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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03694	The Christian gouernour, in the common-wealth, and priuate families described by Dauid, in his 101. Psalme. Guiding all men in a right course to heauen. Herewith also a part of the parable of the lost sonne. Luke 15. Both expounded and opened by Robert Horn. With the doctrines and vses thence arising. The more particular contents see on the page following.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.	1614 (1614)	STC 13821; ESTC S121133	164,903	442

in Christ. Or those flagons of Wine in the Cellers of Christ which stay the Church that is reuiue and comfort her being fallen spiritually into certaine swounes and sencelesse traunces by some momentanie despaire Cantic 2.4.5 and these seale vp life or death as they be receiued worthily or vnworthily worthily to life or vnworthily to damnation 1 Cor. 11.26.29 So for Prayer the Apostle S. Paul hauing set forth a Christian in all his Christian armour and peeces of armour as his head-peece his brest-peece his girdle-peece his shoe-peece with his shield of Faith and sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God maketh Prayer as it were the button or knot that is chiefe-peece of all that large furniture to the warre of the Spirit which hee there speaketh of saying and pray alwayes in all manner Prayer and Supplication in the Spirit Ephes. 6.18 as if he had said whatsoeuer is wanting let not Prayer be wanting and when you put on this armour or any part of this armour let Prayer be your Button or tying knot to hold it together that it fall not from you in the day of the Lords March lest you be naked If then wee know or care to know little of the Doctrine of Saluation hauing passed an estate of our soules to ignorance for terme of life or if as wee know or care to know little of the word we haue as little good will rightly to know and reuerently to come to the Sacraments and if as wee passe litle for these wee care as little for Prayer to pray in the Spirit and in Faith by the Word wee wander souly to destruction our house tendeth to death and our paths to the dead Prouer. 2.18 Alas then what vvill become of all contemners and ignorant of true knowledge in what case are they who come to the Sacraments prophanely or but once in two or three yeeres and what spirit leadeth them who haue such a deadnesse in them of spirit and spirituall life that they call not vpon God Psal. 14.4 Such walking in darkenesse know not whither they goe Iohn 12.35 and haue no suretie to be saued hauing at the Charter of grace neuer a seale of saluation and cannot but despaire to haue any thing from God who haue asked nothing of him that is by the Prayer of Faith nothing that they might obtaine at his hands that vvhich is good and necessary for their infirmities and wants here Iam. 4.2 To bee short wanting the meanes of protection from death and hell how can they but wander in death and fall into hell Yet this is commendable in this yong man that he chose rather to liue iustly by labour and meanely in a calling then to rob and kill for his liuing as many who haue beene brought vp Gentlemanlike doe at this day And it teacheth hat they are more lost then the lost Son who being vvithout meanes and tenderly bred pampered with ease the delights of Gentrie had rather like wilde men hunt for a purse then dwell in Tents that is in a calling as Iacob did eating their bread honestly Esau was a man of the Field Esau whom God had forsaken but plaine Iacob dwelt in Tents that is commendably in a Trade whom God loued Gene. 25.27 Also Christ speaking of the Pharises and Scribes those vvho did persecute the Master poyson the seruants with their leauen of false and corrupt Doctrines compareth them to theeues that steale and our high-way-theeues that kill Iohn 10.8.10 and Saint Paul speaking of a rable of reprobates putteth theeues that is vnrepentant theeues in the number nor theeues 1 Cor. 6.9 Besides theeues specially by the high vvay cast for wealth and lay wait for blood Prou. 1.11.13 and are so fa from repentance that they draw away others ver 10.14 And can any be more lost then so lost the lost Sonne that went farre vvent not so farre But is it such a matter to be a theefe and robber then let them consider their dangerous estate vvho liue to no benefit of the Common-wealth or Church in a calling but as Droanes eate the Honny and sweet thereof vvithout any labour The Apostle Saint Paul calleth such Theeues His words are Let him that stole steale no more but labour rather Ephes. 4.28 as if he had sayd He that laboureth not to vvit in that which is good stealeth and he that is in no calling to wit of some profitable exploiment is a Theefe And if all such be Theeues then all that are such are Common-wealths-men inferiour to a Swine-herd though they can say they liue of their owne or of that which is giuen them This young man though bad would not be so bad he would not be a theefe and vvas content to labour and therefore they that are theeues and all that will not labor are in the case of Church-members and point of Commonwealth-manship worse then he But to our purpose it is plaine as hath beene proued that they are more lost then this lost Sonne who rather chuse a theefes life out of a calling then an honest though meane life in a lawfull Trade The reasons are First Such hate their owne soule Prou. 29.24 vvhich this yong man did not though he prouided ill for it Secondly they are further from repentance which is seldome giuen of God out of a calling The conuerted Theeues example Luke 23.42.43 is a rare bird in this case and but once seene in the Bible Vses An instruction to liue in any meane place and sort then to steale Dauid and the men with him though they liued in want yet liued not by spoile and though they were poore men yet they were true men and asked reliefe as strangers but would not command it as Rogues 1 Sam. 25.5.6.7.8.15.16 So vertuous Ruth gleaned in Boaz Field Ruth 2.3.7 Shee gleaned onely but tooke not from the vvhole sheafe nor vvhole sheaues as some leasers now Saint Paul vvho bids euery Christian to labour with his hands rather then to be idle to eat his owne bread in some calling rather then stollen Bread in no lawfull calling 2 Thes. 3.12 doth rather chuse to make Tents then to eate vvith offence where yet he might haue eaten with authoritie Act. 18.3 2 Cor. 11 8 9. Indeed the vniust Steward that vvas ashamed to begge Luke 16.3 was not afraid to steale verse 6.7 so though to begge be euill and to steale vvorse yet the wicked rather then they will eate their owne bread that is bread that they haue right vnto by their honest labour will doe one or both But vvhat get they by such vnrighteousnesse surely the curse spoken of Zachar. 5.3 the curse that will out them off and finde them out to destruction though they vvould hide themselues vers 4. not a lingring curse but a flying curse Nor a curse that will leaue something Obad. 5. but a fretting curse or leprosie that will seaze on all nor the curse of damage onely but the bitter curse