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A93240	Divine cordials: delivered in ten sermons, upon part of the ninth and tenth chapters of Ezra, in a time of visitation. By that godly and faithfull preacher of Gods Word, Iosiah Shute, B.D. and late rector of Mary Woolnoths in Lumbard-Street London. Published by authority.	Shute, Josias, 1588-1643.; Reynoldes, William.	1644 (1644)	Wing S3714; Thomason E38_7; ESTC R7756	101,687	190

owne hands and shall there be such a moderation in spirituall things well take heed of this else that may befall you which befell the Scribes and Pharisees Publicans and Harlots will goe before you into heaven be perswaded then to be the first in good actions and when thou art in a good way keep in it for unlesse thou persesevere in well-doing it will availe thee nothing that thou wert once good it did Judas no good at all to be of the twelve when once he fell away and it shall not doe man any good to lay a good foundation if he build not a good structure upon it for to begin in the spirit and to end in the flesh to set out good Wine at the first and then that which is worse is the Devills banquet and no other Further as Ezra had the honour to be an example to others in goodnesse so now see the effect of it a great company of men women and children assembled together And why so Doubtlesse for no other cause but to humble themselves as he had done So efficacious and powerfull is the example of goodnesse in great ones see it in Joshua when he protesteth that he and his house will serve the Lord the people presently say that they also will serve the Lord. Josh 24.15.18 the like wee see in Nehemiah Josh 24.15.18 he no sooner shewed himself willing to reedifie the walls of Hierusalem but all the people set their heart and hand to the worke wee see the same in the King of Nineveh as soone as hee put on sackcloth all his Subjects did the like it is said of Augustus that in his time Rome was full of Schollers because he affected Learning in the time of Commodus it was full of Fencers because he loved that exercise and in Nero his time it was full of Musitians for he took great delight in Musick thus that old verse is verified Regis ad exemplum totus componitur orbis all men compose their manners to his who is their Governour the truth is the example of great ones is the Load-stone which drawes inferiours after it that is the Compasse by which most men saile and as it is so with those who be great in the State so with those which are eminent in the Church their Godlinesse drawes many to goodnesse how admirable is that which Nazianzen reports of St. Basil he saith he thundered in his Preaching and lightned in his conversation hee was like another John Baptist who was a burning and shining light Jo●n 5.35 Joh. 5.35 hee burned in himself by sincerity and shined to others by a godly conversation and what was the effect of this wee finde in the same verse that all men rejoyced in his light thus it was with Ezra in our Text hee weeps and mournes and that so workes upon the people that they are presently moved to doe the same Vse 1 It shall be to all great ones in the world let them that be high in the State labour to be good for they be in oculo mundi in the eye of the world and if they be not godly their failings be taken notice of more than others and though their offences be but small yet they hurt much by reason of their example a Wem in the backe is not so much as a Wart in the face because the one is hid but the other is obvious to all beholders and a private mans sinne is nothing so great as the sinne of a publike person for the errors of great men are observed strangely as yee see it is with the Sunne when it is not eclipsed few look upon it but when it is in an Eclipse all mens eyes almost are fixt upon it so it is with the sinnes of eminent persons their failings though small runne into the observation of many when as great sins of private men are scarce taken notice of Neither is this all but by this meanes other men are heartned on in sinne for inferiours take a liberty to sin when they see their superiours doe the same ipsi non solum corrumpuntur sed alios corrumpunt they are not onely corrupted themselves but they corrupt others by their evill example they poison many by their vitious life which is as a canker that frets and as a gangrene that corrupts and they doe not more hurt by their sinne then by their example Vse 2 In the second place let it be a Use to those who are eminent in the Church such as Ezra was let them not onely Preach but live well for if Aaron shall have his bells but not his Pomegranates he may sound well but he will sent ill if a Physitian shall prescribe that Physick to another in the same disease with himself to recover him and yet will refuse to use it himself what can men say lesse then that he is an enemie to his owne health and when Ministers shall Preach that to others which themselves will not practise is the next way for them to be cast-awayes neither is this all but by an ill life they infect many it is said of Saint Paul Gal. 2.11.14 Gal. 2.11.14 that when he came to Antioch hee withstood Peter to the face because he had compelled the Gentiles to live as the Jewes we must not thinke that Peter used any violence to constraine them but they took boldnesse by his example and therefore as Paul saith there hee was to be blamed Let all such therefore be exhorted not to binde heavie burdens upon others which themselves will not touch with one of their fingers if they doe I know it will be laid unto them Medice cura teipsum Physitian heal thyself and for you that be the people not to leave you without an admonition it will advantage you nothing to say that your Governours and Ministers have been bad and therefore you are no better but remember what our Lord and Master saith Doe what they say not as they doe therefore when you have holy Precepts and Patterns make conscience to follow them but if neither of these will prevaile with you judge whose fault it is if ye faile and fall short of your Salvation there assembled a very great company of men women and children for the people wept sore the sinne was great and generall therefore all assembled that they might be humbled together the point of Doctrine which ariseth hence is this Where the sinne is generall and epidemicall good reason that all should be joyned together in humiliatition in the 1 Sam. 7.6 the people had committed a great sinne 1 Sam. 7 6. therefore they gathered together to Mizpeh and drew water and powred it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said Wee have sinned against the Lord they were conscious to themselves that all had sinned therefore they were all humbled Neh. 9.1 2. the like wee see in Neh. 9.1 2. it is said All the children of Israel assembled with fasting and sackcloth and

