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A15834	The nurses bosome· A sermon vvithin the Greene-yard in Norwich. On the guild-day when their maior takes his oath. On Tuesday Iune 18. 1616. Preached by the parson of Southwalsham. Hereunto is added, Iudahs penance, the sermon preached at Thetford before the iudges in Lent. Mar. 10. 1616.	Younger, William, b. 1572 or 3.	1617 (1617)	STC 26096; ESTC S120582	46,815	66

Plato that some are of baser metall then others the Prince of a more golden temperature then the Vassal Yet we know there is Potestas supereminentior an higher power Romans the 13.1 Rom. 13.1 And as Saul was higher then the people 1. Sam. 10.23 from the shoulders vpward Hesiod in Theog vt suprà so Princes and Magistrates are appointed to bee aboue others and to ouerlooke them Ex Ioue sunt Reges said the Heathen Poet There is no Power but of God said the diuine Apostle Vnde spiritus inde potestas Tertul. Cedunt Iouis omnia reguo Metam lib. 10. saith an ancient Father he that first gaue them life and being gaue vnto them also this prerogatiue of gouerning Hee it is that establisheth Thrones Scepters Orders and Degrees of men some to gouerne others to be gouerned Indeed I grant that Adam in the estate of his innocency Gen. 1.26 should haue had no Lordship ouer reasonable creatures of the like Image and shape with himselfe For mans soueraigntie and Lordship was ouer creatures vnreasonable Beasts Birds and Fishes this seruitude and slaucrie therefore whereby a man becomes subiect vnto man came first from sinne Canaan was borne a sonne as well as Sem or Iaphet Yet cursed be Canaan Gen. 9.25 a seruant of seruants shall he be August And this Culpâ meruit non naturâ saith S. Augustine it fell to him by nature not by transgression Man after his fall became a Thorne he could beare no Grapes he became a Thistle hee could beare no Figges Neither the Adder or Viper breedeth but after their owne kinde that rebellious corruption that was in Adam corrupted vs all and made vs rebellious The Leuen of Iniquitie that was in him Ex impiis egreditur impietas Pro. 1. Sam. 24.14 sowred the whole lumpe of mankinde For into how great disorders and confusions did not his posteritie runne What sword could restraine or what authoritie bridle their rage Therefore God in singular wisedome vsed a meanes to represse their violences else reasonable men had beene farre worse then vnreasonable beasts for neuer were the natures of other creatures more cruell fell sauage one to another then the nature of man vnto man had not God put an hooke into his nostrils and a bridle into his lips who though hee bare himselfe vp with insolencie and eagernesse of spirit yet hee might be curb'd and bridled by them of his owne kinde that whereas he had shaken off the yoke of obedience vnto God was therefore inforced obedience vnto man and of him to stand in awe And thus through sinne came one man to haue power ouer another that some might know how to rule and others to obey Hence comes it to passe that in regard of the stubbornnesse and insolencie of mans nature the disorder and vnrulinesse of his affections so many wiles crafts subtilties and escapes through corruption ingendered and festered in him that nothing is of greater difficultie then to gouerne and rule man It requires much art skill courage and an high measure of wisedome to keepe him in awe Qui inter omnes animantes Gregor Nazian maxime est moribus varius voluntate diuersus saith a Father who amongst all the creatures of the world beside is most stubbornly obliged and wedded to his will and most exorbitant in the manners of his life And surely though we need not maruell at his prouidence in greater matters when the least things that are are not gouerned without his prouidence yet herein it doth wonderfully appeare that there should be such a feare put into the hearts of a multitude to submit and subiect themselues to the yoke of one man euen so many thousands to his power and command Yet wee see it by Art For the horse of noblest courage is made to obey with a slender bit and a Ship though neuer so great and driuen with fierce windes Iam. 3.9 yet is guided and turned about with a small rudder Againe we see it in Nature too The fight of the eye a very small thing and the heart of man but an handfull yet is the one the light and the other the life of the whole body This amongst other is a speciall argument of the prouidence of God Psal 68.7 Secundum vulg Transl who causeth men to be of one minde euen so many