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A19737	A sermon preached before the Kings Maiestie at Hampton Court, concerning the right and power of calling assemblies On Sunday the 28. of September. Anno 1606. By the Bishop of Chichester.	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.	1610 (1610)	STC 616; ESTC S100196	24,776	56

that hold Moses place I demand then what place did Moses hold Sure it is that Aaron was now the high Priest anointed and fully inuested in all the rights of it euer since the 8. Chap. of the last Booke Moses had in him now no other Right but that of the chiefe Magistrate Therefore as in that Right and no other he receiued held them So he was made Custos vtriusque Tabulae So he is made Custos vtriusque Tubae But who can tell vs better then he himselfe in what right he held them He doeth it in the 5. verse of Deut. 33. reade it which way you wil Erat in Iishrune Rex or 〈…〉 in rectissimo Rex or in rectitudine Rex or in recto Regis dum congregaret Principes populi Tribus Israel all come to this that though in strict propriety of speech Moses were no King yet in this he was in rectitudine Rex or in recto Regis that is in this had as we say Ius regale that he might and did assemble the Tribes chiefe men of the Tribes at his pleasure Herein hee was Rex in rectitudine For this was rectitudo Regis A power Regal And so it was holden in Egypt before Moses euen in the law of Nature that without Pharao Gen. 41.44 no man might lift vp hand or foot in all the land of Egypt suppose to no publike or principall motion and so hath it bene holden in all Nations as a speciall Power belonging to Dominion Which maketh it seeme strange that those men which in no cause are so feruent as when they pleade that Churchmen should not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is haue Dominion doe yet hold this Power which hath euer bene reputed most proper to Dominion should belong to none but to them onely Our Sauiour Christs Matt. 20.26 vos autem non sic may I am sure be said to them here in a truer sense then as they commonly vse to apply it The chiefe Magistrate to succeed in it To conclude then this point If Moses as in the right of chiefe Magistrate held this Power it was frō him to descend to the chiefe Magistrats after him ouer the people of God and they to succeed him as in his place so in this right it being by God himselfe setled in Moses annexed to his place lege perpetuâ by an estate indefeizible by a perpetuall Law throughout all their generations Therefore euer after by Gods expresse order from yeere to yeere euery yeere on the first day of the seuenth moneth were they blowen by Moses first and after by them that held his place and the feast of the trumpets solemnely holden as to put them in minde of the benefite thereby comming to them so withall to keepe aliue fresh still in the knowledge of all That this power belonged to their place that so none might euer bee ignorant to whō it did of right appertaine to call Assēblies Aarons Assemblies how called And how then shall Aarons Assemblies be called with what trumpet they God himselfe hath prouided for that in the 10. ver following that with no other thē these There is in all the Law no order for calling an Assemblie to what end or for what cause soeuer but this and only this No order for making any third trumpet vnder these two therefore all are comprised This order there God taketh Verse 10. that Moses shall permit Aarons sonnes to haue the vse of these trumpets But the vse not the property They must take them from Moses as in the 31. Chap. Num. 31.6 of this Booke Phinees doth But Erunt tibi Gods owne words Erunt tibi must still bee remembred His they be for all that Moses the owner still the right remaines in him Their sounding of them depriues not him of his interest alters not the property Erunt tibi must still bee true that right must still be preserued It may bee if wee communicate with flesh and blood wee may thinke it more conuenient as some doe that God had deliuered Moses and Aaron either of them one But when wee see Gods will by Gods word what it is that Moses is to haue them both we will let that passe as a Reuelation of flesh and blood and thinke that which God thinketh to be most conuenient Now then if the Trumpets belong to Moses 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and that to this ende 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that with them hee may call the congregation The two duties These two things doe follow First that if hee call the congregation must not refuse to come Secondly that vnlesse hee call they must not assemble of their owne heads but keepe their places Brieflie thus the congregation must come when it is called and it must be called yet it come These are the two dueties wee owe to the two trumpets and both these haue Gods people euer duely performed And yet not so but that this Right hath bin called in question yea euen in Moses own time that we marueile not if it be so now and both these dueties denied him euen by those who were aliue and present then when God gaue him the trumpets But marke by whom and what became of them The first duty is To come when they be called and this was denied in the 16. Chap. following 12. ver by Core Dathan their crew 1. To come when they be called Moses sounded his trumpet sent to call them they answere flatly and that not once but once and againe Non veniemus They would not come not once stirre for him or his trumpet they A plaine contradiction indeed neither is there in all that Chapter any contradiction veri nominis true and properly so to be called but only that You know what became of them they went quick to hell for it and wo be to them euen vnder the Gospell saith S. Iude that perish in the same contradiction Iude 11. the contradiction of Core The second duety is To bee called yer they come this likewise denied 2. To be called yer they come euen Moses himselfe that they in his place may not thinke strange of it In the 20. Chapter of this very booke Water waxing skant a company of them grew mutinous and in tumultuous maner without any sound of the Trumpet assembled of themselues But these are branded too The water they got is called the water of Meriba And what followed you know Cap. 20.13 None of them that drunke of it came into the Land of Promise God swore they should not enter into his rest Now as both these are bad so of the twaine this later is the worse Called and came not The former that came not beeing called doe but sit still as if they were somewhat thicke of hearing But these later that come Came vncalled being not called either they make themselues a trumpet without euer a fac tibi or else they

