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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

may be lost by liberality p 92. How our Liberality should be extended p. 93. Life of man is pretious p. 152. Much ado to hatch it up page 153. Some Life remains in man since his fall p. 44. Love it begins at home p. 141. It works on the whole man p. 112. Levite what was his office pag. 50. M Man his blessed condition in his creation p. 15. Meanes weak God works by to confound the proud p. 82. Mercy our Eares are altogether for it p. 72. It is much mistaken in the world p. 113. It must be extended to all in Misery p. 86. Mercy to an enemy overcomes him p. 88. Misery is the object of mercy p. 87. Merit to be disclaimed p. 118. Ministers the Divell seeks to spoyle them especially p. 51. They should be pitifull p. 53. And fly all covetous practises p 54. And all kind of cruelty p. 55. They should be liberally Maintained p. 56. What is inough for them p. 58 They are like Hosts in sundry respects p. 163. How they should become all to all p. 197. They are no empty fellows p. 167. God hath betrusted them with much p. 166. And gives us blessings through their hands p. 167. They are little set by of man p. 191. Large promises are made them by God p. 191. Man cannot recompence them p. 192. They should be carefull of their cures p. 180. In what case they may be absent p. 181. Monie answers all things in an Inn p. 162. N Nature of man highly advanced by Christ p. 143 Corrupt Nature too much advanced by Papists Page 43. Yet we may not think of it lesse than is fitting page 43. It is to be respected in our charity p. 88. Necessity is wisely to be judged of p. 141. Our Brothers Necessity is to be prefer'd to our superfluity p. 141 What is to be accounted necessary p. 122. Neighbour what it imports p. 199. Who is to be understood by Neighbour in the Scriptures 199 Every man is a Neighbour pag. 120. Some Neighbours are dipthongs p. 201. The benefit of a good Neighbour p. 202. It is lawfull to preferre one before another in Neighborhood p. 216. Who helps in misery is best Neighbour p. 215. Christ is our Neighbour p. 203 O Occasions of sin avoid p. 63. They are of two sorts ibid. Offering Christ made one for us p. 155. Opportunity to be laid hold on p. 100. Reasons pressing it p. 101. Over-seers of the poore to be carefull of their duties page 154. And to visit them often p. 1●4 Oyle the Gospell resembled to it p. 133. P Parables usefull and profitable p. 8 13. Passions of two sorts p. 115. How far Christ took them on him ibid. Difference betwixt his and ours p. 116 Comfort against inordinatenes of them ibid. Patterns make choice of the best vid. Example Persecutors who the greatest this day in the Church of England p. 179. How lawfull for a Minister to fly in case of Persecution p. 183. Practice and the sweet of Christianity is in it p. 220. Praise to be given to whom it is due p. 217. Physitians of antient standing p 127. Christ is the souls Physitian p. 129. Physitians should be carefull of their Patients p. 154. Neglect of Physick when need requireth is a fault p. 127. How to use it p. 128. Whence it is it doth no good to some ibid. Please others we should and with what cautions p. 143. Poore of whom they begg'd in former times p. 55. Power of God doubted of by us p. 131. Profession the end of it is not idle speculation p. 219. The most forward in it do not ever deale best p. 83. Yet Profession is not in fault nor to be cried out against p. 84. Professors should be carefull of their actions p. 85. Some Professors are like Images p. 219. Propheticall office of Christ discharged p. 154. Projector Christ is for our good p. 158. Providence of God all things come to passe by it p. 49. Have Faith in it as well as in Gods Promises p 158. Q Questions foure that shall not go unresolved p. 11. Christ will make answer to our Questions p. 12. R Rahab how she was an harlot p. 145. Redemption in the work of it God shewed not so much his face as bowels p. 117. Greater honour done to mans nature in it than in creation 144. Religion of some is all outside no lining p. 219. It must be commended by a Religious life p. 85. It is the strongest bond p. 34. Reliefe who is fit to have it 93 Residency injoyned on Ministers p 182. It is two fold and which is especially required jure divino 184 Restitution foure for one by what Law p. 28. Reward there is due to good works p. 193. But not of merit ibid. Riches not perfectly good p 32 S Sacrament against carnall presence in it p. 160. Salvation by Christ alone p 94 Not by the Law p. 71. Not of all p. 149. Salvation of the soul the greatest Salvation p. 96. It must be had by attending on the means p. 135. Doctrine of Salvation to be received with joy p. 96. It requires from us greatest thanks p. 98. Saviour none l ke Christ p. 93 How to get him to be our Saviour ibid. Samaria a royall City p. 80. Samaritans how esteemed of by the Jews p. 81. Satan his power limited p. 39. Saying difference betwixt it and speaking p. 9. Scripture not to be abused by jesting with it p. 14. Senses both seeing and hearing furnished with helps Sick are to be visited vid visit Sin should not be varnished 17 Similitudes delightfull and profitable p. 8. Singularity when a virtue 66. Snare how to escape it p. 24. It lies in all worldly things ib. Strength our own trust not to p. 16. Suffering of sinners how it should affect us p. 112. Superiours should look to their carriage p. 66. They are oft-times the chiefe in sinning p. 67. Suretiship is lawfull pag. 186. Cautions in using it pag. 188. T Theft many waies committed p. 29. It is a greater sin under the Gospell than under the Law page 28. Theeves Divels are vid. Divels Who are to be counted for Theeves p. 27. They are Fellons p. 33. There are great store abroad 30 There are some great Theeves who are a terror to litle ones ibid Truth hath testimony from her Adversaries p. 210. It suffers hardship in the world p. 211. It is to be received who ever brings it p. 214. It cannot be believed on her word p. 212. The friends of it are to testifie for it p. 213. Travelling is dangerous p. 21. Tythes the tenure of them questioned by busie headed men 168 They are a debt p. 169 172. And have bin consecrated to God p. 172. They carry a charge with them p. 177. Kings may partake of Levies Tyth p. 17● They had a peculiar Tyth by themselves ibid. They may not alienate Tythes from the Church p. 176. God hath Tyth out of a strange field p. 58. Unconscionable Tythers are persecutors p. 178. Time to be redeemed pa. 100. Both the godly and wicked husband it p. 101. V Vessels in the Gospell how filled p. 155. Victualing-houses not simply to be condemned p. 145. Where are many of them are usually many drunkards No long stay to be made in them p. 159. Victualers in former times infamous p. 145. Visibility of the Church what p 146. Visit the sick and afflicted p. 60 121. How the infected should be visited p. 126. Christ is our Visitour p p. 125. He is to be visited p. 105. Vnion of our nature with Christs how necessary and comfortable 143. W Walke we must and act p. 219. Free-will in man and in what p. 44. It must be governd by grace 45 Wine the Law is compared unto p. 133. Word our guide p. 26. Two parts of it p. 133. It is to be attended unto read and preached p. 135. Words of Christ comfortable words p. 125. Works of supererogation condemned p. 193. A compassionate heart full of good Works p. 113 119. Good works rewarded yet merit not p. 193. Co worke we must with God 46. World is a very Hospitall p. 43. The World is every where 27. It is no place of continuance p. 161. It is full of dangers p. 22. How to use it p. 23. The pleasures of it are bitter p. 20. It is to be destroyed ibid. It must not be our Center 32. The things of it are taken with a Palsie p. 31. Wounds mans soule full of p. 42 None past Christs cure pag. 43 129. How he cures them p. 129. FINIS