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A02675	Brittaines hallelujah or A sermon of thanksgiving for the happy pacification in Brittaine preached in the English church at Hamburch before his excellency the right honorable Sir Thomas Rovve Lord Ambassador Extraordinary for his Mayesty of Greate Brittaine in Germany, &c. And to the vvorshipfull & famous Society of Merchant Adventurers & some cavelliers of Scotland By Ma. Harris Batchelour in Divinity, fellovv of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge & chaplaine to his excellency.	Harris, Malachi, 1606 or 7-1684.	1639 (1639)	STC 12807; ESTC S119822	18,712	32

Soveraighne vvith a Flag in his hand let me novv be bold to adde his Devise motto that shall tell you in breife the Manner and it vvill be noe lesse then vvhat vvas once attributed to another Caesar in a different case Venit vidit vicit He came He Himselfe Principem sus Majestas defendit It vvas his ovvne sole act He came looked vpon them had conference vvith them and instantly Overcame them conquered them Conquered Them Their Hearts I meane The happiest Conquest that possibly could be A strange Conquest vvherein both vvere conquerors both conquered The king conquered vvith the Loyall Submission of the Subject The Subject conquered vvith the Royall Pardon of the king Why Gracious Soveraighne vvas it not enough for your Majesty to succeede your Royall Father in his Throane in his Prinely endovvm ent to vveare his Crovvne to beare his Coate but must you needes challenge his Motto too Beati Pacifici Hitherto you see our Deliverance keepes good pace vvith that of Sions for the Manner It being done in such a thavving melting vvay Only in this it farre outruns that That vvas done Subveniendo They had smarted sonndly vnder their myseris many yeares ere they vvere released Ours is done praeveniendo vve vvere only Shevved the Danger and fairely Delivered Here is a Conduit vvould runne amaine if vve could stay to turne the Coek. We have heard seene vvhat greate things the Lord hath done for vs. Greate for the Substance Greate for the Circumstances Greate as done by a Greate God vvhose Praerogative Royall it is to turne the hearts of kings Yet greater as done for vs so vnvvorthy a poeple Another Topick if vve had time to knock at that doore And should not all these Magnalia Dei novv justly call for our Magnificat Shall not our soules magnifie the Lord and our Spirits reioyce in God our Saviour I hope they shall and doe But then as our Deliverance hath so let our Hallelujahs and Reioycings likevvise runne parallell at least vvith Sions here Her Joy vvas a Cordiall hearty joy so must ours procede from a true pure heart This Incense vvould not be offered vp but in a golden Censer Can Adulterys Can Murders can Envyngs vvhich our Saviour tells vs loue to billet in the heart can these dead vvorkes prayse the Lord Her Joy vvas a visible laughing Joy so may ours be a merry one too We may doe vvell to make merry to drincke of the svvete and eate of the fatt Only let ustake heede vve make not vvorke for sacrificings after our feastings as Job vvas faine to doe for his sonns Her joy vvas a Vocall audible Joy so let ours be let our Tongues chaunt forth prayses and thanksgivings let our discourses beate vpon this theame so it be prudently and discreetely Her Joy vvas a Manuall handy Joy so to speake a Joy that shooted forth into good vvorkes Here vvas sending of gifts probably and giving to the poore so let our hands be dilated vvith our hearts let the needy and stranger have matter of reioycing vvith vs that so there may be a full Queere of Praysers Here vvas penning of Psalmes hymnes for Posterity to take notice of so let vs doe something to our povver that after Ages may vvitnesse our thankfullnes And good Luck may He have vvith his Honour vvho hath solemnized a day to be spoken of by future Times But before vve proceede further in our Hallelujah it vvill not be amisse to interpose an Hosanna Prayer just the Churches Method here That God vvould still and still continue to doe greate things for vs to be our Lord and faviour allvvays That as there is novv an happy Amnestia of old matters so there may be a vvholesome evacuation of all such peccant humors principles vvhich may breede such like Epidemicall diseases in a State For this purpose I had thought to have made a Digression if yet it be a digression and to commend to mens serious considerations some Texts of Scripture In this hast I vvill only name one that in S. Math. cap. 22. v. 21. Render vnto Caesar the things that are Caesars and vnto God the things that are Gods They are Christs ovvne vvords you