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A04840	Two sermons. vpon the Act Sunday, being the 10th of Iuly. 1625 Deliuered at St Maries in Oxford.	King, Henry, 1592-1669.; King, John, 1559?-1621. aut	1625 (1625)	STC 14972; ESTC S108030	43,354	86

tongue It is a shop an armorie of hurtfull instruments There are swords and arrowes and razours and poyson of Aspes He that detracts or backbites kills three at once himselfe his auditors that credit his false calumnies and their good names who are traduced Libels and that late new way of reducing the most serious matters to ridiculous Ballads and Rimes are the issues of the power of man's tongue Facilè volant non facile violant Their words are light of wing but deepely wounding And if the power of man's tongue be so pernicious much more then shall I desire not to fall into the hand or power of man in his executions His hatred is immortall his reuenge barbarous and not only cruell but full of opprobrious insultations As I haue read of an Italian whose malice was like the Elephant ten yeares in bringing forth and see the monstrous birth Hee fained a reconciliation with that party that had offended him Takes advantage of his credulous simplicitie and when he had him at his mercie promiseth to spare his life if he wou'd renounce his Faith and deny his God This was no sooner yeelded to but lest that word might be recall'd he makes it his last word and glories of the sweetnes of this reuenge that he had taken it both vpon body and soule Neither doth the hand of m●n extend it selfe only to the persons of men but proceedes farther to lay waste whole countries to pervert whole sates and common-wealths to demolish amongst other houses the houses of God to deface Religion And this was it which Dauid here feared lest the enemies might take the Arke of the Lord as formerly they had often done and so interrupt the seruice and worship due vnto his holy Name therefore not into the hand of man Simeon and Levi brethren and instruments of crueltie In their anger they slew a man and digged downe a wall that is the Scribes and Priests being of both those Tribes slew the Man Christ Iesus and digged downe the walls of that Temple which he promised to build vp in three dayes And againe Simeon and Levi Iesuited Lay-men and Iesuiticall Priests sworne brethren in that diuelish conspiracy of the Powder-plot They slew a man 2 Christ an anointed of the Lord in their designe and attempt at least and not onely the head but the representatiue body of this whole land They digged downe a wall too and digged deepe to hide their counsailes from the Lord. Cursed be their anger for it was fierce But blessed be the God of Iacob that defeated their anger L●●vs neuer fall into the barbarous hands of such men such vnfortunate gentlemē as they are termed by soē of their adhaerēts Vnfortunate in nothing but that they gaue not the blowe Nor into the more mercilesse hands of such men who can slay a man after he is dead and kill him in