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A03475	Panēguris D. Elizabethæ, Dei gratiâ Angliæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Reginæ. A sermon preached at Pauls in London the 17. of November ann. Dom. 1599. ... and augmented in those places wherein, for the shortnes of the time, it could not there be then delivered. VVherevnto is adioyned an apologeticall discourse, whereby all such sclanderous accusations are fully and faithfully confuted, wherewith the honour of this realme hath beene vncharitably traduced by some of our adversaries in forraine nations, and at home, for observing the 17. of November yeerely in the forme of an holy-day ... By Thomas Holland, Doctor of Divinity, & her Highnes professor thereof in her Vniversity of Oxford.; Panēguris D. Elizabethae, Dei gratiâ Angliae Reginae	Holland, Thomas, 1539-1612.	1601 (1601)	STC 13597; ESTC S104142	118,907	169

say in Wiltsh●●e as others say in the Dioces of Bathe and Wells Fabia Chro 2 Pet. 2 wi●h faire words and coveto●snesse they shall make merchandise of you that shevveth not mercy vnto himselfe But to returne to S. Hugh the severity of his life the report of his devotion caused him to bespoken of farre and wide and toto be talked of in many countries and nations Herevpō Henry the 2. king of England procured him to be sent for out of Burgundy into England and first advaunced him to be Prior of an house of the Carthusians it VVictam vvhich house he greatly inriched by his often repaire to the King at whose handes he cunningly ob●●i●ed many golden gratifications and no small summe of come to that vse His advancement to his Bishopricke his demeanor therein After this he was advaunced by the king to the Sea of Lincolne was in so great favour with him that the king relled not at any quietnesse or content of mind till he had raised him vp to that dignity and had caused him to bee invested in that Episcopal seate and to be consecrated by the Metropolitan of of Canterbury Being settled it this sea of Lincolne he severely executed al Ecclesiasticall censures vpon malefactours namely vpon lavvlesse Forresters whom noe church censures in those times coulde scarse suppresse But in most thinges he crossed the kings courses by whome he was advaunced to his dignity and honor which with what spirit he performed God only knoweth Who liued a litle before But the world thought that he walked very neere to Thom. Beckets steppes and liked over much his proceedings Hee likevvise verie sharpely punished all such Archdeacons of his Iurisdiction that were bribers would not haue offenders pennance commuted his diligence in cōferring holy Orders vpon such as sought them is specified in few words by the author of his life likewise his exhortations to the Archbishops and the Fathers of the church to vnity peace and concord his quiet demeanure vvith his Chapter and associates in Lincolne being in disposition naturally cholericke his religious care in perfourming solemne obsequies in funerals his kissing of leapers his great zeale to life contemplatiue his great paine and chardge in building the church of Lincolne from the foundation his carrying of of stones to this monument vppon his ovvne shoulders his severe administratiō of iustice his gift of prophecy are with like brevity by the same author registred His death and funerall Hee continued B. in the Sea of Lincolne some 15. or 16. yeares 58. daies and deceased this life at London the 17. of November in the raigne of K. Iohn as it shoulde seeme about the 2. or 3. yeare of this kings raigne Anno Domi. 1201. being at the time of his decease of the age of threescore yeares or therabout His body was honourably conveyed from London where he deceased to Lincolne his funeralls were solemnely attended vpon all the way thither with great concourse of people through all the coasts by the which it was carried he was buried in a Parliamēt time at Lincolne K. Iohn and the K. of Scotts then raigning being then present at the celebration of his obsequies accōpanied with Arch. Bishops of the Realme with many Earles Barons Abbotts great multitude of the Cōmon people He was canonized to be a Saint by Pope Honorius the 3. An Do. 1280. Some 80. years or therabout after his decease his body was taken vp and shrined solemnly The certaine time and yeare of his Canoniz is not noted Honorius the 3. Sedit An 10 menses 8 who died ab●ut A.D. 1227. Platina de vit Pont. O●●ph Chr●ni●o Observations vpon his life gathered out of Surius and the great Missall First in the whole discourse of his life I finde little mentiō of Christs merits of the mysteries of the passiō of our redemption and of his infinite graces and mercies that haue beene most aboundantly powred vpon his church wheras S. Paul in his 14. Epistles containing