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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10928	The vvild vine: or, An exposition on Isaiah's parabolicall song of the beloued: Isa. 5. 1,2,3, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, pastor of Messing in Essex; Strange vineyard in Palæstina	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1632 (1632)	STC 21200; ESTC S116115	254,274	348

For looke as the loue of God is the fountaine of all his benefits extended vnto man so is loue in man the cause of his obedience and seruice to his God God hath loued vs first to doe vs good and we loue him next that wee may doe him seruice And thus wee haue done with the markes of triall whereby if wee take any tolerable paines in the examination of our selues it would soone be seene what loue to God we beare and as I feare it would appeare that albeit the greatest number professe they loue the Lord yet the fewest number would bee found to loue him in sincerity And Lord thou seest and knowest it For how little art thou desired or sought for How small is that Ioy which men take in thee or thine Who sets thy feare before their eyes and when thou hidest thy face what man is troubled Where is our patience in suffring for thy sake when one houre in thy house of praise cannot be endured without an ache in our bones and of what are we so soone weary as of well-doing As for our zeale where is it while we sit still and see thee dishonoured hauing no courage for thy truth And doe not our tongues cond●mne vs while they are for all purposes except thy glory If they should iustifie vs would not our workes and actions testifie against vs We call thee Lord but where 's thine honour The title onely and no more thou gettest of vs. Or if thou doest it is but the dregs and offall the very worst of all and yet we grudge when wee haue not the best from thee O blessed Sauiour shed abroad thy loue in our hearts that we may loue thee better And this is the first vse which I would haue made of this let our second be for Exhortation that we would Vse 2 loue the Lord yea preferre him in our loue aboue all other welbeloueds Let our Affections be set vpon him and be enflamed towards him Let our tongues be mute to all vanities and eloquent only vnto him and for him who gaue man his tongue and speech and whilest other mens discourses are taken vp about trifles let ours be spent in setting forth his praises Let our Actions bee such as may be pleasing to him and let vs not dare to venture vpon any thing that may offend him And how euer we cannot perfectly yet let vs all pray for grace that we may loue him yet more feruently and lesse fainedly only for himselfe and his mercy For this end vse these helpes Helpes to attaine to the loue of God Get a true knowledge of him and of his name n Psal 9.16 Ignoti nulla cupido For they that know him loue him and as our knowledge is such is our loue The Heathen man obserued that vnknowne things were not desired though in themselues they were neuer so excellent or desirable And what a helpe this is for the attainment of this grace appeares by that speech of the Church vnto her Spouse o Cant. 1.2 Thy name is as ointment powred forth therefore doe the Virgins loue thee His name fame glory and renowne was by many meanes made knowne especially by his Word vnto the world and hence it was the Church did carry such an inward affection and hearty desire to him which she testified by an outward approuing and liking of him Thou then that desirest to loue God see thou get the true and sound knowledge of God labour first for that by vsing all good meanes tending thereunto especially diligent reading and conscionable attending to the preaching of the Word p Iohn 5.39 Search the Scriptures saith our Sauiour for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life and they are they which testifie of me Seriously meditate of Gods loue to thee in Christ before all worlds were and of his rich mercy which he offers thee through Christ Consider what a difference hee hath made betweene thee and many other that are reprobates which onely came from the riches of his loue for by nature thou wert as vile as they as miserable as they a childe of wrath as well as any of them not a haire to choose betweene them and thee Consider of it likewise in other particulars as thou shalt haue occasion and it will worke thy heart to loue him Loue is loues load-stone so sheweth the Apostle q 2 Cor. 5.14 The loue of Christ constraineth vs. Labour then to loue God a little who hath loued vs exceeding much and indeed as r Ser. 83. in Cant. Bernard speaketh we cannot answer God well in any thing but in loue For if he be angry with vs wee may not answer him againe in anger if he iudge vs we may not againe iudge him if he chide vs we must be patient if he command we must obey But in that he loueth we may yea must returne loue for loue for he loueth to be loued Remember often his holy presence and doe not dare to goe whole weekes nor daies nor houres without thinking of him for that will estrange our Affections more and more from him We see how it often happens with new maried couples who though at first they seeme somewhat strange and hardly can affect each one the other yet through daily familiarity and communion they come at length entirely to loue Withdraw your hearts from the loue of the world if you would loue the Lord For the loue of God and it cannot stand together so witnesseth S. Iohn ſ 1 Ioh. 2.15 If any man loue the world the loue of the Father is not in him And so S. Iames t Iam. 4.4 The friendship of the world is enmity with God whosoeuer therefore will be the friend of the world is the enemy of God And thus our blessed Sauiour u Matt. 6.24 Yee cannot serue God and Mammon We must therefore either renounce the world or our part in Christ for worldlines and Christianity as we see are two such ends as will neuer meet Thy loue to the world must abate if thou wouldest haue thy loue to Christ encrease See thou frequent the company of the godly Thou must * Cant. 1.8 walke in the steps of the flocke and feed thy kids neere the tents of the shepheards Thou must conuerse with holy Christians who are x Cap. 2.5 sicke of loue and abound in holy affections When those daughters of Ierusalem who at first despised Christ and wondered why the Church should make so much adoe for him had a while conuersed with the Church about him and heard her speake with such affection admiring and extolling him then they also fall in loue with that beloued and offer their seruice to the Church in ioyning with her to seeke him out y Cant. 6.1 Whither is thy beloued gone say they O thou fairest amongst women whither is thy beloued turned aside that we may seeke him with thee Thus holy conference with such as loue Christ is

