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PHILADELPHIA OR Brotherly Love , A Sermon Preached at St. Michaels CROOKED-LANE London , at WESTMERLAND Meeting November 30. 1663.

By J. C. Mr. of Arts ,

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{αβγδ} , 1 Pet . 1.17 .

{αβγδ} , 1 Joh . 3.14 .

{αβγδ} , Heb . 13.1 .

Pro se orare necessitas cogit , pro aliis autem Charitas Fraternitatis hortatur , dulcior autem ante Deum Est Oratio : non quam necessitas transmittit , sed quam Charitas fraternitatis commendat . Chrys . sup . Matth . Cunctis esto benignus , nemini blandus , paucis familiaris , omnibus Aequus , ad iram tardus , ad misericordiam pronus , in adversis firmus . In prosperis humilis . Sen. de form . vit .

London , Printed for and by Peter Lillicrap living in Clarken-well Close . 1669.

TO The Right Worshipful Sr. Philip Musgrave Knight and Baronet , Jungat Epistola quos junnit concordia , imo charitas non dividat quos Christi nectit amor , Hieron . in Proverb . Sr. Thomas Strickland Knight , Doctor Thomas Wharton , Richard Brathwait , and John Otway Esquires ; Captain George Wharton , Mr. Edward Jackson Merchant , Mr. Nicolas Jackson Mercer , &c. My worthy Country-men of Westmerland . Brotherly Love be multiplyed .

IT is the saying of a wise man ( right Worshipful and worthy Compatriots ) that Preaching and Printing are excellent means to beget knowledge and increase faith : Dr. Hug s . the one like ashour of rain , waters for the present ; the other like snow , lyes longer on the ground , and may speak when the Author cannot . This Sermon , this Child of mine , hath laid in its Cradle dormant , dumb a long space ; for the bringing forth , and making it speak publickly to the world , I have been besought as long , ( Si liceat magnis componere parva ) as Troy was besieged ; and now at last overcome as that was .

Omnia perversae possunt cor●umpere mentes Ovid . It hath but one Father , yet so many God-fathers as were present at the initiation or presentation in the Church ; who ( I make no question ) will defend it against the fiery darts of furious tongues ; being it hath been their desire to bring it upon the Stage of the World , which is full of malignant censurers , and sinister Interpreters ; meeting now and then , here a Bavius , and there a Maevius , Virg . Bucol . as its elder Brother did , Aspicies illic positos ex ordine fratres . quos studium cunctos evigelavit idem . Ovid . Trist . Eleg . ●1 . which I lately put forth , Yet I will say of them as Cornelia said of her Cracchi , sunt ornamenta mea . but my comfort is it hath had the approbation of as good Schollars , as the most critical Aristarchus amongst them : and will be supported by the first receivers of it , whose Patronage I am sure I have , being importun'd by the most of you and them , to put in Print that which I then uttered ; for the good of my absent as well as present Country-men : whose eagerness in the business was such , that some of them borrowed my copy , with a pretence to read it over , and ruminate upon it , but they had it to the press . I hearing of it fetch'd it thence , as fearing to b toss'd upon the dangerous seas of the world , with the stormy blasts of mens different opinions , and various conceipts . Aestuat , & lento miserima turba veneno liquitur , ut giacies incerto saucia sole .

Upon which they desired my loving and learned friend , Mr. Hudson of Putney , to borrow it of me , only to see it , which I sent him , and he approving of it , it was carryed once more to the Press , and part of it composed , which I hearing of accidentally , obstructed the business once more ,

Yet at last , I was had to the Press my self , and pressed so hard that I yeilded to the efflagitations of divers worthy Persons amongst you , especially my loving friend and Brother Steward Mr. Edward Jackson , Hoc responso . Parve ( nec invideo ) sineme liber ibis in orbem to whom I surrendred my copy to be at their disposal . Insomuch that as the Prophet David saith Psal . 75.7 . Promotion cometh neither from the East , nor from the West , nor yet from the South ; so may I say of the promotion of this Sermon to be Printed , coming only from ( the North ) my North country friends ; which now being come forth by their means , if it please any , let them have the thanks , if not , let them have the blame .

Onely this I must tell you ( by way of digression ) that as the Nec aranearum textus ideo melior , qui●●x se fila ginuntur , nec noster ideo vilior quia ex alienis libemus , ut ape● Lipsius . Spider workes his web out of his own bowels , and the Bee gathers honey of every flower , Floriseris ut apes in saltibus omnia libant . Lucretius . so Divines make their Sermons after both fashions : I am for the latter sort , picking out of every Author those things which I thought fit for my purpose , and as a reverend Bishop said B. King . Ep. ded . his lect . on Jonas . Where I liked the waters of other mens wells , I drank of them deeply : so where the flowers were the sweetest , I gathered most plentifully . insomuch that as he said idem ibidem . nihil nostrum & omnia , synonymous to that of Democritus junior out of Macrobius , Dem . to the Reader . Omne meum & nihil meum .

Such as it is ( my loving Country men ) as you have brought it fourth , so I pray bring it up , and maintain it against all those Qui Lectorum nomen ferunt , & Lictorum naturam gerunt . Whose mouths are sheathes for Hanuns raisors 2 Sa● . 10.4 . wherewith they shave and cut off what they please , to disfigure the most holy intents . For ( as I said ) this Sermon was mine , now t is yours ; let my words in it , be your deeds out of it ; it was calculated for the Meridian of Westmerland ; let them that heard it , heed it ; them that heard it not read it , for whose sake it being now printed in Lines , it may be the better imprinted in their Lives , consider what I say , and the Lord give you understanding in all things . 2 Tim . 2.7 .

Yours and his Countries servant John Crosbie .
Ad Lectorem .

SI quid dixi quod placeat , habeat Lector gratiam Deo propter me , Si quid , quod non placeat , ignoscat mihi propter Deum , & male dictis , det veniam propter benè dicta , Lud . Vives in Aug. de Civitate Dei , lib . ult . cap . ult .

PHILADELPHIA : OR Brotherly Love A Sermon Preached at St. Michaels Crooked-lane London , at Westmerland meeting , Novemb . 30. 1653 :
1 Peter 3.8 . Love as Brethren .

