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A05282	Queene Elizabeth, paraleld in her princely vertues, with Dauid, Iosua, and Hezekia 1 With Dauid her afflictions, to build the Church 2 With Iosua in her puissance, to protect the Church· 3 With Hezechia in her pietie, to reforme the Chureh [sic]. In three sermons, as they were preached three seuerall Queenes dayes. By William Leigh, Bachelor of Diuinitie.	Leigh, William, 1550-1639.	1612 (1612)	STC 15426; ESTC S108411	64,116	162

laid vpon them greater then they are able to beare but in the midst of the temptation God will giue a gracious issue for if the earth wil not the heaues shal● rather then dark night shall endanger the Campe by the station of the Sunne the day shall bee doubled for Israels deliuerance The vse of this Doctrine concerning the promise of our God is good as in temporall so in spirituall deliuerances and therefore I say with the blessed Apostle Let vs feare least at any time by forsaking the promise of entering into his rest any of you should seeme to be depriued Dauid saide my foote had welneare slipped but hee recouered himselfe by laying hold vpon the promise All falls are fearefull but yet recouerable if wee forsake not the promise But so long as wee leaue the promise we faile of grace that 's a fearfull fall to fall from Moses and to light vpon Christ is no danger to fall from the Lawe and to hit the Gospell is no perill To fall through sinne and to hit a Sauiour is recouerable but if we misse a Sauiour fall vpon sinne if we forsake the Gospel and light vpon the law if wee leaue Christ and follow Moses if we forsake the promise of his sauing grace we shall both feele and find that our case is dangerous deadly and desperate Besides the perill of being depriued for euer entering into his Rest. The Angels fell Caine fell Iudas fell Achitophel fell Had any of these fallen vpon their CHRIST they had neuer fallen so farre but all mist the promise and for that they are gone their fall is irrecouerable Howbeit when anie of the Patriarches fell Kings or Prophets when Peter Paul fell or the dearest Disciple of Christ fell all recouered their Falles by feeling the Promise which was the holde of their inheritance and so with speedie passage they flew vp in all their Afflictions into the bosome of the Promise as it were euen from the nethermost hell to the highest heauēs What should we then doe but hold fast our profession and rest vpon his promise as Iosuah did and so goe boldely to the Throne of Grace that wee may receiue mercie and finde Grace to helpe in time of neede whereunto all the godlie haue had their recourse as had the Doue to Noahes Arke when else-where shee could finde no footing or as the Riuers haue to the great Ocean and bloud to the heart vpon a suddaine feare for as 〈◊〉 care when all other succours faile the bloud hath it current through all the veines and runneth to the heart to comfort it So likewise in the manifolde distresses of this life and great feare of future falles by sinne death and d●mnation there 's no comfort to the current of the word which caryeth with it the promises of eternall life So saide Dauid in the day of his Afflictions It is my comfort in my Trouble for thy promise hath quickened me And againe I haue hid thy promises in my heart that I might not sinne against thee Say soule say Sainct I will walke in confidence of my cause and calling garded with the promise of my GOD and CHRIST I will walke euen to the gates of death and Hell and say as Hester did to Ahashuerus in the day of her distresse I will goe on and if I die I die But how can I euer die hauing my portion in that promised seede who hath rede●med my soule hauing the Gospell of promise to instruct my soule his holie spirit of promise to applye my soule the Sacraments seales of his promises to assure my soule with that heauenlie Canaan and ●●nd of promise to receiue my soule It cannot bee that a soule thus blessed should euer perish and therefore say with a godly Oration as Deborah did in her triumphant song after her honourable expedition against Iabin king of Canaan O my soule thou hast marched valiantlie and the Lorde hath giuen mee dominion ouer the strong But to the rest and now a while to solace our selues in the garden of our delight there to repose among the flowers of our Roses Paralel the two Princes of Israel and Englands Iudahes compare them in their puissance and Ballance them alike vpon the scales of true Nobilitie Religion and pietie and then tell mee whether Queene Elizabeth may not helpe with Iosuah to perfect the Register of the blessed Blessed Kings and blessed Queenes renowmed for their power and