting or salutation at a meeting Thus the Angell saluted Mary by that word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Haile Mary Luke 1. So Croesus in Xenophon saluted Cyrus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Save you my Lord whom Cyrus answered 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and you also ô Croesus but that is not heer meant for the Apostle is not now comming to them but taking his leave of them therefore the second is more probable as it is taken for valere to bid farewell as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Farewell youngmen so Erasmus yet Iunius and Tremelius and generally all the Greek Interpreters do expound it Gaudete rejoyce which seemes to contradict the former for at a farewell-taking we do not use to rejoyce but mourne yet if wee consider is rightly wee shall finde that they signifie the same thing for what else do I say when I say Fare you well but rejoyce I wish you good health Or as our English Proverbe hath it in our taking leave of friends Sit you merry valete gaudete the very same Whereby wee are taught to pray for the welfare of our brethren Thus Rebecca's Family blessed her before her departure from them Gen. 24. And they blessed Rebecca and said unto her Thou art our sister be thou the mother of thousands of millions and let thy seed possesse the gate of those which hate them Thus Isaac blessed Iacob Gen 28. God Almighty blesse thee and make thee fruitfull and multiply thee that thou mayst be a multitude of people c. Thus Aaron and his sonnes were commanded to blesse the people Numb 6. The Lord blesse thee and keep thee The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace Thus Iacob blessed all his sonnes Gen. 49. Thus Moses blessed all the ten Tribes Deut. 33. Thus Boaz blessed the reapers Ruth 2. The Lord be with you and they answered him The Lord blesse thee Thus the Apostles concluded their Epistles alwayes with a blessing Peace be to the brethren and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Iesus Christ. Grace be with you Amen The Lord Iesus Christ be with thy spirit Peace be with you all that are in Christ Iesus Mercie peace and love be multiplied How much unlike these men are the Goliah's and the Shimeies of these times that are continually belching out curses against their brethren Their mouthes are full of cursing and deceit and fraud under their tongues is mischiefe and vanity as the Psalmist speaketh So the Apostle The poyson of Aspes is under their lips and their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse Every childe hath learn'd to vomit out his intoxicate poyson of anger and discontent against his fellow in bitter cursing This is not to observe the Apostles charge Benedicite ne imprecamini Blesse and curse not Rom. 12. For as thou lovest cursing so shall it come unto thee and as thou delightest not in blessing so shall it be farre from thee But you will object against it the examples of the Prophets that did often denounce woes curses and judgements against the people To which I answer that it is not the same to raile or curse out of one's private corrupt affection as Shimei did David as to pronounce a curse in the name of the Lord for this is no imprecation of evill as the other is but only a prediction of their just punishment Saint Ambrose yieldeth one reason for this Non maledicit Propheta saith he sed quasi medicus vult illos sanare ut de propriis flagitiis erubescant The Prophet doth not curse the people but as a Physician hee would heal them that they may be ashamed of their sins And St. Ierom rendreth another answering unto a cavill of wicked Porphyrie who objected that S. Peter did curse Ananias Saphira to death not so saith he Sed Dei judicium spiritu annunciat ut paenaduorum hominum sit doctrina

standing in the midst betweene Heaven and Hell Never forget then the words of the Apostle Perfecti estote Be yee perfect never stand at a stay contenting your selves with what you have already much lesse go backward but be alwayes bettering be alwayes increasing in grace and godlinesse till you come unto perfection God saith unto us now as hee said at first unto his creatures foetificate augescite be fruitfull and multiply Increase and grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ. My dearly beloved Brethren be ye steadfast immoveable alwayes abounding in the worke of the Lord for as much as you know that your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord. Content not your selves with small beginnings thinke not your selves well enough if you have out-stript the hainous and enormous sinner but labour to excell the best of men To this end call your soules into question every day that you may know how they have profited in grace say with that young-man in the Gospell What lacke I yet What corruptions have I already abolished and what yet remayne in me unmortified and unsubdued What graces of the Spirit have I already attained and what do I yet stand in need of So the longer wee live the more wee shall learne the more yeeres upon our heads the more grace in our hearts so shall wee increase and multiply every day more and more in grace and goodnesse and like the