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A04390	Englands iubilee, or Irelands ioyes Io-pæan, for King Charles his welcome With the blessings of Great-Britaine, her dangers, deliuerances, dignities from God, and duties to God, pressed and expressed. More particularly, Irelands triumphals, with the congratulations of the English plantations, for the preseruation of their mother England, solemnized by publike sermons. In which 1. The mirrour of Gods free grace, 2. The mappe of our ingratitude, 3. The meanes and motiues to blesse God for his blessings. 4. The platforme of holy praises are doctrinally explained, and vsefully applyed, to this secure and licentious age. By Stephen Ierome, domesticke chaplaine to the Right Honourable Earle of Corke.; Irelands jubilee	Jerome, Stephen, fl. 1604-1650.	1625 (1625)	STC 14511.5; ESTC S103354	215,774	330

recreation as the Spaniell the waters for our turnes and times for a time for meere necessitie and conveniencie not giving it our hearts nor affections shaking it of when we have done with it for h Seeking only quae ad vict●● cultumque necessaria Cicero meate drinke and clothes and imbracing in the inwards of our soules more pure spirituall contentive and satisfactorie delights and desires Oh be as much as thou canst in the mount of spirituall speculation rather then in the vallie of externall actions rather in the lightsome i Gen. 46.34 Exod. 10. ver 23 Goshen with Gods Israell then in the darkesome Egypt with the uncircumcised rather suffer affliction as Moses with Gods k Heb. 11.24.25 people then injoy the pleasures of sinne for a season rather desire with David to be a doore keeper in Gods house then to live in the Tents of Kedar as Lot in l Genes 19. 2. Pet. 2.7 Sodom Ezekiah amongst m Ezek. 2. ver 6 Scorpions rather fast with Gods children the mourners in Sion as Esther with her n Esther 4.16 maydes Mordocheus with the distressed Iewes o Ezra 10. v. 1.2 Ezra p Dan. 10. v. 2.3 Daniel and q Nehem. 1. v. 4 Nehemiah then feast with the profane Balthezars and drunken Nabals of the world rather sing songs of Sion with Moses Deborah Miriam Zachary the two Annas and the spirituall Israell of God to the laude and praise of God then songs of Sodom to the Lute and Tabret and Harpe to the dishonour of God with that carnall r Amos 6.6 Esay 22. vers 13 Israell Avoyd the companie of the wicked fly from their societie as Manes the Calcedon Bishop did from Iulian the Apostate Iohn from Cerinthus Origen from Paulus Samesetenus Polycarpus from Marcion Athanasius Chrysostome and the ſ Of all these there is ample mention made by Socrates Eusebius the Germaine Centuries c. As I have alledged them already in my Origens repentance Orthodoxes Alexandrians and Antiochians from the blaspemous Arrians as from a dogge a t Cane poenis angue adagium snake and a devill Come no neerer them then to the plague who have hot mouths like Armenian Dragons hot as Ovens with fire from hell spitting burning venomous sparkes of blasphemies in the face of Heaven For to converse with such is to have our Hell on earth but to praise God with the Saints yea withall the creatures magnifie him in all his glorious attributes this is to have heaven on u Vita celitum vita caelestis earth Oh happie as holy is that soule who in imitation of the Larke and the singing Quyristers of the Ayre hath his chiefe delight to be mounting upwards and singing above as neere to God as he can get and useth this grosser earth but onely for foode and meere necessaries making no stay below till it soare up againe that it be intrapped as these incautelous birdes in the lime-twigs of lustes in the gins of temptations Oh happie he that not contented with ordinarie duties with our common Protestants materially and cursorily performed such as their stinted tasks of saying rather then praying Prayers reading of Chapters singing of a Psalme saying Grace before and after meate as they use to say by themselves or children their atturneys running daily in these unlesse by carnalite or profanesse omitted as in a Laborynth or Circle like a Milne-horse ever in one pace without ever quickening their motion what extraordinarie occasion soever come eyther of prayer in humiliation or praysing God in true Gratulation those that besides these ordinaries can sequestrate times to dedicate and consecrate their very soules and spirits to the very God of spirits extraordinarily in manner and measure as occasion is offered eyther of mourning such as was in the dayes of w Esay 22. v. 13. Esau x Osee 6 v. 1.2 Osee y Dan. 9. v. 1.2.3.4.5 Daniel z Ioel. 1. v. 5.8.11.13 cha 2.15.16.17 Ioel a Ezra 10.3.5 Ezra b 1. Sam. 1.10 Anna c Iob. 3.24 Iob d Ierem. 