by whome the Lord hath gotten great glorie Iosuah was a Sauiour vnto his people of Israel Queene Elizabeth is and hath beene long a sweete repose vnto her people of England Iosua and Caleb were appointed for the search of Chanaan the place of Gods behest where hee would plant religion and establish a Church as a type of our heauenly being and onely they were found faithfull in the search whom the people would haue stoned for commending the land Now of all the Kings and Queenes of England who haue beene more faithfull in the search of true Religion went to it with better courage and haue so well reported of it as her brother that blossome of blessed memorie and she without feare of any of the sonnes of Anakim Giants of Popery with whom not onely this our Hebron but all the world was pestered Mose● being dead God magnified Iosua in the sight of Israel by a miraculous mercy in bringing the Arke of God through the swellings of Iordan where it stood both still dry euen in the depth and channell of it her sisters dayes were seas of persecution and therefore are rightly called and euer so will be Mariana tempora swelling aboue the height of Iorden with fire and faggot against the Saints of God and whose I pray you stopped the streame of that blood and quenched the fire of that popish furie but Queene Elizabeth whom the Lord magnified in the sight of all England to backe that Iorden and bring her people with the Arke of her God to this our rest and sweete repose Iosua hauing passed Iorden he set vp Circumcision againe the second time which for fortie yeares space had beene left off in the wildernesse Queene Elizabeth purged the Sacraments of her Christ and reduced them to their right forme left off if not welneare lost in the vaste wildernesse of popish impietie for more then fortie yeares ten times told Iosua was directed in all his wayes by the booke of the Lawe and what other starre hath guided the heart of Queene Elizabeth there was not a word of all that GOD commanded which Iosua caused not to bee read openly So shee the euerlasting Gospell to bee preached and published throughout all her Realmes and Dominions Iosuah maketh a Couenant with a double vocuher for himselfe and all his familie in these wordes I and my house will serue the Lord. Queene Elizabeth hath bound her people by statutes

doores of the Lords house euen in the first yeare first moneth and first day of her raigne procuring the Lord to be honoured aright with the pure Religion of her God and a parliament Royall to establish the same Ezekiah brought in the Priests and the Leuites and gathered them into the east streete to sanctifie the house of the Lord God and to cary forth the filthines out of the sanctuarie Queene Elizabeth called home her exiled ministers Leuites from Geneua Frankeford Zuricke and most parts of Germany to purge the sanctuarie of it pollutions and to cast forth the filthines thereof Ezekia at the very first tooke away the high places and defaced the Images and cut downe the groaues hee brake in peeces the brasen serpent that Moses had made for vnto those daies the children of Israel did burne incense to it and called it in contempt of that their Idolatry no more a Serpent but Nehushtan a peece of brasse What were your Altars of stone but high places And what were your Roode loftes Celles and shrines of Saints but groaues of superstition what was all your Imagetie with lights lampes Pax and palmes but grosse Idolatrie whereunto England burned incense to the Queene of heauen till Elizabeth came but then euen at the first downe they went and broke they were by her princely power and warrantie the careasses whereof lye at this day monuments of popissi Idolatry and of her maiesties blessed reformation with this disdaine what are they now but stick and stone and worse then Nehushtan brused brasse The Temple being purged and Imagery defaced the King with his Princes prepared for the sacrifice euen a sinne offering for the Kingdome and for the sanctuarie and for Iuda with a burnt sacrifice and an offering of praise vnto the Lord in the words of Dauid and Asaph the Seer they sung Psalmes they blewe the Trumpets and so they praised the Lord with ioy bowed themselues and worshipped whereat Ezechia reioyced and all the people that GOD hadde made them so readie for the thing was done suddenly Queene Elizabeth hauing purged the Church of England of that pregnant Idoll the Masse what hath shee lesse done then prepared for the holy Sacrament of the blessed death and passion of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ a sinne offering in deede for the Kingdome for the sanctuarie and for this our English Iuda