in summe of leaues a small volume matter vnexplicable hath in each chapter in some sort expressed sometimes at large amply somtimes in a word every where pithily to purpose yea 500. times at the least the blessed name of Iesus may be quoted out of these Epistles And yet the penner of this S. Hughes life hath scarse quoted in a long verball discourse the name of Iesus once neither hath he made any great mention of Christs merittes neither of the great mystery of our redemptiō which should be the scope that all that d●●cribe the Sancts liues shoulde principally obserue should be the worke that all writers in desciphering Sancts liues should onely arme at For Bernard in Cant. Serm. 13. in comparisō of Christs glo●y I safely and sincerely may say with Bernard Quis credat par●et● si se dicat parturire radium quem suscipit per ●enestram aut si glorienter nubes quod imbres generint quis nonirredeat Mihi liquidò constat nec de canalibus orir●rivos aquarum nec de labijs vel dentibus verba prudentiae et si sensus vl●rà corporeus non attingat Siqua sanc in sanctis digna lande veladmiratione intueor clara luce veritatis discutiens profectò reperio laud●bilē sive mirabilem alium apparere atque alium esse et laudo Deum in sanctis eius Sive sit Helisaeus siue ille magnus Helias mortuorum vtique suscitatores ipsi quidem suo non imperio sed ministerio foris exhibent nobis nova et insueta Deus ver● in ipsis maneus ipse facit opera invisibitis et inaccessabilis ●● se in suis spectabilis atque mirabilis qui facit mirabilia solus Nec laus cala●● laudabilis est pictura sive scriptura nec gloria linguae aut labicrum sermo boni● Who will beleeue the wall that saith it brought forth the Sunne beame vvhich it receiveth through the windowes or who would not scoffe at the cloudes if they vaunte that they begate the shoures I am fully perswaded that neither rivers of water do rise out of the chanels through which they rūne nor the vvordes of wisedome out of the lippes and teeth which vtter them although by any bodily s●nse wee can reach noe farther coniecture no other If I see in the saints any thing worthy praise and admiration examining it by the cleere light of truth I verily finde that it is one who appeareth commendable and admirable and another who is so indeede and so I praise God in his Saintes Whether it be Elisaeus or that great Elias both raisers of the dead they indeede exhibite and shew vnto vs apparently new and vnaccustomed miracles not by their own autority but by their ministery But it is God who abiding in them doth these workes himselfe God vvho in himselfe is invisible and vnapproachable but in his Ministers visible and vvonderfull doth these vvonders alone Neither is laudable vvriting or

til it hath wrought benefit to others Men renowmed for wisedome were Anaxa●●as Thales and such like among the heathen who studied wholely to knowe greate thinges wonderfull and things farthest remote from sense which knowledge though it were delectable to the mind yet this knowledg was not so commodious for ciuile life wheras by nature homo animal ciuile Arist polit 1.1 Cic. som scip natum adcōmunem vi●a societatē tuendam Man is a ciuill creature born to maint●ine a cōmō sociable life But for prudence Solon Aristides Pericles Themistocles Phocion Nicias Alcibiades Scipio were famous to speake more sincerely true according to holy scripture Ioseph Moyses Ioshua Dauid and such like were renowmed who gouerned people by counsell and by the knowledge of learning meet for people which were rich in might power and discretion which haue left a name behinde them which fought many batteils overthrew great armies and were honorable in their generations Now although these vertues I graunt do not allwaies concurre in one subiect according to the proverb the greatest clarkes are not the wisest men et E contra the wisest men are not the greatest clarkes and it being seen oftentimes that where some mē haue been most addicted to the contemplatiue life they might haue spent their times better and haue more benefited the church their countrey and such as by the law of nature they were bound to prouide for to defend and many such as haue beene prudent mē haue not bene much deuoted to the contemplatiue life yet as it appeareth these two vertues through Gods blessing both at one time were infused into Salomon neither after this heauenly ingraffing of them into him did king Salomon bury them by slouth in his owne heart neither did the holy spirit by whome immed●atly they were giuen him suffer them to rust but daiely more more by the same power that they were powred vpon him did the king exercise them vse them and shew them in the world to Gods glory and to his owne comfort to the benefit of others For by the vertue of the speculatiue habite of