WHatsoever things are written are written for our learning saith the Apostle , Rom. 15.4 . Our Apostle in his second Epistle urgeth this tex● four several times . 1 Pet 1.7 . cap . 1.22 . 2 Pet . 2.17 : & cap . 3.8 . S. Paul , in his writngs thrice Rom. 12.10 . 1 Thes . 4.9 . Heb . 13.1 . And if with studious and attentive minds we read over the Sacred and holy Scriptures , we shall easily perceive that amongst all the vertues and fruits of the Spirit , our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ exhorteth us to none so much , as Love and Charity : by this ( saith Christ ) shall all men know that you are my Si pro Christianis discipulis Christi habere volumus oportet , ut nos mutuò quod ardentissime diligamus , viz. non verbo solum neque lingua sed opere & veritate 1 Joh . 3.18 . Piscat in loc . Disciples if ye love one another , Jo . 13.35 . As if he had said , other mens servants are known by their Masters badges and cognisances , I will also that you which are my Disciples be known by my badge and cognisance ; that is , that ye love one another .

Rom. 12.10 . 1 Cor . 14.1 . 2 Cor . 2 , 8. Gal. 5.13 . Eph. 4.2 . Phil . 2.2 . Colos . 2.2 . 1 Tnes . 3.12 . 2 Thes . 1.3 . 1 Tim . 6.11 . 2 Tim . 2.22 . Philom . 9. Heb . 13.1 . 1 Pet . 4.8 . 2 Pet . 1.7 . 1 Jo . 4.16 . 2 Jo . 1.3 . And as our Saviour did harp much upon this string , so did the Apostles in all their writings , insomuch that almost there is never an Epistle , but it hath some mention of Love and Charity one towards another . Wherefore our Apostle in this Chapter where my text is , after he had exhorted the Husband and the Wife to their particular duties , one towards another , he proceeds to exhort all men to geneal duties in the eight verse , Finally be yee all of one mind , one suffer with another , Love as Brethren .

In which three words consider two things , the matter , and the manner , the matter Love , the manner as Brethren .

In the matter observe to whom Love doth belong , or who ought to be the object of our Love .

In regard of the object of our Love , it must be to God , and to man : to God principally , to man for Gods sake , to God , as the Law hath taught us , Thou shalt love the Lord thy God , with all thy Soul , and with all thy might , and with all thy heart Deut. 6.5 To man , as the Lord hath taught us , thou shalt not avenge nor be mindful of wrong against the Children of thy people , but shalt love thy Neighbor at thy self . Levit . 19.18 .

In My Text ( beloved ) Love is not taken for that Love which is due unto God , but for that Love which every Christian should have one towards another , and therefore saith St. Bernard , Bernard in Epist. Charitas est non quod sibi u●ile quaerit . sed quod multis , Love seeeketh not that which is profitable to it self but to many ; it respects more the publick good then the private : more the good of others , then the good to it self .

And by this Fructus ing●●i● & virtuti● omnisque , prastantia , 〈◇〉 maxi●● capitur , cum in proximum quemque confertur . Cic . lib . 〈…〉 Ameriti● . Love is not understood , only a bare and naked affection without any effects annext unto it , for otherwise it were not worthy the name of Love , as St. John saith , Whosoever hath this worlds good , and seeth his Brother have need , and shutteth up his compassion from him , how dweleth the Love of God in him ? My little children let us not Love in word , nor in the tongue only , but in deed and in truth , 1 Jo . 3.17.18 .

Wherefore to know what this Love is , let us know that it is a vertue whereby we love others dearly : and what others our blessed Saviour ( in the tenth of the Gospel by St. Luke , Charitas est mutuus amor hominis ad Deum cujus objicitum en Deus propter se dilectus , & prox mu● propter Deum d● 2● Deum quast . 23. art . 1. ) answered the expounder ( that tempted him ) at large , by the example of a certain man , that went down from Jerusalem to Jericho , that was robbed and wounded , and left half dead : and a Priest and a Levite passed both by him , and gave him no comfort : then a Samaritane came and had compassion on him , and bound up his wounds , and poured in Wine and Oyle , and set him on his beast , and had ●i● to an Inne , and took care on him : which now of these three ( saith our Saviour ) was neighbor unto him that fell amongst the Thieves ? and he said , he that showed mercy on him . From whence we may learn by the words of our Saviour himself , that Qutcunque quavis ratione tibi adjunctus fuerit eum scriptura vocat REACH proximum ; I●●q●●●um praecipit Dominus diligere pro●emum intelligendum ipsum p●ll●● quem vis quac●nque ratione natu● adjunctum diligamus Jansen comment in Luc . 6. Rec . Haebraeis {αβγδ} Graecis & Latin● proximus est proprius qui tibi qualibet ratione conjunctim fuerit ibid , David did so Psal . 35.12 . every one that is joyn'd unto us by any occasion , should be our Neighbour , and theeefore to be loved , his necessity being objected to our eyes , and thereby made capable of our benefits : so that those whom we must love , are all those that stand in need of love , Strangers , Friends , Acquaintance , yea our very Enemies as well as these , according to to that of our Saviour Mat . 5.44 . I say unto you It is not in our power not to have Enemies , but it is our power not to hate Enemies , Chrysost . Luke ● . 27 . Disce diligere ●nim●c●m sivis cavere iuimicum Aug. in Psal . 100. Q●i 〈◇〉 professo hostes nostris●●● , scoundum scripturam proximi sunt nob● 〈…〉 sunt proxi●●● q●in inimici . Jaosen comment in Mat . 5. Proximi sumus condit 〈◇〉 ferr●nae naivil 〈◇〉 , & f●aire spe●oe●●stis haridit ●is Gerad . meditat , Love your Enemies , bless them that Curse you , do good to them that Hate you , pray for them that Hurt you : and he gives a reason of it in the 46th . verse . For if you love them that love you what reward have you ? even the Publicans and Sinners do the same things , as if you should have said , if you love but only those who are your lovers and friends , you are no better then Publicans and Sinners , for so do they Love one another .

As rhat is the hottest fire which warmeth them that are furthest of , so that is the most fervent and perfect Love which forsaketh not , though they be never so far of , neither friend not so , that may be beloved , but imbraceth all in him who never forsaketh unless he be forsaken , even Jesus Christ .

But this doctrine may seem strange unto flesh and blood , that we should love all men , even our enemies ; yet I beseech you let us rather obey the commandements of Christ Virtu● est coram hominibus inimicos sed virtus coram Deo dilegere , quia hoc solum Denosacrificium accipit quod ante occulos ejus in altari charitatis flamma incendit , Greg . in past . Exod . 23.4 . to love all men , even our enemies , then to yeild unto the inticements of the fr●il and unstable flesh , which by its own Nature is alwaies proue unto evil , for he that i● in the flesh cannot please God . Rom. 8.8 .

