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A03765	A sermon preached at St. Maries in Oxford, the 17. day of November, 1602. in defence of the festivities of the Church of England, and namely that of her Maiesties coronation. By Iohn Hovvson Doctor of Divinitie, one of her Highnes chaplaines, and vicechancellour of the Vniversitie of Oxforde	Howson, John, 1557?-1632.	1602 (1602)	STC 13884; ESTC S119077	19,345	35

no special signification those two former were chāged Quia vmbra erant futurorum because they were figures of thinges to come and when the truth came the figures did vanish It is moral that some time should be allowed to the service of God that we might remēber his benefits magnifie his holy name to breake this law which is de iure diuino that is to dedicate no time to the service of God is worse then adultery worse thē murther but to breake the ceremonies of it which are de iure humano is not so great a sinne as murther or adultery which are of the second table de iure divino against the expresse law of God himselfe Nowe I come to the enemies of this Solemnity which now we celebrate of which since a right reverend learned brother of ours hath written very religiously D. Holland learnedly and largely I shal neede to say the lesse yet thus much briefely That Reynolds Sanders Stapleton and the rest of the rigide and salt humored Papists take exception especially against two points in this Solēnity the first is at the Institutiō as if it were without auctority for that it is now amōg our solemnities we wil not deny the second against the manner of solemnizing it as though we preferred it before the feastes of our Sauiour Christ For the former that the magistrate hath had both auctority and practise of instituting holidaies vpon extraordinary occasiōs of Gods blessings hath bin proved both by the examples vnder the Law and vnder the Gospel That the Iewes poterant quotidie instituere festiuitates quarū obseruatio duraret singulis annis vel fieret solum semel Abulensi●… might daily institute holidaies the observation whereof might either continue every yeare or onely be held once is Abulensis assertion 1. Paral. cap. 16. q. 14. That they appointed annual you haue heard before vnder Mardacheus Nehemias Iudas Machabaeus that they augmented in ceremonies some yeare more then other the feasts appointed in the lawe 2 Esd 8● appeareth both in Esdras time when the feast of Tabernacles was so royally solemnized that it is said Non fecerūt à diebus Iosua filij Nun talia filii Israel vsque ad diem illum 2. Esà 8. The children of Israell never did such things no not from the daies of Ioshua the sonne of Nun vnto that day and Iosias celebrated such a Passeover in the 18. yeare of his raigne when he had purged the Tēple of the Idols 4. Reg 2● Quale non fuerat actum a temporibus Iudicum Israelit arum vsque ad Iosiam 4. Reg. 23. as had not beene from the times of the Iudges of Israel vnto Iosias That they appointed such as are called by the Civilians Repentina instituted for once vpon a suddeine occasion appeareth by David who while the Arke was in his house faciebat omnes dies solennes propter honorem Arca saltem ad observationem ceremoniarū made every day a solemne day for the honour of the arke at the least concerning the observation of ceremonies Abulens and solemnised the daie of his inauguration into his kingdome in this Psal That the Christiā magistrate hath at least as much authority in constituting newe festivities and augmenting the olde as the Iewes had cannot with any probability be denied They not only appointed the feastes which concerne our redemption but the memorials of the Apostles some holy Martyres Constantine held a feast for ioy of the setling of the Gospel Christianity in his time Euseb lib. 1. de vita Cōstantini Other Emperors celebrated auspicia lucis the day of their birth other Ortum imperij the beginning of their raigne other festiuitates repentinas suddeine feastes vpō ioy for victorie over Gods enemies the Turkes and infidels Al which argue suficient auctority both for the institution and augmentation of this festivity Which although it had his original at the first frō that of St. Paule 1. Tim. 2. 1. Tim. 2. where he exhorteth supplications praiers thankesgivings intercessions to be made for kings for all that are in auctority Especially seeing we had attained to that end proposed by the Apostle namely by reason of her Maiesties raigne to haue liberty to leade a peaceable and quiet life in all godlines honesty Yet for asmuch as since that time it hath bin confirmed by the consent and approbation of the magistrate and by note in the Calender and by special praiers appointed for it I see no reason Caluino ●…irc l. 2. c. 18. but an high measure of malice only in Reynolds in his Caluine-T●●es to liken it to the encrease progresse of that Idolatrie mentioned in the 14. of Wisedome ver 14.15.16 Where the father made an image for his dead son and worshipped it as a God and ordained ceremonies and sacrafices which grewe to a custome in processe of time was made a law except peradventure he thinke that there is onely a progresse in sinne not in virtue as in their societies from slaunder to libelling a progresse in Idolatry as in their Churches from an Image to an Idol from an Idol to al heathenish ceremonies superstitiōs but no progresse in true religion either inwardly from faith to faith frō grace to grace or outwardly from lesse to more worship from fewer to more devour and religious ceremonies which I haue observed before to haue beene the course of Gods Church both in the olde and new Testament To conclude this pointe If the particular Church of England had auctority in Queene Maries daies to appoint two solemne Anniversarie Masses to be yerely celebrated in St. Maries the one on the 18. of Februarie beeing the Nativity of Queene Marie the other on the first of October on which she was crowned at which Masses the whole Vniversity should bee present from the beginning to the end and there devoutly pray for the good estate of the King and the Queene and for the peace of this their graces Realme and moreover appointed two solemne processions vpon the same daies being matters of greater solemnity then now we vse in these our meetings I doubt not to affirme that the particular Church of England hath also auctority sufficient to institute if so it please the celebration of the Nativity and inauguration of her excellent Maiestie with publike sermons common praiers thankesgiving for her godly peaceable raigne the vnspeakeable blessing received by her the chosen instrument of God for our good The other accusation is against the manner of solemnizing it Saunders with ringing and bonfires and anthims and sermons and feastings not onely solemnely but solennissimè most solemnely as though it were preferred before Easter and Christmas the blessed memorials of our Saviour Christ But may it please you to vnderstand that one feast or holiday is said to be more solemne or greater then another for many causes Because wee abstaine more from worke in