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A40725	Concio ad magistratum a nations honour, and a nations dishonour, or, A kingdoms prospective-glass : discovering who are the most faithful friends, and who the most dangerous enemies to the peace and prosperity of a kingdom / written by P. Fullwood.	Fullwood, P. (Peter)	1673 (1673)	Wing F2522; ESTC R7022	26,022	48

CONCIO AD MAGISTRATUM A Nations Honour AND A Nations dishonour OR A Kingdoms Prospective-Glass Discovering who are the most faithful friends and who the most dangerous enemies to the Peace and Prosperity of a Kingdom Written by P. Fullwood M. A. R. of South-Normanton in the County of Darby LONDON Printed by John Lock for E. Calvert at the Black-spread-Eagle at the West end of St. Pauls 1673. To the Worshipful FRANCIS REVELL Esquire Mine honoured Patron all health and happiness THere are two sorts of People counted worthy of Honour quibus obtigit aut legenda scribere aut scribenda agere either to write things worthy to be read or to do things worthy to be written were I as succesful in the one as you are in the other I need not fear a fair approbation of these my labours but a Sermon once delivered goeth afterward to the Press as to the execution there are man things that in Elocution aurem praetereunt as St. Ambrose speaks that escape the ear which when they come to publick view are more strictly observed and many times weighed in the false weights of misprison therefore it was good counsel of that reverend Father before we deal our poor endeavours tructinare discutere omnes scrupulos malevolentiae ponderate discusse to try and prove every grain against which the envious may except but this labrur I leave to those that have leisure to be more curious it shall suffice me to trace the steps of that great Doctour of the Gentiles who delivered what he had received not in the entising words of mans wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and truth I hope your wonted candour will apply an Antidote to expel the poyson of malignant spirits and with the industrious Bee gather honey out of those herbs whence the venemous spider sucks poyson but that the porch prove not too large for the building I conclude in the Jacob benediction of the Patriark the Lord bless you with the blessings of Heaven above blessings of the deep the deep that lyeth under blessings of the breast and of the womb From my study at South Normanton April 3. 1673. So prayeth SIR Your humble servant Peter Fullwood Prov. 14. V. 34. Righteousness exalteth a Nation but Sin is a reproach to any People HOW Transcendent are those Sacred Oracles and Superlative perfections of holy writ because of the savour of her Oyntments her name is as oyntment poured forth therefore the Virgins love Her all her garments smell of Myrrhe Aloes and Cassia here are set the Topez the Jaspire the Emerauld and every pretious Stone This is a pillar of a Cloud to go before us in the hottest day of persecution and a pillar of Fire to lead us in the darkest night of errour it is the surest Basis of our faith the most sxact rule of our actions it is such savoury meat wherein our Soul delighteth and to every one that thirsteth a well of water springing up unto everlasting life nor is there greater variety in the use then in the Method some Scriptures being like the Curtains of the Tabernacle which all hang together others of a different temper where to draw an inference from a context is as to enforce a marriage being without consent of which sort seem these words I have read unto you at this time The whole Book of the Proverbs seems to be a Garden of sweet and fragrant Flowers holy and divine fited for the use of all Christians amongst which none more pregnant none more profitable then these words none more pregnant Vbi quot verba tot sententiae so many words so many sentences quot dictiones tot lectiones so many sayings so many lessons none more profitable profitable to the Converted that they may retain righteousness which exalteth a Nation profitable to the unconverted that they may abandon sin which is a shame or a reproach to any People Righteousness exalteth a Nation but sin is a shame to any People I shall divide the words as Jacob divided his flocks into two bands here 's a Nations honour and a Nations dishonour 1. A Nations honour Righteousness exalteth a Nation 2. A Nations dishonour sin is a reproach to any People in the first here is 1. The efficient viz. Righteousness 2. The effect exalteth 3. The Object a Nation In the second here is 1. The indictment that 's against sin 2. The sentence sin is a reproach 3. The extent to any People Of these in their order circulo theologico by Gods assistance and your Christian patience leaving Curiosity to its courtiers and first of the first Righteousness To open this Scripture because all Scriptures are not open unto all as St. Gregory speaks where the Lamb may wade and the Elephant swim by the word of God let us divide the waters as with Elijahs mantle that we may pass over unto the genine sense of this Scripture Righteousness admits of several acceptions in holy writ but for method sake I shall rank them into two heads first particular Righteousness and that is a point of moral justice which contributes to every one that which by any just account may appear due to them render to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom Rom. 13. v. 7. to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour justice is compared to the pulse the pulse if it beat equally it is a sympton of perfect health if unequally it signifyes a sore distemper if it beat not at all it portends imminent death and as it is in the body natural so also in the body politick if judgement come down like a stream and righteousness flow like many waters it is a true Prophet of the peace and prosperity of a Kingdome but if judgement be turned into wormwood and righteousness into gall it is an evident note of destructions making that Kingdome like that house which was built upon the Sand when the rain descended and the floods came and the wind blew it fell and great was the fall of it When God rains upon the ungodly fire and brimstone the portion of their Cup when the floods of Gods judgements have lift up their heads when the wind of Gods displeasure drives away the wicked like chaff then let the unrighteous Nation tremble for her judgment slumbreth Behold the Lord hath a controversie with the Hos 4. v. 1. Inhabitants of the Land because there is no truth mercy nor knowledg of God in the Land but swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing Adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood therefore shall the land mourn and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish c. Secondly there is universal righteousness which consists in a general conformity to the golden rule of Religion in all our actions He that hath walked in my Statutes and kept my judgements Ezek. 18 v. 9. to deal truly he is just he shall surely live saith the Lord God if