thousands and bindeth them together in dutie and allegeance that one rule all and all are ruled by that one Hence also ariseth that Ciuill order amongst the societies of men which notwithstanding the sinnes of men God hath beene very carefull to preserue and keepe and therefore hath his Deputies and Lieutenants vpon the earth and vnder them subordinate rulers and gouernours who haue the administration of Iustice and Iudgement That as in the Frame and composure of the great World he hath set the Fire aboue the Ayre the Ayre aboue the Water the Water aboue the Earth and as in the structure and building of the little World hee hath set the Knees aboue the Feete the Armes aboue the Knees the Eyes aboue the Armes so in bodies politique hee hath set and placed one calling ouer another Againe as the Celestiall Bodies haue a double motion one common with the whole body of the heauens the other proper and particular according to the nature of euery seuerall Starre and in our bodies a double motion also one whereof depends vpon the whole body and therefore is vniuersall the other particular according to the inbred nature and disposition of euery seuerall member So ouer and beside that vniuersall command that the Supreme Magistrate vpon earth hath whereby the whole body of a Kingdome moueth and subiecteth it selfe there is a subordinate and a deriued power whereby as through an inferiour motion all parts and members of the body euen vnto the Foote are ordered and gouerned as of seuerall Counties in that Kingdome of seuerall Cities in those Counties of seuerall Families in those Cities and of euery seuerall person in those Families Hence appeares not onely the necessitie of Lawes but also their varietie and those to be ordered altered and renewed as new corruptions shall arise or the times require Now for their Execution without which the common-wealth is breathlesse on whom lies the Burthen and care but vpon the Magistrate VVhat vse is there of that Boat which hath neither Oares nor Sayles or of that booke which lies by a man and is neuer read on or what pleasure of musique affords that Instrument which is neuer touched So what vse or benefit is there of Lawes when they lie as dead as their first makers or as if they were cast into a perpetuall sleepe as Iupiter serued Endymion As the counterfeit therefore is discerned from the pure gold by the touch so is the good Magistrate knowne by this when he shewes 1. Courage First Courage Secondly Knowledge Thirdly Diligence in the execution of Lawes For the first he

THE NVRSES BOSOME A SERMON VVITHIN THE GREENE-YARD in NORWICH On the Guild-day when their Maior takes his Oath On Tuesday Iune 18. 1616. Preached by the Parson of Southwalsham Hereunto is added IVDAHS Penance the Sermon preached at Thetford before the Iudges in Lent MAR. 10. 1616. Non legem vereor nocens sed fortunam innocens At London printed by IOHN BEALE 1617. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL Sr. THOMAS HYRNE Knight Maior of the Citie of Norwich Health on earth in heauen happinesse SIR to giue you some Testimonie of my good will I shall hazard to doe I know not what Infinite are the books in this age and of the greater number we may say with Socrates I he paper is more worth then the matter Of Sermons how many are extant For who almost preacheth that printeth not In so much as the Presse may say vnto the Pulpit in the words of Esau to his brother Iacob Plurima habeo sint tua tibi Gen. 32.9 Keepe that which thou hast I haue enough Yet haply it may be the will of God in these last and sinfull times that our visions should bee written Hab. 2.2 and made plaine vpon Tables In so great a multitude mine I confesse might haue well stood out But when I considered it was not so much mine as yours for whom it was preached nor so much yours as theirs before whom it was deliuered I was at length not vnwilling if it got forth in the crowde Mal. 3.16 that it might be a Booke of remembrance vnto You and the rest who shall succeede wherein you may be admonished how weighty that office is which you beare and what affections ought to possesse you in the course of your Gouernment Let me say therefore in the words of the Prophet This commandement is for you and for those that come after you Mal. 2.1 in that place of Magistracie euen this Precept of God to Moses Carry them in thy Bosome I once sent it to the care now I present it to the eye that one way or other it may get to the heart Vnto this I haue added one more to beare it company that these two as the Twinnes of Hippocrates may fare alike abroad in the world either to laugh or mourne together Both these I send and commend vnto you and you vnto the word of his grace Act. 20.32 who is able to build you further and to giue you an inheritance amongst them which are sanctified Southwalsham Iune 1. 