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[O Vtinam 1 For Queene Elizabeths securitie, 2 for hir subiects prosperitie, ...]
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Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626.
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of the proud scattereth the imaginations of their heartes He that bruseth his enimies with a rod ofIron and breaketh them in peeces like a potters vessell Hee whose outstretched arme turneth the wheele of prouidence and keepeth all things in a wonderfull order He that did many wonders in the land of Egipt and shewed many mercies in the land of promise He that humbled Nabuchadnezar for all his pride plagued him right sore for all his tyrannie He that rained downe fire and brimstone vpon Sodom and Gomor and preserued Lot from the fierie storm He that saith ofhimselfe I am Alpha and Omega and hee that is father of all aboue all through all in all yea all in all and the same for euer He yea euen he it is O earth ashes whome thou doest prouoke by thy lewd inuentions and incense to wrath thy licentious liuing and carelesse securitie O crooked and peruerse generation doo yee make the merciful forbearance of so great a maiesty an occasion of sinne will you for that hee is full of long suffering and not as a mortall prince reuenge by death the least iniurie offred more and more offend him Will you for that the king prorogeth his greate session of parlement for your onlye good and gaine because hee woulde haue you repent and not die in your sinnes conclude there shall be no such session yes sure there shall or else the sonne of God is a liar which to thinke were in the highest degree most blasphemous c. Therefore omitting all that which might procure you to loue him where is become the natural care you haue to auoid punishment which might prouoke you to feare him if not as children yet as seruants or subiects Thinke you O ye obdurate Libertines that because GOD if you thinke there is a God is mercifull hee is not therfore iust O know ye athists his iustice is as great as his mercy and either of both as great as himselfe For as soon can he cease to be God as cease to be iust iustice and mercie are properties peculiar to him and deny them by your words and denie him as to your greater damnation you doo by your workes If this be true as moste damnable it were to doubte thereof what furie then so bewitcheth you that you can cast off all care yea and y t natural feare wherof the verie brute beastes are not depriued And with such greedy appetites from day to day seeke to fill vp the measure of your iniquity to the brim As though indeed there were no God or as though there were no future reckoning to be made As though you could keep your transgressions from his knowlege or as the eie maker did not or could not se your abhominations hee both knoweth them seeth them though with greef and will in the daie that you so doubte of least suspect pay you home with a vengeance if you preuent it not by your speedie repentance which daie thoughe it hath pleased him to delaie for the triall of his chosen yet for their sakes he will shorten it and hee that is comming will come and bring his reward with him Moste ioyfull to the godly but woful to the contrarie And therfore ye wanton worldlings whose eies doo as it were swell with fatnesse ofyour aboundance and surfet with all worldly delight call to mind your mortalitie abandon your iniquitie forsake your infidelitie and so remember Gods mercie that you forget not his iustice being his propertie which is a depth without bottom it glorifies the godly and confoundeth the wicked Trust not vnto thy riches and say not I haue inough for my life for it shall not help in the time of vengeance and indignation and say not I haue sinned and what euil hath come vnto me for the almightie is a patient rewarder for he will not leaue thee vnpunished Saie not the mercie of God is great hee will forgiue my manifold sinnes for mercie and wrath come from him and his indignation commeth downe vpon sinners make no long tarrieng to turne vnto the Lord and put not offfrom day to day for suddenlie shall the wrath of the Lord breake foorthe and in thy securitie thou shalte bee destroied and thou shalt perish in time of vengeance Sowe not vpon the furrowes of vnrighteousnes leaste thou reape them seuen fold Saie not with your selues our liues are short and tedious and in the death of a man is no recouerie neyther was any knowne that hath returned from the graue For we are borne at all aduenture and wee shall be heerafter as though we had neuer bin for the breath is a smoke in our nostrils the words as a sparke raised out of our harts Which being extinguished the bodie is returned into ashes and the spirit vanisheth as the soft aire