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A72993	A Romane centurion becomming a good souldier of Iesus Christ In foure sermons, preached in the cathedrall church, and in Saint Thomas Church at Sarum. By Bartholomevv Parsons, B.D. and rector of Ludgershall, in the county of Wiltes.	Parsons, Bartholomew, 1574-1642.	1635 (1635)	STC 19350.5; ESTC S124821	64,942	95

circumstance of his civill state whereby he is set out unto us the place of his dwelling at Cesarea There were two famous Cities of this name amongst the Iewes one the elder which was called Turris Stratonis but being amplified by Herod the Great and adorned with many workes worthy the sight was called by him Cesarea to winne the favour of Augustus Caesar as reporteth Iosephus lib. 1. de bello Iud cap. 16 and lib. 15. Antiq. cap. 13. As also from the Emperours daughter Iulia this Herod built Iulias on the farther side of Iordan Hiero. in Matth. 16. And it was scituate on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea betweene Dora and Ioppa The other being later was scituate in Iturea in Trachonitis a Countrey of Galile or Phoenicia at that part of Mount Libanus where the two Rivers Ior and Dan meete together and make the River Iordan Hier. vbi suprà It was anciently called Paneas of a River of that name which ranne by it and reckoned in the number of the famous Cities of Decapolis but being afterward increased and beautified by Philip sonne of Herod the Great and Tetrarch of Galilee Luke 3. it was called by him Cesarea in honour of Tiberius Caesar and for distinction sake Cesarea Philippi Afterwards Agrippa to flatter Nero called it Neronias Ioseph lib. 20. antiq cap. 8. Of these the former is here meant Now this rocke is not so stonie but if we strike it the waters will gush out from the verball denomination of this place we may haue a reall observation to note the vaine pride and proud vanitie of the sonnes of men the Princes of this world and their followers and flatterers in calling houses and Cities after their owne names And I speake not this according to man In terminis terminan tibus it is the Holy Ghosts censure of them in expresse termes They call their lands after their owne names Psal 40.11 And this pride is none of the new upstart fashions of yesterday it is as old as the ancientest Citie that was built Cain the first builder of a Citie for Seth and Enoch built none but lived in Tents to shew that they had none abiding City here called the name of it after the name of his sonne Enoch Gen. 4.17 That one Citie Constantinople sometimes Heathen afterward Christian now Turkish hath changed its names as often as Laban did Iacobs wages to flatter the great ones of the earth at first it was called Lygo then Byzantium Plin. lib. 4. cap. 11. afterwards new Rome In the time of Severus the Emperour and his sonne Antonius Antonia afterwards of Constantine the Great Constantinopolis till it came to the Turkes possession who tooke it Ann. Dom. 1453. Philip of Macedone as Diodorus Siculus relateth of him increasing the City Crenidae with store of Inhabitants 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 changed the name of it into Philippi so calling it of himselfe And Alexander the Great his sonne in divers places where he obtained victories erected Cities calling them by his name Alexandria or Alexandropolis the famousest of all which was Alexandria in Egypt But I cannot waste time in running into particular instances in this kinde and they would make me keepe silence for better matter If any one aske to what end The Holy Ghost that censures their fact Cui bono sheweth their end in it It was that they might be as an Absoloms piller to keepe their names in remembrance 2 Sam. 18.18 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever and their dwelling places to all generations they call their lands after their owne names Psal 49.11 And as the Holy Ghosts imputation layeth this upon them so their owne profession expresseth such an intention Let us say the first builders of the towne of Babel build us a Citie and a Towre whose top may reach unto heaven and let us make us a name least we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth Gen. 11.4 And such a spirit will be found in Nebuchadnezzar a successor of theirs in Bab●l one that had made it great Is not this great Babylon that I haue built for the house of the Kingdome by the might of my power for the honor of my majestie Dan. 4.30 Howbeit this their way is but their folly Psal 49 13. In vaine doe they labour to eternize their names in this world which passeth away the figure therof 1 Cor. 7.31 that which now is in the dayes to come shal be forgotten Eccl. 2.16 they must depart in darkenesse and their names be covered with darkenesse Eccl. 6.4 The builders of Babel are confounded in language and scattered upon the whole earth before their tower could be erected Gen. 11. and Babylon it selfe growing afterwards to be the glory of kingdomes and the beauty of the Chaldees excellency must be ouerhrowne as when God ouerthrew Sodom and Gomorrah it shall neuer be inhabited neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation Isaiah 13.19.20 Nebuchadnezzar for his pride must be put from his Kingdome and made know that the Lord is able to abase them that walke in pride Dan. 4.28.37 And those great houses that are built that men may dwel alone in the earth haue either this curse upon them that they shall be desolate and without inhabitant Isa 5.8.9 or else to be smitten till they be consumed I will smite the winter house with the summer house and houses of Iuory shall perish and of the great houses there shall be an end saith the Lord Amos 3.15 But on the otherside the generation of Gods children even in these denominations of