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A10561	The churches hazard deliuered in a sermon in the cathedrall church in Norvvich, vpon the fifth of Nouember. 1629. By Tho. Reeve, Minister of Gods Word at Coleby in Norfolke.	Reeve, Tho. (Thomas), 1583 or 4-1651.	1632 (1632)	STC 20832; ESTC S118921	34,072	42

would leaue his supernall mansion now to dwell in boxes and pixes and wafer-cakes and that hee which hath incorruptible glory would now come and roost vnder elements that are apt to foist and m●u d and bee poisoned and eaten of vermi●● a Breaden god indeed that suffer such deperitions And wee should haue had Inuocation of Saints Inuocation of Saints what is it but indignity to Saints For doe the Saints in h●auen thinke God so mere lesse now that hee must be mediated to by them to shew mercy doe these men thinke Christ not a sufficient Medi●●ou for why ●lse doe they fly to others or doe they thinke these as sufficient as Christ for else how dare they call vpon them Rom. 10. How shall they call vpon them in whom they haue not beleeued Besid●s it would doe a man good to thinke of their Inuocation of Saints when Longesse that thrust the speare into the sides of Christ and St. Chappelet a notorious vsurer and cheater and many others that were monsters both in life and death are put into the n●mber of Saints B sides we sh●● d haue had Holy water fa●●e water I should haue said ●o● why Holy water because it can driu● away Deuils strange it is that those Deuils that can scarce bee driuen away by all kind of watchfulnesse prayers teares vowes that they should bee driuen away with the sprinkling of a ●ew drops of Holy water Rome hath an excellent fountaine what should I speake of their Indulgences Purgatory Cruci●●xes and the like yet this was the Dagon they fought for to aduance superstition againe to bring in thei● Worke and to cause our worke to cease Our Aduersaries said they shall neith r know nor see till wee come into the midst of them and slay them and cause the worke ●o cease Thus beloued at last haue I shewne you the swart face of this detestable treason the Monster of all cunning inuentions and cruell conspiracies yea n Quae inferna tantum scelus vomuerunt Amb. what mouth of hell euer vomited ●ut such a mischiefe What now remaines but that wee should first C●mmemorate And our best commemoration is to make application to God to acknowledge admire magnifie this worke For whom should wee magnifie if not God And for what should wee magnifie God if not for this First whom should wee magnifie if not God This great deliuerance was o 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer Odyss 1. Eurymachus ad Telemacham in the knees of God as the Poets phrase is In the knees of God and not in the braines of men In the knees of God and not in the armes of men For it was neither our fore-sight nor force that could haue deliuered vs 1. not our fore-sight for all the state-policy in the world could not h●ue helped vs. 2. Not our force for all our bands of armed souldiers could not haue rescued vs p K Iames in his speech to the Parliament as that King prudently and piously confessed if the Lord had not put into the heart of that noble Lord Mount-eagle to communicate the Letter and into the heart of the King to interpret the abstruse intricate meaning of the Letter contrary to all Grammaticall sense it had beene impossible for vs to have beene delivered therefore q Psal 64.9 All men shall see and say this is the Lords doing for they shall perceiue that it is his worke therefore Non nobis Domine non nobis Not vnto vs oh Lord not vnto vs not vnto our wisedome or valour Sed nomini tuo Vnto thy name thy might and mercy let all the praise be given And praise let it be For for what wil we magnifie God if not for this r Quisquis non videt coe●us est quisquis videt non laudat ingratus est Aug lib. 1. de civit Dei c. 1. Whosoever doth not see this to be Gods work is blind whosoever seeth it and doth not magnifie him for it is vnthankfull Oh that there should be faint ecchoes of our praises in Gods Courts as this day that the roofes of Gods Temples should not shake with our gratulatory sounds Oh bring forth the Lute and the Harpe the well-tuned Cymballs and the loude-sounding Cymballs praise God in the highest for this highest favour which is the most matchlesse temporall deliverance that ever the finger of God wrought vpon earth the people of Rome had so good hopes of Caligula at the first that that day wherein he beg●n his Reign● by decree of Senate was called ſ Palilia Su●t The Day wherein Rome was new built So we may c●ll this day as the day wherein England was new borne And shall wee not honour our Birth-day thay day wherein God hath granted breath and ●ife to state and Church yes consider the streames of that River that still make glad the Citie of the Lord amongst vs and honour the Fountaine from whence they fl●w for for what will we magnifie God if not for this blessing To detest the Church of Rome for how damnable is that Religion that hath beene the fosterer and producer of such a devillish designe Oh let vs abhorre that Church where Murtherers and Traytors are tolerated yea Canonized these are t ●lores non pl●nè fructuum se● pinarum Aug. fruits not of figge-trees but of brambles Oh that ever Treason should be so deepely rooted in the Popes heart that hee should not bee ashamed in the sight of the whole world to mingle the blood of Garne● with the blood of Christ Oh Holy Father Oh pure Religion Well let these practises ex●crab●e horrid make vs tremble at their religion and with constancie cleave to our owne religion Yea seeing God so miraculously as this day defended our c●use let vs neither he doubtfull to embrace this faith nor bashfull to professe it To live like a hallowed and consecrated people vnto God for oh that God should be dishonored h●re where he hath opened his bosome spread out his wings revealed his arme that his mercies should be fresh before our eyes and our sinnes stinke vpon earth cry to heaven Oh sacrifice your sinnes before God that this day did not deliver you over as a sacrifice to the rage of your Adversaries vowe your selves to his service that kept you from them that had vowed your slaughter let not your devotions cease seeing the worke does not cease seeke Gods face that hee may ever seeke your blisse keepe you from outward invasion inward conspiracy protect your bodies preserve your soules deliver you from the malice of men and the fury of Devils give you the happinesse of a Church visible vpon earth and the glory of a Church triumphant in heaven Which that he may do God graunt for his mercies sake Amen

