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A10924	Christian curtesie: or, St. Pauls vltimum vale Deliuered in two sermons, on 2. Cor. 13.11. at St. Margarets on Fish-street-hill in London. By N. Rogers (sometimes preacher there) at his farewel, vpon his remoueal thence to a pastoral charge else-where.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1621 (1621)	STC 21194; ESTC S116107	47,357	86

is not instructed in the Law of God but of such as are painefull faithfull and able to instruct So Moses Exod. 24.14 going vp to the Mount left Aaron and Hur his Deputies And thus Paul sent Timotheus to Thessalonica 1 Thes 3.2 to stablish and comfort them touching their faith and left Titus at Creta Tit. 1.5 to redresse the things that remain Yea if he be sincerely affected to his people when the necessity is serued hee will haue a desire to returne and visit his flock Rom. 1.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and hee will say with S. Paul I long to see you He will haue such a desire after them as is impatient of delaies for so the word signifies which Paul vseth and wil not be long detained after once he can get to bee released but plaieth as the old-beaten Hare Ionga cursitatione def●●lus cubilibus suis emori Esponc lib. 3. digress ad 1. Tim. cap. 22. beeing weary of long chasing abroad returns home and dyeth in his owne borrough I could wish then that such as are negligent would themselues rather seriously consider this then giue others cause to complaine for certainly want of loue to the flocke is the cause of wilfull absence from the flocke Omnis negligenter pascens toties sibi cōmendatum dominicum gregem cōumcitur summum non amare pastorem Damas epist 4. And hee who loueth not the flock loues not him whose flocke it is and therefore our Sauiour sayth to Peter If thou louest mee feed my sheep Wherupon sayth one euery one negligently feeding the Lords flocke so often commended vnto him is found not to loue the chief shepheard CHRIST IESVS Ob. But though wee feed not commonly by our selues yet continually by our substitutes R●s If the former occasions cause thy absence this is good as before I haue shewed If not it is no excuse vnlesse thou couldst loue Christ by a deputie and substitute It was a saying of one Iodocus sometimes a famous preacher within the Realme of France which hee did often inculcate in his Sermons * Vspence Adibunt per vicarios parad●sum in persona ins●●os as one that often heard it doth report That such as feede their sheepe by Vicars themselues being negligent and idle shall go into heauen by their Vicars but into hell in their owne persons hee spake pleasantly yet vttered the truth But to conclude this vse Aaron was commanded to beare the names of the children of Israell vpon his shoulders Exo. 28.12.19 and vpon his heart for a memorial before the Lord continually To remember Ministers sayth Bishop Babington of respectiue memorie vpon the place How deare vnto them the flocke committed to their charge should be euen grauen as it were in their breasts and euer in their minds to profit them by all possible meanes they may that they may bee saued Looke then we do so for if we haue no shoulder nor bosome for them Christ that great Shepheard of the sheepe will finde no mansion for vs. A second vse of this point may be for people let them learne to be perswaded of the loue and good affection of their Pastors toward them and answere it againe with like loue and good affection It is a policie of the diuell to driue men out of conceit with their Minister and cause them to suspect his loue and affection towards them and all for this end that they may lesse profit by his paines For well doth this enemy of mankinde know that where there is no affection to the person there will bee no regard of the preaching where there is no liking to the man there will follow a loathing of his Ministerie For the mind being forestalled with this conceit The Minister loues vs not makes vs misdeeme all things whatsoeuer are spoken to suit with the malitious Fountaine from whence preiudice supposeth them to proceed as when the palate is annoied with some bitter humour all things seeme bitter to the taste and hereby is the effect of the word much hindered We see this in the example of Ahab toward Eliah and Micaiah whom hee hated and professeth his enmity toward them 1 Kings 21.19 20. 22.7.8 and therefore despised the word that came from their mouths And without doubt here is a main reason why men profit not by the teaching of the word as they ought and might Because they acknowledge not the loue of their Teachers and their tender affection ouer them for their good especially when they taxe and reproue them for their sinnes then they thinke he loues them not nor careth for them but speakes out of malice and spleene and so they hinder their profiting by his teaching 1. Thes 5.12 13. But I beseech you brethren to know them which labour amongst you and are ouer you in the Lord and admonish you and to esteem them very highly in loue for their works sake We haue done now with the Compellation the Valediction followeth Text. Farewell It hath beene an ancient custome both amongst the Iewes and Grecians to begin and end Letters and Epistles with Salutations and Greetings and therein they did wish to their friends that which they counted the chiefest good And hence the Heathen as they were opinionated about the chiefe Good so they did indifferently wish good things to their friends in their salutations The Philosophers wished prosperitie the Physicians health The Common-people Ioy The Iewes wished peace The Romans safety And our Apostle here Doct. Common forms of salutation both by word of mouth and writing are commendable welfare vnder which he comprehends all blessings belonging to this life or a better From hence we learne Common forms of Salutation and Greeting both by word of mouth and writing are commendable and are both ancient and Apostolicall A precept for this duty wee haue giuen vs by our Sauiour When you come into an house salute it Mat. 10.11 And againe Into whatsoeuer house you enter first say Luke 10.5 Ruth 2.4 Peace be to this house A paterne wee haue in Boaz who coming among his reapers said vnto them The Lord be with you and they answered him The Lord blesse thee Yea the Angels themselues haue vsed forms of salutations And in the Angel that came to Gedeon who saluted him thus Iud. 6.12 The Lord be with thee thou valiant man And in the Angell Gabriel who came vnto the Virgin Mary Luke 1.28 and said vnto her Hail thou that art highly fauoured the Lord is with thee The Psalmographer insinuateth the commonness of this Christian duty among Gods people when he saith They that go by Psal 129.8 say not so much as The Lord prosper you And we shall finde the Apostle Paul to be very precise in the obseruing of this point in all his Epistles who oftentimes setteth down the greetings and salutations of others as well as his owne Rom. 16 4-17 The whole

