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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41657	The surest & safest way of thriving, or, A conviction of that grand mistake in many, that what is given to the poor, is a loss to their estate : which is so directly contrary as to the experiences of the charitable : so to the testimony of God's spirit in divers places of Scripture ... by Thomas Gouge ...	Gouge, Thomas, 1605-1681.	1673 (1673)	Wing G1377; ESTC R14065	59,429	70

THE Surest Safest WAY of THRIVING OR A Conviction of that Grand Mistake in many That what is given to the Poor is a loss to their estate which is directly contrary as to the experiences of the Charitable so to the testimony of God's Spirit in divers places of Scripture As Prov. 11. 24. There is that scattereth and yet increaseth There is that with holdeth more than is meet but it tendeth to poverty Prov. 19. 17. He that hath pitty on the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again Luke 6. 38. Give and it shall be given to you again good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over Psalm 37. 26. He is ever merciful and lendeth and his seed is blessed Deus bis solvit hoc foenus scilicet semel in terra secundo in coelo In terra enim eleemosynariis multiplicat opes in coelo autem longe plura majora rependit Cornelius a Lapide in Prov. 19. 17. BY THOMAS GOVGE Minister of the Gospel LONDON Printed for William Rawlins at the Hand and Pen over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill 1673. THE Surest and Safest WAY OF THRIVING Math. 10. 41 42 He that receiveth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet shall receive a Prophets reward and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous mans reward And whosoever shall give unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water onely in the name of a Disciple verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward THE troubles whereunto God bringeth his Ministers and People though they be many and Great yet are they not more and greater then the comforts which He affordeth unto them to support and encourage them in their troubles Instance this Chapter and the Sermon of Christ therein recorded concerning those sore Trials whereunto his Church and Children should be brought As any kind of affliction is foretold a proper and peculiar consolation is usually annexed Therefore to establish the hearts of his suffering Servants and to encourage their Succourers He closes up His Sermon with the words of the text wherein He declareth not only that high account which he had of His Ministers and People themselves but also of them who should yield any relief of upon His account shew kindness to them assuring them That he who receiveth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet should receive a Prophets reward And he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man should receive a righteous mans reward The words in brief contain A Declaration of that great benefit which they bring to themselves who afford any relief and succour to Ministers or other Saints teaching That there is no such way to fill our Treasures as by emptying them for God For the clearing of the words I shall breifly shew you 1. Who is here meant by a Prophet And who by a Righteous man 2. What is meant by receiving them 3. What is the Reward which followeth thereupon I. For the first who is here meant by a Prophet and who by a Righteous man By a Prophet our Saviour here meaneth not onely extraordinary Ministers such as were immediatly and extraordinarily inspired by the Holy Ghost or who had extraordinary revelations to foretell things to come but also ordinary Ministers of the word and interpreters of the Scriptures as Ioh. 4. 44. Rev. 11. 18. By Righteous men he meaneth his Saints or such as testifie their justification thorow faith in Christ by their sanctification and fruits of a good conscience whom commonly the Scripture stileth Saints II. For the Second what is meant by receiving these For Answer thereunto you must know There are two things whereunto this receiving may have a respect 1. To the word and message of a Minister and so it signifies the hearkning to and embracing their holy Counsel and Doctrine 2. To the Person of a Minister and so it signifies the harbouring or shewing kindness to Him as is evident from the instance of cold water given unto a Prophet or Righteous man expressed in the following verse Both these are implyed under this phrase of receiving a Prophet viz. His Doctrine by embracing and submitting to it and his Person by harbouring succouring and relieving him according to his need By the receiving a Prophet in the name of a Prophet is meant a a succouring and relieving him for his particular calling sake eo nomine because he is a Prophet So by receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man intendeth the same thing namely the relieving him for his General callings sake because he is a Christian a child of God and a member of Christ. III. For the third particular what is here meant by the reward of a Prophet and of a righteous man I Answer These phrases of receiving a Prophets and of a Righteous mans reward may be taken Actively or Passively Actively for that reward which a Prophet or a righteous man giveth Passively for that which is by God given to the one and to the other The reward which a Prophet giveth is ministerially to preach the word of Reconciliation to such as receive them as Peter did to Cornelius Act. 10. 34. c. To pray for them as Abraham for Abimeleck Gen. 20. 7 17 And to bless them as Melchisedec blessed Abraham Gen. 17. 19. The reward which a righteous man giveth is privately to instruct and edifie to pray for and to be a good pattern and example of righteousness to such as entertain or otherwise relieve him The reward which is given by God to either of these for that kindness which any shew unto them is such a surpassing and excellent weight of glory as cannot be expressed by the tongue of men or Angels yet different in degrees as is evident Dan. 12. 3. Some take these phrases Of receiving a Prophet and a righteous mans reward in the former sense Actively and others Passively I conceive it may be taken in both The words thus explained do afford unto us several points of Doctrine From the duty here expressed of receiving and relieving Prophets and righteous men with the manner of setting it down we may observe 1. Doct. That all needful succour and good entertainment is to be afforded to Ministers of the Gospel This is the main and principal point intended 2. Doct. Christian kindness is to be shewed not only to Ministers but also to all the members of Christ. For our blessed Saviour contents not himself to have mentioned a Prophet but also addeth a righteous man These two sorts make up The household of Faith to whom the Apostle exhorteth Christians especially to doe good Gal. 6. 10. Q. Is our Charity to extend no farther A. Yes even to all that are in want but especially to such as have a particular relation to Christ as being his members or Ministers because Christ in them is