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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01724	Foure sermons vpon the seuen chiefe vertues or principall effectes of faith and the doctrine of election: wherein euerie man may learne, whother he be Gods childe or no. Preached at Malden in Essex by Master George Gifford, penned from his mouth, and corrected and giuen to the Countesse of Sussex, for a Newyeeres gift.	Gifford, George, d. 1620.; Josua, Richard.	1582 (1582)	STC 11858; ESTC S118830	40,121	112

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A man may demand what maner of order is here vsed in willing vs to ioyne godlines to patience then to godlines brotherly kindnesse is not godlines the whole or the general these brāches are members of it True it is that this worde is often vsed generally to comprehende al goodnesse but in this place it comprehendeth but the first table of the lawe wherein wee are willed to bee deuout or zealous a very necessarie caueat to beware that we doe not become so patient that we forget to be zealous in the Lords quarrel it is as if Saint Peter should haue said I woulde not haue you so meeke as to beare and put vp al I woulde haue you withal to bee hotte in Gods quarrell forget not that For many vnder a colour of a meeke patience doe couer the want of religion for if God bee dishonored his trueth defaced his seruants slaundered they can heare and see and yet bee as meeke as a Lambe but if themselues bee touched yee shal see them playe the Lions and of luke warme to become fire hot this therefore is no patience which wanteth godlinesse Wee must learne then both with patience and meeknes to deale in the Lords matters also with feruent zeale least in steed of this excellent vertue of patience which was commended vnto vs there be nothing but a prophane vngodlines an irreligious mildnesse in which at this day moe do offend then through impatience for these Athiests haue this as an excuse very readily Are we not cōmanded to be gentle and soft Is it not our duetie to maintaine loue and charitie with our neighbours Indeede they bee great swearers and somtime they vse to speake against gods worde if they be awry I think they shal answere for themselues if we should gainesay or seeme to reprooue them they woulde not take it wel therefore I thinke good not to disquiet them Heere is nowe wonderfull patience these are verye godlye and charitable persons yea euen a treacherie towardes GOD and men For is there any of them which being slaundered with some foule crime whereby they should receiue great iniurie or bee spitefully rayled vppon if some of their neere friendes sitte by and holde their tongues when they know they be iniuried that cannot by and by feele say this was cold friendship that they could not haue dealt so vnlouingly towardes their friendes by whome soeuer they should haue heard them so abused they could not haue held their tongues Thē belike God nor his truth are none of their deare friends that they can put vp such iniurie done towards him There is plentie of this patience in all places but godlinesse cannot bee suffered to come neere for he is a breake peace and a very vnpleasant felow hee is ouer rough and precise and ouer captious there was good neighbourhood and friendshippe before he came they could be merie together and bee in vnitie without anye iarre had it not bene better to vse gentlenesse and patience then to haue this broyle for there is nothing better then loue and where that is not there is nothing good O miserable daies this is the good loue now amōg mē that they cannot loue one another but they must hate God to haue peace and concorde with men to bee at ods with God for mens sake to put vp the dishonoring of his name not to continue in patience vnlesse godlinesse bee wanting The vngodly world and lewde nature that is in men taketh occasion to accuse godly zeale vnder this pretence and to finde fault with the preaching of the worde because say they it setteth men at strife But we must learne in this place to ioine godlinesse with our patience for otherwise we shal be found to be nothing els but irreligious and prophane dogges although wee pretende loue neuer somuch The time wil not suffer to handle the rest which remaineth in this text Let vs remember that which hath beene said giue all diligence to pursue these excellent vertues that so wee may approue our selues to be right Christians and looke for the blessed hope promised in Iesu Christ The third Sermon 7 And with godlines brotherly kindnes and with brotherly kindnes loue 8 For if these things be with you and abound they will make you that ye shal not be idle nor vnfruitful in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christ 9 For he that hath not these thinges it blind and seeth not a farre of and hath forgottē that he was purged from his olde sinnes ANd with godlinesse brotherly kindnes c. Wee haue heard already that with our faith must be ioyned vertue or godly deedes which it cannot be without if it be a true faith with vertue wee are commaunded to ioyne knowledge which may bee a guide thereunto our knowledge must goe with temperance with this must come patience therevnto must be ioined godlines There remaine yet two branches of these special vertues about which wee are to trauell the first of these is brotherly loue or kindenesse which must be yoked with godlines as I said that this godlines he speaketh of is referred to the first table of the law respecting God and his religion that wee bee sound and zelous in the same and not as those which are for al times and al religions and therefore care not what bee saide against religion beeing very belliegods and Atheists so this is referred to the seconde table shewing what wee owe vnto men This is very fitly and necessarily added for as there bee many which regarding men onely howe to please and not to grieue or offende them altogether forgetting their dutie towards the Lord God and wholy shutting him out as thogh their chief care should be of men let pas godlines so there bee some that offend on the other side which looking alwaies so high as to haue respect to the Lord and his trueth to bee earnest and firie in that ouerlooke men forgetting the dueties which they owe vnto them the holye Apostle meeteth with this mischief and telleth vs that we must so loue God that we also loue men ioyne saith hee to your godlinesse brotherly kindnesse for vnlesse this be ioyned and goe with our zeale of Gods worde it is no true godlinesse although wee bee neuer so sounde in iudgement and seeme to be as hotte as Moyses or Elias yea euen to be swallowed vp with burning zeale for it doeth not proceede from Gods spirite who doeth also worke the loue towardes men wheresoeuer hee goeth but it doeth proceede of some corrupt cause as of vaineglorie or selfe loue and such like and deserueth not indeede tobee called godly deuotion no more then the true faith can be without vertue or deserueth to be called ought saue a shadowe or Image of faith if it bee without good workes but it is a bitternesse which resembleth the true zeale which doth euermore carrie with it a loue and care towardes men True it is that to be

