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A sermon preached at Trafford in Lancashire at the mariage of a daughter of the right worshipfull Sir Edmond Trafforde Knight, the 6. of September Anno. 1586. By William Massie bacheler in diuinity, and fellow of Brasennose Colledge in Oxforde
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Massie, William, d. 1610.
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I wil shut vp briefly thus in the conclusion 5 The Lord out of Syon blesse thee that thou maist see the good of Ierusalem all the dayes of thy lyfe 6 Yea that thou see thy childrens children and peace vppon Israell In this praier of Dauid three circumstances are worth the due coÌ„sideratioÌ„ 1. who praieth A king and a prophet 2. to whom he praieth To the Lorde that dwels in Sion 3. for what For three things 1 For the prosperity of the Church 2 For the long liues of the maried parties 3 And for the peace of Israel which I may well vnderstand the common wealth Great is the efficacity and force of praier both in peace war in prosperity and aduersity in health and sicknes at all times in al estates It is sayd Orante Mose vicit populus wheÌ„ Moses prayed for his people they vaÌ„quished theyr enemies Ioh. 5. Io. 14.16.13 And this is our comfort that whatsoeuer we aske of the father in Christes name if it be coÌ„medious expedient for vs we shall be sure to obtayne it Then no meruell if here the prophet and king of Israell geue himselie to prayer O it is a great matter and of great importance when princes and nobles men of great worship be religious and geuen to prayer to the holy seruice of God For this cause Dauid was accounted a maÌ„ after Gods owne heart 1 King 20 For this cause Iostas that yong king is so highly commended For this cause Ezechias his daies were prolonged 15 yeares loÌ„ger This makes the church of god to grow vp lustily as the palm tree and to florish as the tal Cedar of Libanus the people euery maÌ„ to sit quietly and peaceably vnder his own vine and the commoÌ„ wealth to haue peace plentie as in the happy daies of Salomon Ciril in an epistle to Cheodosius euen in the beginning thus saith Citil Epist ad I heod pâ—etas in Deum est fundamentum regijs honoribies O noble emperour the state of your common wealth hanges of your religion towards God If you serue him aright your kingdoÌ„ shal florish one of your royal seed shall alwaies sit on your royal seate but if you forsake God he wil forsake you hee wil rase and root out your memories from the face of the earth hee wil trample your name and fame vnder his feet he wil east your honors in the dust and this is a curse of al curses The 2 circumstaÌ„ce is to whom he praieth eueÌ„ to the lord of Sion Our prophet prince praieth not to Abraham to Isack to Iacob or to any archangel or angel in heauen but to the lord which dwelled in Syon Mat. 9. Ioh. 16. We haue a plain coÌ„mandement to pray to him alone we haue a firme promise that so praying our praiers shal be hard we haue the exaÌ„ples of al godly men so to pray both in the old new testament Cicero reports of Cesar thus qui ad te non audent accedere Caesar Orat. pro Deiotar tuam humanitatem ignorant They that be affrayd to speak to thee o Cesar they know not thy singular humanity so I say they that alleage eyther their owne indignity or the seuerity of god against sinners so dare not come to Iesus alone by harty prayer they know not his singuler humanity humility The 3 circumstaunce is the matter for the which our prophet praieth which is threefold for the church the loÌ„g liues of the maryed persons for the peace of the coÌ„mon wealth There be 2 deadly mortal enemies to the common wealth and church of god Heresy treachery The subtil serpeÌ„t in Genesis did moue Adam and Eua to tast of the forbiddeÌ„ tree Gen. 3.4 said you shall not dy so the cruell and subtill serpent of Rome eggeth forward encorageth his sworn vassals of Spain France Italy our desperate diuelish English rebels to assay to touch the Lords anoynted and almes them with fayr goldeÌ„ promises you shall not by you shall get you a name you shal be men of great renowne It is an heroical designment and meritorius before God and good catholicks Iuel in a 〈◊〉 of letie A famous and most learned Bishop of this land doth hold there be four ordinary means to keep heresy from our church treason from our coÌ„moÌ„ wealth 1 Learning The first is to