his Faith Make him a 〈…〉 Reneg ado an Apostate a miraculous Proselyte a Conuert in the graue So that it is not without reason that the Preacher after long search and diligent enquiry returnes this verdict One man amongst a thousand haue I found but a woman among all those haue I not found There is then neither man nor woman not any of all mankinde of either sexe in whose hands I may ●●cnrely trust my selfe but in the hands of that One man who knew no sinne yet was made man nay sinne for me nay for vs all His hands were stretched out vpon the crosse to receiue vs his hands are still open to receiue our prayers and to offer them vp to his Father on our behalfes and himselfe readie at the right hand of his Father to make intercession for vs that his hand may be stayed which is against vs. We are already in Araunahs threshing floore vnder the flail vnder the rod and heavy visitation of the Lord. Here then erect an Altar and praepare a Sacrifice If they be not ready we neede not be at any greater expense to purchase them then our Praiers Deus providebit God must and will provide himselfe a sacrifice Nay Prouidit I presume he hath prouided both And that not Araunah as a King but the King of Kings hath furnisht vs with that which cost vs nothing of our owne Hearts for Altars and I doubt not contrite hearts for Sacrifices Sacrificia Domini Spiritus contribulatus which he will not nay which he cannot despise We haue the Place the Altar the Sacrifice the Priest What remaines then but that we should with our Kingly Prophet Dauid First offer vp our burnt offerings the incense of our prayers and supplications with feruent deuotion and pray that they may be accepted in that propitiatorie sacrifice Christ Iesus and next our Peace offerings our prayses and thanksgiuings when we shall perceiue that the Lord is entreated for the Land by our Prayers and Fastings and the Plague with all other his visitations stayed in our Israel He heare vs in that name aboue all names of his blessed sonne Iesus Christ in whom he is well pleased To which Father and Sonne with the holy Spirit God aeternall be ascribed all honour and power by the whole Quire of Angels and Men now and euer Amen FINIS I said Aug. Serm. 5. de verb D●● Ibid. Marlorat L●rin●● Ambros. offic lib. 1 cap. 3. Aug. in Psal. 32. I will confesse Heb. 12. 1. Psal. 33. Lament 1. 12. Zach. 5. 7. verse 3. Aug. in Psal. 32. 3. Ambrosius Origen Cassand Consult art 11. a Iuvenal b Sed quid faciet Confess●r cùm interrogatur de pe●cato quod au dierit in confessione an possit dicere se nescire Respond Se●cundum omnes quod sic Sed quid si cogat●r iurare Dico quod potest debet i●rare se ●●scire quia intelligitur s● nesciro extra confessionem sic 〈…〉 Sed fac quod iudex vel prealatus ex ●●alitiâ exigat à me 〈…〉 an sciam in confessione Respond quod coactus inret se nescire in confessione quia intelligitur se ●escire ad rev●l●ndum aut taliter quod ●ossit dicere 〈◊〉 saeramen Artic 184 Pag 96. b. Psal. 19. 