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The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March, being the fift Sunday in Lent. 1612. By Tho. Adams ...
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Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.
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THE Gallants Burden A Sermon preached at PAVLES CROSSE THE twentie nine of March being the fift Sunday in Lent 1612. By THO. ADAMS Preacher of Gods Word at Willington in Bedford-shire Published by authority LONDON Printed by W. W. for Clement Knight and are to be sold at his Shoppe in Paules Church-yard at the Signe of the Holy Lambe 1612. TO THE HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM GOSTWICKE Baronet and his worthy Lady the Lady IANE GOSTWICKE HOnorable Sir I acknowledge freely that the World is oppressed with the Presse aâ—d the confluence of Bookes hath bred a confusion of errours of Vices so hard is it to distinguish betwixt profitable and vaine Writinges and hauing culled out the best so easie is it with much good Meate to surfet yet is not therefore Meate vnnecessarie It is no sober inference because both Text and readers haue been corrupted with false Glosses to reiect all Expositions all Applications both are fitte this latter most necessary for our Vnderstanding is better then our Conscience there is some light in our Minds litle warmth in our Affections So against Nature is it true in this that the essentiall qualities of Fire Light and Heat are deuided and to say whether our light of Knowledge be more or our heate of Deuotion lesse is beyond me Let this considered plead for me that I doe but rubbe this sowning Knowledge in vs to bring it backe to some life of Obedience If any feele their thicke eyes hence to receiue any clearenesse or their nummed Affections to gather the least Spirit let thâ—m at once giue God the glory and take to themselues the comfort Sinne hath got strength with age and against all naturall order is more powerfull subtile and fuller of actiue dexteritie now in the dotage of it then it was in the nonage Both Pulpit Presse are weake enough to resist it It therfore this small Arrow of Reproofe can wound but euen one of his Limbes it shall a litle eneruate his tyranny Whatsoeuer this Sermon is it is wholly yours and he that made it whose Patronage I could not be ambitious of if I should onely fixe my eyes on my owne deseruinges but in the affiance of your good natures mature iudgementes and kind constructions of my weake endeauours I haue presumed to make you the Patron of my Labours who was freely the Patron of my selfe I know that Gods word can countenaunce it selfe and needes not the shelter of an humaine arme not though it had as many Edomites to deride it as it hath Patrons to defende it But I find not onely the best Writinges of the best Men but euen some of those Holy Bookes inspired from Heauen bearing in their foreheads as from the pen-men a dedication I confesse it is not all for your Protection somewhat for your vse and you are blessed in fauouring that which shal be best able to fauour you May I therefore intreate your Honors to giue it happy entertainement to your owne heartes fauourable protection to the worldes eyes so shall that and my selfe be yet more yours The God of all power and mercie be as fâ—ythfull a shadow of refreshing to your soules as your kindnesse hath been free to my wantes who must euer remaine Your Honors in all faythfull obseruance Tho. Adams THE GALLANT' 's BVRDEN Esay 21. ver 11. 12. The burden of Dumah He calles vnto me out of Seir Watchman what was in the night Watchman what was in the night The Watchman sayd The morning commeth and also the night If ye will aske enquire returne and come QVò breuior â—ò obscurior the shorter this Prophesie is the more mysticall In holy Writ these two thinges euer concurre Sententia breuis res ampla a finite Sentence an infinite Sense As in a little Map we see a world of Countries and what the Foote cannot measure in many dayes the Eye peruseth in a moment this is the little Mappe of Idumea or Edom wherein we may suruey the state of that whole Region not much vnlike the situation of it standing in this Chapter betwixt Chaldea and Arabia The Burdens against them both are heauy and the Plagues aggrauated with more circumstaunces The burden of Dumah though short shall weigh with them graine for graine As you trauaile with me into this Countrie by the guidance of that inlightning spirit tie your considerations to two especiall thinges the Mappe