knovv Novv till Heaven Earth shall passe avvay one title or Jota of his vvord shall in noe vvise passe And truely if one Jota or title of this vvord should passe Heaven or Earth or both vvould instantly passe avvay Let but one of these Quaes passe you shall see vvhat vvill follovv vpon it If Caesars quae passeth the Kings Tribute Duty 's novv Earth passeth avvay immediately If God 's quae Take avvay Gods dues His vvorship the mantainance thereof and the Kingdome of Heaven is passing avvay presently All Religion Devotion cleane vanisheth Nay doe but misplace these Quae's once and noe lesse Confusion vvill ensue Put Gods Quae to Caesar Render vnto Caesar the State the things that are Gods His Churches Dionysius his Religion and vvhat comes of it Nothing but plaine Atheisme All Religion ceaseth Neither Preists lips nor poeples eares in a very short time Here Heaven passeth avvay againe Againe put Caesars Quae to Deus Render vnto God the Church the things that are Caesars the Jesuites Religion as they make it and then ere long noe Caesar at all nor secular Magistrate but merely Titular Domini sine Terrâ Here Earth passeth avvay againe Yet againe if vve admit onely one of the propositions and shut out the other the dāger is still the same The Herodians vvere all for the first Render vnto Caesar c. and stayed there Nothing but Earth thē to thē Heavē passed avvay from thē The Romanists vvould make vs beleive they are all for God his Church Rēder vnto God vvith this noyse hubhub they fill the aire And so they order it that to them Earth passeth avvay I sayd vvell to them to themselves indeede and from all others They svvallovv vp the Earth here vnder the praetext of Heaven It is vvell if they let not Heaven passe in the meane time Thus you see vvhat Danger there may be in leaving out this title And in the Text. Once more if any dare to be so Atheistically Rebellious as to goe about to cancell that one vvord Reddite Render suddainly Heaven Earth both vvill passe avvay from them Nor God nor King vvill be acknovvledged nor Religion nor Policy mantained nor Heaven nor Earth possessed by such And vve holde but a third place Let them take leede least that fall to their lotts The Summe of all is God Caesar Religion the State cannot be seperated in the Text in the vvorld But I vvell remember vvhere Jam. In the Magazene of Religion Loyalty For so me thinkes this goodly Audience seemeth to be nothing els but a glorious Constellation of true hearted Christians and Loyall Subjects I Knovv vvell You make it your Religion to make your frequent prayers Supplications for kings

also Can there be greater evills on this side Hell then these And may not a faire Deliverance out of all these be counted greate things That is the First greate for the Substance ● for its Circumst And 2ly as greate for the Circumstances and manner of bringing it about Had they bin able to have made any Head or Resistance themselvs the matter had not bin so greate A violent Revolt from vnder an Enemy is not so greately strange in the vvorld But vvhat could a company of poore forlorne vnarmed Captives doe a gainst so mighty a Potentate Or had they had some good able Freinds abroad to send them in succours for their rescue it had bin something Forraine supplies have done greate matters in this kinde But alas they vvere the object of contempt Derision to the vvhole vvorld Or had they els any good Freinds at Court vvho being sett vpon the vantage ground of greate favour might have ventured to sollicite the king in their b●halfe there had bin some shadovv of hope But alas vvhat freindes vvere such contemptible vvretches like to make Or vvhat Courtier durst vouchsafe an eare to such a motion vvhich seemed to classh against all lavves and rules of State-policy Or lastly had the king himselfe bin a vvorshiper of the true God Religion might have svvayed him tovvards a propitions Inclination But as for him He vvas an absolute Idolater and so not only a stranger but an enemy to their Religion Which vvay shall this desighne be compasse'd vvho shall roule avvay these so many and so greate stones thus vvedged one in another Noe Povver in themselves noe hopes from any Freind at home or abroad noe thinking of dealing vvith the king himselfe yet God vndertakes it and it shall not faile of taking effect Cyrus himself shall be moved to doe it and that voluntarily and spontaneously that peremptorily resolutely maugre all suggestions counsells to the contrary that magnificently and munificently He shall enable them vvith all the force of Diplomaticall letters and decrees furnish them vvith all accommodations vvhatsoever Verily such mighty things Ps 118. 