And how often sithence hath shee sanctified it with her praier honoured it with her presence her Virgines Peeres and people bearing her companie with Trumpet Organ Voyce and V●all that GOD hadde made here her people so religious for the thing was done suddenly and I pray God wee haue not lost a part of that our first loue that our Manna growe not lothsome that wee bee not colder now then wee were then and that the first tenne yeares doe not blemish the last twentie of her gratious raigne what euer it is mee thinkes there is a want both of faith to God and fealtie towardes the Prince Graunt Lord wee may bee zealous and amend Ezechia came to his raigne in desperate times when Ahaz his father had peruerted the state both of Church and common-weale fetched Altars from Damascus and sacrificed his sonnes to the fire became tributarie vnto Assur exiled the godly of Iudah and had brought in the abhominations of Babel and subscribed to Tiglath Pilesar King of Assur saying I am thy seruant and thy Sonne Euen so Queene Elizabeth beganne her raigne in desperate times when her Sister had shaken the State with no lesse fearefull then fiery designes fetched Altars from Rome and sacrificed her chiefest subiects to the fire exiled the godlie of the land brought in Straungers because a vassall to the Pope and subscribed to his power saying I am thy Seruant I am thy Hand-mayde Ezechiah withstood Assur payed him no tribute yeelded him no homage resisted Rabsechah and endured his rayling with a Princely patience committting the successe to God who made him glorious by deliuerance And did not our gratious soueraigne withstand the Pope all his vassall Kings Did she not discharge herselfe and people of all Tribute Toll and Taxe that way Hath shee not endured the raylings of many Romish Rabsecahes with a Princelie patience and hauing committed the successe of all her affaires to God is shee not made glorious by deliuerance whiles they are a dead accursed and cursing crue and yet she liueth a blessed Queene long may we say to our solace and their sorrow liue liue It is said of Ezechia that the Lord saued him and the inhabitants of Hierusalem from the hand of Zenacharib King of Assur and from the handes of all other and maintained them on euery side good LORD how haue the Leaguers cast their hands together with one consent consederate against thine annointed thy Church and people in England Gebal and Ammon and Amalecke the Philistimes with them that dwell at Tyre I meane the Tabernacles of Romish Edomites whose crie was downe with it downe with it euen to the ground let vs take to our selues the house of God in possession But good Lord how often haue we beene saued both Prince and people from this ill kinde of men how hast thou maintained vs on euery side thine Angell fought for Ezechia thy Starres haue fought for Debora and the riuer Kison hath swept them away O my God make them still like vnto a wheele And as the stubble before the winde In the daies of Hezechia it is saide that many brought offerings vnto the LORD ●● Hierusalem and presents to Hezechia King of Iuda so that hee was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth they persecuted Churches of other Kingdomes and poore exiled Christians let them speake to the comfort of their soules with how great ioy and gladnesse their offerings here in England haue beene tendered by them and receiued by vs let them speake to the honour of our Queene and countrey how liberally they haue bin maintained when they hadde nothing to feede vpon but winde and aire yea and what nation is there in whose sight Queene Elizabeth is not magnified either dread for her puissance loued for her vertue or admired for her gouernment To bee briefe Ezechia had exceeding much riches honour treasures of siluer and gold of precious stones of sweet odors and of shields of al pleasant vessels store-houses for the increase of wheate wine and oyle stals for all beasts and ranges for the stables The Lord hath blessed our Queene with his hidden treasures here on earth and her honor is great in her aboundance her Garrisons are full in Ireland Flaunders and Barwick and yet her treasures are not exh●●●sted and for her store of shields shot and munition wheate wine and oile stalles for beastes and ranges for stables let her officers speake both in Court and Countrie sure I am we feele