zealous in spirite is a singular and speciall gift of God and they which be without it are but brutish senslesse creatures not knowing God nor howe precious his glory is yet this must be lo●ed vnto in euerie one of vs whether we beare a lo●ing affection toward our brethren or no for if we loue God we must needs loue men which beare his Image If we delight in the worde of God this is one chiefe point of doctrine which is taught in it that we be louing and kind vnto men Therefore as Saint Paule 1. Cor. 13. sheweth that very excellent giftes doe not profite without loue so likewise in this place wee be taught that if wee woulde seeme to bee godly and haue not loue it is nothing worth Let euery man therefore lay this doctrine to his hearte that hee must be earnest in the causes of the Lorde zealous in religion preferring God and his truth before all men whosoeuer and whatsoeuer they be but yet withal that he must looke downe vnto men rendring vnto them their due also this doing hee may beholde hee is in the right way Vnto this brotherly loue wee bee charged to ioyne loue It may bee heere demanded againe what manner of speeche this is which the Apostle doeth vse for is not brotherly kindnesse or brotherly loue as the word doth signifie and loue al one We must bee farre from thinking Saint Peter to deale with so little heede as to wil vs to ioyne the very same thing to the same wee must therefore seeke a difference betweene these two We may take this difference either that the first of these doth expresse what wee owe towards the Godly who be chiefly called the brethren and the latter what we owe vnto all both good and bad or els the former doth signifie the inwarde affection of loue and the latter the outward practise of the same for the doctrine in both these is needful to be opened If we take then the former sense we be willed to ioine with our loue towards the godly and faithful brethren whom we ought chiefly and more dearely to fauour a loue also which may reache euen ouer al good and bad friend and foe This Saint Paule teacheth when he willeth vs to do good to all men but especially to thē which are of the householde of faith So that we must acknowledge our selues bounde in some sort euen to the wicked according as our Sauiour doth teach Math. 5. Blesse them which curse you pray for them whiche hate and persecute you and Saint Paul saith Rom. 12. If thine enemie hunger feede him if he thirst giue him drinke Well then although this bee very harde to mans nature yet the Lorde doeth streightly require it at our hands and so that if this bee wanting wee doe but deceiue our selues If we take it in the latter sense the first worde to signifie the inward affection of loue the other the outward practise then we haue heere a notable point to be obserued not to ouershoote our selues in our loue in iudging it to be right sincere when it is halting and lame for many when they heare that we are so straightly charged for to loue our neighbours that with out the same there is nothing good in vs or which God accepteth looke no further but thus whether they bear any grudge or euil wil in their mindes if they cā say I hurt no mā nor I meane no hurt to any they persuade thēselues that this is an excellent loue And so a stone meaning no hurt may bee saide to loue other somwhat wiser do not only looke to that one thing whether they beare euil will but also whether they haue any kind of affection in them and here they stay when they shoulde goeyet this step further to see that this kindnes in them breaketh foorth into good and charitable deeds for there may be some louing affection in a man and yet bring foorth but slēder fruits bicause there is a great slouth in nature which hindreth men from putting their loue in vre for loue is laboursome and paineful as Saint Paule setteth it forth 1. Thes 1. when he saith Your laboring loue If then we wil loue the brethren heere is the touchstone by which we may proue our loue that wee spare not for any labour or cost nor yet waxe weery because loue is not like one that is lazie luskish loytring at home within a mans brest but steppeth abrod and is verie diligent neither doeth it preferre euery light commodity vaine pleasure before the benefite of the brethren Then by this it is manifest how that al those which would seeme to bee godly and yet haue cast away the care ouer their brethren at the least thus farre that they wil neither trauel nor be at any charge for other mens sake whose wealth they shold procure especially of the soule for therein lieth the chiefe trial of loue because it is a preposterous thing to be very tender ouer the bodie a rotten carkasse and to pitie the miserie thereof so much in the meane while not to care for that that is more precious namely the soule the relieuing and healing of which shal be the happinesse of the whole man for euer This I speake because wee see many that wil bestowe somewhat vpon the reliefe of the bodily miserie which haue no pitie vpon mé which wander in blindnes ignorance whose soules are famished pined for want of foode full of deadly woundes and sores which are not salued bounde in the bands and chaines of sinne holden vnder captiuitie by Satan euen readie to be swallowed vp of the bottomlesse gulfe of hell the cause in deede is that they haue not yet learned to pitie their owne soules and therefore cannot pitie the soules of their brethren for if they did know the spiritual miserie they woulde neither spare night nor day in trauelling to haue it eased wheras now contrariwise they can pull backe men from godlinesse and discourage them from seeking after saluation they can laugh sport themselues in their owne sinnes and in the sinnes of their neighbours as though there were no miserie therein finally being cruel murtherers of soules would neuertheles gladly be deemed charitable But their bountifull almes doth want seasoning Let vs learn therefore to pitie to shewe kindnes to the bodily necessitie of men and not to forget especially aboue al to procure with al diligence as much as lyeth in vs the saluation of their soules otherwise we can neuer be saide to ioyne loue and godlinesse together In that which followeth in the foure nexte verses there is shewed partly the great and singular commodities which wee shal reape if wee bee garnished with these foresaide vertues and partly the discommodities which we shal finde in the want of the same And this S. Peter setteth forth not staying in the bare declaratiō of the vertues which indeed of themselues beeing so precious