16. could not have bin brought to passe but by the right Hand of the Lord vvhich hath the preeminence Doubtles it vvas the Lords doing 2. The Benefactor And this mindes me of the second Particular The Benefactor the Lord. The Lord hath done c. His name vvas vvritten vpon the Fact in such capital lettets that the blinde Heathen could see and reade it The Lord hath done greate things for them sayd they And it is not perhaps vnvvorthy your observation that in this their Doxologicall acknovvledgment they hit vpon the Tetragrammaton Jehovah for so the Hebrevv hath it in that their verse v. 2. They attributed nothing of this to Fortune or chance or any false God or to any second cause but expressly pronounce it done by the Lord Jehovah Digitus Dei It is the finger of the Lord cryed out the Heathenish Aegyptians and among them the most Divelish Magicians Yea and Brachiū Dei it vvas the out stretched arme of the Lord that all the nations felt vvhen Israel is to passe into Canaan And novv I have mentioned Israels passage into Canaan let that one Instance serve for a Demonstration in this matter For their removing out of Aegypt vvho must be their Spokesman but stammering Moses but obnoxious Moses for it vvere strange if the Eminency of the man a famous Courtier and his suddaine flight out of the Land should not recall that Fact into the mindes of some of his Cooetaneans yet this man must be the man I passe over the Categories of those vvonders done in Aegipt Looke vve upon the Transcendency of Gods povver and providence novv they are on their vvay Doe they vvant a Guide for their vvay God him selfe goeth before them in fire Doe they vvant a Shelter His cloude is spread over them for a covering Doe they vvant vvay the Sea it selfe shall make it and at once be a streete and a vvall vnto them Doe they vvant bread Heaven it selfe shall raine dovvne Angells foode Doe they vvant meate to their bread The very vvind shall become their Cater and bring them vvhole drifts of Quailes into their tents Doe they vvant drinke to both The Rock it selfe shall be their Sellar and yeild it them in abundance Doe they vvant Change of Apparrell Their cloaths shall not vveare olde on their backs Doe they vvant counsell and advise God Himselfe vvill be their oracle from bevveene the Cherubims Doe they vvant a Lavv Himselfe vvil sitt vpon the Bench on mount Sinai and give them their charge in Person and vvrite it vpon tables vvith his ovvne fingers Are they resisted by Enemys God himselfe dischargeth volleys of haile stones vpon their heads and braines them to their hands Are they to sitt before Jerico The Tovvnevvalls of themselvs shall fall dovvne flatt before them Is Joshuah to pitch a Battaile The Sun must stand still to see him have the Victory O the greate and mighty things the Lord did for Israel I cannot have vvhile so much as to vnclaspe any more volumnes vvherein are recorded Gods strange doings for his Church in all ages It susticeth that a Devoute Bishop hath folded you dovvne some fevv leaves B. Hall in that booke vvhich is most knovvne I hope to the most God doth use to appeare so for his Church that he sticks not to put it among his Titles Royall nay makes it his Cognomen sayth Petrarch the God of Abraham and of his seede vvhich in the Apostles exposition is the vvhole household of the faithfull the Church 3. The Beneficed And this calls me to the third and last Particular the Receiver of the Benefit the delivered The Church For vs sayth the Text. The Lord hath done greate things for vs. And vvhat vvere vve might Sion say vvho vvere glad to lick the dust of the feete of our Enemys that the Lord of Heaven Earth should looke so graciously vpon vs The meanenes of the Receiver argueth the magnificence of the Giver Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should visit me It vvas a true and religious complement of devout Elizabeth The best of men are but the children of dust and grand-children of nothing And yet for the Lord to doe greate things for vs this yet greatens those greate things Was it be cause vve vvere his Church It vvas his super-abounding grace to select vs out of others as it vvas our greater gracelesnes above all others so to provoke Him as to force him to throvve vs into Captivity Or vvas it because our Humiliation in that disconsolate condicion did move him to so greate compassion Alas there vvas choice of Nations vvhom he might have taken in our roome that might have proved farre more faithfull then vve had bin for the one halfe of those favours vve had enioyed Or vvas it for his Covenants sake vvith our Fore-fathers Alas vve had forfeited