Dulce est pacis nomen , & res ipsa salutaris ( saith the Orator Tul . 2 Phil . the very name of Peace it sweet , and the thing it self wholesome , but especially in the Church Love and concord is to be desired .

First of all , among the Teachers of the Word , for Quasi tu●a exalit●r● vocem tuam inquit , Isa . 8.1 . & si 〈◇〉 certum sonum taba dederit , quis apparabitur ad bellum , 1 Cor . 14.8 . disention amongst Teachers produceth divers doubts in the hearts of many , hinders the service of God , and the course of the Gospel to have free passage amongst us .

Secondly , {αβγδ} Hom. ●ind . how much available Love and concord is in Common-wealth , the agreement of Citizens and Countrymen and how unprofitable is discord , ( which Livie in the Common-wealth of Rome calls Discordia 〈…〉 urbit , patrum ac plebis c●rtaminia , an● 〈◇〉 nobis imperis , nec 〈◇〉 libertatis testimo●●r , Liv . 1 ●ist . R●●●●●●o 41 Dei . a povison ) late experience ( in these our days ) hath plainly manifested , the goodness of the one , and the badness of the other .

Thirdly , how profitable it is in private families , in which ( ●s in the Church or Common-wealth ) that saying of Austin . is verified , Sicut corporis , membra per spiritum id ●s●● 〈◇〉 con●●●gunium ita vera corporis mystici membra per spiritum sanctum charitatis v●ncula 〈◇〉 , Gerard . Med . Tale bonum & bonum pacis ut in rebus creatis nihil gratios●●● fola●t ami●● , dip●● dilectatibus concupisci , nihil utilius possideri Spiritus enim huminus &c. August . de Civitat . Dei . Spiritus humanus nunquam vivificat membra nisi fuerint unit●●e sie Spiritus suncta ●unquam vivificat membra Ecclesiae , nisi fuerint concordia 〈◇〉 The Spirit of a man doth not qui●ken the members of the Church , that are not Cemented with Love and Concord .

Lastly , how ought it to flourish among all men ? since Christ doth r●peat that precept , as the onely and chief precept before his passion , calling it his Commandement a Facilé declaratur quomodo novum sit dilectionis praeceptum à Christo da●um 〈◇〉 enim Cyrillus fratrem diligendum esse ait , ficut se ipsum Christus , autem magis nos quam scipsum amov●t , novas atque auditus dilectionis modus , nihil omnino dilectioni fratrum anteponentas , non gloriam , non divitias , non corporis hujus mortem , si opus fuerit pro saluto fratris mori quod a beatis Salvatoris discipulis factitatum esse videmus . Iansen in loc . new Commandement , and a mark whereby his Disciples might be discerned from the ungodly , John 13.24 . Therefore those that desire to be accounted Christs disciples , let them carry this mark in their fore-heads Non enim e discentionis Deus sed pacis 1 Cor . 14. ●3 . let them Love one anothe● and not carry the mark of the Beast , which is Hellish and Divelish dissention . And thus much of those we must Love . I come now to the second circumstance , in what it consists .

Nec habet aliquid viridi●atis boni operis si non manet in radice charitatis in homine multis modis intelligitur charitas , clermentia , suavi●ate , patientia , invidentiae & aemuiationis vacuitate , & in juriarum oblivione , Clemens Alexand . Sicut in regali pretexiâ , illi flores & colores praeciosi sunt qui hanc conficiunt , chlamyd●n ; Itidem & hic , illa sunt prafiosa virtut●s , qua charitatem contintant Chrysost . Hom. 51. de diversis . St. Gregory saith , Ut multi arboris rami ex una radice prodeunt : sic multae vertutes ex una charitate generantur ? as many bows spring from the same root : so many vertues proceed from this one vertue Charity , Therefore under the name of Charity amongst many others six things are comprehended .

First to Love , Secondly to council , Thirdly to releive , Fourthly to bear , Fifthly to pardon , Sixtly to teach by good example of life : and whosoever wants any of these , wants some part of Love .

For some will say they love their Neighbour , but that hath but only the name , it wants much of the Nature of Love : others Love and give good counsel , and releive not their needy Brethren : others Love , give good counsel , and releive : yet they bear not their infirmities : they follow not the counsel of the Apostle , Nibi● sic probat amicum que● admodum oneris amic supportatis nemo nisi pe● amicitiam cognoscitur , & ideo amicorum mala fermiter sustinemus , quia bona eorum nos delectand , & tanent August . 12. quastion . bear ye one anothers burthen , and so fulfill the law of Christ . Gal. 6.2 . Others do Love , counsel , releive , and bear : but they do not mercifully pardon those that have injur'd them : and lastly , there be some that have all the aforesaid effects and vertues of Love , but they edify not their Neighbour , either by words or Nullum ego consilium milius arbitror , quam si examplo suo fratrem docere studeas , qua oportit fieri , provocans cum ad meliora , & cons●lens ●i , neque verba , neque lingua , sed opere & veritate Greg . lib . 10. moral . Sic luceat lux vestra corum h●minibus & h●c autem fir cum apparet miserecordea in affectu beniguitas in vultis , humilitas in habitu , modestia in habitatione , patientia in tribulatione . Hugo de claust . enim . lib . 3. good example of life , which is the best and noblest of all the duties of Love .

