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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01955	The trumpet of vvarre A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the seuenth of Maie 1598. By M. Steph. Gosson parson of great Wigborow in Essex.	Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624.	1598 (1598)	STC 12099; ESTC S112458	41,167	110

feare of him In this case the heathen Poets haue had theyr times to turne their pastorall tunes into sounde of Trumpets and the holie Prophets and Priestes of God haue had their times also to change their exhortations to mercie and compassion into charges and allarmes and either with Azariah incourage both the Prince and the people to bee strong handed 2. Chro. 15. chapter 7. vers Or with Iehaziel in the 15. verse of this chapter euen in the name of God commaunde both the Prince and the people not to feare the multitude of men but to march forwardes boldlie towardes the enemie and looke him in the face I will follow the example of the Prophets and Priestes of God at this time and make you such musicke vppon this grounde as it shall please God to minister vnto mee This Scripture which I haue read vnto you is a verie Trumpet of warre herein wee find Iuda and Hierusalem marching toward the enemie vnder the conduct of Iehoshaphat vppon intelligence giuen that there was a great combination of forraign Princes the Moabites the Ammonites the inhabitants of Mount Seir were come from beyonde the seas to inuade Iehoshaphat The place in the wildernesse where the armie sate downe was discouered That which offers it self to be discoursed stands vpon these two parts in general the first is the action of warre in these words And whē they arose early in the morning they went forth into the wildernes of Tekoa The second is the exhortation to this action in these words And as they departed Iehoshaphat stood said heare ye me O Iudah ye inhabitants of Ierusalē put your trust in the Lord your God and yee shall be assured beleeue his Prophets and ye shall prosper In the action of warre there arise these foure poynts in particular to be handled first the equitie of the action secondly the cause that makes the action of warre to be iust and lawfull thirdly the persons concurring to this action fourthly the execution of it that is the manner howe it must be executed These foure I must fetch a little further off yet not so far but that I may easily drawe them out from the verses going before and immediatly following after in this chapter In the exhortation to this action there be also two acts of the soule two obiects two consequents the first act is to trust the first obiect is God the first consequent is safetie Put your trust in the Lord your God and ye shall be assured The second act to beléeue the second obiect the Prophets the second consequent Prosperitie Beleeue the Prophets and ye shall prosper That I may speake of all these parts in order to Gods glorie and the opportunitie of the times wherein wee liue I beséech you to ioyne with mée in humble and heartie prayers c. 1 The equitie of the action of Warre TO giue you a view of the equitie of this action you shall finde it to be iust in reason in religion and in the practise of the church It is iust in reason Thomas 1. p. q. 76. a. s. disputing how fitte a receptacle the bodie of man is for the soule of mā shewes that Natura non deest in necessarijs Nature is not wanting in things necessarie But as nature hath giuen to bruit beastes hornes and hoofes téeth talants for defence and offence so hauing giuen vnto man none of these she hath giuen him reason and hands in stéede of these Man naturally consists of a bodie and a soule his soule is comprehensiue of vniuersalities and hath Uirtutem ad infinita it is able to deuise and contriue infinite things nature hath sette no bounds nor limits to the thoughts or opinions of the soule neither hath she set any boundes to the couerings of the bodie but as the soule is able to deuise a couering for the bodie of such a temper as shal hold out the dint of sword and smaller shotte and to deuise engins of warres for batterie and assaults so hath shee giuen handes to the body which are organa organorum instruments of instruments to frame these whē they are deuised Nature not being wanting in things necessary there may bée a time wherein it shall be iust and necessary for the soule of man to contriue weapons engins of offence for the hands to worke them the body and armes to weare and weild them and to put them in execution such is the time of warre It is iust in religion for the spirite of God which is a holy spirite that neuer persuades men vnto any sinne was vpon Iehaziel verse 14. of this chapter exhorting Iudah and Ierusalem to this action at the putting on of their armour Exodus 15. this is Gods Title The Lorde is a man of warre In the Psalmes he is saide to teach the fingers of the warrier to fight and to couer his head in the day of battell in the time of warre the battells fought are saide to be Gods battels and the ouerthrowes giuen are saide to be giuen by him It is iuste in the practise of the Church Deut. 20. 2. When the armies are come to an enterview and the battell readie to ioyne God commaundes the Priest to stand forth and encourage the souldier God hath so disposes of our function that wée shal carie the harts of the people in our handes and either discourage them from the fight when God i● angry as Michaiah the Prophet did 2 〈…〉 18. 16. I saw all Israell scattered in the mountaines as sheepe that haue no shephearde let them returne euery man to his house in peace Or animate and harten them on to the fight when God is with them as the Priests did in the 6 of Iosua when they blew the trumpets and the walls of Iericho fell before them This hath béene the practise of the Church of England by the testimonie of our owne Chronicles when the honour of our nation the chiualrie of England hath béene in the fielde it hath béene vsed for a sufficient argument of encouragement vnto the Souldier before the actuall encounter with the enimie to saye thus much This daye is the Church of England vppon her knees for vs. The action of warre béeing thus found to be good lawfull in reason in religion and in the practise of the Church it followes in the second place to discouer the cause y ● makes it to be iust and lawful The cause of Warre Warre is of the nature of iust iudgemēt and the calamities that waite vpon warre be very great therefore as a Judge doeth not punish euery light offence but such as are against the good of the common weale so warre is not to be vndertaken vpon euery light occasion but vpon such as shall bée proportionable to the dammage distresse of warre Because there are many false claimes and titles laide vpon the action of warre to iustifie the same it shall not be amisse to shut out the false titles as

