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A10044	The creation of the Prince· A sermon preached in the Colledge of VVestminster, on Trinity Sunday, the day before the creation of the most illustrious Prince of Wales. By Daniell Price, chapleine in ordinary, and then in attendance on the Prince.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1610 (1610)	STC 20290; ESTC S115201	18,451	40

heart is dead or whose hand is vncleane it looseth all the soueraine properties Some of the Fathers haue deciphered the three Theologicall vertues of faith hope and charity by the three that attended Christ at the transfiguration on the Mount and at his agony in the garden Peter Iames and Iohn Peter by faith Iames by hope Iohn by loue If thou didst imagine thy selfe to haue all these three and hadst not the power of Prayer it were nothing Not to speake of the efficacie of hope or loue the wonders of faith be many to remoue mountaines to quench the fire to stay the windes to resist enemies Prayer hath all these it remooueth mountaines thy sinnes bee as Mountaines before the Throne of GOD it remooueth them further from thee then the East is from the West it quencheth fire if the fire of lust kindle within thee by Prayer thou mayest quench thee if the windy storme of any deiected desperat thought do blow within thee pray vp Lord let thy enemies bee scattered if the Diuell world and flesh set vpon thee yet by this thou shalt put to flight all infernall complices It opened and shut heauen it brought plenty and dearth drought and raine and will if thou bee acquainted with her be the sweetest companion that euer accompanied any on the face of the earth to say no more it will preferre thee and create thee heire apparant of the kingdome of Heauen The festiuity of the Creation now celebrated should infuse greater spirits into vs then heretofore such occasions of ioy to vs of happinesse for vs such triumphes applauses Iubilees as these do draw from vs gratulation and acclamation in that God hath not onely giuen his iudgements vnto the King but his righteousnesse to the Kings sonne 72.1 leauing such a hope for the young such a comfort for the old such happinesse for all such a young Ptolomey for studies and Libraries such a young Alexander for affecting martialisme and chiualrie such a yong Iosiah for religion piety This should stirre vs vp to acknowledgement of Gods mercies by his Highnesse and mooue vs to a spirituall ambition for our owne happinesse That as in such honorable state he is to be created PRINCE of so great place here on earth by his Purple robes Sword Signet Golden Staffe the earnests of his glorious and triumphant royalty in Heauen so seeing God hath Created vs Kings and Priests as Saint Iohn speaketh Reu. 1. we should desire the benefit of this spirituall Creation to put on the roabes of righteousnesse the sword of the spirit to receiue the staffe of protection to be placed as signets on Gods hand There was as Creation of a Prince in Scripture but it was the poorest and meanest that euer was The Prince his name is found in Esay Esay 9.6 The PRINCE of Peace and of his creation mention is made in Ieremie The Lord hath CREATED a new Thing on the earth Ier. 31.22 it was new indeed as Augustine confessed a saeculo non est auditum Aug. de Temp. neuer since the beginning of the world was the like newes heard and Bernard stood at an amazement at this Creation Bernard de Jncarnat there was Lux non lucem verbum infans aqua sitiens panis esuriens At that creation there was a light not shining the word an infant not speaking the water of life thirsting the bread of life hungring God himselfe descending and the Creator Created if I may so speake A body hast thou Created saith the Psalmist a body without sinne to endure the suffrings for sinne and to vndergoe all the torments that the vnbounded inuention of hell could deuise This was a new thing Nouum et omnium nouitatum nouitas supereminens Jerome saith Ierome such and so merueilous miraculous extraordinary a nouelty as the world of worlds cannot yeeld the like president Let the Sibills speak of their new Rutilans Sydus Aug. de Ciuit. Dei the Astronomers of their new starres in Cygno Serpentario let the Imaginaries find out a new Vtopia the Cosmographers their new-found America let Pancirolla write whole volumes De nouis Repertis and Mercurius Gallobelgicus the worlds Post-master for newes supply newes euery yere yet no like newes to this no Creation since the first Creation of the world like to this the Court then to like in a poore Inne the