no lacke her exactions are not grieuous Lastly and so an ende of her praise but neuer of our praier to GOD for her Ezechia was sicke vnto the death hee prayed vnto the Lord and hee heard his prayers and pitied his teares and the Lord spake comfortably vnto him and gaue him a signe of his recouerie by the going backe of the shadowe of Asa his diall tenne degrees vpon the wall A sure symboll or Sacrament of fifteene yeares moe to bee added vnto his daies Where note first I pray you that the promise from God was fifteene and the degrees were but tenne to teach vs as one hath truely obserued that the Lord euer giueth moe graces vnto his word then to his Sacraments that begettting these but confirming the faith which the word hath formerly be gotten But to the comparison in hand and proiect I ay me at wee knowe that Princes are GODS yet must they dye like men there 's no difference in the moulde from the rich Crowne of Kings to the poore beggars crutch all must grinde to greete and to determine of the life of Kings and period of Kingdomes is not the least of Gods secretes onely reserued to himselfe yet if when it shall please the Lord to touch our dread soueraigne with sicknesse the harbenger of death it would likewise please him to pull backe the diall of her dayes some fewe degrees and adde more yeares vnto her dayes it were and would be as great a blessing to vs of England as euer Hezechia his life was to Israels Iuda which and if it may not by reason our many sins then Lord take her to eternitie neuer to dye And in the meane time whilest wee may enioy her blessed raigne with her life let vs foster and cherish Elizabeth as chaste Abishagge with the worthies of Israel did their Dauid of whom it is written that when he was old stricken in yeares they couered him with clothes but no heate came vnto him The counsell was to finde out a fairer virgin to stand before the King to chearish him and lie in his bosome that the King might get beate so they found one Abyshag a Sunamite and brought her to the King the maide was exceeding faire and cherished the King and ministred vnto him but the King knew her not The vse is good for in the person of Dauid you may behold as in a mirrour the state and condition of Princes what it is Princes are old cold and chillery Princes must decay and weare away In the person of Dauids seruants and faire Abishage is to be seene the loue and loyaltie towards their Soueraignes what it ought to be they stretch their wits to aduise practise with all their power how to preserue the Lords annoynted subiects must be carefull of their King The publike and priuate praier of all the land who owe faith to God and fealtie to their Prince all praise and prophecie this day what is it but chaste and faire Abishage found out to foster their liege Lady the Queene to stand before her chearish and lie in her bosome to get her heate and lengthen her life but oh that our praiers were more powerfull yet to preuaile with the Lord of life that she might liue to his glory and our comfort sweete Sunamyte let thy virginall vigor pierce her vaines warme her blood refresh her spirits Lord let the powerfull praier of priest Peere and people preuaile with their God for the safetie of his annoynted Without which it is to small purpose what euer we can say doe or deuise for what 's pollicie without pietie except the Lord keepe the citie the watchman watcheth but in vaine and except the Lord be her guard great is her danger for all humane succours faile in their greatnes no gold of Ophir no Orient pearle of Peru or Mexico no arme of flesh no horse ship or shower of shot no watch guard or counsel no Physicke drink or diet no furs of spotted Ermynes or sweet Sables can preserue your Elizabeth giue her life or length of daies faire Abishage must giue her heate It is the perfume of our praier to God in heauen that must preserue our Prince on earth And so let vs pray O Lord God almightie c. FINIS Psal. 93. 2. Sam. 7. 2. Mat. 8. 20 Heb. 11. 38. Numb 3● 1. Sam. 4. 5. 1. Sam. 6. 7. Heb. 8. 2. Lament 1 4. Gen. 8. 9. Gen. 31. 40. Acts 13. 22. Psal. 49. 9. 1 2 Claudian 2. Sam. 3. 2. Sam. 21 17. 2. Sam. 1. 21. Zachar. 12. 11. 12. Lament ●5 16. Rom. 13. Prou. 8. 15. 16. Psal. 77. 〈◊〉 12. 18 ●●●l 82. 1. ●en 12. 1. Exod. 3. 2. ●sal 78. ●1 Psal. 2. 6. Iob. 1. 21. Rom. 13 1. 2. Prou. 21. 30. Reuel 9. 3. Prouerb ●8 2. Psal. 45. 4. Augustinus in confession Eccles. 10. 20. Esay 32. 2. Ieremie 29. 7. Luk. 2. 1 Matt. 22 21. 1. Tim. ● 1. 2. 1. Pet. 2 13. 14 1. Pet. 2. 17. 2. Cor. 11. 28. Ester ● ● c. 〈◊〉 ● Verse 23. Ps●● Lament ● 19. Psal. 38. 2. Gen 5. 2. 2. 〈◊〉 5. 18. ●say 49. 23. Reuel 12 Dan. 12. Reuel 1● 11. Psal. 137. 7. Psal. 105. 18. ●el 21. 22. ●uel 7. 9. Iohn 1● Rom. 9. 3. Gen. 22. 9. 10. Gen. 7. 33. Psal. 10 18. Exod. 3● 32. 1. Cor. 11. 29. Cant. 5. 2. Lum 112. 1. Chron. 22. 1. Chron. 22. 8. Deut. 34. Gal. ● 26. 2. Sam. 5. 2. Sam. 6. 1. Chron. 22 14. Phil. 3. 8. ●●●k 19. 8 Luk 23. 52. Lu. 14. 26 Luk. 7. 