trees of the Sanctuary shall bring forth most fruit in our age so shall wee adde unto our faith vertue unto our vertue knowledge unto our knowledge temperance unto our temperance patience unto our patience godlinesse unto our godlinesse brotherly kindnesse unto our brotherly kindnesse charity that so continually going forwards from one degree of grace and godlinesse to another we may at length come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Sonne of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulnesse of Christ. Again if you would be perfect you must complere ea quae desunt Ministro make up that which is wanting to the Minister So the Apostle Let him that is taught in the Word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things Gal. 6. and be not deceived God is not mocked but whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reape Mark God will not be mocked the injury is not done to man but unto God himselfe He will not be mocked if you wrong us you wrong Him if you rob us of our Tithes which are our due by the lawes of God and Man you rob God himselfe He that despiseth you despiseth mee saith Christ and therefore the Hebrews called the Priests because they were anointed Christs they beare the name of Christ himselfe and Christ doth beare the name of them They are Christs under Him and He is High Priest over Them If you did but see the fat cheeks of the Jesuits and the sowlne sides of the Masse-priests you would be asham'd to see the Ministers of the Gospell of Christ to want their daily bread The Priests of Baal sit at Ahabs table but the Priests of the Lord are put into a Cave or Den fed pane arido with bread and water So that we may truly invert that saying of our Saviour The harvest is plenteous said Hee but the labourers are but few but the labourers are plenteous say we and the harvest is but small Happy were many Ministers if they had but the gleaning of the Vintage if they had but one handfull of every heap one eare of every sheafe one grain of every eare But lest it should seeme unseemly for us to plead our own causes let me referre you to Saint Paul who spends a whole Chapter in defending the cause of the Minister which hee doth by divers strong and undeniable arguments although hee himselfe was as little beholding to them to whom he preach't as any man for rather then be burthensome you may read how hee laboured with his own hands And so much for the first admonition be perfect we come now to the second be of good comfort Graeca vox adhortationem consolationem comprehendit The word in the originall comprehendeth two things exhortation and consolation Vbi nota where note saith hee utroque opus esse that there is need of both first of exhortation Multa enim remo●antur jam ingressos viam opus est igitur stimulo tum publice tum privatim There be many things that stop and hinder us when wee are entred the way to Heaven therefore we have need to spurre on one another both in publique and private by zealous exhortations and admonitions So the Apostle counselleth the Hebrews Take heed brethren left there be in any of you an evill heart of unbeliefe in departing from the living God but exhort one another daily while it is called to day lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulnesse of sinne So shall we uphold those that are ready to fall and such as are through frailty and infirmity already falne we shall raise up again So the Apostle admonisheth the Galathians Brethren if any man be overtaken in a fault ye which are spirituall restore such a one in the spirit of meeknesse considering thy selfe lest thou also be tempted But I rather cleave to the latter interpretation of the word as Iunius and Tremelius and our English Translation renders it consolationi fruimini be of good comfort As if the Apostle should have said to them notwithstanding you have beene faulty in many kindes and have beene threatned and chastised for your faults divers and sundry wayes yet comfort yourselves in the mercies of God for though yee be troubled on every side yet yee are not distressed though perplexed yet not in despaire though persecuted yet not forsaken though cast downe yet not destroyed therefore consolatione fruimini be of good comfort Thus is God wont to send faire weather after foule the Sunne after raine the day after night Summer after Winter comfort after sorrow according to the Psalmist Weeping may endure for a night at mane adest cantus but joy commeth in the morning Thus doth he make us suck honey out of the rock and oile out of the flinty rock Thus are wee made whole by being wounded and healed by our stripes thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 become 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nocumenta documenta our crosse becomes our crown our destructions our instructions our corrections our directions God would not alwayes have his Prophets to be like Boanerges sonnes of Thunder but sometimes like Barnabas sonnes of consolation Comfort yee comfort yee my people saith your God speake yee comfortably to Ierusalem and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned for she hath received double of the Lords hands for all her sins A