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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67232	An assize-sermon preached in the cathedral-church of St. Peter in York, March the 8th, 1685/6, before the Right Honourable Sir Edward Nevill and Sir Henry Bedingfield ... by Christopher Wyvill ...	Wyvill, Christopher, 1651?-1711.	1686 (1686)	Wing W3783; ESTC R15591	17,063	36

sequestred imprison'd and banished by their own Fellow-subjects In those days the refuse and baser sort of the Multitude enriched themselves with the spoils of Nobles and took possession of their Estates In those days the common People were enslaved and ridden on by those that unjustly took upon them to be Lords over them In those days unlawful Oaths and Covenants were obtruded by those that had no lawful power to impose them In those days it was when the Priviledges of Parliaments the Rights of the People the Intentions of the Laws were no otherwise preserved than by the breach and violation of them when the whole Land was miserably squeez'd and taxed without any just Authority when the true face of a Church was disfigured and a medley of Sects tolerated in the room of it when Religion was made a covert for the blackest crimes and the most horrid Murther that ever the Sun beheld approved of applauded and defended for the most pious Act. In those days it was when the Orthodox Clergy were turned out of their Livings and the Houses of God could no longer be Sanctuaries unto them when the common-prayer-Common-Prayer-Book the surest means of Uniformity in the Publick Worship of God was exploded and Men left at liberty to pray by the Spirit that knew not what manner of Spirit they were of In those days Sacriledge was accounted no Sin Killing no Murther Extortion no Robbery nor any injustice to those that were vilified by the Name of Malignants esteem'd unlawful And what was the cause I beseech you of all these things but that the Crown of our Head was fallen but that the Light of the Nation was quenched but that the breath of our Nostrils was intercepted but that the Anointed of the Lord was taken in the Pits of bloody Men for when I cannot well say we had no King for the King of England in a Political sense never dies the next in blood immediately succeeding as soon as ever the breath is out of the body of the other but when one King was Murthered and another Banished then it was that these Barbarities were perpetrated those were the days wherein every man did that which was right in his own eyes and from that cause arose such deformity in the Church and such disorder in the State Nor could affairs be brought into any good posture till the Kingdom after it had been tossed and turn'd and changed into several shapes and figures was through God's great Mercy and great Providence reduced again into its ancient form of Kingly Government till God was gracious unto our Land and turn'd again the captivity of his People till the King and the whole Royal Family and with them all our happiness were restored together Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with joy then mercy and truth met together righteousness and peace kissed each other truth did then flourish out of the Land and righteousness looked down from Heaven Light did then spring out of Darkness and the course of things turned into their right Channel in which may they successfully continue till time shall be no more May we never again be so unhappy as to see such gloomy days as those were wherein we had no King amongst us may all those Republican Spirits be laid and charm'd to perpetual silence that would Hurry us again into our former thraldome May the enemies of our Peace be for ever as much defeated in their desires as they have been in their designs since Monarchy was restored to us May there never want one of the Royal Progeny to sway the Scepter of these Kingdoms in a Lineal course of descent so long as the World shall stand in which most hearty wishes I am sure to have you my Noble Lords and Gentlemen and all true lovers of the prosperity of their Country to joyn with me III. Having thus done with the two first things proposed to be discoursed upon I shall now proceed in the Third and last place to make Application by propounding to you the Practical influence arising from both 1. And first we cannot but conceive from what hath been hitherto said that it becomes our duty to bless Almighty God for these happy days wherein we live for that we are not involved in Anarchy and Confusion but that we live through His gracious mercy and good appointment under an happy Government wherein as there is no dispensation for Men to live at random no encouragement allow'd of for every man to do what is right in his own eyes so there is the greatest excitement afforded to virtue and goodness a Government under which we may enjoy as much freedom and liberty as reasonable Men can desire to have wherein we are not burthened with any unjust unreasonable or intolerable Impositions wherein things are carried fairly and moderately without Tyrannical or Arbitrary proceedings and wherein we have the establishment of such Laws as may be hugely beneficial and advantagious to us all For that also we are under the Government of a King not in a popular State or Commonwealth wherein many Lords would have the rule over us but that we are governed by a King whom experience hath made wise whom sharp Trials and great Persecutions have inured to business a King who is the Son of Nobles deriving his descent through a long Succession of many Royal Ancestors upon which account we may expect a blessedness will attend our Land for blessed saith Solomon art thou O Land when thy King is the Son of Nobles a King endow'd with a Noble and Heroick mind free from base and sordid inclinations and that hath professed himself averse to all exorbitances and debauchery and will not therefore we may be sure countenance it in his Subjects a King under whose shadow as we do already enjoy great Priviledges the freedom of our Religion the protection of our Church the Security of the State as now by Law established so we may depend upon his Royal promise who is the greatest Example of justness and constancy to his word for the long continuance of them within such a Government under such a King we may and do enjoy great happiness Which things being duly considered we cannot but think it our first duty to return to God the tribute of our humble and hearty praises who is the Author not only of our being but of our being happy We cannot but take notice that it is mention'd in Scripture as a special mark of God's love and delight in the prosperity of a People when he gives them a wise and a good King to reign over them in consideration of which it was that the Queen of Sheba pronounced the Subjects of King Solomon happy Happy saith she are thy men happy are these thy Servants which stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom and blessed be the Lord thy God which delighted in thee to set thee on the Throne of Israel because the Lord loved