12. Lorinus com in Psal. 32. Ad sentent lib. 4. quest 17. distinct 3. Ia. 5. 16. Bullinger Dec●d 4. ser. 2. de ●●●●tent Mat. 8. 4. Iohn 20. 21. Hieron in Mat. 16. 19. Pet. Lombard lib. 4. Dist. 18. Loco citato Richardus â Sancto victore de Clauibus Cap. 7. Cassand Consult Act. 11 ●spsn Aug. Ser. 8. de Verb. Dom 1 Cor. 11. 31. Dor●t●●us Doctrin 7. Esay 43. 26. Origen Homil. 3. in Leuit. Id. Aug. in Psal. 29. Sinnes Iuvenal Ecclesiast 10. 20. Gen. 4. 10. Ierem. 20. 27. Habac. 2. 10. Nil●● Martyr Paraenes 199. Basil. 〈…〉 de Quadrag●s Their plurality Sinnes Act. 5. 3. 〈◊〉 Dorotheus doctrin 7. Vers. 5. Psa. 61. 9. Marlorat Esa. 1. 18. Ioh. 18. 1. Aug. citat à Biel Lest. 72. de Missâ Bibli●th Parum Gra Lat. To. 1. Ecclesiastic 19. 1. Senee My sinnes Gen. 3. 12. Lect. 72. de Missâ Psal. 51. 4. Fulg●●● Vnto the Lord. Concil Trident. Sess. 4. ●●n 5. Homil. 4. de Lazaro Chrysost●m ib. 2 Part. Thou forgauest Mar● 2. 7. 2 Thess. 2. 4. 2 Pet. 3. 9. Psal. 86. 15. Mat. 24. 38. Gen. 9. 15. Gen. 18. Ion. 3. 4. Psal. 95. 10. Ambros 1 King 19 9. Esa. 65. 24. 2 Sam. 12. 13. The iniquiry of my sin Marlorat Bernard Psal. 130. 7. 2 Sam. 12. 14. Euthymius in Psal. 32. 1 Cor. 15. 55. 2 King 2. ●1 1 Ioh. 1. 9. Chald●● Paraphras Psal. 103. 2. 3. 4. V. ● Connexion V. 1. Diuision Subdivision 1. Generall part The words of the Historian V. 2. Sen. l. 3. de irâ c. 4. 1 King 21. 7. Be●● 1 King 14. 16. Hieron 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apol. 2. pro Christian. Iuv. Ro. 5. 14. V. 15. Isa. 3. 4. Iob 34. 30. Resp. 138. ad Orthodox Ezek. 18. Greg. 〈◊〉 li. 25. cap. 14. Iust. Mar. ibid. Ver. 17. Ver. 11. Amos. 6. 4. Ver. 10. Ps 6. 6. Isa. 3. 8. Ion. 3. 4 Gen. 18. 17. 1. Chron. 21. 16. Mar. 3. 17. Act. 4. 36. Gal. 3 24. Ps. 141. 5. Iam. 3. 2. Num. 14. 13. 1 King 13. 33. Iud. 17. 2 Cor. 7. 11. 1 King 18. 17. 1 King 22. 72. Ps. 144. 5. 2 Generall 〈…〉 1. Sam. 20. Ier. 34. 17. L. de anim●● 4. Phil. 1. 23. Sen. Eccles. 12. 12. Macc 7. Dan. 3 16. Act. 4. 19. Matt. 7. 13. Gal. 3. 1. King 8. 21. Num. 23. 26. 1. King 12. 11. Greg. L. 8. ep cap 41. Hebr. 12. 11. Ps 119. 71. Hebr. 9. 27. Ro 6. 23. Reu. 9. 8. Ro. 2. 9. Mat. 7. 14. Ps 90. 15. Rev. 21. 4. Ps. 126. 6. Hos. 2. 6. 2. Sam. 11. Aug. in Ps. 50. 1. King 15. 5. 2. Cor. 4. 8. Dauids RESOLVTION 1 Positiue 2. King 4. Prou. 13. 28. Lu. 11. 46. Ioh. 13. 27. Ver. 15. Qu. 37. in 2 Reg. In Psal. 37. V. 12. 13. Hab 3. 4. Iud. 5. 20. 7º Antiq c. 10 Exod. 8. 19. Exod. 30. 12. Reason of Dav. choyce Ps. 145. 9. Ber● de 7. Pani● s●r 2. Rom. 2. 4. Lam. 3. 23. Mat. 15. 32. Loco cita● Psal. 103. 17. Reu. 3. 19. Bern in Cant. Serm. 42. Heb. 10. 31. Habb 3. 2. Psal. 89. 32. 2 Sam. 7. 14. Iud. 14. Ps. 91. Rom. 8. Ro 8. Greg. ep Lib. 8. c. 41. Ps. 91. Iob 13. 15. Luc. 21 17. Iam. 5. 13. Iob 18. 14 Ro. 8. 34. Ps. 31. 4. Negatiue part of Resolution Ps. 52. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gal. 5. 15. 1. Cor. 15. 32. Plutarch Prou. 18. 21. Bern Bichteri Axi●● Polit Gen. 49. 5. Iohn 2. 19. Isa. 19. 15. Eccles. 7. 28. Ps. 51. 17. V. 25.