9. v. 1.2 Ieremie or of rejoysing such as in the dayes of David both herein my Text and elsewhere when David penned his Eucharisticall Psalmes sung publickly in the Church he and the Elders of Israell as also in the dayes of his sonne Salomon Ezekiah and Iosiah after him exulting and triumphing before the Lord. Oh happie he that can marry as some Fathers besides e Stella Bona ventura in Lucam Fryers have alluded both Martha and f Luke 10. vers 41.42 Mary Rachell and Leah can unite and so conjoyne the fruitefull thoo-bleare eyed life of action as lesse faire with the more beauteous life of contemplation that in his generall calling as he is a Christian can make holy and spirituall duties the unbending of his bow sauce to his meate his verie recreation and best preparing to the duties of his speciall and particular calling as he is a man such a man is indeede a Phoenix amongst men Rara avis in terris as the Hevites said of g Gen. 23. v. 6. Abraham even a Prince of God amongst men yea he that can be a regular observant of these few rules by blessing the Lord with his heart and mouth the members of his bodie and faculties of his soule here in grace shall inchoate and begin even in the vallie of the world in the vaile of his flesh the life of glorie such an one shall attaine to more Evangelicall perfection then ever did Iew Papist or Pelagian in the meere observation of Moses his Legals whether Morals Cerimonials or Iudicials Yea by these rules he shall come neerer God shoote neerer heaven walke more in the light of the Sunne as every way more perfect Yea I say further he shall inherit and injoy sweeter extasies of soule raptures of spirit comforts of conscience peace of heart joy in the holy Ghost then ever any superstitious popeling regular Fryer or Monasterian in this earth had notwithstanding all their Thrasonicall bragges and boasts to the contrary of ther feined revelations apparitions and enthusiasmes by their strictest observance of the rules of their Saint Francis Benedict Dominick c. or these that are forged and fathered on Basill h De regulis Francisci Basilij Augustini c. vide Fusius apud Hospinianum de origina Monocatus Augustine or any other recorded by i Vide Cassiani collationes Suriū Lippomanum Pomerium de sanctis Marulum Abdiam Gregorium in dialogis Cassianus and their owne writers Oh could we trie how good and gracious the Lord is had we but a spirituall gust of the comforts of grace If wee did but once eate the spirituall Manna that 's hid from the world Could wee turne the bread of life in succum sanguinem into bloud and moysture Could wee be weaned from the world to be fed as children truely newly k 1.

take tythes yet their Children forsooth must play the Vicars to say Grace and give thankes Not that I absolutely condemne it as unlawfull for Children to be by degrees trayned to this taske when by Catechizing in the groundes of Religion they come to exceede Parrats by understanding what they say or that I denie but that at their owne repasts and meales they are to be taught to give thankes even as to pray when they rise and lye downe as Abell from s gen 4.4 Adam Sem and Iaphet from t gen 8.20 Noah Isaac from u gen 22.7.8 Abraham were taught how to sacrifice Timothy taught from his Mother and w 2 tim 1.5 3. vers 15. grandmother as was Constantine x Apud Eusebium in vita Constantini of his mother Hellen Or I denie not but that they at the same time the same Table may give thanks when their parents or tutors precede and begin first then I praesequar they may well follow as the little Cock-boat swimes in the same streame after the great Ship and the little tantling Bell that rings sometimes after the great Bow-bels in some Church or Cathedrall But for the Father to take all the burthen from his owne shoulders and to lay it on the Childes as to take the Saddle ftom a strong Stallion and set it on a young Colt to make his Childe his Atturney for him in Gods service as though he were ashamed to doe what David our Saviour y Luke 9.16 Christ the z Vt antea ch 1 sect 1. Apostles did in their owne persons is not onely a breach of the a deut 8. v. 10. Commandement that the greater shall blesse the b hebr 7. v. 7. lesser