the Morall In the Mappe you shall finde 1. an Inscription 2. a Description In the Inscription obserue 1. the name of the Countrie 2. the nature of the Prophecie The Description restes it selfe on 3. Obiectes 1. a Mountaine 2. a Watchman 3. an Edomite where is shadowed 1. vnder the Mountaine Securitie 2. vnder the Watchman Vigilancie 3. vnder the Edomite Scorne Now if you aske as they did the Prophet Ezekil what these thinges meane the Morall directes you 1. by a Qâ—estion 2. by an Answere The Question would know what was in the Night the Answere declares it 1. by a Resolution 2. by an Aduice The Resolution Venit manè et vespè The â—â—orning câ—mes and also the night the Aduice If ye will aske enquire returne and come In the Inscription we propouÌ„ded to be considered 1. the name of the Country 2. the nature of the Prophecie For the Country there is some question what this Dumah should be some affirme it to be the Country of the Ishmaelites and to receiue the name from Dumah that sonne of Ishmaell mentioned Gen. 25. 14. but that Dumah with other the sonnes of Ishmaâ—ll inhabited Arabia which is burdened in the Prophecie following distinctly seuered from this this Dumah then was the Countrie of the Idumeans or Edomites the place where Esaâ— and his generation dwelt this is cleare by the Mount Seir which was an Hill of the Edâ—muâ—s Ezech. 35. 15. This Idumea is heere called Dumah thus God insinuates his contempt of that rebellious and accursed nation by cutting short the name as vnworthy to stand in his Booke graced with the full length the estimation which the wicked beare with God is heere expressed he thinkes the mention of them a blurre to his sacred leaues now shall their persons sit in his Kingdome with honour whose names may not stand in his Booke without disgrace Sometimes they are concealed as Diues that reall Parable giues no other title to the condemned churle Christ allowes the Tyrant Herod no other name then a Foxe Goe tell that Foxe c. God calles those Princes the Bulles of Bashan on the Mountaines of Samaria they would be blottes to his holy Booke if they were expressely named Sometimes they are named but with abbreuiations Dumah for Idâ—maeâ— Thus Aram is called Ram Ephesdamâ—im a coast of the Philistines neuer spoken of without contempt is twice thus curtalled 1. Cro. 11. it is called Pasdaemmim and 1. Sam. 17. Dammim Let not this Obseruation slippe from vs without our vse If God take letters from
taken out of her graund Lease shall mourne bitterly for her shee shall be made a Cage of vncleane Birdes Owles and Vultures as she is now a Denne of vncleane Beasâ—es Lyons and Tygers If any Citie on earth might boast her Priuiledges let Ierusalem speake shee was called the Holy City and the City of God the Temple in her a figure of the Church militant as Salomâ—n the buylder of it was a type of Christ Beholde her House is left vnto her desolate Sinne layde her Pinacles in the dust At the murder of his Sonne God with his owne handes rent the Vaile and after gaue the whole Fabricke a spoyle to the Gentiles They that haue trauayled the lower Prouinces testifie that the rude heapes of ruined Churches Monasteries and Religious places are no lesse frequent then pittied spectacles Deuotion built them kept them Sinne polluted them Hostility subuerted them Sinne prepared the way for Ruine and Blood the Idolatry within ouerthrew the Walles without they could plead more then Dumah they and their pleas are perished Let me not speake as a Prophet but as an Admonisher Is it impossible for the Sinne of England to haue the like effect Wee are ready to say in pride what Dauid spake in the assurance of Fayth I can not fall thou oh Lord of thy goodnesse hast made my Hill 〈◊〉 strong Let vs prayse God for that we haue and pray that our sinnes auert it not Let Dumah speake with his pride though our Priuiledges be more let our Presumption be lesse it is wise and safe to possesse more then wee boast of though Nature hath bound vp the loynes of our Kingdome witha girdle of Waues Pollicie raysed another fence of woodden Walles yet God must put about vs a third Girdle the bandes or circle of his Prouidence or our strength is weaker then the waters It is an old and sure rule against the Atheist against the Worldling that whole cannot be perpetuall whose partes be alterable If the members of this great body the World change faint and grow old it argues a creeping decay to the whole Let the Cormorant know that would build his neast heere for euer that parts of this land are alterable therefore the