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A80730	Two sermons preached at Christ-Church in the city of Dublin, before the honourable the General Convenion of Ireland. The first on Prov.11.14 at the first meeting of the said convention, March 2. 1659. The second on Jude v.19. at a publique fast appointed by the said convention, March 9. 1659. By Sem Coxe, Minister of the gospel and pastor at St. Katherines in Dublin.	Coxe, Sem.; Ireland. Parliament.	1660 (1660)	Wing C6726; Thomason E1026_21; ESTC R208752	50,638	72

doth oft times repeat this as an undoubted truth He telleth us Prov. 15. 22. That without Counsel purposes are disappointed but in the multitude of Counsellors they are established And Chap. 20. 18. Every purpose is established by Counsel And again Chap. 24. 6. In multitude of Counsellors there is safety 2 Unto this mediate cause it is that also the Lord himself doth ascribe the prosperity or ruine of Kings and their Kingdoms The Lord informeth us That Rehoboams misery came upon him by neglecting the counsel of the Sages that had stood before his Father their Advice had been his welfare if he had hearkened unto it 2. Chron. 10. 8-14 And the word of God mindeth us that it was the destruction of Ahaziah King of Judah that he hearkened unto the wicked counsel of his Mother and others that were of the house of Ahab 2. Chron. 22. 3-5 On the otherside It was the wisdom of David and that which did strengthen him in his Kingdom That in all weighty cases he consulted with the Captains of thousands and hundreds and with every leader even with all the congregation of Israel 1. Chron. 13. 1-4 He would not act without Counsel 3 Even the Law of nature by its glimmering doth dictate this truth to all civillized Nations That they should have their great Counsels and Counsellors with whom to advise in all matters of moment The Israelites had their Sanhedri● The Lacedaemonians had their Ephori The Athenians had their Demarchi The Romans had their Senate The Germans have their Diets We in these Nations have our Parliaments Yea the Indians have some kind of Councils All Nations know that without counsels they cannot well subsist that by counsels their safety is maintained The reason why the prosperity or adversity of a People dependeth very much upon their Counsellors and Counsels is because Counsel is the guide of all actions The transacting of great Affairs without Counsel is like the riding upon a wild colt without bit or bridle it is a thousand to one that the rider is cast Rash proceedings without deliberate Advice do make Affairs miscarry Gods own Counsel and decree took place before his works he said Let it be so and so before he wrought any work in the Creation Gen. 1. 3. 6. 9. Counsel is like the helm of a Ship if that be wanting the vessel is in danger to be dashed in pieces against the rocks if that be sound it steereth the ship through all winds and tempests untill it arrive at its desired haven The Uses of this Doctrine are three 1 Of information 2 Of praise and thanksgiving 3 Of exhortation Of these I shall speak in order First The Use of this point is for information and that again divideth it self into two branches First If it be so That the prosperity or ruine of a people dependeth so much upon Counsellors and counsels then this informeth us of the abominable wickedness and desperate madness of those men in these Dominions who have endeavored to bereave us of our Counsellors and counsels they have done what they can to destroy us That there have been and are such yea many such in this Commonwealth I need not spend time to demonstrate Our too dear bought experience for diverse years by past doth sufficiently inform us so that the very Persons that have been the chief actors may be pointed out by the●● names The Anabaptists the Quakers and even all those that have separated from the Church of Christ in these Nations have so interrupted our counsels dismembred our Parliament and supplanted our laws and birth privileges that it may be said of us as once it was said of Israel 2 Chron. 15. 3. Now for a long season England Ireland and Scotland have been without Law Who hath not felt the direfull effects of these mens fury upon their persons families and estates yea and upon our Religion also So that we are all brought thereby to the very brink of ruine and destruction Of these men I affirm two things 1 That it is abominable wickedness in them that have acted thus to the dismembring and interruption of our Parliament or great Council they have contributed what they could to the overthrow of these Dominions It is a great sin to contrive the death or ruine of a single person onely David complaineth of this as a great fault in his adversaries Psal 31. 13. They devised saith he to take away my life How much greater is their sin that have endeavored to cut off the Head of three great Nations at one blow And this their sin is the greater upon a twofold account 1 Because they have devised this mischief against those that trusted them and looked upon them as their friend received them into their counsels put Commissions Arms Ammunition Treasure into their hands and expected the support of Religion Laws Liberties Parliaments by their means So that we may well complain with the Prophet David Psal 55. 12-14 It was not an Enemy that reproached me then could I have born it neither was it he that hated me that magnifyed himself against me then I would have hid my self from him But it was thou mine equal my guide and mine acquaintance We took sweet Counsel together and walked unto the House of God in company O this is a great aggravation of their offence that they have devised evil against their neighbours that dwell securely by them Prov. 3. 29. Treachery against trust is superlative wickedness 2 Because they have done all this wrong to the Commonwealth under a pretence of Religion as if thereby they should advance the Kingdom and Interest of our Lord Jesus Christ These persons have dreamed certain dreams of the personal reign of Christ upon earth and of their own Saint-ship and holyness as the onely persons fit to reign with him and from hence they have endeavoured to set up for themselves and to take the whole Earth into their possession These piae fraudes are those cheats which are most abominable both before God and man But can they think to have any thanks from the Lord Jesus for seeking to advance his Interest by subverting his standing Laws of Magistracy and Ministry Or is this the way to introduce the Kingdom of Christ to trample those great Ordinances and Institutions under foot I trow not By his written word they must be judged at his glorious appearing and in his Kingdom which word saith thus Rom. 13. 1. Let every Soul be subject to the higher powers And 1. Pet. 2 13-15 Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake For so is the will of God These persons learned not this lesson of the good old Non-conformists who were disgracefully called by the name of Puritans but of Stock and Muncer and John of Leiden and other Rebels Apostates from the reformed Religion And therefore it is pity that their miscarriages should be cast in the teeth of any honest and sober Christians But it is no