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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

James says that Faith without Works without Holiness without doing accordingly is Dead in the 2 ch of his Ep. 17. ver good works therefore must revive and quicken our Faith That same Apostle therefore says in the 1 ch of his Ep. 22. ver Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only deceiving your own Souls arguing it to be a mighty Shamm a Trick and an Imposition upon our own Souls to be great Hearers of the Word and not doers accordingly that it will blast all our pretences cheat us of our Salvation and deny us all hopes of that Noble Hire which that great Husbandman will generously bestow on all good Workmen the faithful Labourers in his Vineyard And our Blessed Lord himself giving a Check to the rest of our Lawyers Brethren and Companions the Scribes and Pharisees who boasted so much their Perfection in knowing the Law and naming the Name of God says to them this plainly Not every one that crys Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven And now he tells you who shall But he that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven 'T is St. Matth. 7.21 the Doer the active Man full of good Works has an easie and most Glorious admission into the Kingdom of Heaven It shall be our Righteousness says Moses to the Children of Israel if we observe to DO all these Commandments before the Lord our God as he has Commanded us Deut. 6.25 And says David Blessed are they that keep judgment and do Righteousness alway Ps 106. ver 3. This therefore after his Conversion he made his utmost Care I have inclined my Heart to perform thy Statutes alway even unto the end Therefore it is that St. Paul presses this very hard and affectionately upon the men of Philippi in the 4 ch of his Ep. to them the 8 and 9 ver even all brave and generous Actions Whatsoever things are true whatsoever things are honest whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever things are of good report if there be any virtue and if there be any praise think of these things Again Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me those things take you care to do And that mighty King and Prophet a little before his Death in the last great Meeting he had of his Princes and Nobles the Heads of all the Tribes being about to take leave of them and to give them some good advice at parting this is the only farewel admonition that his last Breath delivers to them to inforce which and make them take the better notice of it he adds so great an Encouragement that it would be the means to continue them in that good Land which the bounty of their great God had now placed them in and to ensure also a blessing upon their Posterity His words in the 1 Chron. 28. ch and the 8. ver are these Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the Congregation of the Lord and in the audience of our God keep and seek for all the Commandments of the Lord your God that ye may possess this good Land and leave it for an inheritance for your Children after you for ever And when they had Forfeited Gods Favour and lost that good Land and were got into Captivity the Omission of this Duty is that that Nehemiah in his Confession does attribute to be the great Cause thereof Nehem. 1.7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept the Commandments nor the Statutes nor the Judgments which thou Commandest thy Servant Moses they did not perform well they did not act the Duties of their Religion wherefore God suffered them to be a Prey to the Heathen that they that hated them were made Lords over them And as he further says Ch. 9.36 Behold we are Servants this day and for the Land that thou gavest to our Fathers to eat the good thereof and the Fruit thereof behold we are Servants in it And it yieldeth much increase to the Kings that thou hast set over us because of our Sins also they have Dominion over our Bodies and over our Cattle at their Pleasure and we are in great distress ver 37. Whereas on the other side for the Comfort of those who cheerfully obey and do Gods will they have their desires and enjoy true Peace the Apostle St. John says That whatsoever we ask we receive from him because we keep his Commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight 1 St. John 3. ch 22. ver And of all those things the works of Mercy and Pity the Business of the Text these are al-always the most pleasing in his sight These are the fulfilling of the Law and the sum and substance of the Gospel These are the Honour of Humanity and by these Men are known to be Christ's Disciples The best of Men were truly famous for them and no one can be at all Religious without them Such a Power and Charm they have always had over the wise and good that rather than not to do them they would even challenge Misery it self or choose not to be at all which made that upright and perfect Man cry out Job 31.16 If I have with-held the Poor from their desire or have caused the Eyes of the Widow to fail Or have taken my Morsel my self alone and the Fatherless have not eaten thereof For ver 18. of the Fatherless he says From his Youth he was brought up with him as with a Father Of the Widow he says I have guided her from my Mothers Womb. Again ver 19. If I have seen any perish for want of Clothing or any Poor without Covering If his Loins have not blessed me and if he were not warmed with the Fleece of my Sheep If I have lift up my Hand against the Fatherless when I saw my help in the Gate Then ver 22. Let mine Arm fall from tho shoulder Blade and mine Arm be broken from the Bone And if he fail'd of a generous improvement and honest use of what God had blessed him with then said he Let Thistles grow instead of Wheat and Cockle instead of Barley As then he should not deserve so neither did he desire any more increase of his Land And for the Encouragement of the Rich and Generous the greatest Emperour the Richest Prince as well as the wisest Man says Cast thy bread upon the Waters for thou shalt find it after many days Eccles 11.1 Give of thy substance freely to those who are absolutely unlikely to return thy Bounty and thy reward shall be when both it and thy self shall be forgotten The same Wiseman says that all is but lent unto the Lord who will fully repay whatsoever is laid out Prov. 19.17 And this is the Reason that the Prophets of old who spoke the Mind and Will of God took care very earnestly to deliver this Doctrine to all great Men they were