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[O Vtinam 1 For Queene Elizabeths securitie, 2 for hir subiects prosperitie, ...]
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Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626.
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of the proud scattereth the imaginations of their heartes He that bruseth his enimies with a rod ofIron and breaketh them in peeces like a potters vessell Hee whose outstretched arme turneth the wheele of prouidence and keepeth all things in a wonderfull order He that did many wonders in the land of Egipt and shewed many mercies in the land of promise He that humbled Nabuchadnezar for all his pride plagued him right sore for all his tyrannie He that rained downe fire and brimstone vpon Sodom and Gomor and preserued Lot from the fierie storm He that saith ofhimselfe I am Alpha and Omega and hee that is father of all aboue all through all in all yea all in all and the same for euer He yea euen he it is O earth ashes whome thou doest prouoke by thy lewd inuentions and incense to wrath thy licentious liuing and carelesse securitie O crooked and peruerse generation doo yee make the merciful forbearance of so great a maiesty an occasion of sinne will you for that hee is full of long suffering and not as a mortall prince reuenge by death the least iniurie offred more and more offend him Will you for that the king prorogeth his greate session of parlement for your onlye good and gaine because hee woulde haue you repent and not die in your sinnes conclude there shall be no such session yes sure there shall or else the sonne of God is a liar which to thinke were in the highest degree most blasphemous c. Therefore omitting all that which might procure you to loue him where is become the natural care you haue to auoid punishment which might prouoke you to feare him if not as children yet as seruants or subiects Thinke you O ye obdurate Libertines that because GOD if you thinke there is a God is mercifull hee is not therfore iust O know ye athists his iustice is as great as his mercy and either of both as great as himselfe For as soon can he cease to be God as cease to be iust iustice and mercie are properties peculiar to him and deny them by your words and denie him as to your greater damnation you doo by your workes If this be true as moste damnable it were to doubte thereof what furie then so bewitcheth you that you can cast off all care yea and y t natural feare wherof the verie brute beastes are not depriued And with such greedy appetites from day to day seeke to fill vp the measure of your iniquity to the brim As though indeed there were no God or as though there were no future reckoning to be made As though you could keep your transgressions from his knowlege or as the eie maker did not or could not se your abhominations hee both knoweth them seeth them though with greef and will in the daie that you so doubte of least suspect pay you home with a vengeance if you preuent it not by your speedie repentance which daie thoughe it hath pleased him to delaie for the triall of his chosen yet for their sakes he will shorten it and hee that is comming will come and bring his reward with him Moste ioyfull to the godly but woful to the contrarie And therfore ye wanton worldlings whose eies doo as it were swell with fatnesse ofyour aboundance and surfet with all worldly delight call to mind your mortalitie abandon your iniquitie forsake your infidelitie and so remember Gods mercie that you forget not his iustice being his propertie which is a depth without bottom it glorifies the godly and confoundeth the wicked Trust not vnto thy riches and say not I haue inough for my life for it shall not help in the time of vengeance and indignation and say not I haue sinned and what euil hath come vnto me for the almightie is a patient rewarder for he will not leaue thee vnpunished Saie not the mercie of God is great hee will forgiue my manifold sinnes for mercie and wrath come from him and his indignation commeth downe vpon sinners make no long tarrieng to turne vnto the Lord and put not offfrom day to day for suddenlie shall the wrath of the Lord breake foorthe and in thy securitie thou shalte bee destroied and thou shalt perish in time of vengeance Sowe not vpon the furrowes of vnrighteousnes leaste thou reape them seuen fold Saie not with your selues our liues are short and tedious and in the death of a man is no recouerie neyther was any knowne that hath returned from the graue For we are borne at all aduenture and wee shall be heerafter as though we had neuer bin for the breath is a smoke in our nostrils the words as a sparke raised out of our harts Which being extinguished the bodie is returned into ashes and the spirit vanisheth as the soft aire Our life shall passe awaie as the trace of a cloud and come to naught as the mist that is driuen awaie with the beames os the sunne and cast downe with the heate thereof Our name also shall be forgotten in time and no man shall haue our works in remembrance For our time is as a shadowe that passeth away and after our end there is no returning for it is fast sealed so that no man commeth againe Come therefore let vs enioye the pleasures that are present and let vs cheerefullie vse the creatures as in youth Let vsfill our selues with costlie wine and ointments and let not the flower of youthe passe by vs. Let vs crowne our selues with rose buddes afore they be withered Let vs all be partakers of our wantonnesse let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euerie place for that is our portion and this is our lot Therefore let vs oppresse the poore that is righteous let vs not spare the widow nor reuerence the white heares of the aged O debate not on this wise with your selues but flie from euill and doo good for God regardeth thee deeds of euerie man Call to remembrance the perillous times wherein we liue and the vncerteintie oflife How neere Gods iudge ments if not his generall iudgement approcheth vs. If we with a sound discretion consider it we shall find great cause to feare it and prepare our selues to preueut it Our liues as by hourlie experience wee proue hangeth by a slender twine by reason of our mortalitie incident to al men generallie But our liues hangeth by a weaker twine incident to vs in England as our case now standeth especiallie Which are compulsionsforcible inough to draw reasonable men to integrity of life and holy conuersation Yet fareth it with vs as with senselesse pictures that haue eies and see not eares and heare not heads and conceiue not the iminent dangers hanging ouer our heads We harden our harts with Pharao against the God of Israel they are not touched with threates nor terrified with torments till they be inflicted vpon vs as now they are too too neare vs. Now