AN Assize-Sermon Preached in the CATHEDRAL-CHURCH OF St. PETER in YORK March the 8th 1685 6. Before the Right Honourable Sir EDWARD NEVILL AND Sir HENRY BEDINGFIELD His Majesties Justices of Assize FOR THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT By CHRISTOPHER WYVILL Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge and Chaplain to His Grace the DUKE of ORMOND LONDON Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's-Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard 1686. To the Right Worshipful CHRISTOPHER TANCKRED Esq High Sheriff of the County OF YORK Dear Sir YOU Having laid upon me a necessity of publishing This Sermon I have at last comply'd therewith though I cannot conceive what could induce You to have been so earnest with me in This particular unless it were the design of its composure which being to perswade men to be true and obedient to the establish'd Government it might upon That account the more easily meet with a favourable acceptance from You whose constant Loyalty to the Crown and unshaken stedfastness to the Church of England have gain'd You not only the love and esteem of all good men but the particular Favour of Your Royal Master His Most Sacred Majesty of which He hath given the World a sufficient instance by continuing You High Sheriff of so large a County this Second Year an Honour granted to few and an Office which none can execute better That God Almighty may be graciously pleas'd to bless You so as that You may still do Him and the King more Service is the Hearty Prayer of Your most Affectionate Uncle and Humble Servant CHRIS WYVILL IMPRIMATUR Apr. 19. 1686. Ex Aedibus Lambeth Io. Battely Reverendissimo Patri ac D no D no Wilhelmo Archiep. Cantuar. Ã Sacris Domesticis JUDGES xvii 6. In those days there was no King in Israel but every man did that which was right in his own eyes WE have in this Chapter and in the rest that follow to the end of this book the history of what befel the Children of Israel immediately after the death of Joshua and of the Elders that were contemporary with him wherein we meet with several irregularities and disorders that were then brought in amongst them with a great corruption in their Religion instanced in the Idolatry of Micah and afterwards set up and established by the Tribe of Dan which occasion'd a large Division and Schism of a long continuance with a general depravation of their manners exemplified in the prodigious lust of the Gibeonites where we have their sin of a monstrous nature in forcing the Levites Concubine to death and the punishment ensuing thereupon inflicted by the rest of Israel even to the cutting off of almost the whole Tribe of Benjamin The cause of all which the Holy Ghost hath no less than four times set down to be their want of a King for in those days there was no King in Israel no supreme Ruler that had the management of publick affairs no Chief Governour to keep the People in mind of their duty no setled Magistrate to take cognizance of evil doers and to put the Laws in execution against Offenders or to confer rewards upon them that did well for Joshua was dead in whole days we are told they forsook the Lord and the Elders were dead that had known all the works of the Lord that he had done for Israel and by their countenance and Authority upheld things in a good posture and the Government under the extraordinary power of particular Judges was not as yet erected There being therefore no publick Person that had the sâ—le power over the whole Community then it was that every man did that which was right in his own eyes by which manner of speech may be understood whatsoever disorder in the worship of God whatsoever misdemeanour in common conversation a rude multitude without an Head to guide and govern them might be guilty of whatsoever distraction and confusion either in Church or State a Nation not having a lawful Governour to support and protect it may be liable unto And thus much being premised by way of Introduction to the Text from the words thus explain'd I shall propound to your consideration and through God's assistance endeavour to press home to all our Consciences three things I. The Benefits of Government II. The Happiness of a Nation that hath a King III. The Practical influence arising from both I. In prosecution of the first of these I shall not trouble either you or my self by comparing one sort of Government with another or giving my opinion which ought to have the preheminence I speak to those that have the happiness to live under the Government of a King and shall therefore take it for granted that it is the best and in speaking upon such a Government I shall have respect chiefly to This under which we live It was for want of Government among the Children of Israel that things went so ill amongst them that every man did that which was right in his own eyes If they had had a King Government would have been preserved That Government would have kept the state of affairs in a good condition and prevented the mischiefs and evils that might arise from every mans doing what was right in his own eyes Now the benefits of Government may be considered in reference First 1st To every particular private Man who in a well constituted Kingdom setled upon good Laws and administred by lawful Magistrates may receive great advantages He may keep what is his own with quietness and immunity without disturbance or distraction He may reap the benefit of his own labours eat the fruits of his own Vine and of his own Fig-tree and drink the Waters of his own Cistern in happiness and peace He may serve and worship God in publick according to the will of God which is the greatest priviledge a Man can have upon Earth with security and chearfulness Liberty and property which are so much in every Mans mouth the desire of every Mans heart things in themselves most excellent and useful he may in great measure enjoy provided that he keeps himself within the compass of the Laws which are the great conservatives of them both If his Goods be invaded by violence and oppression if his good Name be called into question his Reputation injured by evil reports or his Life in danger through malicious suggestions and false accusations in such cases he hath the Government on his side to protect him to clear him to do him right and justice What the Town-Clerk of Ephesus said in the Acts of the Apostles concerning That City may as well be said of every good Government if Demetrius and the Craftsmen that are with him have a matter against any man the Law is open and there are Deputies let them implead one another It is free for every Man to sue for what is his own to seek redress of injuries received and to urge what he can in his own defence Every Man may have a

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