3● Matt. 26. 8. Act. 1. 1● Phil. 2. 2 Gal. 4. 26. Exod. 25. 1. c. 2. Cor. 9. 7 Ps. 54. 6. Exod. 35. ●1 c. Exod. 38 26. Exod. 38 24. 25. Exod. 38. 8 Exod. 35 26. Exod. 36. 4. 5. Mal. 3. 8. 1. Chroni ●2 17. 18. c. 1. Chron. 28. 2. 1. Chron. 29. 2. c. Iud. ● 1● c. Deut. 1. Pope with prince hath neither pre ●edency nor parity ● Sam. 6. ●3 2. Thes. 2 4. Iohn 21. 15. 16. c Intertia parte summ● maiorit lib. ter Dist. 19. Matth. 1. 1. ● Mach. ●6 2. c. Abacuck 2. 2. 1. Sam. 16 11. Psal. 129. Psal. 69. 8. 1. Sam. 17 28. 1. Sam. 18. 1. Sam. 20 1. 1. Sam. 22 9. 1. Sam. 24 4. Psa. 35. 11 12. 1. Sam. 18. 10. 11. 1. Sam. 27. 1. 1. Sam. 30 5. 6. 1. Sam. 22 9. 1. Sam. 25 3. 1. Sam. 20 11. c. Iudg. 5. ●● ● Sam. 5. 17. 8. 1 Psal. 83. 6. 7. 2. Sam. 15 1. 2. Sam. 20 1. 2. Sam. 6. 16. 2. Sam. 16 5. 2. Sam. 16 21. 2. Sam. 3. 27. 39. 2. Sam. 6 16. Heb. 10. 29. Reuel 1. 4 Esay 9. 23 Esay 9. 47 Psal. 72. 6 Esay 8 ● 1. Sam. 17 45. c. Dan. 2. 45. 1. Sam ● 45. 4. 6. 2. Sam. ● 2. Sam. ● 10. 11. ●● 2. Sam. 8. 14. ● King 2.

of that heauenly station I dare not for that the Scripture seemes silent of that secret although the authors of the Hebrewe Homilies induced with sharpe and subtile reasons haue written of threescore and six houres standing others of a naturall day which is foure and twentie houres others of an artificiall or diurnall day which is twelue houres mentioned by our Sauiour Christ when he saide are there not twelue houres in the day if a man walke in the day hee stumbleth not c. But in answere to all it shall bee sufficient for vs to knowe that the Sunne stirred not till the battell was ended and Israel had auenged himselfe vppon the heathen the Lord was mercifull to giue them light that they might walke fight in the day not stumble by night in the desert one day was as long as two and it is sufficient for vs to knowe that such a day did neuer dawne such a battell was neuer fought that there was neuer day like that before it nor after it ●herein the Lord heard the voyce of a man and so fought for Israel And here see the power of prayer hee heard the voyce of a man and fought for Israel but the Lord fought not while Iosua prayed not nor was it the voyce of an Angell but the voyce of a man that preuailed with God for Israel nor was it any volly of shot no speare or pike no warlicke stratagem horse or sword could pierce the enemie till the voyce of Iosua had pierced the heauens that shoot of prayer that shiuered the walles of Iericho amazed the hearts of the Amorites weakened their hands and subdued their power in the valley of Aialon Iosua was neuer so puissant in his fight as in his prayer for in his fight he preuailed but with men but in his prayer he preuailed with God his faith his prayer and his loue conquered him that comandeth all according to that Solus amor triumphat à Deo onely loue conquereth God God by the Prophet shewes vs a Sentinel set vpon the walles of Ierusalem a watchman in his tower that wardeth and warneth onely by his praier which all the day and all the night continually should not cease keepe silence or giue God any rest till he should repaire and set vp Ierusalem the praise of the world It s true It s true Orationes Lachrimae sunt arma Ecclesiae praiers and teares are church weapons Oratio deum lenit lachrima cogit haec vngit illa pungit praier softeneth teares in force this melteth that pearceth the sweet soule of thy Sauiour to pittie thy plaints in the daies of thine affliction as in the day of Iosua And hereby the example of Iosua ye that are potentates of the world mightie men and Princes of the people spare me a little to prouoke your praier as more preuailing with God by priuiledge of your spirits then others of lower rancke Are the Amorites abroad are your states indangered is the Church grieued and are your soules afflicted for your selues for your people ye may be bolde with God for ye haue precedencie as Iosua here had euen by the power of your prayer to make him propitious Spare mee while I spare no Creature in Heauen Earth or Hell priuiledged frō the power of your prayer by which they are inforced to yeeld to the necessity of the Saints Moses prayed preuailed with God and had precedencie of the people when hee deuided the red Sea and put backe Iordane when he stroke the Rocke and inforced softe and sweete water to gush out In the height of his hands was the health of Israel for when they were lifted vp Amalek fell but when they shrunke Israe fainted when Eliah prayed the Heauens were as brasse and when he prayed againe the Clowdes dropped downe Fatnes Lyous mouthes were stopped at the prayer of Daniel and the childrens prayer beatte backe the Flame By the wrestling of