According to this order , let every man examine himself , that he may understand what he hath , and what is wanting to him in this vertue : For we may say , he that loveth , is in the first degree of Love , he that loveth and giveth counsel , is in the second : he that loveth , giveth counsel , and releiveth , in the third , he that loveth , giveth counsel , releiveth , and suffere h , in the fourth , he that loveth , counselleth , releiveth , suffereth , and pardoneth , in the fifth , but yet there wants another step of this Ladder unto Heaven , else he will scarce come there , and that is good example of life : for every man should Love , give good counsel , releive , suffer , pardon , and teach as they are able by Godly Quantis exemplum vera humanitatis & perfecta charitatis ostenderis cum tantis pro tantis atorna pramia possidebis , Leo in Serm . examples , and then he hath ascended the last step , and standeth upon the uppermost stair , that reacheth unto heaven : yea what shall I say more ? why should I recount all the blessed and remarkable fruits of this Love ? Haec in adversitate tolerat , in prosperitate temperat in daris passionibus fortie est : in bonis operi● , ●ilaris est , in tempora lib . di●tissima in hospiralitate latissima infer bonos fratres latissima inter falsos sapientissima In abel per sacrificim laeta in No● per diluvium secura Abrahae , perigrenatione fidelissima in Davidis trikulatione mitissima , &c. Aug de laude Charitatis In Charitate pauper est dives , fine Charitate omnis dives est pauper , saith St. Austine , In Love or Charity , every poor men is rich , without Charity every rich man is poor , and again saith the same Father , August . tract . 9 Joan . si desit charitas frustra habentu● caetera , si adsit recte habentur omnia . If Charity be wanting ; nothing is present , if Charity be present , nothing is wanting ; It suffers in adversity , it is mild in prosperity , it is strong in works , large in hospitality : it rejoyceth amongst good Brethren , and is most patient amongst false : It was glad in Abel through his Sacrifice , in Noah by the flood : faithful in the perigrination of Abraham , most comfortable in the wrongs against Moses , most gentle in the trouble of David : free in Paul to reproove , humble in Peter to obey : humane in Christians to confess , divine in Christ to pardon : Nescio quid majas in laude tua dicere pollum quam ut Deum de caelo traheres , & hominem ad caelum elevares magna virtus tua , & parte usque ad hoc humiliaretur Deus , & usque ad hoc exalteretur homo Hugo de ●aude Charitatis . what shal I say more of the fruits and effects thereof ? Si mihi centum linguae ●raque centum , if I had a hundred tongues to speak , and as many mouths to utter , as the Poet saith , or as the Apostle faith , 1 Cor . 13.1 . If I had the tongues of Men and Angels , and had not Love , I were as sounding Brass , or as a tinckling cymbal . And so I come to the Second general part of my text , that is the manner as we ought to Love as Brethren . Ipsa enim est anima literarum prophetiae virtus , sacramenoorum salus , sapientiae stabilimentum , fidei fructas d●tie pauperum , vita morientium August . ●n loc . ibid .

Love as Brethren . The Second general Part .

THe word ( Brethren ) hath divers acceptations in holy Scripture , modern writers reduce them to three heads , there are ( say they ) Brethren by Race , by Grace , and by Place .

By Race , and that , first by birth as Gen. 29.26 Jacob and Esau , secondly by blood , as Gen. 12.7 . Abraham and Lot , so our blessed Saviour is said to have Brethren and Sisters , Mark . 6.3 . Mat . 12.47 . And Jacob called Labans Sons his Brethren , Gen. 29.4 .

By Grace , and that is either common or special naturall or spiritual , by generation or regeneration ; In the former respect all men are Brethren , God hath made of one blood all Nations of Men , Acts 1.7.26 . by the latter respective are all Brethren by Christ , Heb . 2.11 . Coloss . 4.9 . Mat . 12.50 . Rom. 8.29 .

By Place , thou shalt chuse a King , from among thy Brethren , of thine own Nation , not a Stranger Deut. 17.15 . Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon Usury , but not unto thy Brethren , Deut. 23.20 . Rom. 9.4 .

But to make it more plain unto you ( though briefly ) there are five sorts of Brethren in the Scripture in all which we are joyn'd together in Love , The 1 sort are Conservanda est humanitas , si homines recté dici velimus Id autem ipsum conservare humanitatem quid aliud est quam diligere hominem , quia h●mosit , & idem quod nos sumus . Lactan . firm . divin . institat . lib . 6. c . 10. Amico conterranti . contribulis , populares , sodales commilitones , convictores , familiares , proximi , sunt omnes fratres . sic discipali 1 Chron . 25 , 7.9.10 . & similes vel , aequales Job . 30.29 . Pro . 18.9 . humanitate , brethren , in common humanity , as in Gen. 9.5 . There the Lord saith , at the hand of a man , even at the hand of a mans brother , will I require the life of man : after which acceptation , the Hebrews in the old Law , and the Christians in the Gospel are called brethren : so are all those that are born of Adam , Num quid non Pater nun● omnium nostrum Namquid non Deus unus creavit no● Malac . 2.10 . of whom is of one stock and blood all mankind was made , 1 Chro . 5.11 .

Secondly affinitate , brethren , by affinity those that come of the same line , though it be of divers degrees to the Hebrews called their cousins and kinsmen , brethren , as Arestinus ad fratrem dixit reconciliatum , memineris te dissentionis , me reconciliationis fuisse Autori . Stob . Serm . 82. Abraham to appease and stay the debate between his Heardsmen and Lots ( his Nephew ) calleth Lot ( his Brothers Son ) brother . Let there be no strife between us , and our Heardmen , for we are brethren . Gen. 13.8 .

Thirdly , Consanguinitate , Quis amicur est quam frater fratri , aut quem alienum fidum i●venias si tui● hostis fuerit ? ut Mycipsa dixit filii suis . Salust de bello Jugurthino . Non ego te , vita frater amabilior , aspiciam post hac . Catul . ad Ortal . brethren in blood , and consanguinity , who came of the same Parents , and have the same Father and Mother , as Joseph and Benjamin , &c.

Fourthly , Christianitate Brethren in Christianity ; and so are all Christians called brethren , therefore Moses seeing two Hebrews contend and strive together to reconcile and stay the contention between them , asketh them , why they strove together seeing they were Brethren , Exod . 2.12 . So in the Gospel by St. Matthew , our Saviour speaking of the Scribes and Pharisees unto the multitude , and his Disciples saith , but be not ye called Rabbies , for one is your Doctor ( to wit Christ ) and all ye are brethren , Mat . 23.8 .

Fifthly , and Lastly vel Provincia ipsa ex qua orti sumus vocatur Patria Unde salustias , his pantam sibi patriam antiquam dixit . Patria , those that are all of one Country are called brethren : so the Jews are called among themselves brethren : Deut . 15.12 . If thy brother an Hebrew sell himself unto thee , and serve thee six years , even the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee , he is thy brother . So all we of one county , of Marius or rather ( as some call him ) Westmer overthrew the Picts with Roderid their leader , at Stainemore so called from a Stone , erected in that place , as a memorial of the Victory , and from this Westmer came the name of Westmerland . An. Christi . 13. Prideaux Introduction to reading Histories Pag . 279. and Isaac Sons Chrono . Westmerland Camden Brit . ( Britanno-brigantes , as learned Camden calls us ) are brethren . Nay all Englishmen are brethren , being all of one Nation though not of one affection , as woful experience hath lately taught us for in these late civil uncivil Wars , brother hath been against brother , as our Saviour foretold long ago : the brother shall betray the brother , and that unto Death , Math . 13.12 . Ecce patrem nati perimunt natosque parentes . Mutuaque armati conunt vulnera fratres . Manil . lib . 4. Acerba fata Romanos agunt , Scelusque fratornae nicis , Ut imm●titis fluxit interram Remisacer nepotibus cruor . Hitat . 7. Ethod . Fraterno primi muduerunt sanguine muri , Lucan . lib . 1. de bell . civit .