stable to be the bed-chamber the cratch the Royall pallat VVinter and Hunger to attend and yet the VVisemen to offer Angels to honour Shepheards to sing of him Oracles then to cease Deuils then to tremble this was a New a strange Creation To Zebedees children Christ answered Ye cannot be baptized with the Baptisme wherewith I must bee baptized so I may say wee would be loath to bee CREATED in that order that he was CREATED But let it be our morning and euening prayer that we may be created according to his likenesse that as he of God became man so we of men may become the sonnes of God Delay not it is daungerous presume not it is perillous Dauid sought it and found it vnlesse thou seeke it with heartie prayer thou maist seeke it and not find it Austin Huic fit misericordia tibi non fit iniuria though he shewed great mercie to Dauid and will not to thee he doth thee no iniurie Take heed least impenitencie cause him to prooue a wrath-reuenging God and let no man continue in sinne that grace may abound Reprobates Deuils can do no more if any do so he may sleepe his euerlasting sleepe of sinne neuer be warned neuer be wakened more God may say to thee as he said to the Disciples and pronounce that sentence against thee for thy sleepe of the soule as he did to them for the sleepe of the bodie For henceforth sleepe and take thy rest till thy eyes sinke into the holes of thy head I will neuer come nor send nor call nor waken thee the night shall compasse thee and the pit shall shut her mouth vpon thee In our Church Lyturgie which is in these daies like to Christ crucified between two there is a most comfortable promise drawne from Scripture At what time soeuer a sinner doth repent of his sinnes from the bottome of his heart God will put away all his wickednesse out of his remembrance thereupon many take their pleasure and glut themselues with sinne referre all good thoughts till the last houre neuer put their hands into their bosome to see how leaprous they be their mouthes continue to bee the vents to breath forth the putrified sauour of their soule their eyes the windowes their eares the doores of destruction their vnderstandings flaues to their willes their wils common curtizans of pollution their memories the table-booke of their corruptions O miserable and fearefull state of such If any at any time in any case had reason to crie with Dauid these haue Create in me a new heart And so much

greatest strongest wisest goodliest godliest haue fallen Patriarckes Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors stars Angels al haue sinned yea and some so fallen that they neuer rose again sinne thou not that thou maist rise but so rise from sin that thou maist neuer fal againe Feare O feare the fall swallow not the hooke of delight Conscientia contrist ans scientia Bernard in Cant. as Saint Bernard doth etymologize the word Conscience will follow if sin be the Prologue shame wil be the Epilogue the woorme the whip the scourge of conscience will feare thee she is marked and obserued by her owne eye though no other eye perceiue her followed and chased by her owne foote though nothing in heauen or earth pursue her shee fleeth feareth and yet stingeth and fretteth and hath a thousand witnesses within her owne breast when she is free from all the world Happy then if the conscience finding her misery seeke the promise the promise take hold on faith faith aske praier praier aske God that God heare and mercy answer that againe we may be created in holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of our liues Triplex Creatio spiritualis This Creation is spiritually wrought first by Baptisme the character of Christians marke of the Church signe of the Chosen oth of the Saints liuery of the Seruants assurance of the Sons of God A peccato mundans Poenam relaxans rationalem illuminens Albertus in Comp. Theol. Eusebius Concupiscibilem ad bonum inflammans Characterem inueniens as Ratisbonensis collecteth the power and vertue hereof Constantine neuer Baptised before hee was dying and Dauid neuer so baptised as heere when he was almost dead and then in his last gaspe wash me clense me purge me Neuer any a more true knight of the Bath then he hee had the waters of Iordan pooles of Shiloan fountaines of Lebanon springs for the Spring and fall of the leafe But our Baptisme doth create vs anew no sacrifice or sacrament of the old law so powerfull they were but remembrances gratulatory no oblation propriatory but this so energeticall as that the forme and frame soule and body bee changed It is the great seale