prayer the Angell yeelded and at the commaund of prayer Diuels were daunted What should I say more By the power of prayer Sheol is shaken Hell is in horror sicknes ceaseth yeares are added winde and Seas obey Such priuiledge prayer hath especiallie in Men of might Princes Patriarches and Prophets which made the Israel of God when carefull of their king to pray that the Lord would be attent vnto his proper praier as more preuailing then theirs when they saide The Lorde heare thee in the day of Trouble the Name of the God of Iacob defende thee beeing well assured of this that the prayers of godly Princes are and euer haue bene powerful with God and profitable for his people Salomon prayed and the Temple was filled with the Clowde and the glorie of the Lord. Dauid prayed and doubly preuailed with God First that himselfe might fall into the handes of God rather then of men Secondly that the people might be spared and himselfe plagued Ezechia prayed and God restored him to health with increase of dayes euen fifteene yeare of the surplusage of his loue assured vnto him by the shadow of Ahaz his dyall vpon the wall brought backe ten degrees to make good the Lords promise vppon his prayer And why might not Iosuah a prince and Sauiour of his people by prayer to God commaund the creature euen the faire Fabricke of Sunne and Moone to none no more till Israel were auenged vpon their enemies Pardon me in your patience a while If to parallel these Princes praiers in their precedencie with God I leaue not out our owne Princes at home the perfume of whose praiers are yet sweete in this our English Eden and like the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed that powerfull praier of Edward the sixt made at his death and in the houre of his dissolution shall neuer die while the state standeth but euer be blessed by it O my God defend this Realme from papistry and maintaine thy true religion that I and thy people may praise thy holy name and therewith all he said I am faint Lord haue mercy vpon me and take my spirit Let me neuer liue to pray more or pray to liue longer if I be not perswaded in my soule and from my God that euen yet the blessing of that prayer is vpon this people as a wall of brasse to beate backe poperie as Iosuas day lengthened til the Amorites were vanquished and as pure mirrhe dropping still vpon the barres and handles of our doores to sweeten England in the maintenance of true religion and pietie Againe at the birth and baptisme of his deare sister Queen Elizabeth our dread Soueraigne who now liueth and long may we say Liue liue the King of Herauldes when the christening and ceremonies were ended proclaimed this praier and with what effect iudge yee God of his infinite goodnes send prosperous life and long to the high and mightie Princesse of England Elizabeth

Lord God and when all other helps succours faile with this good K. Ezechia trust in the Lorde God of Israel Trust not in friendes for they will faile you Trust not in this world for it will forsake you trust not in pleasure for it will flatter you trust not in wealth for it will Ieaue you trust not in strength it will weaken like water trust not in beautie it will vade like a flower trust not in witte it s often wauering trust not in Learning it s alwayes doubting trust not in Honour it s still a sliding trust not in Princes fauour it s often fleeting trust in no societie in marr'd with factions trust in no earthlie ioyes they are but borrowed passions All these Trusts are but transitorie worne out with Time but that transcendent confidence of thy GOD and LORD neither vadeth nor vanisheth out abideth for euer It effecteth wonders where it worketh and it tyeth the prouidence of the Almightie to thy particular it hales on the Heauens to helpe the Earth and like a threefold Cable from the Kings heart to the Lords eare it pulled him downe to be propitious when tyed to the Sunne it drew it backe ten degrees tyed to Time it put it on fifteene yeares as an Addition to his dayes and tyed to the Angels it brought them downe to scatter and kill the Hoast of Assur And now tell mee yee Atheists of the world Artists and Polititians in whom Nature euer abridgeth Grace tell mee what starrie influence wit of man might or abilitie could euer haue effected so admirable wonders had they not beene haled on rather by tye of Religion then by touch of reason for Fides non habet meritum vbi humana ratio praebet experimentum Faith hath no preheminēce where reason maketh experiment well may it here houer belowe but it can neuer reache the height of the Heauens well may it make men famous on earth but it can neuer make them glorious in heauen