point of blisse when Iudah lay at the bleeding point if God had not helped they had beene helplesse helplesse yea liuelesse for they had beene slaine and their worke ceased before they had either knowen or seene For our aduersaries said They shall neither know nor see till wee come into the midst of them and slay them and cause the worke to cease Our stand here like a people seuered from all the Babylonians they peculiar to God and hee to them for hee is a friend though there bee Aduersaries hee hath concluded no harme vnto them though they sayd it hee had eyes ten thousand times brighter then the Sunne to discerne their secretest practises though they had thought to come vpon them before they should either know or see they shall not touch the hemme of Gods garment nor rase the skinne of his body not come to the out-skirts of his people though they thinke to come into the midst of them Gods people are secured though they coniecture they should bee slaughtered slayne the conspiracie shall cease though they suppose the worke shall cease For our Aduersaries c. Our shew a company and a company they had need to be and well knit together for they are a l genus inuisum hated stocke they haue Aduersaries and no commune Aduersaries but such as were full-b●nt vpon a wretched purpose they had vared as it were vpon it they had said yea and close dangerous Aduersaries which would come vpon them in no manly sort giue no warning of their wrath send no open defiance of their displeasure for then Iudah might haue brought forth m pares ●●ullas pila minantia pili● col●urs alike and forces alike but come vpon them before they shall either know or see neither will the refuse people satisfie them no they would bee for the flower of the garland for the most insigne and illustrious for the Midst and not ther●o shew an angry brow ●ny or to pa l●y the reason o● their distast but to make hauocke to expresse their minds at the swords point a sharpe discouery of mens intentions confodere configere to wound to stab to slay and not onely so but a greater spight is yet behind to ouerthrow the meanes of Gods seruice ●o get a conquest vpon religion or these people are strengthening them●elues say they in this holy Citie they are reedifying the wal●s of Ierusalem that their God might againe bee worshipped well this holy attempt they would hinder the Worke is the eye-sore and the W●rke shall cease Our Aduersaries said c. In the Text consider A holy Congregation Our A hellish opposition Aduersaries A firme resolution Sayd A cunning proiecting They shall neither know nor see A high attempt till wee come into the midst of them A mercilesse designe and slay them A rancour against religion And cause the worke to cease Our First for the Holy Congregation Our This word belongs not to a single soule but to men vnited they were scattered but now they are reducted into one in Babilon they lived apart mourning in their secret seuerall corners to Iudah they are now returned and there they now speak with a voyce like the voice of many waters Our Though before My aduersaries here Thine there This mans in another place yet now Our The scattered stones of Sion are gathered together the Saints are met there is a Holy Congregation Doct. From whence obserue that the Churches freedome is a remarkeable vnspeakeable blessing that she which remayned solitary is come to her happy societies n Vas●li Eccles 4.10 Woe to the church when she is alone Ioy to the Church in her troupes the Church is then clad in her rich attire yea decked like a Bride in her Nuptiall Ornaments then the o Monilia circa collum jewels are about her necke The Church in persecution is sayd to be in the p 2. Cant. 1. clefts of the rocks in the secret places of the stayres desirous to looke ovt and yet ashamed to be seene her profession being in oppression shee hides head and shunnes company not in th● open streets nor in the market place doth she take her turnes but in the clefts of the rockes in the secret places of the stayres not but that shee then is but not conspicuous she wants not interna●l entity but externall felicity But a Church flourishing is the Saints eye-pleasure the worlds amazement q 6. Cant. 4. terrible like an army with Banners For an army with Banners d sp ayed not more goodly to be beheld then the ●urch with her ranckes filled r Gen. 30.1 Give me children or else I dye saith B●ch ● so give me my multitudes saith the Church or 〈◊〉 ●nguish shee is then like a ſ Es 17.6 Vine shaken with a berry here and there in the out-most boughes The lustre of a Church is gone when Gods Courts are not filled and Ierusalem the mother of vs all seemes to be in her Widdow-hood when many of her children are not at her knees professing their faith praising their God See the luctuous dolorous state of the Saints when the Church is in this distresseful plight t 1. Lam. 4. The wayes of Sion doe lament because none come to the solemne feastes all her gates are desolate her Priestes sigh her virgins are afflicted and she in bitternesse Solemne feastes but no solemne appearance the gates open but desolate for want of company Oh what a brow of anguish is there then euery where discerned the Priests sighing the Virgins afflicted and shee in bitternesse But change this state and what a change of carriage is there then to be seene all glee and triumph recreement and rauishment to beh● d the Church in her excellency eminency glory David describing this state doth it with most passionate aff t onate termes of exultation u Psal 68.24 15. Jt is well seene Oh God how thou goest how thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuary The singers goe before the Minstrels follow after and in the midst are the damosels playing with their timbrels Then the Church is compassed about with her noyse of musitians not waylers there lamenters here deplorers in the midst but singers before minstrels following after and in the midst damosels playing with their timbrels This is Sanctuary jubilation Gods going in Majestie vpon earth It is well seene how thou goest how thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuary How that is how Magnifically like a Prince in Trisne There is not a more delectable spectacle vpon earth then the face of a Church visible then the Church * Pacem praefert Iren. Carrys a torch before her not creepes vp and downe in the darke but carrieth torch-light in her hand yea though befor no man knew where she was but held her for lost yet then they come foorth and out of joy of heart and jucundity of spirit point at her as at the Moone in the firmament