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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

make peace on earth and that done come againe and you shall be accepted to give glory to Heaven and not before Have Peace therefore with all men especially with those that are of the houshold of Faith with all men not absolutely but upon these conditions The Apostle tels us the first Follow peace saith he and holinesse they must go still together never purchase peace with the losse of holinesse If I must by keeping peace with men warre with my God and offend my Conscience and betray the Truth I will resolve to be contentious still and so farre from following of peace that I will proclaime open warre and hang out my flags of defiance against all the world I will refuse and defie that peace that cannot be had but upon such hard tearms I am sure I have a good warrant for 't the Prophet David was of this minde hee accounted Peace a good and a comely thing but it must be among Brethren those that hate God he will hate they that are Gods enemies shall be his Enemies Doe I not hate them O God that hate thee and am I not grieved with those that rise up against thee Yea I hate them with a perfect hatred I account them my enemies Psal. 139.21 22 And yet cum odio habemus vitia personas prosequimur charitate saith Peter Martyr Though we hate their Vices we must love their Persons otherwise it will prove a devillish malice and not a Godly hatred hate therefore the Sin but love the Man Secondly Harken to the Apostle Rom. 12.18 If it be possible and as much as in you lies live peaceably with all men Fac qaod tuum est ostende alacritatem animi promptitudinem Do what lies in you shew your cheerfulnesse and readines of minde to entertain Peace It 's true it is not in you to put into other men a peaceable disposition but see that there be no stand on your behalfe and then your dutie is discharged Lastly This must be understood as meant in a private or personall cause that we are thus eagerly to follow and pursue after peace Otherwise if the cause be publique or doe concerne others if it tend to the undoing or betraying of our neighbour in such cases as these a man hath a Sanctuary provided him even the Law which hee may lawfully flie unto yet so as hee still remember to ensue Peace and be as ready upon any reasonable termes to lay hold on it This is a Doctrine never out of season but especially at this time when Kingdomes halfe disjoynted are united I pray God continue it especially at this time when all the World are together by the eares and wee in safety especially at this time when you are to receive the communion of the body and bloud of our Saviour Christ which is the Sacrament of Peace and a Seale of our union and communion with Christ our Head and with one another where you are all to eat of the same spirituall meat where you are all to drink of the same spirituall drink when then should you be friends and at peace among your selves if not now I require and charge you before him that knoweth the hearts and tryeth the reins of all men that if any of you have a grudging against me against him against anyone that you doe not dare to approach that holy Table before you disgorge your stomacks lay down your malice and be friends First goe and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy Gift Thus if you performe the Apostles precept you shall not faile of his promise Be of one minde and live in peace and the God of Love and Peace shall be with you Some take this for a blessing others for a promise it may be either or both for first not only the power to Pray to Preach to give the Sacraments but also the power to blesse you that are Gods people is annexed and is a branch of Ours of the Priests office Thus God commanded Aaron and his sonnes to blesse the people Numb 6. Thus our blessed Saviour blessed his Disciples at his departure from them Luke 24. He lift up his hands and blessed them and this was the custome in the Primitive Church at the end of the Liturgie ever to dismisse the assembly with a blessing before which was pronounced not a man of them would stir like good Iacob Non demittam te nisi benedixeris mihi I will not let thee go till thou hast blessed me Esau himselfe lift up his voice and wept for a blessing yea He cryed with a great and exceeding bitter cry and said unto his Father blesse me even me also O my Father Such a vertue held they in it but an evil custome hath prevailed with our people away they go without blessing as if it were not worth the taking with them I marvell how they will be inheritors of the blessing hereafter that seeme to set so little by it now if they ever intend to heare Come yee blessed me thinks they should not now runne from the blessing none of the Apostles did so but one and that was Iudas and you know what followed hee went out and hanged himself But as this is a wish or blessing of the Apostle so it is likewise a promise upon the performance of those duties where you may observe that as God is wont to proportionate mens punishments to their sins so doth he heer their rewards to their vertues if wee live in love and peace the God of Love and Peace wil live with us I would we were but truly possest of the greatnesse of this blessing I would we did but know what it were to have God to be with us not as hee was with Moses in a fiery Bush not as he was with the Israelites upon Mount Sinai in Thunder and Lightning but as hee was with Elias in a still small voice in Love and Peace And contrariorum eadem est ratio If it be so great a blessing to the godly to have God with them then what an ineffable curse is it to the wicked to have God from them and so have all they that live in strife and discord they are without God in the world here and they shall be without him hereafter if you will credit Saint Paul who saith that they that live in hatred variance emulations strife seditions heresies envyings c. shall not inherit the Kingdome of God If it be possible therefore and as much as in you lies live peaceably with all men yea seeke peace and ensue it what ever it cost you whither whether pleasure or profit or credit or whatever else slack not nor give over till thou hast atchieved it So will I make bold to make good the promise of the Apostle to you and it shall be my finall Benediction Deus Charitatis the God of Love and Peace shall be with you He shall be