Our life shall passe awaie as the trace of a cloud and come to naught as the mist that is driuen awaie with the beames os the sunne and cast downe with the heate thereof Our name also shall be forgotten in time and no man shall haue our works in remembrance For our time is as a shadowe that passeth away and after our end there is no returning for it is fast sealed so that no man commeth againe Come therefore let vs enioye the pleasures that are present and let vs cheerefullie vse the creatures as in youth Let vsfill our selues with costlie wine and ointments and let not the flower of youthe passe by vs. Let vs crowne our selues with rose buddes afore they be withered Let vs all be partakers of our wantonnesse let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euerie place for that is our portion and this is our lot Therefore let vs oppresse the poore that is righteous let vs not spare the widow nor reuerence the white heares of the aged O debate not on this wise with your selues but flie from euill and doo good for God regardeth thee deeds of euerie man Call to remembrance the perillous times wherein we liue and the vncerteintie oflife How neere Gods iudge ments if not his generall iudgement approcheth vs. If we with a sound discretion consider it we shall find great cause to feare it and prepare our selues to preueut it Our liues as by hourlie experience wee proue hangeth by a slender twine by reason of our mortalitie incident to al men generallie But our liues hangeth by a weaker twine incident to vs in England as our case now standeth especiallie Which are compulsionsforcible inough to draw reasonable men to integrity of life and holy conuersation Yet fareth it with vs as with senselesse pictures that haue eies and see not eares and heare not heads and conceiue not the iminent dangers hanging ouer our heads We harden our harts with Pharao against the God of Israel they are not touched with threates nor terrified with torments till they be inflicted vpon vs as now they are too too neare vs. Now
Hir shooes let them be iron brasse and hir glorie health welth and strength to continue as longe as the sunne Who is like thee O GOD of Israell which though thou sit vpon the heauens and ridest vppon the Cherubins yet art thou our helpe and Sauiour whose glory is in the clowdes and Celestiall places The Eternall God bee still her refuge who hath established her throne amongest the English nation to his owne glorie and their vnspeakeable comfort Thou hast restored againe the liberty of our countrie and the sinceritie of doctrine with peace and tranquilitie Thine thine O Lord was the benefit the meanes the labour and seruice was hirs a burthen too heauie alas for a wo mans shoulders yet easie and tollerable by thy helping hand Assiste hir therefore O Lorde neither respect hir offences or the deserts of hir parents or the manifolde sinnes of vs her people but thinke vpon thy wonted compassion alwaies at hande to thy poore afflicted That Israell as euen nowe at this present may still dwell alone in safetie and the fountaine of Iacob bee plentifull in issue in the land of wheate and wine and the heauens droppe the deawe of thy blessing plentifullie vppon hir and hir country Happie and blessed art thou O Israell that hast such a Queene that is so honourable among women Let not the Scepter depart out ofhir hand nor kingdome be diminished but let this thy moste wise lawe-giuer our meeke Moises continue amongst vs with honor to iudge the people and gather them vnto thee long in reste and peace euen vntill Silo our sauiour Iesus come to crowne her in his euerlasting kingdome with honour and triumph Blesse hir still O Lord and giue power vnto thy Queene that she may bestrong to keepe the feet of thy saints within the walles of thy Church and cause the wicked for euer to keepe silence in darkenes Amen quoth Iohn Dauies The Authors submission WHen I considered the variable disposition of the sonnes of vanitie to gither with the crosse constructions of the ouerthawart carpers of our time I had wel neere withdrawne my purpose in publishing this treatie But when I cald to mind the causes that made me first take in hand this thankelesse task which is expressed vpon the forefront thereof it emboldened mee to prosecute what erst I had intended and pre suming vpon mine innocencie in that whereofI may any way be suspected or malitiouslie misconstred I haue vn der the protection of my prince and countries fauour published the same to such end and purpose as in it is men tioned Howbeit if I haue spoken any thing vnfitting so vnlearned a clarke or contrarie to the truth mine own experience which are the soundest auerments I humblie submit my selfe and refer my little booke to be refourmed and corrected according to the rules of perfect pietie by