whole not permanent If the Plague takes away men the fields grow barren nay the wearied earth after much industry is dull in her fruits like an vnnaturall Stepdame she produceth not good things of her selfe if a Deluge ouer-run vs wee and our glory vanish God hath more meanes then one to inflict his iudgements It is with no lesse admiration then trueth reported that a whole field in England is turned in one moneth from a fertile soyle to a most Barren wast It lyes from the danger of innundation from the reach of the hand of warre what then can turne it to a perpetuall barrennes Thus God raiseth a mighty winde that vncouers a mountaine of sande which ouerspreads the fruitfull valley to a great thicknes and it is made worse then Carmell which God thus threatens I will turne Lâ—banon into Carmell and Carmell into a Forest it lyes in the power of mans sins to make God curse his very blessings The Burden of Dumah is warre Mount Seir feares it not if the booke of our hearts lay open to be read I thinke our feare of warre is lesse then theirs God graunt our presumption our securitie be not as great Wee sitte vnder our owne Figge-trees and eate the fruites of our owne Vineyards Our Children goe out by flockes and daunces and flourish like the Oliue branches round about our tables Our Oxen are strong to labour our Sheepe bring foorth thousands and ten thousands in our streets There is no leading into captiuity no dashyng of our Children against the stones no complayning in our streetes If this one blessing exceed not our thankfulnesse for all my obseruation is deceiued but what a bold inference is this there is no warre therefore may be none nor can we be ouerthrowne It is a speech as common as the stones in our streetes when consideration of warre is offred Wee need feare no Enemies if we be true amongst our selues Vaine security that is built vpon if's and and 's Who shall make vs true to our selues that haue beene false to God Are there no sonnes of Behal amongst vs that curse the prosperitie of Syon and gape for the day to cry Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground wee know they haue openly and priuately with coate of Armour and coate of Maile assaulted the peace of Ierusalem but praise to our God receiued shame in putting of their Harnesse Let this make vs thankefull not secure as if God could not reach his arme ouer our narrow Seas Behold France made a Cock-pitte for massacres by the vnciuill ciuill warres thereof Thinke of the vnquiet bread long eaten in the Low-countries and when thou sayest wee lay our heads on the Pillowes of peace and eate the Bread of plenty kisse his hand with praises that feeds thee with these blessings but let not thy owne strength make thee carelesse The Papists thus re-hearten themselues against all their ouerthrowes giuen them by this litle Iland that our time is not yet come our sinnes are not yet full That Ignatian Sectarie Pererius so notes in Gen. 15. The wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full c. He giues it by way of Comment but it is a false glosse I trust and carryes no more trueth with it then other the fictions of Rome his wordes are these Let no man wonder why God suffers the persecution of the Catholikes in England the sinnes of the Amorites are not yet full their wickednesse is not yet compleat when it is the diuine reuenge shall fall They expected this day at the last change God changed their expectation to follie and as it was our griefe that Sol oâ—cubuit our Sunne-set so it is our ioy wonder Nox nulla secuta est no night followed I hope his Prophecie is as false for the euent as I am sure his application is for the thing wee are neither those vncircumcised Amorites vnchristened Pagans nor doe we persecute the Catholikes except to haue libertie of Law grow rich purchase Lands beard and braue the Ministers of God to their faces be called Persecution Heere I cannot but mention what is well obserued by a most reuerend and honoured Iudge of this land that whereas haue been 300. burnt by Q. Mary for Religion there haue scarce 30. Papistes been executed by Q. Elizabeth for Treason yet I hope there is some difference betwixt 300. and 30. Religion and Treason betwixt the fiue yeares raigne of the one and the 44. of the other I know their rebellions treasons conspiracies meete with execution no persecution to their Religion Happy would our Martirs haue thought themselues if on such tearmes they might haue redeemed their Consciences no the iniquities of Babel haue filled vp their measure rather and their iudgement