A SERMON PREACHED BEfore the Kings Maiestie at Hampton Court Concerning the Right and Power of calling Assemblies On Sunday the 28. of September ANNO 1606. By the Bishop of Chichester ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie NVM 10. verse 1 2. 1. Then God spake to Moses saying 2. Make thee two Trumpets of siluer of one whole peece shalt thou make them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And thou shalt haue them or they shal be for thee to assemble or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to call together the Congregation and to remooue the Campe. AMong diuers and sundry Commissions graunted in the Law A Grant for the benefite and better order of Gods people this which I haue read is one Giuen as wee see per Ipsum Deum From God by God himselfe and that viuae vocis Oraculo by expresse warrant from his owne mouth Then God spake to Moses saying And it is a graunt of the Right and Power of the trumpets Of the power of calling Assemblies and with them of assembling the people of God A Right and Power not to be lightly accounted of The Grant of this Power a matter of importance or to bee heard of with slight attention It is a matter of great weight and consequence The calling of Assemblies There is yerely a solemne Feast holden in memory of it and that by Gods owne appoyntment no lesse then of the Passeouer or of the Lawe it selfe Cap. 29.1 Euen the Feast of the trumpets much about this time of the yeere the latter Aequinoctiall And God appoynteth no Feast but in remembrance of some speciall benefite It is therefore one of his speciall benefits and high fauours vouchsafed them and to be regarded accordingly In whose hands this Power was before This Power hitherto euer since they came out of Egypt and that God adopted them for his people vnto this very day place had God kept in his owne hands as to him alone of right properly belonging For vnto this very day and place the people of God as they had assembled many times and oft so it was euer they be the very last words of the last Chapter which serue for an introduction to these of ours euer Cap. ● v. 18 20 23. all their meetings and remouings were by immediate warrant frō God himselfe But here now God no longer intending thus to warne them still by speciall direction from his owne selfe but to set ouer this power once for all Here he doeth it This is the primary passing it from GOD and deriuing it to Moses Exod. 19.13 who was the first that euer held it by force of the Law written For to this place they came by the sound of Gods and from this place they dislodged by the sound of Moses Trumpet The time and place of the Granting And it is a point very considerable what day and place this was for it appeareth they were yet at Sinai by the 12. verse yet at the very Mount of GOD by the 33. of this Chapter euen then when this Comission came foorth So that this power is as ancient as the Lawe At no other place nor no other time deliuered then euen the Lawe it selfe when the two Tables were giuen the two Trumpets were giuen and Moses that was made keeper of both the Tables made likewise keeper of both the Trumpets both at Sinai both at one time As if there were some neere alliance betweene the Law and Assemblies And so there is Assemblies being euer a speciall meanes to reuiue the Law as occasions serue and to keepe it in life As if the Law it selfe therefore lacked yet something and were not perfect and full without them So till this Graunt was passed they stayed still at Sinai and so soone as euer this was passed they presently remooued To entreat then of this power The story of the Bible would serue our turne to shew vs who haue had the exercise of it in their handes from time to time if that were enough But that is not enough For the errors first and last about this point from hence they seeme to grow that men looke not backe enough haue not an eye to this Matth. 19.4 how it was in the beginning by the very law of GOD. Being therefore to search for the Original warrant by which the Assemblies of Gods people are called This the Originall Grant of it and kept this place of Numbers is generally agreed to be it That here it is first found and here it is first founded euen in the Lawe the best ground for a Power that may be In Lege quid scriptumest Luc. 10.16 quomodo legis saith our Sauiour What is written in the Law how read you there as if he should say If it be to be read there it is well then must it needs be yeelded to there is no excepting to it then vnlesse you will except to Law and Lawgiuer to God all Let vs then come to this Cōmission The parts of the Graunt The points of it be three First two trumpets of siluer to be made out of one whole peice both Secondly with these trumpets the Congregation to be called the Campe remoued Thirdly Moses to make these Trumpets and being made to vse them to these ends These three The Instrument The end for which The partie to whom Now to marshal these in their right order 1. The end is to be first Sapiens semper incipit á sine saith the Philosopher A wise man begins euer at the end for that indeed is Causa causarum as Logique teacheth vs The cause of all the causes the cause that sets them all on working 2. Then next the Instrument which applyeth this power to this end 3. And so last the Agent who is to guide the Instrument and to whomeboth Instrument and Power is committed 1. The end for which this Power is conueied is double as the subiect is double wheron it hath his operation The Campe and the Congregation On either of these a speciall act exercised To remoue the Campe to call together the Congregation One for Warre the other for Peace That of the Camp hath no longer vse then while it is warre God forbid that should be long nay God forbid it should be at all The best remouing of the Campe is the remouing of it quite cleane away But if it be not possible if it lye not in vs to haue peace with all men Rom. 12.18 if warre must be here is order for it But the calling of the Congregation that is it that is to continue and therefore that which we to deale with The calling of the Congregation as in the two next verses either in whole or in part either of all the Tribes or but of the chiefe and principal men in them A power for both these And in a word a power generall for calling