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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10562	Mephibosheths hearts-ioy vpon his soueraignes safetie To be imitated by the subjects of this land vpon the happy returne of our Prince Charles. Deliuered in a sermon in the church of Great Yarmouth in Norfolke, the 19. day of October. 1623. By Tho: Reeue preacher of Gods word there.	Reeve, Tho. (Thomas), 1583 or 4-1651.	1624 (1624)	STC 20832A; ESTC S103452	20,387	47

Mephibosheth might haue stood out heere for due right but for such Possessions as haue beene tyrannously gotten and are violently kept How many of these are there whom no Iudges mouth can satisfie nor Iuries equally chosen and impartially dealing can bring to a cessation of their troublesome Courses No there are such which of their Rights are neuer resolued till their estates begin to bee dissolued the Lions cannot indure to part with spoyles gotten once into their iawes for let euidence and oath declare neuer so cleerely yet they see nothing they yeeld nothing but bend themselues to another pleading another tryall many there are that haue these grieuous Vexators continually molesting them as the Poets feigne Prometheus had a Vulture continually gnawing at his heart whose lengthened Suites are as famous as Bellum Decommale Troiae as the tenne yeares Siege of Troy Yee may know by some Sergeants and Councellours fat cheekes if there be not such a pestilent breed for who know not these are the Pleaders good Benefactors Let a Lawyer bee neuer so poore at the first yet if hee can but happen vpon such a Booty a wilfull Richling the leane Kine will soone eate vp the fat the Offerings of Moloch at the seuen Aumbries were neuer more costly and chargeable saue that of the liuing Child then the Lawyers Oblations as Pharoah made the Israelites gather straw and make bricke for him so these make their Clyents to gather and spare racke rend teare to discharge their Writs and Fees I speake the truth in the Lord I lye not Yet let the expences be neuer so great where there are great Spirits men will not bee daunted many there are that had rather spend halfe of their meanes vpon such then to part with a quarter to make restitution for their il-gotten goods and whereas God hath giuen men wealth to maintaine good Neighbourhood and to liue comfortably in their owne Families rather then these men will satisfie what conscience requireth if either their owne power or their Councellors wit can withold it let Hospitality be neglected and the whole family eat the bread of carefulnesse Oh curuae in terris animae coelestium inanes But for these endlesse contentions are not the Pleaders as deep in the guilt as the gaines Yes Who know not that many of them when they see the cause neuer so cleere against their Clients and in Conscience they ought to wish them to stirre no further but to let the honest man haue his due yet seeing hope of profit comming they tell them this Demurre may be made and that Quirke of Law pleaded which fuell being administred a great flame soone breakes foorth therefore as a Pardall meete with a Lion to beget a Leopard so the Pleaders conioyne with their Clyents to breede vniust wearisom Sutes when the Clients are at their wits end and their spirits waxe blunt for want of knowledge of any further scruple to be found and stood vpon to prosecute further quarrell they goe to these as the z 1 Sam. 13 20. Israelites went to the Philistimes to sharpen their Mattockes and their Axes and is it not much for these to disanimate Clients desirous of contention Yes it is as hard for Lawyers not to incite men to Sute as it is for Panders not to entice men to vncleannesse they know what will come of it Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdin Hee that will eschew in this kinde an euill conscience there will be small custome little commings in hee must walke in a thried-bare gowne and course vp at Termes without buxome Attendants and this Lawyers feauer commonly worse then the clawes of Belzebub All this while I trust I am not runne into Scandalum Magnatum but haue onely endeauoured to break Capita Draconum I thought it conscience meeting them thus rightly to smite them friendly it may be a meanes to do them more good then to breake their heads with precious balmes and to iustifie their abominable courses with the a Eccl. 7.7 Songs of Fooles as Salomon calles flattering speeches in a bad cause Thus yee see how I haue reproued the indefatigable Contender and the heartening Pleader and can there in this any iniurie be done to either Horat. No Arcades ambo both of them deserue the blacke Coale Well if this Fire can kindle it may be a means whereby there shall be no long variances but quicke agreements though it bee with losse like to the course of Mephibosheth here whom Dauid adiudged to diuid the Lands with Zibah now he being of no proterne refractary disposition nor hauing no prompting Ploydon at his elbow to tell him hee might make more worke and bring about againe yeelded something as ye may see already in this Proffer for Accipiat Let him Take But now let vs come further and consider the Portion All. Let him take All. Not Halfe Obserue but All What see we heere but that ingenuous people good natures performe more then is required wheresoeuer this vertue shines it is a kinde of a bright Image of God for he vse to giue more abundantly then wee can aske or craue As Salomon desired but wisdome of him and not onely that is vouchsafed him but b 1 Kin. 3.13 Also saith the Lord J haue giuen thee that which thou hast not asked both Riches and Honour so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all the daies of thy life and this good God good people desire endeauour to resemble as c Ruth c 2. Booz when Ruth craued leaue to gleane in his Field not onely granted what she requested but added that she should haue victuals and sustenance with his Seruants So d 2 Sam. 24. Araunath when Dauid desired but to buy the Threshing-floor yet he offered though afterwards Dauid would not accept any thing but vpon purchase most freely Let my Lord the King take and offer what seemeth him good in his eyes behold the Oxen for the burnt offering and Chariots and the instruments of the Oxen for wood and it is said All these things did Araunath as a King giue vnto the King In like manner e Neh 5. Nehemiah when the people complained that they were oppressed with the Vsury of their brethren did not onely cause that to bee released but would not take the bread of the Gouernour and maintained a hundred and fiftie Iewes continually at his Table so that so prompt are all well deuoted persons that they exceede expectation and are not their practises answerable to Christs counsells Yes f Mat. 5.40 ●1 If any man will haue thy coate let them take thy cloake also and whosoeuer will compell thee to goe with him a mile goe twaine How much are they to be blamed then who are so farre from doing more then is desired that they are backward to doe that which is meet and requisite which satisfie no lawfull desires but slenderly and grudgingly yea with a repining and