wisedome he resolued the Queenes doubt by her alleadged by his practike vertues prudence hee found out when two women stroue for a liue child 1. King 3.26 whether of them both was his natural mother By the vertue of speculatiue wisedome he was wiser then all the children of the East yea he excelled all the Aegyptians in wisedom c. 1. King 4.29 By practike wisedome king Salomon deuised and perfited his glorious buildings ordained his burnt offerings in the house of God disposed the service of his table 1. King 10. and marshalled his seruaunts watters and butlers in the order of their waiting in the manner of their sitting prescribing vnto each sort how seemly they should be apparailled or what liuery they should weare how they should giue their attendance I mention these fower latter especially because this Queene principally fixeth her eies vpon these things and because they bee registred in the text and is the second braunch of king Salomons wisdō which this Queene came to know and to vnderstand behauing her selfe in king Salomons courte like a wise intelligencer yea a sacred obseruer of such actions offices officers and honorable orders with which the court of king Salomon was beawtyfied adorned By this discreet obseruing of this wise and mightie Queene we may learne thus much that when wise and discreet persons come into princes courts or kingdoms vsually they make a suruey as farre foorth as they may in honour without offence of state king and counsell of all such orders ●ites ceremonies offices seruices by which the Prince and people floorisheth maintaine a due reputation of honour either at home or in forein countreys and that common wealth where princes with piety wisedome learning iustice and mercy manage all their affaires is like a fountain of Christall water that yeeldeth benefit not only to the inhabitantes where it springeth but fertilytie vnto other nations also by which it floweth it is like a lampe that shineth not only to the house where it is lighted but serueth also without impairing of ●i own light for others to take light of it Nay such a state is like the sun in the firmamenl from whence the moone the daughter of the night the stars Arcturus Mazzaroth Iob. 9.9.38 31.32 Amos. 5.8 Orion the Pleiades and the rest of that glistering beawtifull consort deriue their comfortable beames light resplendent Wherby I garher thus much that this honorable Queene for this second reason also came to Ierusalem A Phaebo Phaebe lumen capit et a sapiēte insipiens desirous to water the gardens of Aethiopia by waters flowing from Salomons fountaines desirous to light a lamp in Salomons court to illuminate her owne courte in Meroe or Saba desirous that the sun of wisedom which shined in Ierusalem might yeeld also some beames to the nations countreys and people which were subiect to her scepter ●egall crowne dignity in the prouinces of Aethiopia But lest I should over long persist in dilating this argument let this example of this Queene be an instruction to al wise godly travailers states men how they should behaue themselues in forraine courts what things they should especially regard and consider On the other side we may learne what things Christian Princes and honourable persons ought principally in all their governmentes to haue an eie to and wisely to dispose of all the time of their regiment their Pall●ces their Tables their Servants the Service of Gods church ●he greatnes of their buildings demonstrateth to many people their riches and artificiall direction in matters archit●ctonicall The regall service of their tables perfourmed in sobriety temperance demōstrateth their magnificence Hest cap. 1. Hest 1. Psal ●01 Salomons building of the tēple Saltum domus Libani vide Ioseph lib. 8. cap. 2. vide Iudeth cap. 1. Arist Eth. lib. 4. cap. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doeth respect regal and magnificall expences either in the service of God or in publike defence of the cōmon wealth c. The good order of their servants sheweth how sincerely they follow and perfourme that which the holy Prophet Psal 101. promiseth vnto God in what manner hee woulde liue in his house when he was advaunced to the throne of his kingdome how sacred a seminary of holy d●scipline his court should be Lastly the care of Gods sacrifice namely how that should be offered demonstrateth how zealously governours should embrace religion howe sincerely they should serue God and how faithfully they shoulde submit their scepters to Christs kingdome These things strangers that resort into Princes courtes may alwaies lawfully ponder for their better instruction eschewing as Crocodiles al things that might impeach any way this course and which might disturbe the peace of the country or court which they come into and all