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A22481	A commentarie vpon the epistle of Saint Paule to Philemon VVherein, the Apostle handling a meane and low subiect, intreating for a fraudulent and fugitiue seruant, mounteth aloft vnto God, and deliuereth sundry high misteries of true religion, and the practise of duties œconomicall. Politicall. Ecclesiasticall. As of persecution for righteousnesse sake. ... And of the force and fruit of the ministery. Mouing all the ministers of the Gospell, to a diligent labouring in the spirituall haruest ... Written by William Attersoll, minister of the word of God, at Isfield in Suffex.	Attersoll, William, d. 1640.	1612 (1612)	STC 890; ESTC S106848	821,054	582

loathsome vomit out of the stomacke who should Remember that they sit in the seat of God m 2 Chro. 19 5 19 6. and are to execute the Iudgements of God with whome is no iniquity nor respect of persons neither receiuing of reward Iehu the King of Israel executing the iudgements of the Lord against the house of Ahab according to al the word of the Lord n Hosea 1 4. is threatned himself to be punished because he did it with a cruell and bloody affection The work was good but his hart was euil the deede done was righteous but the manner of doing was corrupt he respected not the glory of God but his owne reuenge he did it not to serue God but to serue himselfe This was the cause why the Lotde visited him his house and al Israel for it and reuenged their blood thus shedde because he fayled in the manner though otherwise hee did that which is iust and right We must regard not onely what we do but in what sort and maner to what end and purpose wee doo it It is our dutie to shew Mercie and Loue to Offenders euen in punnishing of Offenders Wee must haue respect to their bodies and soules We must admonish reprooue threaten and correct in great compassion and mercy not in rage and reuenge to fly vpon them Obiection But heere the question may be asked whither a Christian man may not be angry with them with whom he dealeth being stubborne and peruerse and deale sharpely with them Answere I aunswere the Apostle giueth direction what to do in this case o Ephes 4 26. Be angry but sinne not let not the sunne go downe vppon your wrath neither giue place to the Deuill If wee breake out suddainly into any passion let vs speedily recal that affection and not suffer it long to lodge with vs. But there is a godly anger and an holy kinde of indignation there is a lawfull zeale to bee commended in the seruants of God which they are to conceiue inwardly and to vtter outwardly against sinne not against their peruersenesse So it is sayd of Christ p Marke 3 5. that hee looked round about him angerly mourning also for the hardnesse of their hearts His anger was ioyned with pitty and compassion it was not so much against the men as against their blindnesse The Church of Ephesus is commended q Reuel 2 6. that it hated the workes of the Nicolaitans which Christ also hateth It hated not the Nicolaitans themselues as they were men but the workes of the Nicolaitans Obiection Againe it may be saide that the Prophet Dauid Psal 109. and in many other places r Ps 59 109 prayed for the destruction of his enemies both their persons and posteritie So did Eliah for fire from Heauen to destroy the Captaines that came to take him Answere I answere we haue not the same spirit that they had and consequently haue not the same warrant They were Prophets and God reuealed vnto them that they were obstinate enemies so that they were enabled to iudge that their malice and wickednesse was incureable and that they would neuer repent They had an extraordinary measure of Gods spirite not onely to see their present condition but to discerne their future confusion and hence it is that they were endued with a pure zeale of Gods Glorie and not carried with an euill desire of Reuenge of Enuie of Hatered and of Emulation Againe the imprecations of the Prophets are prophesied of plagues to come but we haue no such extraordinarie instinct reuealed vnto vs to knowe what is to come wherefore wee cannot alledge their examples for our imitation we must walke in the Kings High way and follow the generall rules of the Scripture to deale mildly to put away pride and cruelty toward those that are vnder vs to banish tiranny and treading of them vnder our feet This is to be obserued of all Fathers Maisters and Gouernors remembring that in Christ we are all Brethren that by Nature we are all of one mold and making that as men we haue all one Creator This consideration wee finde to haue Å¿ Iob 32 13 14. bin in Iob toward those of his Family If I did contemne the iudgement of my Seruant and of my Maide when they did contend with me what then shall I doo when God standeth vp And when he shall visit me what shall I answere He that hath made me in the wombe hath he not made him Hath not he alone fashioned vs in the wombe This the Apostle also t Ephes 6 9. teacheth Eph. 6. Ye Maisters doo the same things vnto them putting away threatning and know that euen