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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94352	Demetrius his opposition to reformation. A sermon very necessarie for these times. As it was delivered (this last vvinter) before a great assemblie in the city of London. by John Tillinghast, sometimes rector of Tarring-Nevill, now rector of Streate in the county of Sussex.	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.	1642 (1642)	Wing T1169; Thomason E151_26; ESTC R12132	52,893	59

DEMETRIVS HIS OPPOSITION TO REFORMATION A SERMON VERY NECESSARIE FOR THESE TIMES As it was delivered this last VVinter before a great Assemblie in the City of LONDON By John Tillinghast sometimes Rector of Tarring-Nevill now Rector of Streate in the County of SUSSEX LONDON Printed by T. P. and M. S. for Andrew Kembe at St. Margarets hill in Southwark 1642. TO THE TRVLY VERTVOVS RIGHT HONORABLE AND Noble Lady IS ABELL Countesse of HOLLAND And to the most Religious Right Honorable and truly Noble LETICE Lady PAGET Baronesse of Beaudesert RIght Honorable and gracious Ladies when importunitie had so far prevailed as to suffer this Copie to passe the Presse my resolution was to send it forth under the shelter of your Noble persons my presumption herein soaring so high in the dedication was not a little emboldned by the generall and constant Fame of your Honours Heroicall and Benigne dispositions 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Laert. lib. 6. who according to that of Antisthenes that vertue and true Nobilitie go together labour to excell other in goodnesse of mind as greatnesse of place Indeed I must confesse when I duely consider the greatnesse of your excellent persons and the sublimitie of your unspotted Honors I much condemne my self of boldnesse but on the other side recounting the magnificence of your bountie and the humanitie of your Noble dispositions I cannot but blame my self of slownesse in not labouring sooner to expresse my thankfulnesse I have long purposed to offer unto your Honors some poore token of that dutie which that underserved favour conferd upon me by both your Noble persons absque ullo commerito without any desert in the world tyes me unto the remembrance whereof cannot be buried in silence without the just aspersion of shamefull Ingratitude and should ere this time have been more really manifested in some present of far greater value if mine abilities would have reacht unto it ●orat 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●azianz ●cra gratula●o reprehendi ●n solet 〈◊〉 c. Epist 7. 〈◊〉 2. but alas the best requitals that we poore Ministers can make to our Noble deserving friends for their undeserved favours Sunt verba voces as the Poet speaks in another sense are our papers and our prayers this is all we can exhibite as Nazianzen writeth to Sophronius and this kind of gratulation though it come somewhat late yet I hope shall find a candid acceptance with your Honorable persons according to the modell of the offerer not the magnitude of the receiver May it please your Honors to grace this poore piece such as it is with your favourable Patronage and to let it passe under the testimony of your pious approbation I shall have great cause to rejoyce in your devoted eminencie and never cease to enlarge my thoughts towards heaven for the continuance of the welfare and felicitie of your temporall spirituall and eternall happinesse together of all those flourishing branches and hopefull plants derived from both your Noble persons And this shall be the prayer of Your Honors most obliged and humble servant IOHN TILLINGHAST TO THE WORSHIPFVLL AND HIS MVCH RESPECTED Unkle Mr ROBERT TITCHBOURNE deputy-Deputy-Alderman in the Citie of LONDON WOrthy Sir Besides importunitie of friends that stale and common Apologie which by many is made for their appearing in Stationary view there is something else which hath cast mee on the censure of these over-criticall times in the publication of this poore Sermon and that is the unjust acception as I doubt not but the understanding Reader will so conceive it to be which was taken by some disaffected persons at the delivery of it who in open streete immediately so soone as the Sermon was finished were not ashamed to affirme that I were a mainteiner of Popish Superstition and an hatefull enemy to the Reformation upon what ground the Lord knowes if there be any just cause of offence given let them judge who shall be pleased to take the paines to reade over this following Discourse wherein so farre as I can remember I have not omitted any one thing of what was then delivered Some few passages indeed here and there are added as being forc't to cut off part of what I had determined to expresse because it was fit I should proportion my speech as neere as I could to the houre which notwithstanding upon entreatie were fully handled before another Congregation in the afternoone and so all that was at the first projected was in either of these places as you finde it here at large delivered Concerning which whatsoever the sharp and uncharitable censure of some may be I take God to witnesse whom I serve in my soule that in all singlenesse of minde out of an earnest and as I hope sincere desire and tender regard of the peace of the Church and quiet prosperitie of this Common-weale I addressed my selfe to the worke First invocating the great Name of God in my private devotions that it would please him so to sanctifie mine endeavours that something might be spoken in season for that purpose wishing unfeinedly that all wee who live in the visible Communion of the same body as brethren might also as brethren so farre as were possible a Rom. 15.6 With one minde and with one mouth glorifie God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ And therefore I shall not thinke I have laboured in ●aine seeing I assayed and endea voured to have profitt●● For 〈…〉 it may be with m●n yet sure I am with God it is as Cuptian sp●aketh if Cyprian that b 〈…〉 Not the fruit of their Labours but the affection of mens hearts gets them respect with God And yet I am not l●ft altogether hopelesse of any profit that might be reaped by th●se ●y weake endeavours since without any affectation of publick notion or vaine glory be it spoken that which had so unjust an aspersion cast upon it by ill affected Spirits with a great deale more noise I hope then there was cause was yet notwithstanding highly applauded in the judgement of the best able hearers in the Congregation whose commendation I doube n●t but the judicious Reader will better c Mal●●●me lo●uuntur sed mali Movere 〈◊〉 me ●m ●ite s● Lelius sapi●●s si duo S●●●iones ista Lo●uerentur nunc malis displicere laud●ri est Sen. de rem fort approve of then the others dispraise Besides the much solicitation of deserving persons for the making of them more publicke may give mee to thinke that they are not though weake and undigested yet altogether worthlesse whose importunitie I should have easily resisted as being conscious of mine owne meannesse and withall the great dispariritie twixt a d Ha●er nescio quid latentis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 viva vox Hier. lively voyce and breathlesse lines had not the vindication of my Religion and profession upon so foule a scandall cald mee to it Sir J know there are a kinde of people whom the