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A19887	A royall edict for military exercises published in a sermon preached to the captaines, and gentlemen that exercise armes in the artillery garden at their generall meeting. In Saint Andrewes vndershaft, in London, Iune 23. 1629. By Iohn Dauenporte, B. of Diuinity, and P. of Saint Stephans in Cole-man-street in London.	Davenport, John, 1597-1670.	1629 (1629)	STC 6313; ESTC S118437	18,564	36

A ROYALL EDICT FOR MILITARY EXERCISES Published in a Sermon preached to the Captaines and Gentlemen that exercise Armes in the Artillery Garden at their generall meeting In Saint Andrewes Vndershaft in London Iune 23. 1629. By IOHN DAVENPORTE B. of Diuinity and P. of Saint Stephans in Cole-man-street in London ISA. 49.23 Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers and Queenes thy Nurses LONDON Printed by ELIZABETH ALLDE for RALPH MAB and are to be sold by NICHOLAS BOVRNE at the South entrance of the Royall Exchange 1629. To The Right worshipfull St. Hugh Hammersly Knight Iustice of Peace and Alderman and one of the Colonels of the Citty of London and President of the Martiall Company exercising Armes in the Artillery Garden AND To all the rest of the famous Society Captaines Assistants and Gentlemen professing and exercising Armes Worthy President Captaines and Gentlemen THe same Persons and the same Argument that induced me to preach this Sermon in your eares haue preuailed with me to present it in this manner to your eyes not to submit it to your iudgements 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iames 3.1 cap. 4.11 as our masterly-censorious hearers expect who make themselues Iudges of that which should teach them to iudge themselues and shall one day iudge them 1. Cor. 11.31 Rom. 2.16 Heb. 4.12 Iude 11. Psal 91.4 2. Thes 2 10. nor to craue your patronage or protection of it for it is the Word of God mighty in operation and sharper then a two edged sword to cut off all that gainsay it and so able to defend it selfe yea it is the truth of God a shield and Buckler to those that receiue the loue of it and so able to defend them For my selfe who am I that I should hope to be exempted from the common condition of Preachers and Writers Ier. 18.18 that is to bee smitten with the tongues of those who account nothing worthy acceptance but the fruite of their owne braine There are principally three sorts of men Luke 22.50 that like Malchus hauing his right eare cut off heare all things sinisterly First Ambitious persons Secondly 3. sorts of persons iniurious in their censur s of Preache s Sermons Malicious persons Thirdly Vicious persons if this Sermon come into any of these persons hands I must expect that as men looking vpon any thing through a coloured glasse iudge that thing to be of the same colour with the glasse through which they looke so their opinions of the Preacher and of the Sermon will be conformed to the inward distemper of their owne hearts First Maleuoli velut Momi aruedut nos magis animi morbo quā iudicio Melanth Gul. Epis Hausmano 4 to 1. Ambitious persons Nihil est quod Ecclesiam ita diuellere qucat atque ambitio dominandi Chryst Hom 11. in cap. 4. ad Eph. 3. Ioh. 9. Iames 4.6 the Ambitious person seekes to raise himselfe in the fall and to honour himselfe in the disgrace of those who seeme to outshine him in true worth Thus Corah out of a desire of esteeme resisted Moses Diotrephes out of a Loue of Preeminence withstood Iohn the Diuine and those false Apostles that they might exault themselues vilified and traduced Saint Paul Those wee haue more cause to pitty because God resisteth them and to pray for them that God would make them more humble and lowly-minded then to bee disquieted at their insolencies which is a sure signe of their folly and emptinesse For wee see the boughs the more laden with fruite they are the more lowly but in a fanne we see the chaffe is aboue the Corne not because its better but because its lighter Secondly 2. Malicious persons the Malicious person out of an inward hatred against the person of another misiudgeth all his actions and intentions This you may see in the carriage of the Priests and Prophets against Ieremy Ier 26.11 Amos 7.10 of Amaziah against Amos and of those cruell and scornefull men concerning whom the Prophet Isay speaketh that would make a man an offendour for a word Isa 29.21 For these my prayer is that the Lord would destroy the workes of Satan that enuious man in their hearts and fill them with the fruites of the spirit especially loue Gal. 5.22 3. Vicious persons Isa 5.29 peace gentlenesse goodnesse faith Thirdly Vicious persons speake good of euill and euill of good these put darkenesse for light and light for darkenesse these put bitter for sweet and sweet for sowre Dauid out of much experience of such sayth They are licentious and speake wickedly they talke presumptuously they set their mouth against Heauen Psal 73.8 9. Male de me loqūtur sed mali Mouerer si de me M. Cato Si Lelius sapiēs si duo Sci●iones ista loquerentur nunc malis displicere laudari est Soen de rem fort and their tongue walketh thorow the earth To be dispraysed of such is a prayse as when an Enemy reuiles a Generall or Captaine or common Souldier for his faithfulnes to his King and Country But J must not make a Booke of an Epistle To you right worthy Cittizens with all due respect I dedicate these Meditations such as they are as belonging to you by right For your sakes they were preached at your request they are now published If heerein you shall finde any mo●iues to encourage you any rules to direct you in this laudable Exercise let God haue the Glory and J am abundantly satisfied whom nothing could haue drawne to this taske but my vnfeigned loue to your persons and my hearty desire of your incouragement in so worthy designes Yours in all Christian duties and seruices J. D. A ROYALL EDICT FOR MILITARY EXERCISES 2. SAM 1.18 Also hee bade them teach the children of Iudah the vse of the Bow Behold it is written in the Booke of Iasher THe occasion of these words as you may see in the last Chapter of the former Booke was the death of Saul and Ionathan 1. Sam. 31. with the flight and discomfiture of Israel before the Philistims reported to Dauid by a man who in the former part of this Chapter receiued condigne punishment 2. Sam. 1.2 to 16. for that which he pretended to haue done From the 17. verse to the end of this Chapter Verse 17. ad finem you haue Dauids lamentation for Saul and Ionathan and the state of Israel which as it respected Saul was asorrow arising from the sence of humane calamities and charges whereunto euen the greatest Princes are subiect as it respected Ionathan it arose from his deare loue to so true a friend as it respected the state of Israel it arose from the apprehension of Gods dishonour in the triumphs of the Philistims and seemes to answer that mournfull expression of Ioshua Iosh 7.8 Oh Lord what shall I say when Israel turne their backes before their enemies yet hee is not so swallowed vp with too much griefe 2. Cor.