your Mayster also is in heauen neither is there respect of persons with him So then we are to deale with gentlenesse not with roughnesse we are rather to seeke to win others by loue then to compell them by rigor We must endeuour that al bitternesse and anger and wrath crying and euill speaking bee put away from vs we ought to be courteous one to another and tender-hearted we are not to thinke that any are priuiledged and freed from reproofe but wee must reproue meekely and modestly least whilst we go about to amend them wee make them worse It is an heauenly Counsell giuen by the Apostle u Gal. 6 1 2. Bretheren if a man be suddainly taken in any offence ye which are spirituall restore such an one with the spirit of meekenesse considering thy self least thou also be tempted Beare ye one anothers burden and so fulfill the Law of Christ Where wee see he would haue the faithfull endeuour to reforme a man with all gentlenesse when he hath done amisse We must not flatter him in his sinnes for then we encourage him and vphold him in his wickednesse nay wee betray him into the hands of the Deuill and by that meanes drown him deeper in destruction Whensoeuer therefore our Brother falleth into euill it is no loue nor charitie to cloake his euill doings or to dissemble his lewdnesse which he hath committed but we must haue a care that he may rise againe If a man bee in the myre or in a ditch we will reach him our hand to helpe him out much more ought we to haue pittie on his soule when we see it sinking into perdition Vse 2. Secondly seeing we are to winne men rather by gentlenesse and loue we must acknowledge that gteat wisedome and discretion is required in the Ministry to diuide the word of God aright and to bee able to apply himselfe to euery degree and calling of men Hence it is that the Apostle saith writing to Timothy x 1 Tim 5 1 2. Rebuke not an Elder but exhort him as a father and the younger men as bretheren the elder-Elder-women as Mothers the younger as Sisters with all purenesse There is indeed a profitable and necessary vse both of rough and tender dealing When the people of

from whence he came Doctrine 5. The Gospel doth not abolish or diminish ciuil ordinances and distinct degrees among men Heereby we learne that the Gospell of Christ doth not dissolue or abolish but confirme establish ciuill ordinances distinct degrees and politick constitutions among men as between Princes and Subiects Parents and Children Husband and Wife Maister and Seruants Superiors and Inferiors This appeareth in many places of the worde where the seuerall and distinct duties of n Rom. 13 1. seuerall and distinct callings are mentioned and required by the Apostle Heereunto commeth that which he setteth downe Rom. 13. Let euery soule be subiect to the higher powers for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordained of God Likewise o Ephes 5 22 25. 6 1 2 5 9. Col. 3 18 19 20 21 22. writing to the Ephesians he chargeth Wiues to submit themselues vnto their husbands as vnto the Lorde he willeth Husbands to loue their wiues euen as Christ loued the Church and gaue himselfe for it he requireth of Children to obey their Parents in the Lorde for this is right he commaundeth Fathers not to prouoke their Children to vvrath least they be discouraged but to bring them vppe in instruction and information of the Lord he prescribeth vnto Seruants to be obedient vnto them that are their Maisters according to the flesh with feare and trembling in singlenesse of their hearts as vnto Christ and he setteth downe the duties of Maisters that they should deale iustly with their seruants putting away threatning knowing that euen their Maister also is in Heauen with whom there is no respect of persons In like manner when he writeth to Timothy he saith p 1 Tim. 6 1. Titus 2 9 10 and 3 1. Let as many Seruantes as are vnder the yoake count their Maisters worthy of all honour that the name of God and his Doctrine be not euill spoken of And Titus 2. Let Seruants bee subiest to their Maisters and please them in all things not answearing againe neither pickers but that they shew all good faithfulnesse that they may adorne the Doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things for that grace of God that bringeth saluation vnto all men hath appeared The like exhortations and establishing of ciuill ordinances we see in Peter q 1 Pet 2 13 14 and 3 1 2 7 Submit your selues vnto all manner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake whether it bee vnto the King as vnto the Superiour or vnto Gouernours as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill dooers and for the praise of them that do well So likewise hee chargeth the Wiues to bee Subiect to their Husbands that euen they which obey not the word may without the word hee won by the conuersation of the wiues while they beholde their pure conuersation which is with feare And the Husbands he teacheth That they should dwell with them as men of knowledge giuing honour vnto the woman as vnto the weaker vessell euen as they which are heyres