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A10903	A sermon of loue Instructing all men to vnite and ioyne themselues in hearty loue, and Christian charitie with one another. Preached at Folkestone, a maior towne in Kent. By Francis Rogers, Batchelor in Diuinity; and sometimes fellow of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge.	Rogers, Francis, d. 1638.	1613 (1613)	STC 21174; ESTC S112048	24,461	54

hand can reach and receiue a gift of it selfe but the hand cannot cut any thing of it selfe without a knife or some such like instrument euen so Faith as the hand of the soule is able to ascend vp to Christs crosse and to apply his merits vnto the soule but faith cannot of it selfe bring forth the workes of the first and second Table yet as if you put a knife into the hand the hand vvill cut so ioyne Loue to Faith and then faith working by Loue doth performe all those Christian duties which GOD requireth of vs in his Law Hence a Christian man is not vnfitly compared to a Conduit to vvhich there is a Spring vvhence the Water floweth a Leaden Pipe through vvhich the Water is conueyed a Cysterne to receiue the Water and a Cocke to open and let forth Water to all which stand in neede So euery Christian is as a Conduit the Spring-head from whence the Waters of Life doe flow is IESVS CHRIST the Leaden Pipe whereby these liuing Waters are conuayed is a true and a liuely Faith the Cysterne vvhich doth receiue these Waters is the Soule of man now Loue must be as the Cocke to open and bring forth all deedes of mercy to all those which stand in neede Lastly one member in the body doth tremble to be cut and seuered from another so should vvee feare and tremble to be separated one from another by hatred and dissention The soule giueth life vnto the body and to euery member of the body yet not vnlesse they be vnited and ioyned to the body for cut off the hand or the foote and then the Soule ceaseth to giue life to them but presently they dye So Almighty GOD giueth life vnto the Soule of euery man but not vnlesse vvee be vnited and ioyned one to another in loue and charitie For hee which loueth not 1 Iohn 4.8 knoweth not God for God is Loue but if wee loue one another God dwelleth in vs Verse 12. and his loue is perfect in vs So that hee vvhich liueth in hatred and dissention seeking reuenge is a meere Atheist no true Christian for as Saint Iohn saith If any man say Verse 20. I loue God and hate his Brother hee is a lyar And S. Gregory If they shall be the Children of God which are peace-makers then surely they are the Children of the Diuell which are peace-breakers Therefore euery Christian man must be like vnto a Mason vvhich hath two hands vvith the one hee holdeth fast on the Ladder to keepe himselfe from falling vvith the other hee reacheth out Tyle and Morter to his fellow labourers Euen so in building Gods Church and house euery one must haue two hands the one the hand of Faith vvhereby hee himselfe may climbe vp to the Crosse of CHRIST and so be saued from falling into the pit of Hell the other must be the hand of Loue to reach forth deedes of mercy and of Christian affection to our Fellovv-labourers and Builders of Gods house To draw to a conclusion the loue of men in this age is like vnto a Tree but it is the Figge-tree CHRIST cursed in the Gospell vvhich brought forth Leaues and no fruit so vvee are louing in shew not in deede vvhereas our loue should be like vnto a Tree vvhich is rooted deepe in the earth and beareth branches vpward and fruit vvhich hangeth downeward so our Loue must be rooted in Humilitie he vvhich vvill runne vp a high steepy mountaine must goe stooping not bolt vpright Heauen is a high hill he which vvill runne thither must haue no high aspiring thoughts but be humble Obserue among all the beatitudes which our Sauiour reckoneth vp hee saith Matth. 