1617. Your Worships wel-willer W. YONGER THE TEXTS NVMB. 11.12 Carry them in thy Bosome GEN. 38.26 So he lay with her no more THE NVRSES BOSOME TEXT NVMB. 11.12 Carry them in thy Bosome THESE words are very few but very weightie a short precept yet containes much matter like a little Boxe full of sweet and precious Oyntment which being opened and powred out Mat. 26.7 Ioh. 12.3 as that of Maries vpon the head of Christ the sauour and perfume thereof fils the whole house The Diamond though but a sparke yet it is of great lustre and vertue the Violet a little Flowre yet it farre surpasseth the Lilly in smell the Bee saith the sonne of Syrach a small creature Ecclus. 11.3 yet is her fruit surpassing exellent in sweetnesse So this Text though but short and the words of it gleaned out as a few choise Eares from the whole Sheafe yet is here Epitomized and wrapped vp the whole dutie of the Magistrate vnto his people teaching him all tender affection in relieuing their distresses in redressing their wrongs I say not to carry them vpō his Wing as the Eagle doth her Yong but in his Bosome as the Nurse her Infant Exod. 19.4 and in a word to bend his best indeuours for the purchase of their peace and welfare As Gouernment is GOds ordinance not mans So wee know that himselfe first established that Superioritie in the Creation that euen amongst the lights of heauen as some are lesser and subordinate so other some of speciall eminencie and magnitude as the Sunne and the Moone Luminaria magna Gen. 1.16 Great lights and of these two the Sunne Luminare maius a greater light and as the greater for light so the greater for honour for it was made in Dominium Diei for the gouernment of the Day which in the execution of that ordinance which God laid vpon it standeth not immoueable as the North-pole or as a Diamond fixed in a socket of Gold but is in continuall motion and labour fetching his course and conpasse about alwaies in businesse and imployment I his Prince of the lights of heauen giues this light vnto the Princes and Magistrates of the earth who are Luminaria magna great Lights that they must not be as Starres fixed in their seuerall Orbes but they must be in motion alway looking about them standing in the gates watching vpon the Towers euermore studying and deuising for their peoples welfare This we finde also in the rest of the Creatures which the Lord God created which as they are the more honourable so the more operatiue working I may reduce them all into foure Degrees and begin at the lowest whence the rest fetch their beginning First the foure Elements Fire Ayre Water Earth These haue but onely a being without Life Sence or Reason Yet of these wee know some are more noble then other some more pure some more in operation and working as the Fire more then the Ayre the Ayre more then the Water the Water more then the Earth Of the second sort are things which ouer and beside their being haue life as Trees Plants Hearbs and Flowers and these are distinguished into their rankes as the Cedar in Lebanon farre more noble then the Popler in the Forrest and the Rose plant of Iericho of better esteeme then the Woodbine of the Plaine Proceede to a third sort and these besides beeing and life haue also sence and motion able to moue from place to place as Beasts Birds and Fishes and these are more or lesse in regard for what is the Mouse to the Elephant or the Dog to the Lyon or the Flye to the Eagle or the Kite to the Ostrich Lastly besides all these before mētioned are they who hauing sence life and motion haue also Reason and in this degree are 1. Angels the Legates and Messengers of Heauen and amongst these there should seeme to be degrees of Soueraignty Iude vers 7. else why should Michael bee an Archangell and Gabriel none yea and some more imployed then others too Luk. 1 26. else why should Gabriel be Gods Embassadour to the Virgin Mary more then Raphael or any other 2. Men and these are the wonders of Nature if they wrong it not for besides that goodly shape which they beare there are two singular priuiledges they are endued with beyond all earthly creatures ratio oratio Reason and Speech And though I will not speake according to the Philosophers Fancie