This word Brother ( take it in what sense you will ) is a name of much Love , as both the Greek word Adicti●ne {αβγδ} , & a pro {αβγδ} quasi {αβγδ} Constant . ( {αβγδ} ) and the Latine Quasi sare alter , Aut . G●ll . lib . 13. Nect . A●t . ( frater ) intimates unto us . If it be taken in the first sense , Secundum Hie●onimum Augustum & Theophilactum , nomine fratris vel proxime significatur omnis homo , eo quod ex eodem parente omnis sumus nati , atque ad eandem Dei similitudinem facti , & ad eandem vocati , haereditatem caelestem . Janse● . Comment . in Mat . 5. & Luc . 6. for common humanity , homo homini non est lupus , one man is not a wolf unto another , being made all of one substance , the body from the earth , and the soul from heaven : and have all one Creator , the true and ever living God , by whom one onely man was created , from whom all should proceed , that the strength of Brotherhood might be amongst all , and if we should Love as Brothers in common humanity onely , it were a motive not to be despised .

Or if the Apostle had said Love as kindred , which is a further knot to tye men together , both by the Law of God and Man ; the very name whereof possesseth many with such graceful delight , that they are ready to claim it of those , who are many degrees removed .

But natural Brotherhood is a more strict tye then that , insomuch that nothing is deemed more odious , then those that are conjoyn'd in blood , should be disjoyn'd in affection .

Now if these be of force to plead for Love and Cbarity , much more is Christians Brotherhood , which bindeth men together in the straitest conjunction : Joh . 1.12.13 . Eph. 2.4 . having one God for their Father , Is non potest habere Deum patrem , qui ecclesiam matrem non habet . Tertul . lib . de anima . one Church for their Mother , Heb . 2.11 . Mat . 12.5 . one Christ for their elder Brother : 1 Pet . 1.23 . and 25. being all begotten by the immortal seed , Tit . 3.5 . washed by the laver of one new birth , John . 6.3.5 . {αβγδ} Coll . 2.2 . conjoyn'd by the Sinews of the same Faith , 1 Cor . 3.2 . Heb . 5.12 . nourished by the milk of the same word , Rom. 5.2 . 1 Pet . 1.3 . having all the same hope of immortality to come : Wherefore the Prophet concludes this Brotherly Love unto us , in comparing it to the pretious Oyl , that ran down upon the board even upon Aarons beard , and went down to the Skirts of his cloathing , Psal . 133.2 . For as an Oyntment well compounded and of sweet and odoriferous things cannot but be acceptable to the sent of all men : So the unity which beginneth at Religion , and stretcheth to the utmost borders of the Church , and Common-Wealth cannot but both please God and all good men , and therefore the Apostle saith , as ye are men , and as ye are Christians , Love as Brethren .

And let me add one thing more , ( as concerning this present occasion ) that not onely as ye are men , and as ye are Christians , but as ye are Patria est velut alter quidem Deus , & proximas maximusque Pareus quo qui nomen ei imposuit ● reipsa , non temere patriam nominarit , vocabulo quidem patre deducto , pronunciato tamen faemenina terminatione , ut ex utroque parente mixtum esset ; Atque haec ratio insinuat patriam unam ex aequo , ut utrumque parentem colendam Esse . Scob . Serm . 37. Chari sunt parentes , chari liberi , propinqui , familiares sed omnes omnum charitates patria una complexa est , pro qua quis bonus dubitet mortem opperere , si ei sit profuturus ic . off . lib . 1. Countrymen , Love as Brethren . This one motive , if there were no other ( in my Judgment ) might be enough to induce us to fraternal amity , for what more dear to a man then his Country , Lucian hath a whole Treatise de encomio patriae , of the praise of ones own unicunque sua patri● charior est , dum supra omnia sulvam fore quaeritur . ubi ab ipsis cunabalis commeratur , feris datum est agros cilves quaerere , hominibus autem patrias super cuncta diligere . Aves ipsae per aero vagantes proprios nidos amant , erratiles ferae ad cubilia dumosa festinant . voluptuosi pisces cavernas per quirunt , cunctaque animalia ibi se norunt refugere , ibi longissima cupiunt aetate constare Cass . 1. Epist. 20. Country , which ( he saith ) evermore ought to be esteemed and reverenced of all men : showing that whatsoever men do , they ought to do it for the good and honour of their Country , {αβγδ} ( saith Homer nothing more sweet then ones own Country , Nemo patriam diligit qua magna , sed quia sua , Vlisses ad sua saxa Ithacae properat , ut Agamemnon ad Mycenerum nobiles miros , Sen de rem fort . insomuch that although men be born in a steril and barren soyl , notwithstanding they prefer it before all the splendid Cities or Kingdoms of the World , for as every bird thinketh her own brood the finest , and every Parent their own off-spring the Fairest : so every man conceiveth his own Country to be the pleasantest . Patria nihil dulcius , nullus locus est domestica side jucundior , charisunt parentes , liberi , proximi qui , familiares sed omnes omnium charitates patria una complexa est , pro qua quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei profuturus Cic . off . lib . 1.

