20 ut Sermon preached heaven~ Shaft He net vifttfor thefe thi»gs? for this diCe~ ·cxcufable,unfairhfull dealing, in rhe cares ofJew andGentile, of Turkea~d chr ·~ un-. of GoD and man? Ibefeechyoufiill,(ufferthewerdsofexhorwion: itisgo~dzfn, you m know, what thingsarefaid abroad. For my parr, in Go n s prefencel or refi, Iknow none ;and ifthere benone,prefent none. Iris that I defire. thecha!'r~now given, may be given in v~inc• ' gCJS 1 r, tbttJ,urzh • Now,ifyou enquire,to whom yo~tdoi»ggoodlhould !lretch it [elfe~ Saint paul • Ga\..6.6. · hunfelfe w1ll tell you• . To them that mfiruet you, they are to a communicate withyo bRom. "·'l· imtflyoz1rgoods,that is,rhcchurcb :and to rheneceffiry of the Saints,ono the b Saim: that be in necejitic, that is, to the Foere• c ~er•·'4· The Church firll: :' For thu end, cameEfterto the Kingdome, and dNtlmniah to d eh.'·"· his grut favour with the Prince, even to doe good to the Church : And for this end • Ezck.>S. 1f· bath e Tyrm that rich Citie,that aboundance bell:owed on,her, even tobe acovering cherub to the Chtlrch of Go n, and toftretcb her wings overit. The Prophets mea– ning was, that rich menmull be a lhadow of maintenance and defence to the Arke ro Dzffinity, their richu mull: Cerve.rhem ~s wingsro rh~t end; they mulibewve:ing cherubs on earth m the Church mzlztant,1ffver they wlll beJinging cherubs inheaven with thechurch triumphant. And much good might be done, and is not, in this behalfe :and that manywaies;' I will name but one, that is, that with their wings fr. retched out,rhey would keepethe filth and pollution ofthe finne offinnes(whereof you heard fo bitter complaimbotlt thef~ d~ye~)ofSimo~ie andsacriledge, from falling on rh~ Arke, and corrupting and putnfymg 1t,wh1chlt harh almofi already done. That Ccetng thePopedo that he dotlt (howfoever fome have alledged the Papifrs great derell:ation ofthisfinne, and ofus forthis finne,for a motive; it is all but dilfembling, their hand is as deepe in this fin as any mans:)Ifay, Ceeing thePope dorh as hee doth,that is,ashe bath difpen!ed.with rhe oAthand a11ty of Suhjells to their Print:t, again!! the fifth C~mman,dement : with the mtJrdcr, both violent withd"ggs, andflcret withpoyfon ofthe Sacred Perfons ofPrin·. ces,againfr thejixth:withtheuncleanenelfe ofthe.ftewes,and with inctjluow marriages, againil thefeventh : So, now oflare, with the abominationofsimonie, againfi the eight ; having lately (as it is knowne by the voluntary confeffion of their owne Prielts) by [peciall and exprelfe warrant of the SeeApofiolike fent hither into this Land his Licepce diJPenfativetoall Patronsuf hi& muke tofet up Simonie,and to mart and make [ale of all .<."iritN~IIlivings which they have or can get,to the urtermofr penny, even (if it were poffible) by the found ofrhedrumme; and that with a very deare confciencc (fo that fome portion thereof be fear over to the releefe of his Se· , min•ries, which by fuchhonell: meanesas this, come to be now maintained.) Seeing rhus doe the Papifts, and we(loth to be behind them in this gaine ofbloud)makeCuclt merchandife with this linne, of the poore Church and her patrimonie~ asall rhe world crieth fhame of it : To redeeme the orderly difpofing them to the ch~rches • 'to tbepooft. good,were afpeciall way for your!ch men to 1oegood in the[e daies. Neitheras thefe times are, doe I know a better ferv1ce, nor wh1cb(I am per[waded) will pleafc Go I>> better, than this, or be better accepted at His hands. .. This for theChurch: you mufi have awing firetched abroad to cover Jt: And forrhe poore, you mufi have abofome wide open to receive them. Lazarunnamh mans h~Jome, is a good!y fight in heaven ; and no lerfe goodly in earrh. And there Iohn u. s. !hall be never arich manwithLazAr/# in his bofome, in heaven, unlelfe behave had a Laurwinhis bofome here onearrh.· . . The poor~ are oftwo forts: Suchasfha/l he with HJ alwaies(asC H • I '·rCa!th) to whom wemull:doegood by releeviog them: fuch is thecomfort!e!feeftatcofpme. Captives ; the fuccourlelfe eilate of pooreorphanes; rhe defolate eftate ofthe poore Widorves ;,the difirelfed efiate of poore Strangers ; rhe dt!contcntedeilate ofpoore &kotars; all which mull: be Cuffered and fuccoured too. t' £i IF There are others,fuch aslhouldn.ot be fuffercd to be inifrael,whereofifrilt IS u j •
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