maintain vniuersities free schools 2 Preaching The second is to appoint learned preachers in euery parish Church to catechise the youth to teach the people obedience 3 Thankfulnes The third to bee thankful to god for al his benefits 4 Discipline The fourth discipline to reward the godly and punish the wicked The execution of these thinges will make our church common wealth to florish the contempt of these wil make our court as Sion the holy hil of the Lord our church as IerusaleÌ„ the holy city of the lord Luk. 19. our land as Iudea the holy land Sion was Ierusalem was Iudea was but now SioÌ„ is vtterly razed IerusaleÌ„ is vtterly ransacked Therefore let not Rome brag of any prerogatiue of her place for antiquity or pallace for royalty That which hapned to IerusaleÌ„ may happeÌ„ to Rome great controuersy there is betwixt the Iesuits vs wher antichrist shuld sit and who he is Ad Did. I wil say nothing of S. Ierom only I wil cite one senteÌ„ce of Bernard which shal make the matter cleare Ep. 125. Bestia illa in apocalypsi cuâ— datumest os loqueÌ„s blasphemias bellu gerere cum sanctis Be. ad Gau. de lorator petre cathedram occupat tanquam Leo paratus ad pradam The beast spoken of in the Apocalyps to whom is giuen a mouth to speak blasphemies and to make war with saines doth now occupy the seat of Peter as a Lion prepared to his pray The place then for Antichrist is the great city BabyloÌ„ Roma Septicollis sited on seauen hils The names of the hils he Palatinus 2 Thes 2. Capitolinus AùeÌ„tinus Caelius Esquilinus Viminalis Quirinalis Then for the person who is that great Antichrist if ye ty him to one person then it must eyther bee the Turk or y Iew or the heathen emperor or the Pope But if Antichrist eueÌ„ the great antichrist must sit in the teÌ„ple of god as god if antichrist must deceaue by false and frandulent miracles Apoc. 18. if antichrist must be a false and foolish prophet as Balaam if antichrist must haue the name of mistery writen in his forehead as once the hypriest of the Iews had in his Lamina sanctit as sehouae Holines to the lord if antichrist must ouercome by flattery by sweet sugred speaches as harlots doe not by arms dint of sword as cruel tyrants doe theÌ„ where antichrist shal sit who antichrist is I refer it to the iudgemets of the learned consciences of the godly that heare me this present day To God the father c
or brauery in apparel or lightnes in conuersation to roote vp the wals of her house to turne vp al topsituruy and not to leaue one stone vpon another Now if the godly wife bee as the fruitfull vine or fat florishing oliue no maruaile if her children bee finely and fitly resembled to the braunches of the vine or tender plants of the oliue tree The braunche is tender it wil bend or bowe at your pleasure the yong children be pliable as soft waxe they be flerible as tender oliue branches then a gentle rod wil break no bones Prou. cap. Ephe. 6.4 then he that spares the rod doth spil spoile the childe For this is the exhortation of S. Paul you Parents bring vp your childreÌ„ in the faith and fear of the lord get you schoolmasters both to instruce them by doctrine and reforme them by discipline For a child better vnborn than vntaught Arist pol. l. 8. cap. 3. The old Grecians as the noble philosopher saith were woÌ„t to teach their childreÌ„ 3. things 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the which thus the fine ingenious poet hath expressed In Eunuch Facpericulum in literis in palaestra in musica They were trained vp in the liberal ingenious arts as chiefely Grammar Rhetorick Musick in feats of actiuity whereby their bodies were made the stronger to abide tough long study the better Pro. 22.6 And king SalomoÌ„ who was diligently taught of Nathan the prophet giues forth this precept profit teach a child in his youth vertu learning wheÌ„ he coms to years he wil not forget it Act 7.22 So Moses so Dantel so Samuel so Paul so Timothy so Origen were trained vp from their infancy both in diuine learning 2 Tim. 3. and most of them also in prophane literature The fruit shal be this as S. Ciril saith Contra Iu. lib. 7. pueri sacris literis enutriti postea fiunt religiosissimt children nousled nursed vp from their tender yeares in reading and hearing holy Scriptures they shal reape this fruite thereby not to be superstitious or heretical in opinions or hauty and lofty in spiriteÌ„s but to be most religious