5. Blessed are the hungry for they shall be satisfied blessed are the meeke for they shall inherit the earth but blessed are the poore in spirit that is the humble minded man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for theirs already is the kingdome of Heauen Againe our Loue must beare branches vpward to loue God aboue all that though the Sorcerers of Aegypt made many Serpents before Pharaoh Exod. 7.12 yet the Serpent of Moses did deuoure them all so though mans loue haue many obiects yet the loue of GOD must ouer-come them all Lastly our Loue must bring forth fruit hanging downeward to our neighbour as our selues Vt quem potuerit hominem saith Saint Augustine vel beneficentiae consolatione Epist 52. vel doctrinae informatione vel disciplinae coer●ione adducat ad colendum Deum That in as much as vvee can wee should bring euery man to worship GOD eyther by comforting him vvith deedes of mercy in his distresse or by instructing him in knowledge if hee be ignorant or by curbing him with the rod of correction when he is faulty The loue of men in this age is like vnto fire whose nature is to consume all that it layeth hold on so wee striue to eate vp one another by cosening by Vsury by Symony and Briberie vvhereas indeede our loue should be like vnto fire First the nature of fire is to ascend so our loue must ascend vpward to loue GOD aboue all our Loue must de Deo Lib. de sub stat amoris cum Deo ad Deum currere saith Saint Augustine runne from God as being grounded in him vvith God as being obedient vnto his Lawes vnto God as resting in him alone Secondly the nature of fire is to shine and to giue light so the light of our loue must so shine before others Matth. 5.16 that they seeing our good vvorkes may learne to glorifie our Father which is in Heauen Wee must euery one be like Iohn Baptist vvho was Lucerna ardens lucens a burning and a shining Lampe in Gods Church Thirdly the nature of fire is not to giue heate to one or two but to all that come neere vnto it so our loue must not extend it selfe onely to our selues and to our Children but to all the members of Christ Iesus yea to all mankinde be hee a good man nay be hee a bad man he must be relieued Charitas non iudicat de meritis sed de miserijs Charitie doth not iudge of our brothers merits but of his miseries And then remember when thou deniest loue to one which is wicked that if God were extreame to marke what is done amisse O Lord who might abide it Fourthly the nature of fire is neuer to goe out if there be Coale or Wood or matter to burne euen so our Loue should neuer be weary of vvell doing neuer vveary of forgiuing Musculus saith very well Vt nequit miserecordiae praescribi modus ita nec operum certus numerus As none can prescribe a meane how farre mercy should be extended so no man can set downe a finite number how many vvorkes of mercy are to be performed for as the miseries of man are infinite so the vvorkes of loue must be infinite Now a man is sicke and so needeth reliefe

WHat S. Hierome saith of the whole Booke of Iob may most truely be verified of this saying of our Sauiour namely Singula in eo verba plena sunt sensibus Hiero. Paul that is Euery word is a full sentence affording large scope and ample matter for to entreate of but that I may the better confine my selfe vnto the time allotted for this businesse obserue three things first a commandement Thou shalt loue secondly the obiect vvhom wee must loue thy neighbour thirdly the meane how farre this loue must be extended as thy selfe Of the precept Thou shalt loue The Morall Law of God contained in the ten Commandements is diuided into two Tables the first setteth forth our duty vnto God wherein nothing else is required at our hands but Loue so saith our Sauiour Mat. 22.38 The first and greatest Commandement is this Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart with all thy soule and with all thy minde where we learne our loue to God must be like vnto death for there is no earthly liuing creature so strong so weake so rich so poore so olde so young so noble so ignoble of what condition soeuer but Death doth ouer-come all euen so though wee may loue Wife Children Father Mother Brother Sister Kinsfolke Friends Honors goods and our owne liues yet the loue of GOD must surpasse them all or else wee are not worthy of God saith our Sauiour The second Table containeth our dutie towards our Neighbour and therein likewise is nothing else required at our hands but Loue Mat. 10.37 so saith my Text The second is like vnto this thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe So that as Saint Augustine Epist 56. speaking of Humilitie saith the first vertue in a Christian is Humilitie the second Humilitie the third Humilitie and so often as you vvill aske mee I will answere nothing but Humilitie not because there are no other precepts in the Bible but because vnlesse Humilitie goe before all other vertues accompany all other vertues and follow after euery vertue Pride will deflowre our holiest actions In like manner S. Paul 1 Cor. 13. seemeth to speake of Loue saying that the first vertue in a Christian is Loue the second