Durus fuit Sermo ( inquit Augustinus ) cum Deus dixit Abrahamo , Exi est terra tua , ex patris domo , & ex cognatione tua &c. Sertorius dixit se malle Romae igno●isissimum civem , quam exulem , omnium aliarum civi atum imperatorem nominare . Plutarch . in Sertorio . Et sola est patria poenacarere sua , Ovid de Trist . lib . 4. Eleg . 8. Nos patriae fines & dulcia linquimus arva , Nos Patriam fugimus tu Ti●yre lent us in umbra formosam resonare , docis Amaryllida silvas Virg . Et eum Patriam misi tunc est periisse putato ( Ovid . de Trist . lib . 3. Eleg . 3. ) & prior & gravior mors fuit illa mihi . Ovid . de Pont. lib . 1. Eleg . 4. The Jews in their Captivity sung the 137. Psalm By the rivers of Babilon we sat down and wept when we remembred thee O Sion , &c. If I forget thee O Jerusalem ! Let my righ● hand forget her cunning . If I do not remember thee , let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth , &c. Non dabia est Ithaci prudentia , sed tamen optat fumum de patriis posse videre focis . Ovid . de Pont. lib . 1. Eleg . 4. Amor Lacaenae erga suam Patriam est observatione digniss . quae cum filium in praelium misisset , & interfectum audivisset : Ideirt● ( inquit ) generam , ut esset , qui pro Patria morte non dubitar●t occumbere , Cic . lib . 1. Tusc . Quaest. Filiae Erichthaei Athenis Regis mortem pro Patria contemplisse dicantur . Cic . Orat . pro Pab . Sestio . And therefore when those that are in authority , punish malefactors for grand offences , they use to deprive them of their native Country by banishment as a punishment of high Nature . Ovid had sad experience of this , which made him write his five whole books de Tristibus , as he was wherryed away from Rome to Pontus , the place whither he was banished in contemplation of his Country saying thus . {αβγδ} Hom. odyss . 1 . {αβγδ} , Id odyss . 13 . {αβγδ} . Stob .

Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine cunctos Ducit & immemores non sine esse sui , All think their native soyl to be so sweet That farthest distant they remember it .

Nay saith Lucian {αβγδ} the very name of my Country is pleasant unto me , yea the smoak of my Country ( saith he ) is more delightsome to me then the fire of another , much like that of Ulysses , in Homer , who said he prefer'd the smoak of his own Country before all the Kingdoms of the World . And you may read in holy Scripture likewise much of this subject , I will instance onely in one particular , By faith Joseph when he died made mention of the departing of the Children of Israel & gave commandment concerning his bones He . 11. ●2 . namely Joseph who loved his Country so well while he was living , that when he was a dying , he took an oath of the Children of ●srael saying , God will surely visit you , and ye shall carry my ●ones fro● hence , and bury me in the Sepulchres of my Fathers , ●n my own Country . Quantum erat O magni ) perituro parcere Divi ut saltem patriâ contumularer hu● Ovid de Tristib . l. 3. Eleg . 3. Gen. last 25. Whom when they had ●mbalmed , they performed his Will , as you may read ( at ●our leasure ) at large , in the 13th of Exod . 19. And Lu●un seems to give a reason of this same extraordinary Love ●o ones own Country , for ( saith he ) Omnibus patria communis 〈◇〉 water , our Country is the common Mother of us all , and she be our Mother then we are her Sons , and if her Sons ●en Brethren , therefore Love as Brethren Libri quoque sunt fratres e●usdem Authori● . Aspicies ●●t●s illic ex ordine fratres , Quos studium cunctos evigi●avit idem Ovid . de Trist . ●●g . 1. lib . 1. Quarebam fratres , exceptis scilicet illis , Quos suos optaret non geu●isse ●ens . Idem Eleg . 1 lib . 3. .

And thus I have show'd you , that not only as we are Men , and as we are Christian-men , but as we are Country-men we ought to Love as Brethren , let us now see how we may Love as Brethren .

How to Love as Brethren . To Love as a Brother , is to Love . 1. {αβγδ} that is , 1 Pet 1.22 Multis simulationum involueris tegitur , & quasi v●lis quibusdam ob●enditur unusquisque natura , fro●s , oculi , vultus persaepe mentiuntur Cic . ad Q. fratrem . Demosthenès interrogatuí , quid Deo simile haberent homines ; Respondit , benigne facere & sinceritatem amare , Maxim . Serm . 8. sincerely without dissimulation , for it is not enough , to speak well of him , and to do good unto him , unless it be with a true and sincere heart , so that the outward habit , and the inward intent of the heart must concurre , otherwise they are like to those painted Sepulchres our Saviour speaks off , Mat . 23.27 . The outside very glorious , but the inside nothing but corrupted bones , and rottenness , having outwardly a dissembling show of Love , but inwardly are meer hypocrites :

Secondly , to Love as a brother , is to Love Tunc plena cordis nostri compassio est quam mala inopia pro proxima suscipere non meruimus , ut illum a passione liberemus . Plus est aliquando compati ea corde , qu●dare , quia quisque indigenti perfect● compatitur minus estimat omne quod dat ; & re● quamlibet plarumque dat , qui non compatitur Greg . moral l. 20. {αβγδ} that is , to make our brothers calamities and miseries , as though they were our own a friend that loveth , &c. Prov. 17.17 . for as a member in a mortal body , being wounded or diseased , all the rest of the body feels the smart there of , so in the spiritual body ( the Church of God ) whereo● Christ is the head , there ought to be a Si doles condol● non dol●o tantum , maxime sciens a salute longius absistere membrum quod obstupuit● aegrum sese non sentientem periculosius laborare . Bern . de consol . ad Eug . Cujus pect● tam ferreum , cujus cor tam lapideum , ut genitus non exprimat , lach●yma non eff●● dat , cum proxime vel amici morbum vel interitum intuetur , ut patienti , non compa●●tur , & dolenter non condoleat ; Ipse Jésus cum videsset Mariam , & judaeos plera●● infremuit spiritu turvavit se ipsum & lachrymatus est Inne de vilit . Condit . humi● Tanto quisque perfectior est quanto perfectius , sentit dolores alienos . Greg . Moral . li● 19. Christus ipse patiendo compassus est non solum erat patiens sed compabions . Ba●nard , in Canc . Fellow feelin● one of anothers miseries , and a condoling sorrow for them , as though they were proper unto themselves : hence is it that he that receiveth Christ , receiveth God , and he that contemneth a true Christian , contemneth Christ , who persecuteth a true Christian persecuteth Christ , and therefore saith our Saviour , Acts 9.1 . ( When they persecuted his members the Church ) Saul Saul why persecutest thou me ? the head was sensible of the persecution of the body , therefore saith he , why persecutest thou me .