of the Charter of heauen which is proclaimed Omnibus Christi fide libus Gratia gratis data Gratia gratum faciens Gratia praeuaen Gratia subsequens To all the Christian people of the world Secondly wee are Created by Grace Grace is shed into our hearts The distinctions of Grace among the Schoolemen will be harsh to many in this assembly but all must know that in this wee must acknowledge with the Prophet Grace Grace Zechariah 13.1 all is Grace euen that fountaine opened to the house of Dauid For our righteousnesse cannot Create vs no more then we can Create it for had we Iustitiam Gentilium it were but vaine and Philosophicall had we Iustitiam Pharisaeorum it were but shadowy and legall had wee onely Iustitiam Viatoris it were but imperfect and casuall no sparke of our owne can enflame vs onely Grace can Create vs A sweeter word then Grace was neuer vttered Miriams Tabrel Asaphs Trumpet Ieduthun his Neginoth Dauid his Cimballs Salomons Songs the Spouses sonnets neuer made sweeter melody then this beloued voice of the beloued GRACE It is the Balme that runneth from the head to the beard and from the beard vnto the skirts of the garment it is Iordan that maketh glad the City of God it is the roabe of righteousnesse that couereth the whole man God giueth liberally thereof to euery one Gratiam dat datam conseruat conseuatam multiplicat multiplicatam remu●● erat giueth Grace freely conserueth Grace giuen multiplieth Grace conserued and rewardeth Grace multiplied Creati sumus per gratiam we are Created by grace Thirdly Creati sumus per poenitentiam wee are Created againe by Repentance it is the spring of the life of man the budding of the figge tree the reuiuing of the withered lilly Plyn Nat. Histor that as the Swallow reneweth sight the Eagle reneweth youth the Hart reneweth strength Psal 103,5 so Man by repentance casteth of the sinne that presseth downe and is againe Created and restored purged washed sanctified This Creation requireth many conditions as the Fathers obserue Aust. in Psal Alber. de sacr for Repentance must bee tota wholy with all the heart Secondly Amara bitter make lamentation Ioel 2 12 Ier 6 26 Wisdom 6.18 and bitter mourning Thirdly Voluntaria voluntary come freely and willingly vnto the Lord. Fourthly it must be Accelerata speedy Eccles 5 3 Cant. 5 3 deferre not to pay that which thou hast paied vnto God And fiftly it must be Continua continuall and perseuerant if thou hast put put off thy coate how shalt thou put it on If thou haue washed thy feet how shalt thou defile them Thus obseruing the conditions binding thy selfe by this obligation thou shalt be Created as Dauid was If wee should looke vpon him when he was taken from the sheepfolds from following the Ewes great with young from being so meane in his brothers eyes nay in his owne eyes euen then when his fathers house was of the poorest in the Tribe him-selfe the least of his family lowest of brethren and if after wee shall behold him aduanced from being a Shepheard to follow sheepe to bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer a shepheard to gouerne and lead people from being the meanest of his bretheren to bee Lord and then to change his coate for a Court his sheep-hooke for a Scepter to become wiser then his teachers greater then his enemies more puisant then Saul more victorious then Ammon more honoured then the Aged this in the eye of man was a new Creation but yet not to bee compared with this Then his state was changed from poore to riche now his soule is changed from sinfull to a sanctified state And being so Created againe the words of the Psalme may fitte him O well is thee and happy shalt thou bee thou art fairer then the children of men full of grace are thy lips because God hath blessed thee for euer The vse of this is to direct vs to a due regarde of our corruption Vse who haue neede so to bee reformed in our liues and yet in this consideration euen to behold the mercy seate the throane of grace from whence by the powerfull operation of Gods spirit we may be created Vides miseriam agnosce misericordiam August doost thou behold thy misery acknowledge Gods mercy euer able to change thee and to purge thee from actuall deprauations and natural corruptions from thy many mighty heauy filthy bloudy crying sinnes and therefore to call frequently to God to pray heartily for this reformation to pray that wee may powre in our prayers Solinus for as the stone Diacletes is said to loose all her excellent power and operation if put into the mouth of a dead man so Prayer if put into a mans mouth whose