stone wall thereof was broken downe Thy heart is this field examine now what growes in it Doe thistles grow in stead of wheat and f Iob 31.40 cockle in stead of barley as Iob speaketh Doe the thornes and nettles of hard-heartednesse and hypocrisie pride and blasphemie profanenesse and impietie doth beastly drunkennesse filthy whoring and vncleannesse chambering and wantonnesse or the like to these couer the face thereof why then be thou assured an ill husbandman owes this ground it is the enuious man the deuill that sowes these seeds and husbands such plats as these But on the contrary is the fallow ground of thy heart turned vp and is the stoninesse thereof taken away Are those brambles and bryars noysome lusts and strong corruptions which formerly grew therein now weeded vp and cast out And art thou fenced in with good purposes and resolutions for time to come and doth this wall stand firme and sure why then assure thy selfe thou art one of Gods chosen closes a true member of that Church whereof he is the husbandman for he husbands it and only it And in that his tillage and husbandry is so effectuall in thee questionlesse thou art not only in it as many are but of it as few are Sticke this as a nosegay in thy bosome Thirdly this may admonish euery one that liues in Vse 3 the Church and professe themselues to be members of the Church patiently to suffer themselues to be husbanded by the Lord enduring all things with much meeknesse and quietnesse which 〈◊〉 his wisdome hath ordained to breake vs vp withall and to make vs faire and fruitfull The earth we see is cut and wounded with shares and cultures and therefore called earth yet is patient to suffer it and returnes fruit to those that plowed it Let Earth teach Earth Terra quam terimus Terra quia teritur the Earth we teare may instruct terram quam gerimus the Earth we beare this lesson of contentednesse And let none thinke it is better to haue their hearts lie waste than to be thus broken vp for a barren estate is a wofull and cursed estate and there can be no comfort in it Doth God then come vnto thee himselfe with his pruning hooke in his hand and cut thee neere yea so neere that in thy sense and iudgement there is no hope of euer after flourishing well yet be content for thus deales the Vinitor with the most generous plant he oftentimes prunes it so close as that in sense and reason it were vtterly dead and cleane kild yet it reuiues againe and after this is more richly laden than euer it was before And so albeit m Heb. 12.11 no chastisement seemeth ioyous for the present but grieuous yet it afterwards bringeth with it the pleasant fruit of righteousnesse Or doth he send his deputies the Prophets to thee with the plow and harrow of the Law to breake vp that heathy ground of thy heart and turne vp the weeds of sinne by the very roots that they may neuer more reuiue why then subiect your selues to be directed by their care and paines without repining remembring still your hearts as of themselues will neuer yeeld any other fruit than weeds or grasse at the best needs then must they be accursed if you refuse to haue them by these husbanded that they may grow fruitfull Vse 4 Lastly this may serue for a direction to vs to whom to goe and make complaint when the Vineyard is wasted or any way annoyed by the Boare of the forest or wilde beasts of the field Make God acquainted with it and tell the Vine-dressers Gods Ministers thereof and will them tell their Mas●●● that he may take some order for his Vineyards safe●● Yea dost thou or any other member of the Church need husbanding Then goe to God and tell him of the barrennesse of thy heart and with a holy boldnesse vrge him with his care and paines Say thus or in this manner to him Ah Lord how barren is my soule of what is good How fruitfull is it in what is bad and naught What ignorance pride senselesnesse securitie growes there where knowledge humilitie zeale patience and other such like graces ought to grow Now since thou hast taken the charge vpon thee to be the Husbandman of thy Church and people husband thou this heart of mine and be mindfull of me oh my God Let it not be thought an ill husband owes it or one that is negligent and slothfull in his businesse but let thy care appeare in dressing of it that the fruits of all heauenly graces may abundantly spring forth and grow to the praise and glory of thy name And so much of the Husbandman A word or two of his Possession Hath a Vineyard This Vineyard is the Church Text. as we haue seene before together with the reasons of the similitude The obseruation is The Church is Gods heritage Doct. The Church is Gods inheritance For the further proofe thus we reade n Deut. 9.26 29. Destroy not thy people and thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out o Cap. 32.9 The Lords portion is his people Iacob is the lot of his inheritance p 1 Sam. 10.1 The Lord hath anointed thee to be Captaine of his inheritance said Samuel to Saul q 1 Sam. 26.19 They haue driuen me this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord saith Dauid r 2 Sam. 20.19 Why wilt thou swallow vp the inheritance of the Lord said that same wise woman vnto Ioab when he battered the walls of Abel ſ Psal 74.2 Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased of old the rod of thine inheritance this Mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt saith the Psalmist And againe t Psal 28.9 Saue thy people and blesse thine inheritance feed them also and lift them vp for euer Yea the Lord of Hoasts shall blesse saying u Jsai 19.25 Reade Psal 33.12 78 70 71. 79.1 13. 94.5 106.5 40. Is 47.6 Ier. 2.7 3.19 12.7 1 Pet. 5.3 Blessed be Aegypt my people and Israel my inheritance Now for Vse let vs hence take notice whence it is Vse 1 that the deuill doth so molest the Church and see the reason why the wicked doe so afflict her It is not so properly for their owne sake as for the owners They maligne and spight it because God doth countenance and grace it as being the Lord and possessor of it An enuious man we know will mischiefe the bruit beast of him he beares a spleene vnto and will not sticke to wrong his very dogge and all to despight the owner Dost thou then persecute the Church or any member of the Church The more wretch thou for let me tell thee thy hate is not originally and properly to them pretend what thou wilt pretend but to God himselfe whose inheritance they are Vse 2 And