Thirdly , Constantia est nutrix ad meritu● moderatrix ad praemium soror est patientia perseverantiae filia , omnes pacis , amicitiarum nodus unanimitatis vinculum , sanctitatis propugnaculum Denique non qui incaeperit , sed qui perseveravit usque ad finem , sa vus erit . Bern . in epist. 129. Constans & perfectus debet esse Amor noster si necesse fuerit , amore illius moriamur qui amare nostro placide ac benigne mori dignatus est . August . de Catal . rudib . Vide 1 John 4.17 . Heb . 3.14 . Qua potes excusa , nec amici desere causam Quo ●ede caepisti , sic bene semper eas . Ovid . lib . 1. de Tristib . to Love as a Brother is to Love {αβγδ} to be constant therein , to continue to the end , not to be fleeting , or wavering in their Love , not to Love for a day , or a month , or a year , and then give over : not to be weary of well doing , not to be weary of Loving ; after the example of our blessed Saviour Christ , for those whom he Loveth , he Loveth unto the end .

Fourthly , to Love as a Brother is to Love {αβγδ} to be unwilling to have any Concordes unus capit lectulus , sed d●scordes pe tota quidem Domus-Plaut . Herbalem & Hi●●salem . discord or difference with any of the brethren , but to live in peace and unity , to keep the unity of Spirit in the bond of peace , Eph. 4.3 . Salust . ( de bello Jugurthing ) sic ait Mycipsa Rex jamjam moriturus , & ●onens filios suos paterno affectu , ut concordes sint , aureis sempte● literis scribendam sententiam utque adderent , Concordia parvae res crescunt discordia , &c. Concordia p●rvae res crescunt discordia magnae dilabuntur , is not so old as true ( it is the Motto to Merchant-Taylors Arms , and it is a good one ( by concord small things increase to great , by discord great things come to nothing , therefore saith the Psalmist behold ( do not perfunctorily look over it but behold ) how good , and joyful a thing it is for Brethren to live together in unity , Psal . 133.1 .

Distantia loci non tollit amicitiam . Aristot . Ethic . lib . 8. cap . 5. Fifthly and Lastly , to Love as a Brother , is to Love {αβγδ} ubique gentium , to make no difference of place , for Love must be extended to a Brother in London , as well as Westmerland , in England , all over as well as London , in France , Spain , or Italy , as well as ●ngland , abroad as well as at home : So Pauls Love did reach from Corinth to Rome , {αβγδ} &c. 1. Pet . 1.1 . from Philippi to Corinth , from Rome to Ephesus , and so our Apostle [ g ] St. Peter , in my text , exhorts the strangers , that dwell here and there throughout Pontus Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia and Bythinia to love as brethren .

I. But how many fail in these duties , in these days ? the number is innumerable , therfore I say unto every one of you in particular , dost thou Love thy Neighbour as thy self , dost thou Love him without fraud or dissimulation ? or dost thou call him Facto pius & sceleratus eodem . Ovid . Met . lib . 3. Brother in Christ , yet would cut his throat Innocens contra hypocritam suscitabirum in judicio Job . 17 8. Job . 8.13 . Mat . 6.24 . behind his back ? if so thy portion shall be with hypocrites where shall be weeping wailing , and gnashing of teeth .

II . Dost thou make thy Brothers Calamities as though they were thine own ? art thou partaker of his miseries or rather dost thou flout and laugh at his miseries ? surely then thou art no member of Christ , Mortuum est corporis membrum , quod alterius non sensit affectum nec se verum mystici corporis membrum estimet qui alteri patienti non condolet . Gerard . Meditat . Dolentem non potest , consolari , qui non concordat dolori Emolliri debet animus ut afflicto congruat , congruens inhaereat inhaerens trahat . nec ferrum ferro conjungitur , si non utrinque exustione ignis liquetur . Greg . Moral . Qui vere amans est omni tempore diligit , nam eum tormentum non seperat , labor non laxat , thesaurus non superat , alienas amor non occupat , Cass . in Epist. thou art but like a wooden leg , crept in the Church , or hast no sence or feeling of any other members , therefore great is thy Judgement .

III . Dost thou Love thy brother constantly unto the end ? dost thou never shrink from him in any distress , but stick as close to him as the bark unto the tree ? or is thy Love as the dew , soon on , and soon off ? or dost thou forsake him , as the Disciples did Christ ? then thou breakest the Commandement of Christ , that we should love one another as he hath loved us , and those whom he Loveth he Loveth unto the end , John 13.1 .

IV . Art thou a favourer of Unity and Peace among thy brethren ? dost thou seek to stay their hatred and pacifie their Wrath ? Quisquis corpus affligit sed concordiam deserit ; Deum quidem laudat in tympano sed non in choro Hier● super Epist ad Rom. or art thou a brother of discord and dissention , and means to set thy brethren together by the Ears ? then observe what St. Austine saith , Non erit tibi concordia cum Christo , si sit discordia cum Christiano , thou shalt have no concord with Christ , if thou art at discord with a Christian Sicut nihil est pretiosius Deo virtute dilectionis ete nihil est desiderabilis Diabolo extinctione cha●itatis . Quisqu●s ergo seminando jung●a dilectionem prox morum perimit , hosti Dei familiarius servit , Greg . in past . or rather that , Si vocantur filii Dei qui pacem faciunt , procul dubio sunt filii Diaboli qui pacem confundunt . If they be called the Sons of God that make peace , then without doubt , they are the Sons of the Devil , that confound peace , and are the Authors of discord and division , and therefore are reckoned amongst those that God hates , for these six things doth the Lord hate , yea his soul abhorreth seaven , the haughty eyes , a lying tongue , and the hands that shed innocent blood , a heart that imagineth wicked enterprizes , feet that be swift in running to mischeif , a false witness that speaketh lyes , and him that raiseth up contention among Brethren , Prov. 6.16.17 , 18 , 19.

V. Or dost thou Love thy Brother wheresoever he be , at home or abroad ; in the Countrey or in the City in thine own Parish or in another , in thine own house or without ? Or dost thou hate a stranger , a Townsman , a Forraigner or a door Neighour ? then know this , that as God is no Accepter of Persons , so he is no Accepter of Place , and for this will bring thee to Judgement .

Some may object , and say , how can this Doctrine be true , that we must Love our Brethren always even unto the end ? seeing it is said in the book of the Preacher , that there is a time to Love , and a time to hate , Ecclesiastes 3.8 .

I answer , that in this place is not meant , that a man may sometimes Love , and sometimes hate his ●rother lawfully but these words , as also all those from the beginning of the Chapter are to show unto us , that all the actions and affections of men , whether rhey be good or evil , have been and are done in the appointed time of God : for Non denotant quid agendum sit , sed quid agimus , the words demonstrate not what we ought or may lawfully do , but what we commonly do : So that they may seem to be understood thus , Tempus dilectionis quam diu ille qui diligitur est bonus , & tempus odiis , quando efficitur malus : non tam òdiendo naturam quam culpam . Lyra in loc . There is a time to love , that is , there is a time wherein we love our brother , and there is a time to hate our Brother , not by any approbation on Gods part , but through our own corrupt and malignant affections .