as Melchisedech did c gen 14.19 Abraham and Iacob his d gen 49. Sonne but shewes a dead or a profane heart and a maine a vaine contempt of God So for another dutie Family-prayer singing of Psalmes praysing of God practised by the e 2 Sam. 6.20 Saints injoyned as the observation of some penall Statutes by the denuntion of a great and greivous f Ier. 10. v. 25. curse an Anathema as terrible as the Thunder or thunder-bolt which hangs over that house and family where God is not invocated even as the naked sword of Dyonisius did hang over the head of that flattering Damocles yea as the cloud of fire and brimstone over Sodom and Gomorrah as sure to fall one time or other unlesse prevented by practicall repentance as that flying booke of g Zaec 5. v. 1.2.3 vengeance shall fall and hath falne as histories and experience relate upon the h He that reads the Theater of Gods iudgmēts in 40. M Perk. of the Gouernmēt of the tongue in fine M. Knewstubs his abuses of Engl. M. Foxe in diverse passages his abridgemēt of the ends of blaspemous persecutors Minerius Ioh. de Roma Eccius Laton Bomel Card. Cres fol. 380. 382. 383 Lonicer in his examples in 3. praecep The histories of our time in 4. p. 319 320. 321. 322. 323. shall see gods heavy hād on blasphemers persons and places where God is blasphemed even as sure as the Chamber called Ierusalem fell on the head of that Nicromanticall Sylvester and as Dagons house hath now twice falne on the heads of Idolatrous Philistines I say even this dutie how many eyther wholly unholily pretermit it or post it off to their servants prentices Iourneymen deputies atturneys they must pray for them the inferior must be the mouth of the superior the man must be the tongue of his master by reading or praying or as they call it saying a few prayers Morning and Evening directly against that Apostolicall Canon Hebr. 7. vers 7. thus making an Historon proteron of all Religion Others againe are so proud or so profane that wanting the spirit of i zach 12.10 Rom. 8. v. 26. praier the Heart or Art to pray they onely desire others to pray for them some good man or Preacher as Pharaoh intreates Moses and k Exod. 8.8 c. 8 2● Aaron Simon Magus requests l Act. 8.24 Peter to pray for them but for themselves they have joynts unlike the m Elephāt enim Regē adorant genua submittunt ceronas porrigū test Plin. l. 8. c. 1 Arist lib. 9. c. 46. Albert. l. 8. tract 5. c. 2. et Aelian hist. l. 13. c. 22. Hi autē profani gennua non flectunt Psal 14. v. 4. An Ovidean or Virgilean fiction or Pythagorean dreame as Master Perkins drawes Purgatories pedegree in his Problemes Elephant that cannot bow hearts like Gaddes of steele that cannot bend tongues and speake not as Idols the mute or dumbe Divell is in them as in some unpreaching Ministers they pray not for themselves they will not they cannot Others againe more foolishly and preposterously trust all to the prayers dirges and suffrages of others when they are departed to sing and bring them out of their Europaean purgatory indeed reall hell as though they hoped a Physitians physicke should revive them after death These are as preposterous in theyr prayers as those that thinke to satisfie for all their usuries and extortions by almes and elymosinarie workes after their death by their executors I would not be mistaken I know its lawfull to desire the prayers of others as Paul did of all the n Col. 4.3 1. Thes 5.25 2. Thess 3.1 Churches as Ezeckiah did from o 2. King 19.2 Esaiah as Esther desired the prayers of p Est 4.10 Mardocheus and the Iewes Daniell of his three q Dan. 2.17.18 Companions and so Luther Calvin Grineus the Martyrs Ridley Latimer Bradley intreat the mutuall prayers of their friends in their zealous Letters I know also its lawfull laudable for noble men to have their Chaplaines for Preaching Praying in their families their Nathans their Levites may be imployed yet so as high and low great and small every Individuum that will be saved must with David personally worship God as the Scriptures injone duties particularly and r Act. 2.22 Heb. 3.12 4. 1. Esa 55.1 Psal 2.10 11. 148.10 11 12. personally CHAP. III. David prayseth God publickly THirdly let it not passe our animadversion that David doth not only praise his God religiously piously personally but also publickly before all the Congregation of Israel He is not ashamed to serve that God before all Israel that in the sight of Israel of the Sun had so served his turnes needs saved preserved him in his exigents dangers by so many severall meanes improving his power his justice his peculiar speciall providence so oft for Davids deliverances and his enemies destruction or at least distractions seeing God so marvellously so miraculously fight for David as oft before in the dayes of Moses and Deborah he fought for Israel against a Exod. 17.11 Amaleck Moab and b Iudg. 5.20 Iabin for Constantine

