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A73285	A sermon, pointing out the chiefe causes, and cures, of such unruly stirres, as are not seldome found in the church of God Preached at Sawston in the countie of Cambridge, at the arch deacon of Elie his visitation held there, upon the nineteenth day of September, 1638. By Iohn Swan.	Swan, John, d. 1671.	1639 (1639)	STC 23515; ESTC S125547	12,451	34

of holy things But on the contrarie if wee stand mooting of the matter with Mihi videtur mihi non videtur like Cato and Scipio in the Senate then what can bee expected at the peoples hands but tergiversations malicious upbraidings disobedient practices and such a world of irreverent words and actions as must needs be abominable to the highest Majestie I see then by this that if there bee disaffection in the people the cause flowes first from among the Priests who either marre young ones in their making or cherish old ones in their peevish perverse and irreverent practice But because such Lights were never intended for the Sanctuarie let the golden snuffers bee assumed into the hands of our Governours that therewithall they may correct these obscuring Lamps and make them shine with a better lustre for as Saint Hierom truly speaketh Hier. Epist ad Vigil Non est crudelitas pro Deo pietas And therefore spare them not Yea and last of all Let not the desire of Vain-glorie or deceiving applause of the common multitude take hold upon us For as at the best it is but a pestiferous root producing branches of a pertinacious kind so in conclusion it makes us unfit to be the Masters of our owne judgement but blinds us from discerning truth from errour peace from Faction and will not let us see who they be that trouble Israel God not refusing to suffer those to goe astray who cared not in time to leave and forsake this itching humour Ex illa enim pessima radice sicut oritur pertinacia ita judicit fallacia ut propter peccatum Deus permittat eos in errorem duci as one observeth It were indeed a praise to see a man amongst a giddie-headded multitude bee like the river Arethusa which though it passeth through the Scicilian Sea Virg. Eclog. ultima is not tainted with the saltnesse thereof But to let the breath of the people prevail above the breath of the Spirit is to make that true which Plinie mentions of a certaine Nation who doe anhelitu oris enec●re homin●s ●●ll men with the breath that comes from their mouthes Plin. in hist nat For thus as wee harme them by going about to draw them after us when we arise and speake perverse things So they us by the bewitching charmes of their commendation In a word let me close with this I meane the remembrance of our holy Calling for wee are the servants of Iesus Christ by speciall commission and must not therefore bee guided in our doings and sayings by popular humours for as Saint Paul affirmeth Galat. 1.10 if wee should yet please men wee cannot bee the servants of Christ And therefore with him againe 1 Cor. 1.10 I beseech you brethren by the name of our Lord Iesus Christ that yee all speake one thing and that there be no dissention among you but bee yee knit together in one minde and in one judgement For as it is an honourable thing to die for ones countrie so much more noble must it needes bee mori mundo to die to the world and restore what wee can all ill affected people to live in obedience to their holy Mother For as it is a zeale too preposterous to shed the bloud of warre in peace So doe not thinke it any point of Pietie to breake the orders of a well-ordered Church yea of such a Church as strives to bee fashioned according to the patternes of the purest times Oh thinke what it is to bee obedient obedience is better than Sacrifice 1 Sam. 15.22.23 but rebellion is like the sinne of witchcraft This being Gods owne Sanction Rom. 13.1 Heb. 13.17 that Every soule be subject to the higher powers that wee obey them who have the oversight of us and stand to watch for the good of our soules and finally Psal 122.6 that Peace bee both sought and prayed for for Ierusalem None of which is then done when discord is cherished dutie condemned schisme advanced and faction maintained in the Church of God But from the miserie of all such evils Good Lord deliver us and so watch continually over us that wee may bee preserved and defended from all our enemies and have such happie dayes as may advance the truth and due decencie of Gods worship from this time forth forevermore And now if after all there be a Plus ultra yet that would bee thought upon it is that I direct my speech to you my friends who bee the Guardians of the Church yee are called hither not to conceale but to lay open the abuses and disorders of your Parish Looke to your oathes examine your consciences and acquit your selves from that foule sinne of horrid perjurie Let your Bills give in a true and a just evidence for you take the great God of heaven and earth to witnesse that you will saithfully performe the duties of your office Galat. 6.7 Exod. 20.7 Bee not deceived God is not mocked hee hath plagues in store for such offenders as take in vaine his holy name And therefore as it is not for us to arise and speake perverse things though wee may draw away never so many Disciples after us so neither for you to dissemble what you know though you may gaine never so many to applaud you for it but uprightly to dicover what is done amisse Which if you did and did it as you ought there would not bee so great contempt of holy places and sacred things nor so slight regard of Gods service many not only being tardie when they should assemble to confesse their sinnes amongst the rest of Gods people but as if that were not enough bee frequently knowne to come dropping in when all else is almost ended I passe by much more that I might relate and shall only for the present commend unto you that worthy resolution of an holy Father whose words are these Greg. mag lib. 7. Indict 2. Epist 78. In causa in qua Deo placere cupio homines non for mido that is In a case saith hee wherein I desire to please my God I may not bee afraid of the frownes of Men. And there is reason for it Revel 21.3 For from the New Ierusalem shall bee excluded as well the Fearefull as Vnbeleevers And yet that is the Citie of the great God the eternall palace of the heavenly King where the Citizens all know without errour praise without wearinesse love without changeablenesse enjoying that tranquilitie which hath no disturbance that gaine which hath no losse that securitie which hath no alteration that concord which is with full consent that Musicke which is sounded forth in the melodie of blessed Saints and holy Angels praysing God and singing the Anthemes of an heavenly Quire Whether hee bring us who hath so dearely bought us even Iesus Christ the righteous to whom with the Father and the holy Spirit bee ascribed as is most due all honour and glorie now and for ever Amen FINIS Imprimatur Tho. Wykes Novemb. 9. 1638. Perlegi hunc Tractatum cui titulus Prophano-Mastix dignumque judico qui typis mandetur Tho. Wykes R. P. Episc Lond. Capell domest Octob 17. 1638.