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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91907	Three sermons preach'd upon extraordinary occasions. By Charles Robotham, B.D. rector, of Reisam in Norfolk	Robotham, Charles, 1625 or 6-1700.	1680 (1680)	Wing R1729E; ESTC R231140	83,223	245

needy 'T is all for communicating it does not shut but open Deut. 15. 8. Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy poor Brother It does not rake and scrape but scatter and disperse Prov. 11. 24. There is that scattereth and yet increaseth Psal 112. 9. He hath dispersed abroad he hath given to the Poor i. e. He is not tenacious or close-fisted does not hoard up or keep close his Goods for the gratifying of his covetous humour or the nourishing of his pride or the pampering of his sensuality but according as time and place and ability requires he sends them abroad for the good help and relief of others In a word the Charitable Man is one that is good and does good good in himself and good unto others He sucks not up his juice to himself he eats not his Morsels alone Job 31. 17. He does not like the Snail sibi vivere live to himself or hide up himself within his own Shell but rather like the Silk-work that even works and spends it self for the good of others For so runs the Apostles Exhortation Ephes 4. 18. Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his own Hands the thing that is good that he may have to give to him that needeth Not only that he may have a Peny against a rainy day that indeed is necessary thrift and good husbandry but that he may have to give to him that more needeth that 's Christian Charity True Charity will be giving not only out of its Lands and larger Revenues but out of its earnings something out of its own labour more or less to him that need●th This is the second thing implied ●n the Phrase of Communicating 〈◊〉 shews the Nature and Spirit of Charity to be diffusive and communicative There is yet a third thing intinated in the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as it is ●pplied to Acts of Charity and that ●s the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Good that a●ises and accrues thereby both to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theophylact in Rom. 15. Doer and to the Partaker 'T is ●he Note of Theophylact upon Rom ●5 25. That the Apostle does e●ery where call Alms or Charity ●y the Name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 com●union or communicating be●ause there is a kind of Commu●ion that is a common or a mu●ual gain by it both to him that gives it and to him that receives 〈◊〉 First he that receives our Cha●ity gains by it succour and re●reshment help and benefit And then 't is as evident from Scripture that he that gives out his Charity gains by bestowing it He gains blessedness Acts 20. 35. 'T is a more blessed thing to give than to receive He gains good to his own Soul Prov. 11. 17. The merciful Man doth good to his own Soul The good that he does reflects and redounds back unto himself He gains here and he gains hereafter Even here he gains a Blessing Qu●s dederis solus habebis opes on what he possesses Luke 11. 41. a return and encrease Luke 6. 38. Prov. 11. 25. and as he gains here so much more shall he gain hereafter Luke 14. 14. Such shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the Just 2 Cor. 9. 6. He that soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully And what shall they reap why Heaven●● and Happiness Life and Glory For in thus doing they sow unto the Spirit says the Apostle Gal 6. 8. and of the Spirit they shall reap Life Everlasting Great Gains for so small laying out An Eternal reward for a temporary bene●icence This is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Trade the Traffick the blessed exchange of a Pious Charity It gives a way Earth and gets Heaven Miser homo quid foeneraris homini foenerare Deo centuplum recipies Vitam Aeternam possidebis praebe lutum accipe Deum praebe tectum accipe Coelum Aug. It gives the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the carnal things of this World and gains the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Spiritual and Eternal things of a better And thus I have opened to you the Matter and Substance of the Duty which is a doing of good and Communicating And though the Text does not mention it yet it would be seasonable and pertinent to add unto the former the extent of the Duty the reach and compass of this Goodness the Persons whom it takes in and to whom it must extend and that is unto all Men. So says the Apostle Galat. 6. 10. As we have opportunity let us do good unto all though especially to the houshold of Faith Vnto all that is not simply and absolutely to all for that 's impossible but unto all first distributive to all in their degree and capacity to all according to the exigence of their necessities to all pro loco tempore according to the opportunity of time and place and the proportion of thy ability So St. Austin seems to interpret the Note of universality Omnibus Aug. de Doctrinâ Christianâ i. e. omnibus qui locorum temporum vel quarumcunque rerum opportunitatibus constrictius tibi quasi quadam sorte junguntur To all who are brought near and presented to us by Providence as the Objects of our present Charity And then secondly unto all indifferently without any undue exceptions exclusions or limitations that is not only to thy self but to others not only to thy own within doors that are as it were a part of thy self but to thy Neighbour without to them of the Vicinage not only to thy Kin but to the stranger yea not Beatus qui amat te amicum in te inimicum propter te Aug. confess only to thy Friend but to thy Enemy Rom. 12. 20. If thine Enemy hunger feed him if he ●hirst give him drink And so Mat. 5. 43 44. It hath been said Lex Vetus amorem docet in proximos Nova in extraneos yea inimicos Tertullian Thou shalt love thy Neighbour and ●ate ehine Enemy but says Christ I say unto you Love your Enemies do good to them that hate ●ou Ye see then though we do not take in singula generum all ●bsolutely and collectively here ●s yet a large Field for Charity to walk in a wide and a large Sphere ●o act in for the doing of good ●t must be still 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to all whom the Law of God has made and whom the Providence of God presents to us as Objects of Cha●ity It must be Peregrinanti to the Stranger Fatherless and Wi●dow that they may eat within ●hy Gates and be filled Deut. ●6 12. James 1. 27. It must be Esurienti to the Hungry and Na●ed Isa 58. 7 10. If thou draw out thy Soul to the hungry and satisfie the afflicted Soul It must be Aegrotanti to the Sick and Weak to the Blind and Lame Luke 14. 13. It must be Indigenti

