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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03344	The crie of England A sermon preached at Paules Crosse in September 1593 by Adam Hill Doctor of Diuinitie, & published at the request of the then Lord Maior of the citie of London, and others the aldermen his brethren	Hill, Adam, d. 1595.	1595 (1595)	STC 13465; ESTC S115191	52,777	122

God and they feare man they should deale vprightlye and they turne iustice into oppression they should abhorre couetousnesse and they ioyne house to house land to land they eate vp the poor like bread The foundation then of our common welth being feble the walles of our vineyard being tottering and the hedges of our Church being broken downe what is to be looked for but a speedie fearful destructiō Magistrates are called Gods to shew that they should be meek Num. 12.3 1. King 4.34 Heb. 1.2 wise iust They are called Gods for the aduancement of their vocation for as Iacob called Iosephs sonne after his owne name so God to honor magistrates calleth them after his own name because neither the loftinesse of their estate nor the pleasures of this life nor the tempestes nor troubles of this dangerous worlde nor the flatteries of the wicked should make them to peruert iustice but Gods law should be their law Gods honour should be their honour Gods kingdome should be their kingdome and Gods enemies should be their enemies And therefore the wicked may not be spared either for loue of friend hatred of enemie desire of reward or feare of superiour To be called Gods seruant is an honorable title to be called disciple of Christ is more honorable and to be called the sonne of God most honorable but to be called God this is a name then the which there cannot be a greater Men may be called noble of their parents and learned of their artes but to be called Gods is a nobilitie that cōmeth of vertue therfore for a God to be a briber scoffer swearer lyer drunkard or vsurer is a most absurd thing Should such a man as J flee Neh. 6.11 saith Nehemiah the Prophet So for a magistrate to be a couetous God an idoll God or a bellie God is a great shame For as Dauid excelling Saul in vertue was chosen to be king and Saul reiected so the wicked shal be humbled and the vertuous exalted Now because our higher powers haue in them base villanies our Fathers are tirants our heads are giddy our men are beasts and our Gods diuels it is a fearfull token of our future desolation Subiects haue exceeding great sinnes As the Magistrates haue sinnes exceeding great so haue the priuate men Saint Paul willeth vs to submit our selues to our magistrates which subiection containeth 5. things firste that wee acknowledge them to be appointed our gouernours from God for hee himselfe saith Pro. 8.15 by me kings doe raigne Secondly that wee should yeelde them reuerence with feare 3. that we should obey thē in the simplicitie of heart 4. that we be thankfull vnto thē in heart deed 5. that of all the Princes actions we giue a gentle interpretation For as a bitter medicine doth oftentimes more good then a sweete so the actions of Princes whether they like or dislike vs ought to be gently interpreted But wee thinke not our gouernors to be aduaunced by God for if we did then should wee reuerence them but wee as beastes voide of reason speake euill of them that are in authoritie Iude 10. And for reuerence we render contempt for obedience murmuring for thankefulnesse ingratitude and like busie bodies we giue a sinister interpretation of all publike actions Euen as the people murmured against Moses so doe we against her maiestie and the reason is euery man is wise in his owne conceites euery man will bee a head euery one a teacher euery one a reformer no man wil be a member a learner or a Disciple Heereof the Prophet Esay prophecied long before Esay 3.5 Children shall presume against the ancient and the wise against the honourable If this saying were true in the Prophets time it is most true in our time This was the wracke of Ierusalem and this will be the ruine of England For our young diuines being children in vnderstanding making themselues to be Doctors of the lawe and yet vnderstanding not what they speak or whereof they affirme do speak against the fathers of the Church not onely with permission but with approbation and applause And if they shal be thus dealt withall that are worthie of double honour 1. Tim. 5.15 then others may think also Ministers haue exceeding great sinnes that their honours will fall to the dust Concerning the Ministers of our lande which should be the light of the world and the fault of the earth how darke Mat. 13.14 and vnsauerye are they Zach. 11.17 Ioh. 10.5 Ioh. 10.8 Ioh. 10.12 for some are idols some are strangers some are theeues and robbers some are hirelinges The idol shepheard is an abhomination the stranger they know not the theefe and robber doth kill and destroye the hireling doth flie when he seeth the wolfe comming There be many false Prophets Mat. 24.22 and false Christes and shall shew great signes and wonders to deceiue the very elect if it were possible Yea as Paul saith All seek their owne Phil. 2.21 and not those thinges which are Jesus Christs Which of our Bishops or Cleargie doth exhibit to the maintenance of poor schollers in Oxford or Cambridge being the seminary of the Church of God I know many fine wits and yong men of good hope who for want of exhibition must either applye themselues to be seruing men which is not well or else goe to Rhemes which is worse or else to Anabaptisticall Schismatiques to trouble the peace of the Church which is worst of al. The noble and wealthie of this land shal be iustly condemned for that they haue not bene boūtifull to the professors of learning but most iustly we of the spiritualtie for hauing beene nourished our selues by this godly meanes yet we neglect the doing of so honorable and necessarie an action Albeit therefore many haue great liuings yet as Paul saith 1 Cor. 9.14 they haue it but to liue to liue saith Bernard not to be rich not to be proud not to be wanton not that hee should build great pallaces not that he should aduance his kinred with the wealth of the Church nor marry his Nephewes his Sonnes and his Daughters with the Church goods Two thinges I note out of this saying of Bernard Bernard the one that Bishops had Sonnes and daughters and therfore were married against the Papists the other is they had great welth against the Martinistes to vse these thinges is lawfull to abuse them is vnlawfull Finally some of our Ministers are as couetous as Ahab some as full of scoffing as Jsmael some as wanton as Salomon some as traiterous as Iudas some as ignorant as an asse and some as ambitious as the diuel Chrysostome saide Chrisostom If thou seest a tree that beareth no fruite the cause is in the root so where the people liue wickedly the cause is in the Ministers For either they are so ignorant they cannot or so fearefull they dare not or so slouthfull they