O Religion beautifull is thy band it chameth man to God in his obedience and God to man in his deliuerance but where it is not Princes powers are but cordes of sand their glory but a morning dewe their speares but Reeds to pearce their owne entrals and with all their wit they doe but weaue vnto themselues spiders webs vneth able to keepe out a flie much lesse the fire of Gods heauie wrath and indignation against delinquents Nay oftentimes it falleth out that where there is a trust and confidence in the creature more then in the creator that very creature turnes to their destruction who trust to it Sampson twice trusted in his strength and it was first cut off by the weake and feeble hand of Dalila againe hee trusted in his strength and it pulled downe the house aswell vpon himselfe as vpon the Philistines Abso●on trusted in his faire face feature and beautie and his golden locks tyed him to the tree till Abner had pierced his heart with a speare That very sword wherein Goliah trusted cut off his owne head and the speare he tossed at Dauid before the comb●te aduanced his head in the sight of all Israel What should I say more of that multitude of men wherein Dauid so trusted thousands fell vppon his right hand and ten thousands vppon his left and this good King when hee shrunko but a litle from his God and in some princely ambition shewed his treasures wherein hee-trusted to Baladen King of Egypt it was the ruine of his house and cause of Israels captiuitie The vse is good and seasonable for the day on solemnize I shall neuer thinke so long as I haue a thought in my heart that euer Queene Elizabeth I could haue rained and ruled so happily to the honour of her God preseruation of her state safetie of her people and wonder of all the world but that shee onely trusted in the Lord God of Israel It was her faith and full affiance in her God that made her so glorious by deliuerance For was it reason or faith that put 〈◊〉 the stabbe of Parry and poysoned the Bill of Lopus was it reason or faith that scattered the great Arm●●● of Spainee when the sturtes fought for England and the Riuer Kison swept them away sinke their ships wherein they trusted and cast the cark●sses welneere vpon euery coaste from Portesmouth in England to Dingle Cushe in Ireland Was it reason or religion when in the day of her afflictions shee went towards the tower Tanquam Ouis a poore persecuted prisoner that brought her backe againe not long after to her pallace of Westminster a free borne Prince and that I onely say no more but haste to the rest Is it reason or religion that with the lin● of her sacred life still draweth on the mercies of our blessed God Sweete as perfume and like the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed surely surely if I should ascribe these our blessings by her gratious gouernment rather to pollicie then pietie to reason then religion to the puisance of her power then to her trust and confidence in her God I should preiudice the right of faith and the Princely vertues of her heauenly minde And so to the second vertue wherewith the religious heart of this good King 〈◊〉 replenished which was his magnanimitie to wit a generous minde and spirit soaring high and seldome ayming at mediocrities neuer content to sit downe with the worst but euer striuing to contend with the best of his ranke and therefore it is said that after him was none like him amongst all the Kings of Iuda neither were there any such before him for hee did emulate the vertues of all the ancient Kings of Israel and Iudah that went before him and matched them he did animate the succeeding Kings of Iudah and made himselfe a patterne for them so walke saith the Apostle euen as you haue vs for an example so rule saith this good Prince euen as you haue vs for a president Like the sunne amongst the planets so are eminent Princes amiddest their peeres they lighten all aboue and all belowe precedent Kings are honoured succeeding Kings are bettered by them Yet so as this heroicall vertue of Magnanimitie euer springs out of the fountaine of faith her first and fairest in the ranke of all religious vertues for faith is euer operatiue it will worke it will striue wrastle and contend with the best by the best meanes and for the best blessing Out of this vertue it was that Samps●● contended with the Philistines and not in strength only but in wit had excelled them all if they had not plowed with his heiffer out of this vertue Iob conetnded for vprightnesse with all the land of Hus when the Lord saide of him that there was none like him in the earth for an vpright and iust man one that feared God and eschewed euill Out of this vertue