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A44165	The good Samaritane A sermon preached at the parish-church of St. Magnus the Martyr, by London-Bridge, the 13th Sunday after Trinity, being August 25. 1700, upon the Holy Gospel for the day. Printed at the request of the church-wardens, and others of the chief auditors, and humbly dedicated to Sir Charles Duncombe, Knight, and alderman of the ward of Bridge. On account of the most unwonted sort of charity, and noble generosity, which the City of London, and particularly the parish of St. Magnus has lately tasted of. By Richard Holland, M.A. chaplain to His Grace the D. of Richmond, curate of St. Magnus, and lecturer of Alhallows the Great.	Holland, Richard, 1679-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2434; ESTC R215288	15,570	36

being grown weary thought fit to stay a while and refresh themselves in this Town accordingly our Lord sends Messengers before to prepare for them the Text says there St. Luke 9.53 That they did not receive him because his Face was as tho' he would go to Jerusalem They denied him even common necessaries because his purpose was to go on thither the place which they truly hated which was a thing In-humane and Barbarous enough and moved in James and John that furious Question Lord wilt thou that we command Fire from Heaven and Consume them as Elias did As for the Cause of this Enmity betwixt the Jews and Samaritanes whether from the difference of their Worship for Samaria boasted an Altar upon Mount Gerezim about 400 Years before the Structure of Solomons Temple at Jerusalem or whether from those Old Injuries the Jews receiv'd from their Invasions when Samaria was the Royal City and Seat of the Kings of Israel after the defection of the Ten Tribes or whether from that Temple to Baal that Ahab after his Ivory House built there into which he decoyed all the Priests and Worshippers of Baal and destroyed them or whether from their gross Idolatries when mixt with the Astirians after Salmaneser had taken their City and carried the People into Captivity For tho' there were many Jews amongst those Idolatrous Gentiles yet they retained such gross mixtures of Heathenism Heresie and Idolatry that our Blessed Lord did not think them worthy of his first and early Call and therefore gave in charge to his Disciples when he sent them out to Preach him and his Gospel that they should not enter into any City of the Samaritanes St. Matth. 10.5 Or lastly whether from the words of David which seem to prove them neglected by the God of the Jews Ps 78.68 69 70. He refused the Tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the Tribe of Ephraim where was Samaria but chose the Tribe of Judah even the Hill of Sion which he loved and there he built his Temple on high and laid the Foundation of it like the Ground which he established for ever whether from these Reasons or how many of them it matters not since it is plain that the Jews always Prosecuted the Samaritans with all the Scorn Despite and Malice Imaginable And the worst Name they could devise on Earth to give any one whom they truly wished Ill to and hoped to ruin was to call him a Samaritane Hell only could afford a Partner to it which in the height of their Ranchor they joyned to this and gave them both to our Blessed Lord Thou art a Samaritane and hast a Devil St. John 8.48 Well one of this City notwithstanding the Old Picque betwixt them perceiving this Poor Jews evil Condition and great Danger was moved with Pity towards him and he effectually served him He omitted his own Journey at present dressed his Wounds searched them first and cleansed them with Wine then poured in Oyl to heal them takes him to his own Inn and Orders him to be carefully looked to To comfort and assist him he stays with him there all Night and on the morrow because he must have regard also unto his own Business having done what he could he takes out Money gives it to the Inn-keeper afore-hand to Oblige him to better Care and promises him at his return to pay more even all whatsoever he shall lay out for the Poor Man's good and recovery Having now told his Story our Lord asks this discerning Lawyer which of these three was Neighbour as he thought to him that fell amongst the Thieves He answers He that shewed Mercy on him ver 37. To which our Saviour replies thou sayest right again Go and do likewise Thou understandest very well thy Duty see that thy Conversation be answerable to thy knowledge thou knowest Truth thou discernest what is good see then that thou takest care to make it thy Business to do accordingly to express and demonstrate this good Learning and Knowledge by Wise and Noble Actions by a Good and Holy Life Go and do thou likewise