forbeare but breaks forth into lamentation and mourning which affords us this point of Doctrine Doctrin 1 Good men though they be at peace with God finde cause of sorrow for other mens sinnes yee shall see this proved in the Scripture the Spirit of God calls Lot a righteous man yet this righteous mans soule was vexed from day to day with the uncleane conversation of the Sodomites 2 Pet. 2.8 The like we see in Moses that good man 2 Pet. 2.8 doe yee not think that hee was strangely moved at the sinne of the people when he let fall and brake in pieces the two Tables of Stone in which God had written the Decalogue with his owne sacred finger Exod. 32.19 Exod. 32.19 It was so with the Prophet Samuel he mourned for the disobedience of Saul for which God rejected him from reigning over Israel 1 Sam. 15.35 1 Sam. 15.35 the like we see in David mine eyes saith he gush out rivers of teares because men keep not thy Law Psal 119.136 Psal 119.136 may some man say what were the sinnes of the world to David it is true they were none of his yet he thinks himselfe bound to grieve for them because he knew they were displeasing to his maker We see the same in good Ieremiah he wishes his head were waters and his eyes a fountaine of teares that he might weep day and night for the iniquities of his people who were all adulterers and an assembly of treacherous men Ier. 9.1.2 Ier. 13.17 Ier. 9.1.2 and in Ier. 13.17 He professes that his soul shall weep in secret for their pride and was it not so with thee O blessed Saviour thou didst mourn for the hardnesse of mens hearts Mark 3.5 Mark 3.5 and when thou camest to Hierusalem thou weptst over it saying if thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong to thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes Luk. 19.41 42. and the same spirit was in S. Paul Luk. 19.41.42 Philip. 3.18 Philip. 3.18 he tells them he had told them often and now speakes it weeping that there bee those among them who are enemies to the crosse of Christ thus yee see the point sufficiently proved Vse 1 It shall be to let us see the stupidity and sencelessenesse of the sonnes of Belial though they have most cause to weep and mourn yet they live in jollity and merriment and are meere strangers to all sadnesse Some of these stick not to say What hath any man to doe to weep for their sinnes and that by their impieties they trouble none but their own soules But I tell thee O wretch thou troublest not only thine own house and soule but thou troublest all Israel thou givest the Saints of God occasion to be pensive for that which makes thee jocant and glad and happy is it for thee that there be such as Noah Lot Samuel and David to mourn for thee for were it not that some did mourn for thy prophannesse thou shouldst not live againe to commit it did not some bewaile thy drunkennesse thou shouldst bee taken away with the pot at thy mouth did not some godly people grieve for thy filthy lust thou shouldst with Zimri and Cosbi be smitten dead flagrante crimine in the very act of uncleannesse but the servants of God pray and mourn fast and weep and all to avert judgements from thee who deservest little at their hands Vse 2 In the second place This may Answer a common Objection which is put to the Saints because they be sad and dumpish I would have you know that it is not holinesse which makes them sad but the prophannesse of the world is that for which they are so much dejected What need the child of God be sad who is in the love and favour of God thou that complainest against him for his sadnesse know that therfore he grieves with holy David because he is constrained to sojourne in Mesech Psal 120.5 and to dwell in the Tents of Kedar Psal 120.5 Vse 3 Lastly according to the practise of Ezra though we have made our peace with God let us mourn for the wickednesse of others every one knowes what cause there is for this iniquity having overspread this Land of ours from Dan to Beersheba from one corner of it to another and were these impieties modest it were not so much but they be impudent and have a Brazen front Religion is out of fashion and none are so esteemed as fashion-mongers they be your only men now in credit The case thus standing there is no way to prevent judgements which be imminent but by mourning and fasting Now that yee may bee perswaded to practise these so seasonable and necessary duties remember but these things First it is piety to mourn for the sins of others shall we hear and see God to bee dishonoured and not grieve for it piety cannot lodge in that breast where such an ill spirit inhabites a man will and ought to grieve when his friend is wronged Christ calls us his friends Ioh. 15.15 and hee is our best friend Iohn 15.15 therefore wee have abundant cause to mourn for the sinnes of wicked men whereby hee is much dishonoured and the Holy Spirit grieved Secondly pity requires this duty at our hands I read of Marcellus the Roman that entring a City which he had gained by composition after a long siege he burst forth into teares one that stood by him demanded why he wept saith he I cannot chuse but weep to see so many thousand led into captivity Shall a Heathen weep for the captivity of mens bodies and shall not Christians mourn for their sinnes which are enough to enthrall soules and bodies in Hell for evermore it should bee the griefe of our soules to see thousands and tenne thousands that will be damned Thirdly if we doe not mourne for other mens sinnes we make them our own that of the Father is most true peccatum quod non displicet tuum est that sinne is thine with which thou art not displeased and that yee may see I goe not without book in this look that place in 1 Cor. 5.6 there was one in the Church of Corinth that had committed that foule sinne of incest 1 Cor. 5.6 and the Corinthians were so farre from grieving for it as they ought to have done that they gloried in it S. Paul corrects them for it telling them that thereby they were become a sowre lump Lastly we should be moved to this duty by the blessing which attends it what saith our blessed Saviour Matth. 5.4 Matth. 5.4 Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted And in Ezek. 9.4 the Lord gives command to spare them in Hierusalem Ezek. 9.4 that did sigh and cry for the abominations done in the midst thereof The next way to escape judgement is to mourn for the sinnes of the Nation and though we should bee