together of the grace of life that their prayers be not interrupted Christ our Sauiour willeth vs to r Math. 22 21. Giue vnto Caesar the things that are Caesars and vnto God the thinges that are Gods The Apostle hath heaped together manie such precepts vnto the same Å¿ 1 Cor. 7 3 5 10 11 12 13 20 21 22. purpose 1 Cor. 7. Let the Husband giue vnto the wife due beneuolence and likewise the wife vnto the Husband defraude not one another except it bee with consent for a time vnto the married I commaund not I but the Lorde let not the wife depart from her Husband and let not the Husbande put away his wife If any Brother haue a wife that beleeueth not if shee bee content to dwell with him let him not forsake her and the woman that hath an Husbande which beleeueth not if hee bee content to dwell with her let her not forsake him Let euerie man abide in the same Vocation vvherein hee was called Bretheren let euerie man wherein hee was called therein abide with GOD. All these rules and commaundements serue to teach vs this truth that howsoeuer the gospel doth make vs al as brethren and ioyne vs together in one body yet it doth not abrogat and abolish the difference betweene man and man and bring in an Anarchy and confusion but setleth a distinction betweene Prince and subiect betweene Maister and seruant betweene high and low Reason 1. This Doctrine of the gospel will better appeare if we marke the reasons For first God is not the author of confusion and disorder but of peace and order Look vpon al the creatures of God in heauen earth on high and beneath and we shal be constrained to cry out with the prophet t Psal 104 24 O Lord how manifold are thy works In wisedom hast thou made them al the earth is full of thy riches Al tumult and sedition al disorder and insurrection commeth from the deuill he is the author thereof For he first brought in sin and sin brought in disorder Hence it is that the apostle saith u 1 Cor. 14 33 40. Colos 2 5 God is not the author of confusion but of peace as we see in al the churches of the Saints He commandeth that al things be done honestly and in order he commendeth the goodly order that is obserued among the faithfull and therefore he teacheth not any disorders nor alloweth them where they are Reason 2. Secondly Christ came not into the world to abolish the Lawe but to establish it x Mat. 5 17 18 as he testifieth Mat. 5. Thinke not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy them but to fulfill them for truely I say vnto you till heauen and earth perish one iot or one title of the Law shal not escape till all things be fulfilled Now we know that the moral Law commandeth the honor of Father and Mother that is of all superiors who beare a part of his image If then the end of his comming were to ratifie the Law then it followeth that the Law making a difference betweene superiors and inferiors remaineth and shall remaine in his full strength power and vertue Reason 3. Thirdly the Gospell commaundeth hearty obedience as vnto God and therefore doth not dissolue or disanull true obedience nay it is a praise and ornament to the Gospel when all sortes walke in the duties of their seuerall Callings and specially such as are the obedience of others Seruants are the lowest condition in the Church and yet the Apostle teacheth that by vprighnesse of their life and obedience to their Maister for Conscience sake y Titus 3 10. 1 Tim. 6 1. they may adorne the Doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things and on the other side by the euil life stubbornesse and disobedience of seruants that professe

and communication which we haue together among our selues will quicken our Faith and kindle our zeale that it will breake out into a great flame Hence it followeth that they are happy that delight to frequent the company of the godly and of such as may profit vs in the best things He that walketh with the wise shall be the wiser but he that is a companion of Fooles shall learne foolishnesse Wherefore they are hereby reprooued that neuer thinke themselues better at ease then when they are farthest from them that delight in the Lorde and take pleasure in lewd and ryotous company by whom they are misled and carryed out of the right way Lastly wee see that the Apostle alwaies ascribeth much to to the Prayers of the Saints We know that Paule was one of the cheefe of the Apostles whose guifts were great whose labours were painefull whose visions and reuelations were wonderfull yet he reiecteth not the praiers of the Church as appeareth in this place and l Phil. 1 19. Phil. 1 19. I know that this shall turne to my saluation through your prayer and by the helpe of the spirit of Iesus Christ So then the excellency of any member and worthinesse of the cheefest in the Church doth not exempt him from standing in neede of the Prayers of the poorest Christian and lowest part of the Church Nay the greater and higher and more eminent any man is the more he hath need to be praied for and commended to the grace of God inasmuch as he is set in a more slipperie place he lyeth