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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49848	A sermon preached at the anniversary meeting of the Eaton-scholars at St. Mary le Bow, on Nov. 22d, 1683 by Joseph Layton.	Layton, Joseph.	1684 (1684)	Wing L760; ESTC R25797	12,974	34

Wickedness Or where is the Reason of fighting for Faith and Rebelling for Religion Our Saviour refused all force and violence tho he could have call'd in more than twelve Legions to his Assistance But the Saints may do more than the Angels and Reform the Government even of Christ himself We hear The noise of the Whip and the ratling of the Wheels and the Prancing of the Horses The Horseman lifteth up his bright Sword and his glittering Spear Nahum 3.2 3. Every part of Christendom almost is a Stage of War and how narrowly did we escape it And their Pretence is written in their Banners For God and Religion But ye see this is all but Masquery and Disguise And when we come to compare these practices with such Notions of God and Religion as are reasonable and becoming them then do we find the Mercy in these times of deceit and distraction that God has endued us with a Spirit of Understanding and rescued us from the common Errors and Delusions of the Age. 4. It teaches us to give a due Value to every thing and to give due Limits to every Action and choose apt Seasons It moderates Zeal with Knowledge It fortifies Innocence with Prudence It Inspires Meekness with a becoming Fortitude and distinguishes Patience from Pusillanimity It guides the hand of Charity and by a wise observation of fitting Circumstances makes the action Beautiful and Decorous Certainly Religion deserves our utmost care and skill to recommend it dext'rously to the Affections of Men St. Paul has Commanded us to adorn the Gospel and to take heed lest our God be evil spoken of and our most Holy Religion Blasphemed through our means And those that strain at a Gnat and swallow a Camel That will rebuke a Servant for Recreating on the Lord's day and entice him from his Calling to take up Arms against the Lords Anointed Those that are Imprudent and Inconsiderate that are rude in their Rebukes and scurrillous in their Language That Reproach Kings to their faces and thereby make Truth odious and offensive do a great disservice to their most Holy Cause by their untutor'd undisciplin'd fierceness But Education makes a Man soft and plyable and like the Learned Apostle to become all things to all Men It makes him watch all Opportunities and wait at all the Avenues of the Soul to gain Entrance to use honest Flatteries and proper Insinuations to do a Man good Were there no other benefit yet this were Considerable that it takes away that brutish Impetus that makes a Man rush like a Horse into the Battle It allays his heat composes his Mind and Countenance modulates his very Tone and Action and gives a Charm to every thing he does besides the Reputation it gives to his Discourses Reputation I say that important bubble which tho it be but noise and vapour yet is the most powerful thing in Nature without which Goodness is but a weak helpless thing Neither is there any fame so considerable as that of a Learned Knowing Man all his Words are Oracles and his Actions Presidents and rul'd Cases Nature affix'd a shame to Ignorance and gives an Authority and Reverence to Learning therefore no impertinent Question Have the Pharisees believ'd in him And St. Paul when he would bespeak the favour and attention of the Athenians he made use of his acquaintance with their own Poets and Philosophers This is another addition to the advantages ye receive by Education 5. It gives a Man courage and boldness in the day of Tryal and at all times a love and hearty concern for his Religion because he understands it You have a late Example of this they were the wise and well disciplin'd Christians that stem'd the Tyde and stopt the Torrent How little does the Scoff of the Atheist or the Cavil of the Heretick or the Sword of Persecution or the Example of the Multitude work upon a mind that is setled and assured in it self I know I am perswaded I am assured I have confidence said the Apostles And in the Virtue of this Strength they could endure all things not only with Patience but Joy not only with Meekness but Magnanimity So little does the two great Vices of the Age the Droll of the Atheist and the Rage of the Religionist signifie to a Soul that is Armed with Syllogism and the Spirit and at all times a concern for it It is true the knowing Soul is naturally calm and quiet and when after a few previous vibrations it is once setled on its Basis there it rests enjoying its self in its own Circle of light and temperate heat While conceited Ignorants are noisy and restless But when once they become sensible of the necessity of their assistance then they afford a hearty generous and lasting Service It is too true That the Affection of many is grown Cold and by shifting off their Duties upon God's and the Magistrates Care for the Church Evil Men had like to have swallowed us up Quick and the noise of Arms would have drown'd the voice of Thanksgiving and Triumphant Fanaticism would have taken away not only the Memorials of our Education but the Places themselves too But among the few that have retain'd their first Love I may well reckon the Sons of Learning the Heirs of Kings Men obliged and instructed by their breeding to undertake this labour of Love None can so well understand the value of our present enjoyments nor foresee the misery of a change nor more timely prevent nor more effectually redress so that ye have a peculiar Call to this Honourable Work of preserving Religion and supporting the Crown and so making as it were some returns to the Piety and Bounty of our Royal Founder 6. Because 't is a Reasonable Service therefore such a Man has a real and solid Satisfaction when he comes to take a Review of his Method Certainly the greatest happiness of this life is a peaceful temperate Alacrity and Tranquility of mind but this is gain'd only by Reason and is the result of Prudence and Conduct Fools that do good by Chance or put on by Example or a fit of good humour are carried into Extravagant Transports their Joys are indecent and freakish Happiness sits not handsomly on them because they laid no Foundation nor went wisely to work It is a delightful thing to stand on the Shore after a long and dangerous Voyage and see others struggling with the contrarieties of the Wind and Waves And it is a noble Applause that the Pilot gives himfelf And it fattens his Soul to consider the success of his skill And in his mind he repeats all the passages what Rocks and what Sands he escap'd where he bore up against the Storm and where he sided and complyed a little And upon the whole to prove and demonstrate his Course by the Rules of his Art Such is the satisfaction of a wise man What the comforts be that God bestows by extraordinary Irradiations upon some Great