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A remedy against private contentions A godly and fruitful sermon on James, 4.1. &c.…A remedy against priuat contentions A godly and fruitfull sermon on Iames, 4.1. &c.…
A remedy against private contentions A godly and fruitful sermon on James, 4.1. &c. Wherein is at large discovered the hatefulness, and perniciousness of private jars and contentions, with manifold remedies against the same. By Mr. John Dod.A remedy against priuat contentions A godly and fruitfull sermon on Iames, 4.1. &c. Wherin is at large discouered the hatefulnes, and perniciousnesse of priuate iars and contentions, with manifold remedies against the same. By Mr. Iohn Dod.
London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for Thomas Man, 1614London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for Thomas Man, 1614
A REMEDY AGAINST Private Contentions.A REMEDIE AGAINST Priuate Contentions.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
If thy cause be good, and thy conscience good, God is at hand to right all thy wrongs: but when men give themselves to fretting and bitter discontentment, it is as much in effect, as if they should say, that God is no equal Judge, and therefore they cannot rest satisfied with his government: yet are they ready enough in their distempered fits to profane the name of God, by calling him to be judge in their causes: as Sarah did, when her maid despised her. God be judge between me and thee (saith she to her husband) but if the Lord had come, she would have been the loser. 1For God being a most righteous Judge, would have examined both parties, and then who would have been found in the greater fault? Abraham took Hagar, but who was the cause of it? was not Sarah? the greatest complainers and exclaimers, are usually most faulty themselves: and therefore let christians be ashamed to be so clamorous & contentious upon every occasion: for to be so unpeaceable amongst men, showeth that there is little acquaintance with the God of peace; therefore let us rather go from our own right, and yield a little, then be still falling out with our neighbours: better it is to lose some of our outward commodities, then to lose our inward and outward peace.
If thy cause be good, and thy conscience good, God is at hand to right all thy wrongs: but when men giue themselues to fretting and bitter discontentment, it is as much in effect, as if they should say, that God is no equall Iudge, and therefore they cannot rest satisfied with his gouernment: yet are they ready enough in their distempered fits to prophane the name of God, by calling him to be iudge in their causes: as Sarah did, when her maid despised her. God be iudge between me and thee (saith she to her husband) but if the Lord had come, she would haue been the loser. 1For God being a most righteous Iudge, would haue examined both parties, and then who would haue been found in the greater fault? Abraham tooke Hagar, but who was the cause of it? was not Sarah? the greatest complainers and exclaimers, are vsually most faulty themselues: and therfore let christians be ashamed to be so clamorous & contentious vpon euery occasion: for to bee so vnpeaceable amongst men, sheweth that there is little acquaintance with the God of peace; therefore let vs rather goe from our owne right, and yeeld a little, then be still falling out with our neighbours: better it is to lose some of our outward commodities, then to lose our inward and outward peace.