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A57545	The good Samaritan; or an exposition on that parable Luke X. ver. XXX----XXXVIII. A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell amongst theeves, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, preacher of the gospel.; Mirrour of mercy, and that on Gods part and mans. Part II	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1823A; ESTC R222130	165,186	261

the Pharisees was to this Answer you have heard before and may read Mat. 5.43 yet here he is inforced though an Adversary to testifie the Truth Thence note Doct. The truth wants not sometimes the testimony and suffrage of an Adversarie Exod. 8.19 Iudges 7.14 Iohn 11 49-53 19.22 Math. 27.54 Luk. 4.22 This testimony doth every Hypocrite and dissembler give whilst they professe the truth for if it be not worthy why do they make any Profession therof Now God is pleased to have it thus Reason First Deut. 32.15 That the truth may be glorified what stronger testimony than the testimony of an Adversarie True it is Non eget testimonio hominis Ioh. 5.34 It self is testimony enough and therfore called the Testimonie Isa 8.20 It bearing witnesse to it self It is of the Nature that God himself is whose Glory is not capable of any augmentation nor passive of any diminution As the Splendour of the Sunne is not inlarged by them that blesse it nor eclipsed by them that hate it The Sea may be multiplied the Earth swel'd bigger the Heavens stretched out Hell inlarged but God and truth is ever the same 2 Pet. 2 2. and yet in respect of us both the one and the other may be said to be magnified or dishonoured We may make them appeare greater in us though they cannot be made greater by us It may be made to appeare more glorious or inglorious to others though it cannot be made either glorious or inglorious in it self Secondly That the godly may be more setled and confirmed in it To heare a Saul preach Balaam blesse Caiaphas prophesie is a notable strengthening and confirmation to our Faith that what is delivered is of God and not of man Thirdly This makes for the further confusion of wicked ones who sin against the known light and testimony of their own Consciences had not God revealed the truth unto them their damnation would be the easier their judgment the lighter but now that they say they see their sin remaineth Luk. 12.47 48. Ioh. 9.41 Vse 1 Let this first informe us of the hardship which truth undergoes and suffers in this world Without all Question she is often questioned and put to defend her selfe by witnesse of her Neighbours Truth is fallen in the streets and equity cannot enter saith the Prophet Isay 59.14 And the way of truth is evill spoken of as saith S. Peter 2 Epist 2. ● And the talk is that truth is not only in a swoone but like to die for want of Confession because there is none to be found who will be her Confessor Yet not after the wont of wayward men as sometimes spake a Reverend Prelate of ours let us so bemoane what we want D Senhouse B. of Carlile as not to blesse God for what we have The voyce of truth is heard in our land as Salomon spake of the Turtle and as God said of Corinth I have much people in this Citie So both in Citie and Country God hath many who are ready to beleeve truth on her bare word But what are these flockes of kids being compared with these mighty troopes of Aramites Tell the Polititians of this world Papinians truth that is the best po●licie which ●●k●● most for piety 〈◊〉 a covetous man of S. Paules truth that the love of money is the roote of all evill c. Strait she must proove her honesty by witnesse Or if the like liberty were given to those whose hearts arise against these truths as was by Gideon in the audience of all the people to the timerous and faint hearted to depart our auditories which are now thin enough would soone be thinner Vel duo vel nemo We seeme to entertaine the truth lucentem but we hate it redarguentem as saith S. Austin And as the Fryer told the people that the truth was like to holy water which every one will call for yet when it came to be cast on them they would turne away their faces so wee call to have the truth preached to us but the truth is it will not by many be endured Vse 2 Doth not the truth want testimony sometimes from the mouth of a very adversary why then it is a shame if the professed friends of truth should faile her Veritatem Philosophia quaeris Theologia invenit Religio possidet saith Miranaula Philosophy seekes truth Divinity hath found truth Religion professeth truth And yet with the Church in the Canticles may truth complaine I am wounded in the house of my friends Had it beene an enemy that had thus reproached mee then I could have borne it saith David So may truth say had it beene a Heathen and Pagan I could better have suffered it but it was a Professor a Christian I suffered by this is grievous Quest But who doth thus Resp Those spoken of Rom. 1.18 who imprison truth through wilfull disobedience and hold her in injust captivity and will not suffer the truth revealed to have her perfect worke in them for their through sanctification Ioh. 17.17 Those also who walke not in it nor worthy of it 3 Epist Ioh. 4. such cast aspersions on the faire cheeke of Gods truth and stick not to give her the lye But let all such as indeed love the truth have courage for her Let Magistrates be seene in her Livery Moses was counselled by Iethro to choose Viros veraces men of truth for judicature The Egyptian Judges had the Picture of truth alwayes in a chaine about their neckes And Charles the great had this written on his sword Decem Praecep●orum custos Carolus Charles keeper of the ten Commandements Let the Priests of God be cloathed with Righteousnesse and have veritatem written on their breast-plate as Aaron had alwayes when he gave sentence remembring that of Tertullian nihil veritas erubescit nisi solummodo abscondi And let all that professe the truth witnesse in her behalfe both Actively and Passively Our Lord and Master tells us that his comming into the world was to beare witnesse to the truth and our beeing in the world is for the same end God is truth his wayes are the wayes of truth his word is truth his workes are truth all truth Blessed are they who defend his truth Object But veritas odium parit and who but children or fooles tell truth Resp Veritas odium parit sed non est odiosa as saith judicious M. Calvin in Gal. 4 It brings hatred but it is not hatefull but every way most excellent and glorious so that in all our sufferings for it the spirit of glory and of God rests on us 1 Pet. 4.14 2. Gods eyes are upon the truth as speaketh Ieremiah and upon them also that stand out in her defence 2 Pet. 2.9 Ps 37.6 Lam. 3.56 57. 3. Though none unlesse children and fooles will tell the truth yet unlesse we be such fooles and children we may not think to enter into the kingdome of Heaven Psal 15. Vse 3 Let us