as the king of Israel saw They wil remeÌ„ber such things as they learn in their youth Pro. 2â— the better wheÌ„ they come to years of discretion And as in battle it is a necessary point pollâ—y for the getting of the victory conquest euer our enimies that wheÌ„ one soldiar is slain that another preseÌ„tly take his station and place therein fight manfullie and coragiously so in the good geueinment of a coÌ„mon wealth wheÌ„ a good father dieth some learned and wise men take it to be a necessary point pollicy for the mantenance preseruation of peace vnity against eiull dissention coÌ„spiracy that y son take his place if he be able to weald dicharge the like functioÌ„ veretioÌ„ 4 Loe surely thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde This religious fear of God which brings to the husband wife children both temporall spirituall blessings both in this life and in the life to come doth consist in following vertues forsaking vices which must be with al carefulnesse auoided Now the noysome and poisonful weedes which will hurt both husband wife childreÌ„ must with al diligence be grubbed out of the grounds of our harts least the venemous contagious weeds stifle ouer-grow the good pure corn The weedes be the sin of Sodom Bomorra polygamy incest adultery fornication al vncleannes coÌ„mon gaming riotous prodigal liuing carelesse security in the parents stubborn contumacy in the childreÌ„ These hainous horrible vyees consume our bodies wast our goods shorten our liues discredit our good names make our enimies to mock vs giue occasioÌ„ to the papists to blaspheme the name of god the religioÌ„ which we professe endanger the saluation of our sinneful soules and neuer escape the due dreadful punishmentes of God either in this life Eccles 7.8 2 Sam. 12.10 Gen. 9. Gen. 19. or in the life to come Take exaÌ„ple by Dauid the sword of God did neuer depart from his house By Noah he was mocked of his own son By Lot he coÌ„mitted incest with his own daughters by AnacleoÌ„ a noble poet who was so famous a bibber of wine and strong drinks that he was choked with a huske of a grape Take example of Eli an old iudge 1 Sam. 2.22 an old priest an old father of his two rebellious sonnes Hophny Phinees in the end the wicked luxurious sonnes were killed in battle one of their wiues died with child Chap. 4. theold father Ely fel backward froÌ„ a stool brake his necke the arke of God was taken of the barbarous Philistines the glory departed from Israel For this purpose I haue read this excellent history There came once before wise Solon a father with his son one accusing the other The father complained of the disobedience of his son the son accused the father of his ill education which was the cause of his disobedience Solon wel considering the cause perceiuing a falt to be in both did thus determine and decide the matter because the father had not brought vp his son in good instruction dutiful correction therfore the father after his death should be depriued of his sepulcher and the son for his disobedience should be disinherited You wil perhaps think this a sharp iudgemeÌ„t of a wise graue iudge but sore diseases need strong medecins and if Solons determinatioÌ„ were put in vre in these our daies I feare me some fathers would lack the honor of their burial some sonnes would be put from their inheritance But if the godly husband wife children do auoid these notorious vices if the husband be religious wise laborious in his vocation if the wife bee chast modest obedient huÌ„ble if the children be wel schooled and brought vp in the faith and feare of the Lord then they al shal be blessed both in the city and in the field Deut. 24. in the fruit of their bodies in the fruit of the ground in their cattle in their basket in their comming in in their going out their Oxen shal be strong to labour Psal 144. their sheep shal bring forth ten thousand in the streetes they shall not go into captiuity they shal be blessed in al the labors of their hands euen as the trees of the lord ful of suck sappe as the trees planted by the waters side they shal be plaÌ„ted in the house of the lord they shall prosper and florish in their yong years in their old age they shal be fatre fat and wel liking yea they shal see the church of God florish their children liue long peace in the coÌ„moÌ„ wealth For the which 3. here our prophet and Prince Dauid prateth which petitioÌ„ of Dauid