Besides this great Lesson that our Saviour instructs this Son of Moses in there is still a greater Inculcated by the Parable and that is this The Insufficiency of the Law and the works of it to heal those that are wounded by Sin neither Priest nor Levite in their own stubborn Rules were able to work Righteousness and Cure the Diseased in Conscience The Jews indeed thought themselves perfect in the works of the Law that they loved God sufficiently and served him absolutely by being constant in the Temple and exact in their Sacrifices by wearing the Commandments in their Garments and the Name of God in their Fore-heads and using Lord constantly in their Mouths by being very punctual in the Observation of all their Ceremonies and by hating all other Nations and People who differ'd from them in Religion But by this Parable is demonstrated that God delights more in sincerity and hearty affection than in Sacrifices that he is more pleased with the Bowels of Mercy and Love than the multitude of Offerings And our Lord rebukes that stubborn self-love of the Jews who lived to themselves only and no more who confined all their assistance and good wishes to their own Nation and Sect and Family who to these only would shew their Acts of Friendship and Religion but behaved themselves like Turks to all the rest of the World Therefore all that great pretence of the Jews Religion is discouraged and that Generous and Charitable one of the Christian is strongly enforced which teaches all its Proselites to look farther than themselves and provokes them always to do all the good they can and that to all Men in Distress as our Lord himself came to Save the whole World even all Mankind who would be perswaded to accept of his Terms of Reconciliation Therefore he is the good and kind Samaritane which signifies a Keeper He was the true Shepherd who kept his Sheep and would not suffer them to perish All we were out of the way with this poor Jew spoiled first and rob'd of our Innocency by Satan and his Thievish VViles then we were Wounded by our own many Sins our constant Failures and infirmities and laid aside half Dead destitute of Life as well as of ease no relief could come from the works of the Law the Priest and Levite both passed by and as they did not offer so neither were they able to save And here is the great Doctrine of the Parable Health and Salvation only comes from him The Blessed Jesus himself the only Saviour the true Samaritane the careful Keeper he comes and relieves us he comforts and restores us effectually He searches our Sores and discovers our Corruption then he heals and binds up our Wounds He would not turn away his Face from us but Remembered us in our low estate He did all that was possible to be done in order to the

The Good Samaritane A SERMON Preached at the Parish-Church of St. Magnus the Martyr by London-Bridge The 13th Sunday after Trinity being August 25. 1700 upon the Holy Gospel for the Day Printed at the Request of the Church-Wardens and others of the chief Auditors And Humbly Dedicated to Sir Charles Duncombe Knight And Alderman of the Ward of BRIDGE On Account of that most unwonted sort of Charity and Noble Generosity which the City of London and particularly the Parish of St. Magnus has lately tasted of By RICHARD HOLLAND M. A. Chaplain to His Grace the D. of Richmond Curate of St. Magnus and Lecturer of Alhallows the Great LONDON Printed for J. Back at the Black Boy on London-bridge 1700. To the Right Worshipful Sir CHARLES DUNCOMBE Knt. Alderman and High Sheriff of the City of London and County of Middlesex And Mayor of the Ancient Corporation of the Merchant Woolstaplers of ENGLAND IN such an Age as this when Notions and Speculations Eat up the Practice of Piety when Noise and Clamour passes for Religion Covetous Pinching for great Sobriety and Moderation and Vnmerciful Severity for the Critical Clinch of Justice when Charity not only begins but always keeps at Home and few are the Examples of a Generous and true Evangelick Spirit Permit and Pardon me Noble Sir to make use of your Great Name to Patronize this mean Discourse upon the Good Samaritane and Recommend to the World those Christian Doctrines which the last Sundays Holy Gospel proclaimed to all good Men Doctrines which enoble the Soul and without the Practice of which Men cannot be Christians It 's Truth and Plainness is its best Recommendation and wellcom'd it to those Gentlemen who urged its Publication and those qualifications will oblige true Church-men For the Holy Gospel of the Blessed Jesus needs no flourishes and when most naked is always most Rhetorical and Convincing And they to whom it was Preached are truly Devoted to you as you have been pleased highly to respect them