is Loue the third yea all required in a Christian is nothing else but Loue therefore he saith 1 Cor. 13.1 Though I speake with the tongue of men and Angels and haue not Loue I am as sounding brasse and a tinckling Cymball And againe Though I had the gift of Prophecie Verse 2. and knew all secrets and all knowledge yea if I had all Faith so that I could remoue mountaines and had not Loue I were nothing And againe Though I feede the poore with all my goods Verse 3. and though I giue my body to be burned and haue not Loue it profiteth mee nothing Hence ariseth so many commendations of Loue in the Scripture as Loue enuyeth not Colos 3.14 it suffereth all things it beleeueth all things it hopeth all things it endureth all things Iames 2.8 It is the bond of perfection the Royall Law the great commandement It is Christs owne precept yea Iohn 15.12 God himselfe is tearmed by the name of Loue 1 Iohn 4.8 Hence the ancient Writers made so many exhortations to loue and wrote so many commendations of Loue. Loue saith Philo Iudaeus is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a short word but yet it containeth much matter to be spoken of Mat. 13.31 like the graine of Mustard-seede the least of all other yet groweth so bigge as the Fowles of the ayre build their nests in the branches of it Rom. 13.9 so is Loue the abridgement of the whole Law 1 Tim. 1.4 the end of the Commandements the fulfilling of the whole Law Rom. 13.10 Insomuch as Clement Alexandrinus calleth a louing man a God Gregory Nazianzene being asked what was the best thing in the world answered Vnitie Peace and Concord and being asked the worst thing answered Hatred Discord and Contention this is illustrated by a Similitude As maine Ocean Seas and deepe Riuers in themselues are fit for ships to saile in and to hinder the passage of enemies into the Country which they enuiron but let them be cut into narrow channels and small gutters then they are vnfit for eyther Euen so where there is loue and amitie there all things prosper by concord small things become great but where is discord and strife there nothing flourisheth for by dissention great things become small Luke 11.2 yea nothing at all For Kingdomes saith our Sauiour diuided among themselues cannot endure Though God had often foretolde of the miserable destruction of Hierusalem Iosephus de bell Iudae which was performed by the Romanes yet nothing did worke their so speedy and lamentable ruine as their owne dissentions and ciuill warres within themselues see this likewise verified in the aeconomicall gouernment Therefore it is vvorthy noting that Silurus hauing fourescore sonnes seeing them at discord among themselues tyed vp a great Faggot of stickes together and gaue to each sonne a piece of the cord which tyed them and bad them all assaye to breake the Faggot vvhich vvhen they had long endeuoured they could not effect vvhereupon the old man loosed the Faggot and gaue to euery sonne one single sticke vvhich euery one could easily breake in sunder euen so while Christians and brethren vnite themselues in Loue and Charitie so long it is hard for them to be ouerthrowne but vvhen once they are at hatred within themselues then the deuill easily ouercommeth them for he goeth vp and downe like a roaring Lyon seeking vvhom he may deuoure vvhere the Greeke is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quem vvho in the singular number catching them one by one not quos in the plurall number vvhen they goe in couples Obserue likewise how discord in the members ouerthrow the priuate body of euery particular man therefore it is a pretty fable in Aesope that at a certaine time the members in the body fell at dissention vvith the belly the hand vvould reach it no meate the foote vvould goe for no meat in the end all the whole body vvaxed so feeble as it was ready to perish then the hand would reach meat the foot fetch meat the mouth chawe meat but alas it was too late to shut the doore after the Steed vvas stolne for the belly was so faint and weake as it was able to receiue no meate and so the vvhole body was consumed and as dissention ouerthroweth kingdomes priuate families the soules and bodies of men euen so it doth wholy consume the wealth and estates of men as is seene in the lame man and the blinde man of which one for want of lims vvas not able to goe the other for want of eyes could not see to goe vntill at last they agreed together that the blinde man should carry the lame man the lame man should