may not be betraied Follow peace and holinesse saith the Apostle Our peace then must be a holy peace and not vnholy Melius est dis●duem pictatis ortum causa quam vttiosa 〈◊〉 ordia Hier. for a godly dissension is far better than it When question is of matters of religion when by our silence the truth is like to bee betraied God dishonoured and the saluation of our Brethren hindred in these cases peace cannot be retained Hence Apostles and Apostolike men haue chosen to contend by preaching and by writing against errors and superstitions as Paul with the Galatians Augustine against the Manichees and Donatists and so others rather then by holding their peace to betray the truth of Christ So ought wee then to haue peace with men as that we doe not make warre with God If the truth and righteousnesse be violated pluck vp thy heart be valiant and fight the Lords battaile and chuse rather to lose peace then truth and Iustice Our peace is a warfare against Satan and his complices Pax nostra b●llum cōtra Satanam Tert. l. ad Mart. Secondly So much as lieth in vs. Som are so quarrelsome and contentious as do one what hee can to appease and please them they will haue no peace Towards these wee shall do our dutyes when we are peaceably disposed neither giuing nor hastily taking any occasion of dissension We are to desire and seeke peace as much as lieth in vs that there be no defect in vs no neglect of our duty And if then we cannot gaine peace with them we shal bee sure to get praise with God and though heer peace fly frō vs yet in the end peace shall be our portion To dreame then of an vnity with the Papists of an vniformity with Schismatickes is an idle phantasie For so long as one is an enemy to truth the other an enemie to Peace both set on mischief cōbined in faction though differēt in faith wee may wish for it but neuer haue it But is it lawfull for a man to sue another at the law seeing that seems to be contrarie to peace Quest It is lawfull if ther bee iust cause Resp Rom. 13.4 for the magistrate beareth not the sword in vain He beareth it to punish wrong-doers and defend the right which hee cannot doo if hee haue no knowledge of it And how shall he knowe if there be no Plaintiff And yet with these Caueats Caueats in suing at the Law First not for euery trifle or trespasse but in matters of waight and importance Secondly not vntill thou hast offred peace and it be refused and that not once but often Thirdly not accounting him whom thou impleadest as an enemy hauing war onely with his vices but peace with his person Fourthly prosecuting it with mildnesse not with extreamity As in suing of bonds and recouering dammages mercy must be shewed according to that rule of the Apostle Let your moderation be knowne vnto all men Phil. 4.5 Which rules being obserued As thou maist lawfully vse physicke for the recouery of thy health so maist thou vse the Law for recouering of thy right And thus we haue seen what the Apostle in this precept requireth how to perform that which he requireth at our hands What now remaineth but that wee put these things in practice and endeauour to keep the vnity of the spirit in the bond of peace Eph. 4.3 Let vs not be vnpeaceable with the peaceable that argueth a diuelish minde nor vnpeaceable with the vnpeaceable which argueth a corrupt mind nor yet content our selues in that we are peaceable with the peaceable for that argues but a ciuill minde but if it be possible and as much as in vs lieth let vs bee peaceable with the vnpeaceable which is that that onely argues a true Christian and heroical mind And so should we make it good that wee are endued with true grace Esay 11.6.7 ● Rom. 14.17 and are true subjects of that kingdome which is the kingdom of Peace whose king is peace Peace was that last rich jewell which Christ departing to his Father left his Spouse for a Legacy Peace I leaue with you my peace I giue vnto you Iohn 14.27 It is the last duty I shall exhort you vnto Be peaceable my Brethren I haue read of two Noble Lacedemonians who were at mortall hatred and beeing met with by their King called Archidamus in the Temple of Minerua hee requires them to put their matter to an indifferent Vmpire They chuse the King himself He makes them swear to abide his order which accordingly they doo Now saith the King I order that you shall not go out of this Temple vntill you be friends And so they were reconciled for an oath taken in that Temple was vnlawfull to bee broken My Brethren we are the Temple of God and now heer met together in the Temple of God and haue this day and now doo partake together of the holy things of God And yet as I hear 1 Cor 6 7 there is vtterly a fault amongst you in this respect in that there are contentions one amongst another and going to law one with another and that onely for such things as sauour but of spleen Might I be Vmpire the like order would I giue as that King did you should not depart out of this Temple till you were reconciled Remember my Beloued the diuell is the authour of dissension Hee it was that went about at the first to seuer man from God and it is he that now laboureth to seuer man from man Christ is our Salomon the Lord of peace The Church is the Shulamite the Lady of peace If thou belongest to Christ or to his Church be peaceable And so much be spoken of the duties whereto they are exhorted now a word or two of the Argument or Motiue wherwith they are enforced Text. And the God of loue and peace shall be with you God is heer called the God of loue and peace because hee is the authour approuer and rewarder of it And heer by the way it is worth our noting how that the Apostle praying for peace or exhorting to peace sets God before him as hauing that in him for which he praies and of which hee speaks giuing such titles to him as best fits the presents argument Doct. We are to see in God th● fulnes of these graces we desire of him and may teach vs wheneuer wee come to God by praier so to consider of him as that wee may see in him those things we desire Thus the Apostle exhorting the Romans to patience and consolation fals to praying for them and sets God before him as a God of patience and consolation Rom. 15.4.5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you c. And a little after Verse 13. he cals him the God of hope The God of hope fill you with all ioy c. And in the very next