constantly conscionably universally obedient to God the verie life and soule of all gratitude since Christ the princely z Aelian 6. hist cap. 28. Doctores autem ut Ambr. in Math. 24. ho. 49. August super Iohan. tract 36. in principio Jsidor lib. 12. ca. 7. Aquilam applicant ad Christum ad Christianos Eagle ascended as it is writ of naturall Eagles chiefly delights to pray upon the heart he that gives not this gives nothing as God would nothing as he should Thirdly there be many gracious promises made to the thankefull as goads of the sanctuarie and prickes to excite stirre up to this dutie as golden cordes to draw and allure us to it as also manie threats and menaces as so many thunderbolts against the unthankefull besides other Scriptures the whole 28. Chapter of Deuteronomie and 26. of Leviticus is spent in this argument CHAP. III. Further motives to thankefulnesse from the blessings it brings continues FOvrthly let us consider the blessings and good things which gratitude brings or continues with the inconveniences and subsequent prejudices of ingratitude as arguments which not onely Divinitie but even heathenish oratorie hath used both perswasive and disswasive from a A pre●●io à periculo rewards and b Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore Oderunt peccare mali formidine poenae punishments First to begin even with the least the mightie and mercifull God takes this gratitude exceedingly kinde at our hands gives manie encomions and commendations on the gratefull as he did on Salomon 1. Kings 3. v 6.7 8. even as a man that hath but a glimpse and sparke of that justice mercie which are attributs essentiall in c Quicquid est in Deo est Deus Zanchius de attributis Dei God wonderously approves and applaudes a thankefull person where ever he meets with such as a black Swan or white d Rara avit in terris nigroque simillima Cygno vera gratitudo Crow in any condition whereas againe God sharpely and severely taxeth redargueth not only the ingratitude of the e Ierem. 5.7 Iewess of f Revel 2.22 Iezabell of g Rev. 3.15.16 17. Laodicea as to bee such indeed which his soule loathes and abhorrs and his stomacke cannot digest more then luke warme water preferring even the verie brute beastes the Oxe and the Asse before h Esai 1.4 them but even layes open detects and detests the ingratitude of the very Gentiles themselves that had no guidance but the dimme sparke of i Rom 2.22.23.24 nature Now if a Courtier would be in disgrace with his King as k Esther 7.9 Haman once with Assuerus a childe with his father as l Genes 9.25 Cham and Canaan with Noah a servant with his master as m Ioh. 6 70.71 Iudas with our Saviour Christ and sycophantizing treacherous Ziba with n 2. Sam. 19.26 27 Mephib●seth a friend with his great friend as Davids treacherous companions were deservedly in disgrace with * Psalm 41.9 David If we would live in Rome as the Proverbe is and contest and contend with the Pope if that impostor may be named in that line where God is named then let us continue still as we doe in our obstinate rebellion and viperous ingratitude Secondly let us consider and lay to heart that gratitude and thankefulnesse is the verie meanes to perpetuate and continue mercies of what nature soever in anie measure received yea intayle them as it were surer then our lands and revenues to us and to our heires for ever if they walke worthy of them God being the God not onely of Abraham but of his seede Isaac and o Math. 22.32 Iacob oft in mercie remembring distressed Israel the off-spring of that Patriarchall roote even for his Covenant sake with Abraham for his servant Davids * 1. King 11.34 sake as indeed to speake my thoughts opinion freely if not judgement if without touching or prying into the p 1. Sam. 6.19 Arke entring into Gods secrets intruding to be of his privie Counsell from which rockes I steare we may make any scrutiny or search into the reasons of Gods progresse and proceedings with a nation the Lord being holy in all his wayes and righteous