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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01533	Gods parley vvith princes with an appeale from them to him. The summe of two sermons on the 3. last verses of the 82. Psalme; preached at Sergeants-Inne in Fleet-Streete. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1620 (1620)	STC 11658; ESTC S102921	92,716	94

kingdomes of this world And as Mundus transit so gloria mundi As the world passeth away so must they needes passe with it As it hath an end so must they needes end with it if they end not before it as oft they do Those foure mighty Monarchies had their times and their turnes and their ruine and fall as well as their rise And you know that as the wheele turneth and it is God onely that turneth it some get vp and some go downe some stand aloaft that lay below before and some lye along that stood aloaft before But Gods gouernment is for euer For His kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and his dominion endureth throughout all generations And His kingdome shall breake and destroy all other kingdomes but shall stand firme it selfe for euer The Lord shall sit as Iudge for euer on his throne which he hath prepared for iudgement And he will be king for euer and euer euen when all Heathen Kings are perished from of the earth He is the onely true King that reigneth for euer But Iehovah onely reigneth for euer and Sions God onely throughout all ages He is therefore the onely true King To conclude then The highest Appeale is therefore to God because he is the supreame Iudge the supreame Law-giuer the supreame King yea the onely absolute Iudge the onely absolute Law-giuer the onely absolute King therefore the supreame and onely absolute Iudge because the supreame and onely absolute Lawgiuer and therefore the supreame and onely absolute Lawgiuer because the supreame onely absolute King the onely insinite vniuersall eternall King Now thevse of this point doth partly concerne priuate persons partly such as be in place of autority For the former Priuate men must be admonished what their course must be when courses of iustice faile and they cannot haue it at mans hand at the hand of the Magistrate To rise instantly in armes and seeke to right themselues either by publike rebellion or by priuate reuenge No Exurge Deus Arise ô God and Exurgat Deus Let God arise Not that vpon euery slight wrong and euery trifling occasion men should be making of their moane in that manner vnto God and crauing iustice at his hand as Sara with Abraham when her maide Hagar hauing conceiued by him caried her selfe malapertly towards her it is very poore patience that is so easily worne thred-bare But when their wrongs shall be great and greiuous they can haue no redresse of them with those that should doe them right then to make this sacrā anchorā their sheate ancker their vtmost refuge to flie vnto God to betake themselues vnto him make their appeale to him cōmence theirsuite beforehim commit their right to him and so leaue it with him So did our Sauiour Christ he committed his cause to the iudgement of God his Father So the godly before Christ. Dauid to Saul The Lord be iudge betweene thee and mee and do mee right on thee And Ieremie Hearken ô Lord to mee and heare the voice of them that contend with mee And let mee see thy vengeance on them for to thee doe I commit my cause So the faithfull euer since Christ. Far be it from vs saith Tertullian to Scapula to attempt or plot any reuenge of our wrongs which we expect from God alone Let vs send our praiers and teares saith Cyprian to the persecuted Christians as Messengers and Embassadors of our hearts vnto God It is the diuine vengeance that must right our wrongs The Lord saith Athanasius to Constantine iudge between thee and me since thou giuest way to my false Accusers against mee We saith Gregorie Nazianzen speaking of Iulians time that had no other weapon nor wall nor bulwark but our hope in God left vs whom could we haue either to heare our praiers or to protect our persons but him We intreat ô Emperour say the Souldiers in Ambrose his cause against the Arrians We fight not neither feare we and yet we intreate onely Nay Wee will stand to it and fight it out euen to death if neede be saith Bernard for our Mother the Church but with such weapons as we may not with sword and target but with teares and praiers to God This hath beene the practise of good Christians in all ages And to doe otherwise is to sit downe in Gods seate to take the sword out of Gods hand to make our selues Gods to peruert the order to resist the ordinance of God and so to bring vpon our owne heads the iust vengeance of God while wee seeke to right or reuenge our selues vpon others Againe those that be in place of authoritie and iudicature must be admonished that they be wary how they cary themselues in their places Remember they must that as they are aboue others so there is one aboue them as they now iudge others so there is an other that will one day iudge them to whom they must once giue account of their iudgement and vnto whom an appeale lieth from the highest and greatest of them euen from Caesar himselfe It pleased Darius saith the story to set ouer his kingdome 120. Gouernours to rule the whole state and ouer them againe three that they should all giue vp an account vnto of their gouernment And at Athens howsoeuer some of their Officers were not accountable to any yet the most of them were after their offices expired to giue a strict account to certaine Auditors by the state thereunto assigned each one that could charge them before those of any wrong done him while they were in Office hauing free liberty so to doe So it hath pleased God the Father to make his Sonne Iesus Christ his Generall his O●…cumenicall Auditor and not some alone but all Offices and Officers must be accountable vnto him For Wee must all appeare before Christs Tribunall and E●…ery one 〈◊〉 there g●… account vnto God for himselfe Wee must all saith the Apostle be made to appeare there But what And wee alone Meane men alone or Ministers onely No I saw the dead saith Iohn great and small Kings and Princes and Captaines and cheife Commanders as well as others stand before him that sate on the white Throne and the bookes were opened and they were iudged all concerning the things that were written in those bookes according to their workes As the Apostle therefore warneth Masters Masters deale equally with your seruants considering that you haue also a Master in Heauen and there is no respect of persons with him So be you admonished to cary your selues in your places equally and vprightly remembring that you haue a iudge also in heauen before whom you and those that you now iudge must together one day appeare and there is no respect of persons with him