Prophesie it was the direction our Saviour gave to his Disciples before he sent them to preach Behold I send as Lambs among Wolves be ye therefore wise as Serpents but innocent as Doves The Prophet David fought first with a Lion then with a Bear then with a Phillstine but we must wrestle with Principallities Powers the Rulers in dark places here is the great Lucifer of the Church of Rome together with other evil Angels that have fallen the Church by Apostacy therefore let us walk in Wisdome toward them that are without Secondly respectu habito justitiae It is a principle in moral Policie that corrupt execution of Law is as dangerous as unjust violation it is a mercy to have such in Authority modo audeant quae sentiunt saith Cicero the Aegyptian Kings usually and solemnly presented this Oath to their Judges not to swerve from their consciences though they should have a command from them to the contrary such an heart without affection a mind without passion a treasurer which keepeth for every man what he hath and distributeth to every man what he ought to have Thirdly respectu habito charitatis the rigour of Justice is not to be exacted without the sweet commixture of Mercy Rulers must be like Cherabins to have wings to shelter the innocent as well as a flaming sword to drive out offendors he that is Judge of the whole world his mercy like Nebuchadnezzars tree spreads over the face of the whole Earth or Davids Sun which runs from one end of the Earth to the other therefore as God said to Moses see thou do all things according to the pattern shewed thee in the Mount So I come to the last step of this first general let them labour in the word and doctrine The office of an Elder as it is a work of great importance so not to be done negligently such deserve not this double honour but a curse rather cursed is every one that doth the work of the Lord negligently the Elders are compared to Planters Builders Soldiers Husbandmen the Husbandman is never out of work redit Agricolae labor but especially in time of Harvest now is the Lords Harvest there is need of painful labourers to gather Gods wheat into his Barn but do I stand upon comparisons there is no labour saith St. Chrysostome is comparable to the labour of the faithful Pastour hence the Apostle here adds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as some take the word not in apposition but in composition plurimum laborantes labouring most earnestly they must not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 take an easie and light yoke but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 use double diligence they must labour in the word and doctrine they must labour but not in the affairs of this life with which they must not intangle themselves that they may please him who hath called them the inordinate cares of this World are a great distraction to any Christian much more to such as are called to wait at Gods Altar the Prince of Philosophers hath given this precept let no Husbandman or Handy-crafts-man be a Priest it is a maxime grounded upon the Law of Nature It stands not with the honour of God that they that are imployed in his service should be manuary Trades Such mechanical imployments with-draw their minds from their holy function and are repugnant to that knowledg and other gifts that are required in that holy order they that spend more time amongst bea●ts then amongst books are fitter for the plough than the Pulpit let us fix our thoughts on a more noble object let us labour in the word and doctrine let us not labour for the meat that perisheth but for the m●at that endureth unto everlasting life Theodorus Beza in one of his Polemical Treatises upon these two Word and Doctrine hath found a ground of upholding their new distinction betwixt Pastours and Doctours which he thinketh so manifest as he saith quis not videt and yet never any before him could find it out duae istae voces saith Calvin rem unam significant as Joseph said of Pharaoh●s two dreams they are both one Carthusianus starts another distinction upon these two Word and Doctrine they must labour in the word of exhortation and in the doctrine of instruction for the enlightning of the understanding the word of exhortation for the regulating of the affections the one to dispel the darkness of the mind the other the rebellion of the heart the doctrine of instruction with the word of exhortation doth commonly produce a cold and speculative knowledg without practice the word of exhortation without the doc●rine of instruction begets a blind and pernitious zeal without knowledg Other distinctions betwixt these two Word and Doctrine have been noted in verbo scientibus in doctrina ignorantibus so Aus●lmus in the word to them that know already in doctrine to them that are yet to learn he must labour in verbo scientibus in the explication of obscure and difficult peeces of Scripture called by the Apostle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which he that cannot unfold is like the ridiculous builder of whom it is said caepit ad ficare no● potu●t consummar● this man began to build and was not able to finish He must labour likewise in doctrina ignorantibus in catechismes gathered from easie and plain places of Scripture which were in u●e in the Apostles time and called a form of sound words and the principles of the doctrine of Christ and since the Apostles time both in the Greek and Latine Church the neglect of catechizing is the cause why so little good is done amongst us by Preaching Preaching without Catechizing seems Rachel like beautiful but barren making the Hearers like Pharaohs lean kine that devoured the fat ones and were never the fatter Be we then like those Olive branches in the Prophet Zacharie which through these two golden pipes empty the holy oyl out of our selves Thus at the length we have measured the waters of this golden sea viz. the Elders duty Oh! let the waves thereof beat a while upon your affections and then they will bring you to the Haven to that honour that double honour which is intailed upon us Let the Elders that rule w●ll be counted worthy of double honour especially such as labour in the word and doctrine So I come to the second general the Elders heres first Quale honos honour Secondly Quantas double honour Thirdly Quar● they are worthy Fourthly Quomodo how let them be counted worthy of these in their order and first of the first The Heathens directed by the divine light of Nature ever had and still have their Priests in great estimation amongst the Romanes none were created Pontificies but such as were of noble blood by the Mahometan law if any outrage be done to a Priest if he be a Turk that so doeth he looseth his right hand if a Christian or Jew that so doeth he must be burnt alive there is no greater