in all his workes his judgements though secret yet never q Secreta esse possunt iudicta Dei ●uinsta esse on possunt unjust Considering great Brittaines many and manifold mervailous miraculous deliverance pluckt oft as in the yeare 88. especially and the Powder treason and plot prevented as abrand out of the fire as Lot out of r Gen. 19.16 Dan. 6. Sodom as Daniel out of the mouth of Lions yea and of digging Foxes too who though they digg nye us yet they digg by us preserved as David and his companie from Saulites Nymrodian bloudy-hunters together with other positive mercies as the reshining once againe according to that zealous Latimers our English Luthers ſ Hee used in his prayers and ejaculatory mentall desires to reiterate this Iterum Domine iterum Domine once againe once againe send the Gospel to this unthākfull land prayers of the Gospell breaking as the Sunne out of that darke Popish cloud of conglomerated English t In that Quinquenium Mariae bloud the continuance of it still the going forward of our spirituall Temple notwithstanding the disturbances scoffs and plots of so many libelling lying Popish Tobiahs and u Neh. 4.1.2.3 Sanballats the reduction of our Illustrious Prince amongst us better beloved of us then w whose death was so lamented that in anie disaster which befals the Turk it 's proverbiall Mortuus est Mustapha Mustapha amongst his Ottomans with as much joy rewelcomed as Israels returne from x Ezra 1.5 3 Chaldea as Isaacks birth was to laughing y 2. Ezr. 10.12 Sarah and rejoycing Abraham together with that which I cannot pretermit least if wee hold our tongues and be silent the very stones should speake that visible and remarkeable judgement to speake in veritie and charitie both at once if fame Battus like doe not babble which lately befell upon the adversaries of our Iudah the Lords owne immediate hand for as tryall hath experimented it cannot be fathered as the powder plott should have beene upon any Puritane as they impurely call them no Sampson no Protestant Nazarite their pestilent pollicies may perhaps give out having eyther hand in or heart to this tragedie But I say Gods owne hand which shot from heaven against w Throwing his bloud into the ayre with vicisti Galileo vicisti thou hast overcome ó Galilean thou hast overcome Theodoret. Iulian fought from heaven against Amaleck and x Iudges 5.20 Iabin cast a thunderbolt from heaven against that Arrian y See in the end of Zegedins Tables in folio Gods judgement against severall hereticks Anastasius threw the chamber called Ierusalem upon the head of that z Apud

o 2. King 2.11 Elias in the fiery chariot of zeale that we could strive even in this life to enter at least the suburbs of the heavenly Citie that we had our p Phil. 3.20 conversation even in Heaven our Heaven begun here on earth Sursum corda that being risen with q Collos 3.1.2 Christ we might seeke those things that are above placing and planting our affections not on things in earth but on things in heaven that we could send our hearts as the Disciples their hearts and r Act. 1.11.12 eyes after Christ that is ascended that ſ A man in his incarnation a Lambe in his passion a Lion in his resurrection an Eagle in his ascension Eagle high mounted at least that we could soare up to his Crosse in Golgotha in the meditation of his passion not to breede compassion towards him who now from suffrings is entred into t Luk. 24.26 glorie as the superstitious Fryers as may be seene in u In his mount Calvarie Guevara Lodowicke de w In his Soliloquies grounded from severall Gospels Ponte and x His meditations Granado c. make that the chiefe end of their mentall meditations of his sufferings and of their Idolatrous crucifixes but to resolve to suffer with him that we may be glorified with him to feele the power of his death to die to sin the power of his y Rom. 6.8.9.10 resurrection to rise againe to newnesse of life to blesse and prayse the z Apoc. 5.9 Lambe because he hath redeemed us from all the nations and kingdomes and kinreds of the earth If for this end we tract and trace our incarnate crucified saviour from Ierusalem to a Matth. 