which that Noble Benefaction to our Church yet of General use and service to the publick will prove a brave and lasting Monument of They are of the Number of those who have done themselves the Honour to Elect you their Magistrate By which they have justified their Prudence and exerted a bravery equal to the Ancient Romans who taking good care to choose Wise and Noble Senators secured their Liberties from all violence and alienation maintained a glorious Magistracy to the enriching of their Fellow Citizens and provided wonderfully for all their Poor and Distressed And thus you have already done to the Honour of this great City the Joy and Satisfaction of all good Men in it and to the Comfort and Delivery of many Hundreds of the Indigent and Imprisoned Members of it This was a true Year of Jubilee to them and a beginning of a New Life when they now can work for their maintenance without fear or disturbance say their Prayers and thank God for their Deliverance without hurry or frightful perplexity and Contemplate Gods Mercy in raising them such a Benefactor who has delivered them from the dire usage that horrid discipline of Cruel and Imperious Jaylors And that thus it should be that God in all Ages does raise up Men for the Eminent Care of his his little ones his Poor despised and afflicted Members is a most admirable proof of his Goodness a great Argument and Instance of the Wisdom and Justice of his Providence It was perhaps the intendment of Almighty God in making such an In-equality in the outward Condition of Men in the World that those of Fortune on the Right hand should take kind Notice of those on the Left that so the Sick Poor and Naked may not seem to be forgot by their Maker when they are nourished by the Bountiful hand of those whom he has enabled and given a Heart to do great things You have been in a most Eminent degree already a Noble Patriot of your Country You have Fed and Clothed the Hungry and Naked You have opened Prison Doors and released Captives of Ancient Date You have been Physick to the Sick and a Cordial to the Faint a Father to the Fatherless Protection and Counsel to the Widow and a Friend to all that you could have true opportunity to serve And here I must not omit that great part of your Character answering The good Samaritane which the World ought to know and value you for That in your mighty Charities you have not been like the Jews to determine them to Party or Sect or Country But as God commanded who himself makes the Sun to shine and Rain fall on the Just and on the Unjust And as Christ by way of example Practised who Fed Cured and Relieved all manner of Miserable Men that came near him so nor has any ever been denyed your Assistance and Relief who was a true Object of your Charity because he was not of your Faith and Opinion And all this is doing what God commands 't is doing what Christ came into the World to teach Men to do this is acting like wise Men and good Christians 't is doing more than Scribes and Pharisees Go on Great Sir who thus have devoted both your self and Estate to the true Interest of the Nation the Service of this City the Incouragement of Justice and support of the Poor all which does tend to the Glory of God Go on to perfect these great Works of Mercy and Pity of Justice and Generosity And may you never want Power and Authority answerable to your Will and Ability whereby these Great Works will be more easily and cheerfully finished The Members of a Wise Corporation have but the other day chosen You their Head and Patron 't is a place of Trust and of Ancient State and Honour And by their Election they have ensured to themselves a Valuable Protector a Noble Friend and Faithful Governour And all Wise-Men who love their Country will follow their example and omit no Opportunity of Advancing such Men to Places of Trust Honour and Authority by which the Grandieur of their Renowned City will best appear the Citizens be most easily Govern'd the Affairs most Prudently and Honourably managed Generosity and Hospitality more Nobly maintain'd and the Poor and Distressed Cherished and Provided for So that Foreigners may again admire and our own Natives Glory in the Restoration of our own English Courage Hospitality and Charity It has pleased God to Bless you with a better Proportion of Health since the Fateague of that great Office you have so Honourably and diligently perform'd And That you may long enjoy a Continuance of the same to enable you to be yet more Eminent in publick Stations and having served your Generation to the Honour of the Rich Comfort of the Poor and good of all for many Years You may then be Translated to Receive your Reward in Heaven is the Prayer of Most Honoured Sir Your most Humble And