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master_n	duty_n	lord_n	servant_n	4,270	5	6.7893	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93788	Clero-laicum condimentum. Or, A sermon preached at a visitation in Saint Nicholas Church in Bristoll, April 16. an. D. 1644. By Richard Standfast Master of Arts, rector of Christ-Church, and one of His Majesties chaplains.	Standfast, Richard, 1608?-1684.	1644 (1644)	Wing S5207; Thomason E282_16; ESTC R200051	18,396	37

with another and that even in all things so far as it is possible and there 's a great deal of reason to perswade us to our duty in this behalf For first we are * Acts 7.26 brethren therefore should not fall out by the way And again Secondly our master is one and our work is one and if the servants be at variance the Masters work is not like to prosper Saint Paul saith there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit and there are differences of administrations but the same Lord and there are diversities of operations but it is the same God which worketh all in all 1 Cor. 12.4 5 6. They all come from one and they tend all to one for the ministration of the Spirit it given to every man to profit withall v. 7. And for this cause are there such diversities and differences that having every man need of another we should agree the better that so there might be no * 1 Cor. 12.25 schisme in the body farre therefore be it from us to make that an occasion of division and strife which our Master intended for unity and Peace And thirdly hereby we may be known to be * John 13 35. Christ's Disciples if we love one another Our Doctrine also may be known to be of God if it tend to Peace The true * 1 Kings 3.26 Mother would by no means give way to the dividing of the Child And therefore such Doctrines as savour of strife and tend to work unnecessary divisions among brethren can favour but little of the Spirit of God Sometimes it may so fall out that Saint Paul may * Gal. 2.11 withstand Saint Peter to his face but it was because he was to be blamed Contentions will arise and sometimes they are necessary but then the ground must be good or else the contention is evill Peace and Truth must hisse each other And we must take this with us too Non sic ratio veritatis est habenda ut paci●●ura prorsus negligatur nec unitas talis ambit●da quâ vera fides deseratur We must neither underpretence of piety broach quarrells nor under pretence of Peace betray the truth The Scripture hath as well an * Eph. 4.15 ale●h●v●t● as an eirenevete follow the truth as well as follow peace and yet it is alethevete en agape fallow the truth in love Every slight errour cannot justifie seperation from a brother much lesse from a Church Est pr●●exit ar● cer●●●●● strenn● we must * Jude v. 3. contend for the faith which was once given to the faints but it must be with a contention of love not of force and violence nec pacis causa erroribus manifestis est connivend●m so Par●●s in 1 Cor. 14.33 We may not for Peace sake wink at grosse errours But yet as he sweetly addes Soda●● est cavendum ne veritati● regula●●●pin●●es affect●● sa●● fa●●rent quod nist pridem multife● issent minus ●tique conf●sionum Ecclesia nunc haberes men must take heed that they do not make their own conceits and fancies the rule of truth which if some men had not done without doubt there had not been so much confusion in the Church We must love Peace well but fundamentall truths better and though we must love all truths well yet for every petty truth we may not disturb the Publique Peace And if this course had been followed amongst us in these latter times neither had the Church been so rent nor the Kingdom so divided as now they are neither had there been so much schisme in the one nor sedition in the other as now there is For what essentiall fundamentall truth hath our Church wanted and if none there 's no reason we should keepe so much adoe about truths of an inferiour nature as to sin against Charity and Peace And at whose door thinke you will all these breaches be laid too many of them I fear will be brought home to some of the Clergy but surely they have chosen but an ill Master that have been active in sowing unnecessary divisions among brethren and it is to be doubted that it will be bitternesse in the latter end It is storyed of one Milo a mighty man for strength of body that on a time finding a forked Tree he would needs in a vain glorious way attempt to rend the Tree asunder but his strength failed him and the Tree closing again caught him fast and there held him till the Wolves devoured him And what dreadfull vengeance befell Korah and his complices we may read at large Numb 16. The earth opened her mouth and swallowed up some of them v. 32. And Fire came out from the Lord and devoured others v. 35. I will not wish the Incendiaries of our times that have made use of their strength to the rending asunder both of Church and State I will not I say wish them either Milo's lot or Korah's confusion but their own conversion rather and yet Saint Paul wisheth that they that troubled the Galatians were even cut off Gal. 5.12 But I must needs say that they whom God hates with more then a common hatred have but little reason to expect Peace at the last without repentance and such are they that sow discord among brethren as appears by that of Salomon Prov. 6.16 19. It were to be wished that we could be all of one mind but this is never like to be as long as there is corruption in nature variety in ●i●●● imperfection in our condition hard places in the Scripture and an envious man to sowe tares neverthelesse we must be all of one heart and love as brethren In fundamentalls we must be all of 〈◊〉 winde in other things if our judgements differ yet we must differ in a way of le●● we must retain charity still and give to each other the right-hand of fellowship and the chiefest contention that ought to be amongst the Ministers of Christ should be how to keep * Eph. 4.3 the unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace The Devill and his instruments know well enough that their best fishing is in troubled waters and therefore that we give them no advantage by our divisions let us have Peace one with another Nor do these words of our Saviour concern the Clergy onely but to you also of the L●ity it belongs to live in Peace And therefore in the next place I apply my self to you in the words of my Text have you Peace one with another Let there be no grudge nor hatred nor malice in your hearts no bitternesse or railing in your mouths no vexatious provocations in your carriage or molestations in your actions but as it becomes neghbours as it becomes brethren as fellow Subjects as fellow Christians as fellow-Members as fellow-heirs of the grace of life be ye peaceable 〈◊〉 be ye all Peace let all your thoughts words and actions tend to Peace study for Peace speake for Peace do