the Soul from all evil un●all good at least in true heart ●nd affection as it is described Ezek. 18. 21. 'T is the pitching of our choice our resolved choice and electi●n upon God and his ways Psal 19. 30. I have chosen the way of ●ruth thy Judgments have I laid ●●fore me 'T is a taking of Christs ●oke at once and universally up●● us 'T is a stated professed re●●ved concluded subjecting our ●●●ves to the Word and Ways of Christ as Lord and Saviour In a word This Obedience un●● Gods Call 't is not so much an ●ct of particular a By repentance I do not mean conversion from any particular sin but the ●●ge of the whole Man of his Intentions and by conse●●ce of his Actions to seek God in stead of himself and World Mr. Thornd Epilog L. 2. C. 30. See also Dr. Stoughton Righteous Man's Plea Sermon 6 ●● 32 Sermon 7. P. 51. observance ●●to God in some few specialties ●●mmanded but 't is an entire and ●●iversal resignment of our selves the rule and governance of 〈◊〉 Word Grace and Spirit Even as on the contrary Disobedience to Gods Call as we now mean and speak of it stands not in every single or particular failour of Duty or going against our Duty but in the more general averseness of the Mind and obstinacy of the Will standing out or setting up it self and the pleasing of it self against the Government of God in the Soul For as it is one thing to offen● or go against the Laws of th● King in some few Particularities and another thing to reject an● cast off his Government to hav● a Picque against it so as to brea●● out into rebellion against H●● Crown and Scepter Even so ' ti● one thing to come short in our bedience to the Law or Will God in some Particulars and another thing to cast off his Wil● or to set up our own in direct opposition to his so as to say effect with them in the Parable Luke 19. 14. Nolum●● 〈◊〉 regnare We will not have this Man this God and Man this Lord and Christ to rule over us As much as to say We will not please him but our selves we will not leave our sins for his Laws or Commands we will not own or set up his Word for our Rule and Guide but our own worldly Interests our own carnal and corrupt humours customs and affections we will not listen to his Voice nor hearken to his Counsel nor turn at his Reproof but rather go on and persist in the ways of our own choosing and in the pursuance of our own desires and imaginations This is the real Language of all such as remain disobedient to Gods Call The bent of their Hearts and the course of their Lives in effect speaks thus much Nolumus hunc regnare We will not have this Man reign over us though they do not say so much with their Mouths yea though they say and profess the contrary For the Apostle has told us That Men may profess God in their words and yet in Works deny him being ●bominablc disobedient and to every good Work reprobate Tit. 1. 16. The consideration of this Head serves to a double purpose First it shews us the great weight and moment the high concern of this Obedience Ist in that 't is the main the principal thing that God looks for and requires at our Hands Without which all outward conformity to the bare Letter of the Commands is but little worth The bent of the Heart and Soul broken off from the love of sin and given up unto God and Christ in the love of Righteousness is the Root and Spring of all after-well-pleasing Obedience Therefore are we every where called upon to begin here Prov. 23. 26. My Son give me thy Heart Ezek. 18. 30 31. Repent and turn ye from all your transgressions Make ye ● new Heart and a new Spirit Jer. 4. 4. Circumcise your selves into the Lord break up your Fallow Ground and sow not among Thorns And Verse 14. O Jerusalem wash thy Heart from wick●dness that thou may'st be saved and Mat. 23. 26. Thou blind Pha●isee first cleanse that that is within that the out-side may be clean also As much as to say First a 'T is evident that Obedience is the principal Vertue and indeed the very root of all Vertues and the cause of all felicity Homily of Obedience 1st Part Pag. 343. obey the main Call of God ●art with thy own self-pleasing-will yield up the strong holds the main powers and faculties of thy Soul as an entire Sacrifice to God and then outward and more particular Obedience will easily and naturally follow And secondly The concern of this Obedience to the Call of God 't is herein seen in that it is a thing altogether indispensable God absolutely stands upon it That we should by Faith and Repentance render up our selves to an inward and through subjection of Heart and Soul to his Service in the general God as it were in course dispenses with particular failings and imperfections in duty but as for the general and sincere bent of the Heart seconded by an answerable endeavour of the Life there is no dispensation no abatement or allowance for the want of this but 't is a thing that must be found in us first or last But then again the due consideration of what has been said touching this second branch of Obedience i. e. Obedience to the main Call of the Gospel it serves to instruct us in a very weighty and concerning Point and that is in the nature of a right saving and justifying Faith True indeed we are justified by Faith Rom 5. 1. But 't is a praying and a See Dr. Field L. 3. c. 44. P. 170. Also his Appendix Pag. 862. Petitioning Faith Acts 8. 22. Ch● 9. 11. 'T is a confessing and professing Faith Rom. 10. 9. 1 Job 1. 4. 'T is a Faith hungering and thirsting after Righteousness Mat. 5. 6. 'T is a walking Faith 1 Job 1. 6 7. * The walking in the Light as he is in the Light is that qualification whereby we become immediately capable of Christs Righteousness or actual Participants of his propitiation Mr. Ball of the covenants Pag. 21. 'T is an operating or working Faith Gal. 5. 6. Faith that a Fides per dilectionem operatur in Corde etiamsi foris ●on exit in opere Sedulius in ad Rom. 3. 28. worketh by Love In a word it must be such a Faith as the Apostle describes to be the unfailing Principle of universal Goodness and Holiness through the whole Eleventh Chapter b This Faith as the Apostle describes it Heb. 11. is the sure ground and foundation of the benefits we ought to look for Homily of Faith first Part circa medium to the Hebrews Again most true it is that we are justified without Works Gal. 2. 16. That is without the Works of the Law wholly without the c See Homily