27 Luk. 23. Marke 15. Iohn 19. Golgotha with his sword pierced weeping mother the dolefull daughters of Ierusalem Ioseph of Arimathea and the Centurion and for this end looke upon him whom our sinnes have b Zach. 12.10 pierced with the Eagle eye of our faith as the Antitype of the Brazen Serpent whom Moses erected in the c Numb 21.9 Iohn 3.14.15 wildernesse looking on him also in the glasse of the Gospell where we may see him as the Apostle of the Gentiles tels the convert Corinthians even crucified amongst us if by this sight of him we can get unto him by saving d Iohn 1● 3 knowledge into him by e Epi●● 3.16 faith we grow up with him as planted in f Io●● 15.4 him by the sappe of the spirit we make a blessed speculation of his passion Oh that besides the fruite of his passion we could get here some glimpse of his transfiguration a true type of his glorification some glimmering and reflection of the heavenly Canaan as Moses a perfect view and Synopsis of the g Deut. 34.1.2.3 earthly here seeke some glimpse of heavenly light as the prisoner the gleames or beames of the Sunne through some crannie in the walle or doore or key-hole through the vaile of thy flesh as the spouse in the Canticles that had a glimpse of her h Cant. 5.4.5.6 welbeloved looking through the hole of the doore and her heart was affectioned to him Here in thy greatest pressures of bodie soule and spirit get some refection by reflection with that primitive Protomartyre i Act. 7.56 Stephen and the rapt k 2. Cor. 12.4 Apostle on Christ crucified and glorified and of the glorie of Christ prepared purchased layd up as revealed Here get some warmth and heate in your hearts as the Apostles and the two disciples that went to l Luk. 24.32 Emaus by oft talking communing with Christ by the word and m Oratio oris ratio vel colloquium cum Deo Isidore prayer by that meanes receiving from Christ that best new-yeares gift that love token promised by Christ to all his n Iohn 14.17.18.19 elect exhibited as once in the o Act. 2.3 forme ever in the effects of p The Spirit like fire c. 1. Illuminates with knowledg 2. Heates with zeale and love 3. Mollifies the heart 4. Causeth sparkes of praier 5. Purgeth drosse of sinne 6. Purifies the heart 7. Changeth with what it meetes with in to it owne nature Geminianus in summa exemplorii similit fire Oh that we could breake off companie and societie with man chiefly wicked men so much as our callings and charge to be discharged will permit that in our meditations and soule Soliloquies in innitiation of Saint Augustine Bernard Anselme and other heavenly minded men we might be more conversant with God Oh why doe wee not retire our selves as q Genes 24.63 Isaac into the fields as Augustine and Alixius into the r Libro Confessionum related fully and applied in Parsons Resolution orchard as Ioseph of Arimathea into our ſ Iohn 19 41. Garden or immure our selves according to Christs t Math. 6. vers 6. precept and his Virgin u Luk. 1.28 mothers practise into our private closet or chamber for some sequestrated time there to meditate of the mercies of God of the merits of Christ of the priviledges of grace of the Christians dignitie of the joyes of a better life c there to exhilerate our selves according to the Apostolicall counsell and command and according to the president set us in my Text by David and his nobles to rejoyce before the Lord and in the Lord more then the carnalists and the moralists of our times in their Corne and Wine and Oyle w Psal 4.7 increased more then Laban in his x Gen. 29.2 sheepe Naball in his y 1. Sam. 25.36 feast Balthezar in his z Dan. 5.2 drinke Herod in his a Mark 6.17 Herodias Saul in his b 1 Sam. 16.16 23. Harpe Nero in his c Suet●nius in Nerone qualis artifex pereo Musicke the carnall Iewes in their d Amos. 6. v. 6. Minstrelsie then the Philistines in their e Iudges 16.23 Dagon and madding mirth or any other licentious libertines in their luxurious and sabaritish delights Oh why doe wee not retire and sequestrate our soules our thoughts our actions our affections from all carnall delights desires more fully more freely to converse with God setting times a part even for the verie nonce to prayse God as did f Psal 55.17 David as Daniel did for g Daniel 6.10 prayer arising with that man after Gods owne heart even at midnight to give thankes unto the Lord Oh that my wordes like spurres and goads like the pricke under the Nightingals breast that is said to awaken her in the night from sleeping to singing might excite and stirre you to this neglected and too much pretermitted dutie And for this purpose I wish we might here use this world as though we used it not as the Marriner the Seas and his Ship as the Souldier his armes as the traveller his Inne as the Student his