open to greater daunger and is exposed to stronger tentations and assaults of Sathan then those that are in a lower place and a meaner condition Such then as excell others in guifts or calling ought to desire the prayers of the faithfull which auaile much if they be feruent no lesse if not more then others Note also the great necessity and force of prayer that all persons as well high as low stand in neede of it Lastly let euery one labour to haue a feeling of his owne want of the supplication of others yea the higher we are set the greater will be our fal if we be not strongly assisted by all such meanes as God hath left to further our saluation and deliuerance out of troubles that hemme vs in on euery side Hitherto of the obseruations Now let vs come to particular doctrines Moreouer also prepare me lodging He requireth in these words of Philemon an entertaining of such as are destitute and driuen out of house and home for the Gospels sake as if he should say when any of the poore Saints are banished persecuted and put to great extreamities as the World doth alwaies carry an hard and vnmercifull hand toward them be carefull to receiue them cheerefully and to minister al comfort ye can vnto them willinglie The word therefore vsed in this place hath a generall signification and containeth all duties belonging to the entertainement of Strangers And by Strangers we meane not such as ordinarily come to visite vs nor such as trauaile about the businesse of this life and take vp their lodgings in Innes or Tauernes but such as fly from place to place and are compelled against their wils to leaue Countrey or Kindred or House for the Gospels sake The word vsed in this place is not to be restrained to giuing of them lodging as if they had discharged so much as could be required of them but vnder that all duties of the same kind and nature are comprehended as Meate Drink Apparrell and all other thinges necessary for them These the Apostle knew would be ioyfully yeelded by Philemon to him and all other the faithfull especially such as labour in the word and Doctrine Doctrine 1. Hospitality is diligently to be vsed practised of all the Children of God Hereby we learne for our instruction that Hospitality that is the curteous and ioyfull entertainment of distressed Strangers is to be vsed and practised diligently by all the Children of God The succouring of Straungers that are destitute especiallie the poore Ministers that are imployed or would be imployed in the affaires of the Church is required of vs. This we see in the examples of sundry of the faithfull one very famous among the rest is the Shunamites Wife m 2 Kin. 4 8 9 Who called the Prophet of God to her house to eate Bread and she said to her Husband Behold I know now that this is an holie Man of God that passeth by vs continually let vs make him a little Chamber with Walles and let vs set him there a Bed and a Table and a Stoole and a Candlesticke that he may turne in thither when he commeth to vs. This is it which the Prophet Esay commendeth Chapt. 58. 7. Is not this the fasting that I haue chosen n Esay 58 7. to deale thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor that wander vnto thine house When thou seest the naked that thou couer him hide not thy selfe from thine owne Flesh This is noted as a part of the innocency and integrity of Iob Chapt. 31. o Iob 31 32. The stranger did not lodge in the street but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way The like wee might say of of the Woman of p 1 King 17. Luke 10. Iohn 11. Luke 19. Actes 16. 2 Tim. 1. Sarepta that entertained Eliah in the time of famine of Lazarus and his Sisters that receiued Christ into their house of Zacheus who lodged him ioyfully of Lydia who intreated Paul and his Compaons to come into her house and to abide with her of Onesiphorus who sought out the Apostle diligently refreshed him oftentimes and was not ashamed of his Chaines All these examples Registred and recorded in the Olde and New Testament teach vs that God requireth it as a speciall dutie at our handes to entertaine lodge and refresh such poore Straungers as are constrained to wander vp and downe either for preaching or professing of the Gospell Reason 1. This dutie is vrged vpon vs by diuers reasons in the holy Scriptures First it is to be practised of vs because it is the commandement of God that wee should loue and lodge strangers and shew all pitty and compassion toward them to succour them in their necessity This is it which Moses saith Deut. 10. q Deut. 10 19 Loue ye the Stranger for ye were Strangers in the Land of Aegipt Herevnto commeth the rule of the Apostle Rom. 12. r Rom. 12 13. Distribute to the necessities of the Saintes giue your selues to Hospitality This is the precept of the Apostle Peter Chapt. 4. Å¿ 1 Pet. 4. Be ye harborous one to another without gruding Seeing therefore God commaundeth it is our part to obey and submit our selues to his will and pleasure Reason 2 Secondly as God requireth this duty of vs so wee haue his owne example to teach it vnto vs.