power is finite and Gods power is infinite Psalme 89. O Lorde of hoastes who is like vnto thee which art a mightie Lorde Dauid acknowledges him to haue such a power as cannot bee matched Ephesians 1. 19. Paul desires God te lighten the eyes of their vnderstanding that they may knowe what the exceeding greatnesse of his power is towardes them that beleeue In Arithmetike set one against tenne ten against a hundred a hundred against a thousand a thousand against tenne thousand although there be great oddes yet there is some comparison but if you could set downe an infinite number then there could be no comparison at all because the one is finite the other infinite so is it betwéene the power of God and man sette all the Princes of the earth in opposition against God they shall neuer bee able to withstand him Pompey was wont to say that with one stampe of his foote hee could haue all Italy in armes God may say that with one stampe of his foote hee can ouerthrow all Italy and all the worlde beside when it is in armes Psal 68. 1. Let God but arise his enemies shall bee scattered and they that hate him shall flie before him God is said Psa 149. to bind kings in chaines and their nobles in fetters of iron if he once fal into fettring of princes it shal be done so sure that no flesh shal be able to knock off their bolts again P● 147. God is reported to make fast the bars of your gates If he once make the barres of your gates fast trust to it they shall be so fast y ● no preparation of the inuader shall breake them open We haue thrée rules in Philosophie that will make this plaine vnto you The first is that where there be two agents a superiour and an inferiour the inferiour can neuer ouercome the superiour because the superiour is more actiue Wée say in Philosophie that that is most actiue which is most seperated from earthly parts most eleuated à materia The phisition distilles his simples into waters hee makes his extractions and quintessences that the more they bee eleuated à materia they might be the more actiue and worke the better Water is stronger then earth because it is more actiue and more eleuated à materia Fire is stronger then water because it is yet more actiue and eleuated à materia You shall finde it in the sacrifice of the Prophet where the fire lickt vp the water burnt the wood and consumed the sacrifice Angelles are stronger then men because they are much more eleuated à materia God is stronger then the Angelles because hee is most eleuated hée is aboue earth aboue water aboue ayre aboue fire aboue men aboue Angels aboue all and ouer all Actus purus so ful of actiuitie that none is able to inflict any passion vpon him The second rule is that variante materia forma manet eadem according to the change alteration of your diet according to the variation of the ayre wherin you liue your blood your humors your bodies your complexions doe change and alter but your soule is the same still A mans ennemie may cutte off a péece of his bodye a legge or an arme but hee cannot cutte off a péece of his soule Looke what the soule is to the bodie that is God vnto his church all the prophets and apostles thousands of holy and learned bishops and preachers haue béene cutte off some by persecution some by naturall death yet religion stands and the Church stands to this day which is a signe that it is maintained by such a forme as can not varie Séeing then that all worldly things be transitorie men vary the times varie the pollicies of warre varie the weapons varie the squares and orders of fight vary the places of aduantage and disaduantage varie it is best trusting to such an obiect as cannot varie such a one is God that hath esse quoddam magnum such a great and inuariable essence that a man safely say vnto him Pone me iuxta te manus cuiusuis pugnet contra me Lord set me by thee then let euery hand fight against me I feare no variation The third rule is this Animalia multa agūt patiuntur per phantasiam liuing creatures here beneath doe many things and suffer many things by reason of their apprehension of their obiect The sheep at the first sight of the wolfe apprehends him for a terrible obiect and naturally feares flies him the lion quite contrary apprehēds no terror in the wolfe at all but passes by him and by all the beastes of the forrest with an honourable scorne and disdaine of all About mans apprehension of feare or courage the situation of his eie either maketh all or marreth all When you stand here below vpon the ground and looke vp to the top of Paules they that stand vpon the stéeple appéere small of stature to you although they be tall great and they that are next to you séeme great by reason of the distance of the one and the néerenesse of the other but if you stood vpō the top of Paules and looked downe then they that are aboue woulde séeme great and they that are beneath woulde séeme little So is it with men in the time of trouble if their eyes be fastned vpon the earth their enemies wil appeare vnto them to be great and mightie and God which is so high will appeare little Neuerthelesse if their eyes be in heauen as Iehoshaphats eyes were 2. Chro. 20. 12. Our eyes are towardes thee and looke downe from thence vppon their enemies God will appeare strong and mightie and the enemie weake and withered I will giue you thrée instances of it in the scriptures Numbers 13. Espialles were sent out to discouer the land of Promise some of them hadde a shéepes eye they no sooner sawe the great stature of the Inhabitaunts all Giants or Giants fellowes the high wals of their citties reaching vp to heauen but they were afraide they tooke the people to be inuincible the towns impregnable Caleb quite contrarie hauing his eie in heauen vppon Gods power and promise and looking downe thence vpon the people and the Cities apprehended no terror in them at al let vs go vp saith he without doubt we shall ouercome them Caleb had a Lions eye he passed by the people and their Cities with an honorable scorne of all 2. King 7. Samaria was in great distresse a mighty enemie befor it a sore famine within it there was a noble man vppon whome the king leaned that had so base an eye that looking vppon the present miseries hée tooke them to bee greater then God he perswaded himselfe that although God should raine vittailes out of heauen the famine could not be speedily remooued But E●●●a had his eyes in heauen and looking downe from thence dispised the present calamities in respect of the present helpe and hand of God that by next