yee beare his owne burden Did not the hand of the Lord finde him out as well as the people If wee beleeue Greg and Iust. Martyr hee had his share of punishment though in another kind Ira saeviens quae corporaliter populum perculit rectorem quoque populi intimo cordis dolore prostravit The people were stricken outwardly with the Pestilence the King inwardly with sorrow that his transgression should draw after it the losse of so many subiects * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That Kingdome must needes be much shaken where the number of the subiects is shortened and it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Else King David would never haue wished somuch hurt to those to neere him Let thine hand be against me against my Fathers house But this diminution of the people might bee more tolerable to King David because it came not vpon him as a theife in the night suddainely without any praemonition The Lord sent one of his Prophets rising vp early to giue him notice of his purpose And David was early vp also either to goe to heare the word of the Lord or to haue it come home to him For when David was vp in the morning instructions came from the Lord to Gad to repaire to him A thing it seemes not so rare in those daies as now for great Personages to rise early especially vpon such an occasion to heare a Prophet or a Preacher This were fitt for meaner soules but Great ones will keepe their state towards God himselfe They lie vpon beds of Ivorie and stretch them selues vpon their couches and that even till No one day many times not with fewer sinnes then David but with smaller sense of them with greater securitie and therefore the greater danger The gentle voice of a prophet will not be sufficient to rowse or star●●e such from their ease but it must bee the voice of thunder and then perhaps they would be glad with Caligula to leaue their beds and creepe vnder them for affrightment It is likely David slept but little that night For he had within him the alarme of a troubled conscience still beating Percussit cor David eum He punished himselfe with numbring the houres or rather the foure watches of the night for his numbring the people And we may beleeue that this night among the rest he watered his couch with teares and spent the better part of it in meditations and confessions of his folly Then and not til then when he had his eyes thus open vpō his own transgressions was his Seer the Prophet Gad sent in the morning which is an argument of the Lords singular benignity who vseth not to send his Prophets but either to invite sinners to repentance or to confirme them that haue begunne it as Dauid here did in so good and acceptable a worke And for what are his denunciations and threatnings added to his messages but to sett an edge as it were vpon our turning to him to be as prickes and goades to make vs the more eager to desire that wee may decline them Thus was Isaiah sent to King Hezekiah to bid him set his house in order Thus also was Ionah sent to Nineveh Yet 40 daies and Niniveh shall be ouerthrown And in my Text that I may not multiplie examples Gad vnto David That Avenger beares no hostile mind who giues warning to his Aduersarie where and how he intendes to wound him And that partie must be very negligent of his owne safetie who laboures not either to guard or to prevent the blowe hee sees comming The Lord therefore herein dealt with David and David made that good vse of a praemonition as sometime he did with Abraham when he intended to destroy Sodom shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I doe to the end that Abraham might make intercession for Sodom and Dauid for himselfe and his people as we reade both of them did and we may goe and doe the like For this farther favour holy David found in the sight of the Lord that hee sent the same prophet the second time who at the first was a messenger of death to be a director and a counsailor to him and the paenitent Elders who were clad in sackcloth and fell vpon their faces what course they should take to stay the hand of the Angell from striking and to stopp the iawes of death It was Gad which came to him both times To shew that he who is the minister of the Law should be the minister of the Gospell also as he breakes so he should bind vp againe An observation which I make the rather against those indiscrete Teachers that speak still frō mount Sinai in thunder lightening not at all from mount Sion in the mild tones of mercy They are like those Boanerges sonnes of thunder calling downe fire from heauen and calling it vpp from hell too to affright distressed consciences but they haue no portion of the spirit of Barnabas to be the sonnes of consolation Thus are they farre more terrible Instructers then the Law itselfe For Lex paedagogus ad Christum But these bring not their Auditors so farre on their way They only shewe the Law holding out the rod vnto them as their adversarie but they shew not how they must agree with this adversarie in the way that is in Chrst who hath stil'd himselfe the way the mediating way betweene God and men who hath taken away the curse of the Law But there is another extreme as much to be avoyded by those that will take the prophet Gad for their patterne As they may not powre into wounded consciences altogether vineger so ought they not to vse nothing but oyle to smooth and supple That same oleum impinguans caput pretious oyle that breakes the head is farre more dangerous then the friendly smiting of the righteous by reproofe And that pretious oyle of palpable flatterie or silent conniuence is too often vsed to the hurt of those that are the heads of the people But Gad was armed from aboue with boldnes and feared o● the face of the best man to acquaint him with the worst of his message He durst come home to the King's bed-chamber and tell him that which might make his eares tingle And happy are those Princes and Nobles before whom such Prophets dare discharge that part of their thanklesse office Gad was said to be Davids Seer because he saw that which was hidden from David till he revealed it to him Kings in their affaires of state are forc'd to see many things through other mens eies but in their spirituall state they haue more need of their Seers eyes by which they may looke vpon both their sinnes and punishments Now Davids Seer was no other then Davids Chaplaine saith Pet. Martyr but of a farre different straine from those Trencher Chaplaines of Great men in our times whose office consists chiefly in reading prayers and