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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85486	The right vvay: or A direction for obtaining good successe in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1648 (1648)	Wing G1394; Thomason E463_1; ESTC R202327	28,997	43

The Right Way OR A DIRECTION FOR Obtaining good Successe in a weighty Enterprise Set out in A SERMON PREACHED on the 12th of September 1648. BEFORE THE LORDS On a day of Humiliation for a Blessing on a TREATY between His MAJESTIES and the PARLIAMENTS Commissioners By W. Gouge JER 4. 21. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gal. 5. 15. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Naz. Orat. 14. § 6. Quid est Pax De incertis non judicat incognita non confirmat c. Aug. Enar. in Psal 147. London Printed by A. Miller for Ioshua Kirton at the Signe of the Spread-Eagle in Pauls Church-yard M. DC XL VIII TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HOUSE OF PEERS Assembled in PARLIAMENT Right Honourable THE Occasion of your appointing this Sermon to be preached The weightinesse of this work is declared in the Sermon following pag. 32 34. was a Matter of no small moment It is thus expressed in Your own Order A day appointed to be observed by both Houses of PARLIAMENT for publike Humiliation and to seek God earnestly for a Blessing upon the Treaty The End of this Treaty is to close up and heal the breaches of this Land A pious End So great is the Breach as it giveth great and just cause of deep Humiliation I may in this case apply the Prophets lamentation for Jerusalem Lament 2. 13. unto England What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee What thing shall I liken to thee O England For thy Breach is great like the Sea Not without cause therefore have You set apart this day for publike Humiliation The grounds of this difficulty are set down p. 34 35 Virg. AEn lib. 6. To make up this Breach is a matter of great difficulty Hic labor hoc opus est It is beyond the wit and power of man to do it Good reason therefore there was to appoint the day of Humilation to be a day also to seek God earnestly for a blessing upon the Treaty If the breach be not stopped by a Treaty by what may it be stopped Can it be hoped that it should be done by sword The Law is dumb while the Sword is drawn Silent leges inter arma Cic pre Milon Will Conquerours yeeld to an Accommodation Having the staff in their own hands Will they not stand upon their own terms By force men may for a time be kept in awe Malus est cust●s diuturnitatis metus Cic. Offic l. 2. But that AWE is no good keeper of a lasting peace Right Honourable It will be Your Wisdome and Glory Hominis gratia Numinis reverentia non est violenda to help on this Treaty Usque ad aras so farre as may stand with piety and verity with safety and security of Church and State That under GOD Ye may be happy instruments hereof two things are requisite both on Your own behalfe and also on the behalfe of all the People of this Land whom a good issue of the Treaty doth concern 1. Sound Repentance 2. Hearty Praier Our sinnes our sinnes have made the breach Our Repentance must make to the repairing of the breach The people repented them for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel Judg. 21. 15. Their Cause was just De victoria sibi non tantum grotulantur quam de clade tribus Israeleticae conqueruntur yet they repented when they saw how great the breach was They did not so much glorie in their victory as grieve for the destruction of a Tribe in Israel And is not the breach made among us a great breach Wolph Serm. 91. in Judg. 21. Surely it is great like the Sea Who can heal thee O England He Quise opponit irae Dei saevienti Hier. Com. in Esa 58. and He only who may most properly be called The repairer of the breach To him therefore let us pray and say O GOD thou hast cast us off thou hast scattered us Frustra operarius omnia moliretur extrinsecus nisi Creator intrinsecus latenter operaretur c. thou hast been displeased O turn thy self to us again Thou hast made the earth to tremble Thou hast broken it Heal the breaches thereof for it shaketh All outward endeavours of workmen will be in vain unless the Creatour doe also inwardly work Noveritis vos plus proficere orationibus quam exhortationibus Aug de Bon. vid. c. 18. Know for certain that more may be done by praiers to GOD then by perswasions with men My Lords It concerneth You most of all to take care of this Matter for the LORD hath made You together with the Honourable House of Commons Pillars to support this State Mention is made of two Pillars which Salomon made in the Temple 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sunt propria nomina Alterū derivatur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 persecit Inde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rectum The one whereof he called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jachin and the other 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Boaz. Those two words are used as proper names The former importeth straitnes The later strength If Pillars whereon Edifices doe rest be not as Jachin and Boaz Alterum à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 obfirmavit Inde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 robur streight and strong they cannot be serviceable If they be not streight but crooked the building resting on them may sway aside If they be not strong but weak and the burden resting on them heavy they may fail and the building fall Integrity and magnanimity will do much for quieting our present distractions The LORD pour upon you the spirit of Counsel and Courage My Lords I am Your humble Servant and hearty Oratour William Gouge Blackfriers London 19. Sept. 1648. The Right Way OR A DIRECTION FOR Obtaining good Successe in a weighty Enterprise EZRA 8. 21. Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava that we might afflict our selves before our God to seek of him a right way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance THis text is taken out of the first of those * Ezra Nehemiah Esther three Historicall books which the holy Ghost saw meet to be recorded for all ages concerning the state of the Jewish Church after their return from their seventy years captivity under the Babylonians Three Patriots came from the captivity to Jerusalem They had three famous Patriots who each of them one after another came to Jerusalem for some speciall good to the Church of God 1. Zerubbabel to re-edifie the Temple Zorobbabel extronit Tenplum Civitas extrusta est sub Neemia Hier. l. 13. Comment in Esa which notwithstanding the many impediments which he met withall at length he effected 2. Ezra to reform Religion which notwithstanding the many corruptions he found there he brought to passe 3. Nehemiah to make up the wals of their City for their better safety and security which notwithstanding the