Secondly , Some may say , that his neighbour is both an enemy to God , he blasphemeth his Name , prophaneth his Sabbaths , and the like , and also he is an enemy to me , for he hath greatly indamaged me in my goods and good name therefore what have I to do with him , in what thing am I bound to him , that is both an enemy to God and me .

Beloved thou that dost thus reason with thy self know this , that thou must not contemn any man , Perfecta charitas est rectissima animi affectio qua diligitur Deus propter se , & proximus propter seipsum Aug de Doctri . Christ . Odio habebis inimicum tuum Mat . 5.43 . non inimicos but in the singular number meaning the Devil our common enemy , as Aug. Serm . 59. de Temp . non fratrem sed Diabolum . Idem ibidem . Love thy friends in the Lord , and thine enemies for the Lords sake , who when thou wast his enemy , he so loved thee , that to redeem thee , and deliver thee out of the hands of thine enemies , he gave his own life for thee . And although thine Neighbour be an enemy both against God and thee , yet for all this he must not be hated , and despised , Este similis medico medicus non amat aegrotantem si non odit agritudinem : ut libere● aegrotum febrim persequitur Nolite amare vitia amicorum vestrorum , si amatis amicos vestros . Aug. in quodam Serm . Non attinde , quid tibi faciat homo , sed attende , quid tu feceris Deo , non attende injurias quas infert inimicus , sed attende beneficia , quae confert tibi is , qui jubet a●e inimicum diligas . Gerard . Meditat . Ne fratri irascere quamvis peccato fratris irasceris , Aug. Retract . lib . 1. cap . 19. Non minima pars dilectionis est reprehendere delictum . Idem . Diligite homines interficite errores . A●g . con . lit . Petilian ; lib . 1. cap . 29. Pacem cum hominibus bellum cum vitiis . Idem de caterudibus cap . 27. but in this thou must imitate the Physitian , who hateth the Disease , but not the Diseased , so do thou , Loving that which is made of God , and abhorring that which is of the Devil , considering him not as thine enemy , but as the Image of God , and the workmanship of his hands .

And thus ( beloved ) I have as plainly and breifly as I could , lay'd open these words unto you Love as Brethren . Wherein I show'd you the matter and the manner , the matter Love , the manner as brethren , in the matter Love , I laid open unto you .

1. To whom Love doth belong . 2. In what it consists .

In the manner as brethren , I show'd you there were five sorts of Brethren , in all which we are joyn'd together in Love .

1. In Humanity . 2. In Affinity . 3. In Consanguinity . 4. In Christianity . 5thly and lastly . By Proximity .

Being all of one Country , much more of one County . And in this I show'd you that we ought to Love as brethren In the next place I manifested unto you , how we ought to Love as brethren . And that was .

1. Sincerely . 2. Compassionately . 3. Constantly . 4. Unanimously . 5thly and lastly . Omni tempore diligit qui ami●us , est , & frater in angustiis comprobatur . Prov. 17.17 Universally .

At all times , and in all places . And so much for the Text , and the time . Consider what I have said and the Lord give you understanding in all things .

Appendix .

And now , methinks I hear you say , the Sermon is done , no ( my Brethren and Compatriots ) it is but said , it is not done , it is then done and onely then , when we put in practise what hath been said Bernard in Cant . Verba verte in opera ( saith St : Bernard ) turn the words into deeds , and then the Sermons done . We have all this while discoursed of Love and Brotherly kindness : Charitas est radix , fructus sunt opera , Aug. super Psal . 4.1 . fructus spiritus est charitas Gal. 5 22. Love is the root , brotherly kindness is the tree , but Charity is the fruit , love and brotherly kindness is the house , but Charity is the roof , which heals all , keeps all dry and warm ; let us add the roof unto the house , add to brotherly kindness Charity , they are the words of our Apostle 1. Pet . 1.7 . and that is done , Vide Jam . 2.15.16 . Pascit esurientes charitas , pascit & superbia : charitas ut Deus laudetur , superbia ut ipsa landetur vestit & superbia . August . super Epistol . Jo . cap . 7. Si non pavisti occidisti Ambros . Qui succurrere perituro potest , & non succurit , occidit . Sen. by feeding the hungry or cloathing the naked , if there be any of our Brethren or Compatriots , which be in need or necessity , that we lend our helping hands , every man according to his power , for their releif . August de civit . Dei . lib . 10. cap . 1. Charitable works to our brethren , ( saith the apostle are pro sacrificiis , instead of sacrifices , Heb . 13.6 . Nay prae sacrisiciis , before or better then sacrifices , Hos . 6.6 .

A King of our Country ( I mean of Northumberland ) in a controversie about Easter , , some alledging for Peter , others for John , bethought himself , that Peter was the Potter of Heaven-gate , saying , he would make the Potter his friend , that he might be sure to get in . Whatsoever he did of Peter , let us do of Charity . Let us hereby make Christ our friend , he is sanua vitae , and thus the poor are made our friends , ready to receive us into everlasting habitations . Luke . 16.9 . I will onely commend unto you one portion of Scripture , which I would have you seriously consider on , both now and anon , and with that I will conclude all , and it is in Deut. 15.9.10 , 11. Beware that there be not a thought in thy heart , saying the seventh year , the year of the release is at hand , and thy eye be evil against thy poor brother , and thou givest him nothing , and he cry unto the Lord against thee , Judicium sine misericordia , erit iis , qui non faciunt miserecordiam , & gloriatur misericordia adversus damnationem Jam . 2.13 . and it be sin against thee . Thou shalt surely give him , and thine heart shall not be grieved , when thou givest unto him because that for this thing , the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works , and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto . For the poor shall never cease out of the Land , therefore I command thee saying , thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother , to thy poor , and to thy needy in the Land .

Thus if we shall do , of Westmerlandians we shall become Philadelphians , let us so love as brothers here upon earth , that we may for ever live together as brothers hereafter in the Kingdom of Heaven : Which the Lord grant unto us all , even for his Son Christ Jesus his sake , To whom , &c.

FINIS .

I desire the Christian Reader , if he find any Errata's omitted by reason of the Authors sickness and keeping his bed , that you would courteously amend them with your Pen .