those of greter learning more approued iudge ment But for that I cheeflie aimed at namelie the securitie of my soueraign and the prosperity of my countrie I hope God stirreth vp by more worthy instruments farre better meanes dayly for the continuance therof This shall bee nothing preiudiciall if it in that respect proue not so behoouefull as God grant it may The ch urch militant wherof I hope I am a sillie mem ber shall not hereby bee impaired if not reedisied the godlye offende d if not amended nor the il disposed made worse if not bettered For mine owne part if the least iot of any good y t may be imagined proceed from my small paines heerein taken to the Churche aforesaid or to the least member thereof I shall thinke my selfe yea though I endure as I know I shall the taunts of euill toongs and the bitter fcofs of the scornefull and if I doo endure them as I am well contented so to doo the world giues me no worse mesure then it did the Sauiour of the worlde whose holinesse and innocency oflife which I vilde earth and ashes cannot imitate could not shield him from wronges of like nature but out it breathed all bitternesse against him yea though hee came to redeeme it from the bitternesse of bondage wherevnto it was by transgression worthily fallen and therefore farre be it from me to grudge to drinke of Christ his cup that grudged not to drinke of deathes dolefull cup for my misdeedes So commending my countries protection to the power inscrutable and my soueraigns safetie to the deitie vnutterable I rest to hir and it the same I seeme or as I ought to be Iohn Dauies HAILE SACRED Sâ—â—RAIGNE THE COMFORT OF ISRAELL IOie thee betide O Englands Parragon Whose grace preserues hir glorie vndefaced Whose sacred heds the royall seate whereon Rich Conquests Crown triuÌ„phantly is placed Whose luckie life prolongs thy peerlesse peace which God maintain with high renowms increse O England England ten times happie Isle Reioyce thou maiest in this thy iemme ofioy On whom the king of heauen in loue doth smile And foiles hir foes that would thy peace destroy Then sith a king and Queene thy state doth stay O blesse them both with condigne praise alwaie And cast thine eyes vpon thy neighbours woes Behold the plagues wherwith ech land's opprest With iudgement then coÌ„pare thy state with those And thou alone wilt thinke thy selfe art blest Blesse him therefore that so hath blessed thee And thou from age to age shalt blessed be Compell thy peeres to keepe obedience bounds That they may loue their souer aign as they ought Pen vp thy pleasures in repentance pounds oue that is good abandon that is naught And from thy coastes expell Hypocrisie In steede whereof embrace synceritie Beware of pride eschew the sap of sinne How sweete so ere it seeme vnto thy tast With oile of grace now let thy lampe begin To giue a light to all the world at last That such as are in darkenesse may thereby Attaine the light that lasts eternally Vnto which light thy light thou shalt extend If in this light thy light be not suppressed Then with this light let thy delight ascend Vnto that light which light alone is blessed Thy light a loadstone leading to that light Which light is light of lights still shining bright More bright without coÌ„pare theÌ„ burnisht gold More glittering gloriousthen the sparkling sun So bright that mortall eies cannot behold The light thereof vntill their light be done Vnto which light as to our chiefest good Bring thou vs al that boughtst vs with thy blod Iohn Dauies Iob 22 13 14 and 24 1 2 34 19 Psalm 10 4 13 14 1 53. 1 73. 11. Not to bee tempted exercised w t afflictions is rather an argumente of reprobacie then a testimonie of Gods fauour For the crosse of affliction is laid on all true beleeuers Gen 4 8. 27 41 37 18 Exod. 2 15 1 king 19 2 Matth. 10 9 10 16 24 9. Mark 13 9 13. Luke 14 26 21 17 Iohn 15 18 16 2 Acts. 9 14 Gal. 4 26 1 Thes. 3 3 4 2 Timo 3. 12 1 Pete 4 22 Exod 29. 45 Deut 10 15 Psalm 148 Gen 1 Esaie 66 1 Matth 8 26 14 32 Dan 7 9 10 1 Tim 6 16 a Iere 23 24 Ecclus. 16 vers 17 18 b Mat 19 26 Luke 18 27 Mark 10 27 c Deu. 32 39 d 1 Kings 18 ve 36 37 38 e Isa. 4 2 8 45 23 f 2 Chro 36 verse 23 Est. 16 16 Matt 10 26 Acts 17 18 Gene. 1 14 15 16. 17 18 Genc 33. 11 Iames. 1 17 Genes 1 26 Mat. 27 46 47 48 49 Romans 5. 8 1 Cor. 15 3 2 Cor 5 15 1 Peter 3 18 Exod 14 21 22 23 27 28 29 Gen 1 Gen 6 17 7 10 Dan 6 16 14 16 to 31 Iosua 10 12 Gen 11 9 Psal 2 9 Exod 8 2. 3 4 5 9 3 4 5 6 7 10 5 6 Dan 4 3 4 Gen 19 24 Reuel 1 8 11 17 21 6 1 Cor 8 6 Ephes 4 6 Matt. 24 30 31 39 Matt 24 22 Eccle 5 1 3. 4 6. 7 7. 3 Wisd. 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. 10. Phil 3 19 Deu. 32 32 33 Esaie 59 4 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 Wild. 6. 2 3. 4 5. 7. Phil. 19. 10. 11 1. Pet 2. 12. Psal 38 5 Psal 51. 3 Rom 7 18 19