places haue not sought their owne glory but Gods they whether they eate or drinke or whatsoever they doe doe all to the glory of God 1 Cor. 10.31 have rather desired to build to his name then to get themselves a name When God looked upon Abraham and prouided him a Ramme to Sacrifice in stead of his sonne he called the name of that place Iehova yreh the Lord will see or provide Gen. 22.14 Iacob called the place where the Lord appeared unto him in a dreame at his going into Padan-Aram Bethel the house of God Gen. 28.19 and where he wrestled with him at his comming backe from thence Penuel the face of God Gen. 22.30 And David the first thing that he thought upon after God had given him rest from his enemies round about was to build an house to Gods name 2 Sam. 7. insomuch that he voweth that he would not come into the tabernacle of his house nor goe up into his bed that he would not give sleepe to his eyes or slumber to his eye-lids untill he had found out a place for the Lord an habitation for the mighty God of Iacob Psal 1.32.2.3.4.5 Oh how farre have oursacrilegious times degenerated from the ancient and primitiue zeale of those worthies For now we are so farre from erecting consecrating and conferring any thing to Gods name and worship that

raine dearth famine pestilence decay of the state of the whole land yet in all these we are fallen into his hands whose mercies are great 2 Sam. 24.14 and not into the hands of open enemies or false friends whose mercies would be cruell whose little finger would be heavier then Gods loynes 1 King 12.10 But if we still walke contrary to God what can we looke for but that after all other his arrowes of judgment drawne out of his quiver he should pull out this also to call for a sword upon us make us fly before our enemies nay to make them Lords over us Though we ●hinke with Eaom● that we are high and secure yet the Lord can pull us downe to the ground Obad. 3. Though we thinke with Tyrus that wee are strong in the sea that we sit as God in the midst of the sea yet the Lord can make us desolat● as the Cities that are not inhabited Ezek. 26.19 As God said to old Israell doing all abominations goe ye now int● my place which was in Shiloh where I set my name at first and see what I did to it for the wickednesse of my people Israel Ier. 7.12 So may I to those who walke fully in their wayes goe ye to the primitive flourishing Churches of the East see what God hath done to them for the wickednesse of the people how there Mahomet hath set his foote where Christ onc● had his throne nay we may come neerer home and see with our eyes and lament in our hearts and voices that which God hath done to some of neighbour Churches in Germany who held fast his name and did not deny his faith no doubt amongst other ends that he had to visit them for denying him in their workes for loving the works of darkenes and drunkennesse the weede that most had over-runne their field in such a cleare light of the Gospell Tune tua res agiter paries cum proximus ardet when our neighbours house is on fire our owne is in danger Feare and jelously is on every side Simeon and Levies policies and practises that may catch us in a sn●re under colour of friend shippe are not unknowne When we looke up to God and his Gospell professed amongst us there is hope that hee will give glory not unto us not unto us but unto his name least the heathen say where is now their God Psal 115.1.2 Least his great name should be blasphemed amongst the adversaries of his truth But when we cast our eyes upon the lives of most of us that professe the Gospell and glory to be called Christians who are yet become abominable and reprobate unto every good worke What can we thinke but that it is just with God to bring a strong nation upon us not onely to take way our place and nation but also our Gospell and candlesticke that hee may give his Gospell to a people that will bring forth better fruit Let us then as Zephany counselleth the Iewes gather our selves together by true repentance recollect and reunite our thoughts and wits formerly dispersed that we may consider of our wayes before the decree come forth before the day passe as the chaffe before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon us before the day of the Lords anger come upon us let us seeke the Lord which hath wrought his judgements let us seeke righteousnesse and meekenesse it may be we shall be hid in the day of the Lords anger Zeph. 2.1.2.3 and as Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar let this be acceptable counsell to us to breake off our sinnes by righteousnesse and our iniquities by shewing mercie to the poore Dan. 4.27 that so the Lord may not onely let us dwell in our good land and sit every man in peace under his owne vine and fig-tree eating the labours of his hand but also enioy still the abundance of the blessing of the Gospell of Christ What though the major part of men amongst us lie in wickednesse yet let us that now stand before the Lord this day resolue with Ioshua that wee and our household will serve the Lord Ioshua 24.15 and depart from iniquity which every one that calleth upon him must doe We know that many times the righteous deliver the land according to that of Philo Iudaeus the wise man is the fooles redemption Sapiens est flulti redemtio God would not have destroyed Sodome if ten righteous men had beene in it Gen. 18. hee could doe nothing against it till Lot was gone out of it Gen. 19. he promised to pardon Ierusalem if there could be found but one man that executed judgement sought the truth Ier. 5.1 and he gave S. Paul the lives of all them that sailed with him in the shippe in his dangerous voiage Act. 27. Scornefull men saith Solomon bring a citie into asuare but wise men turne away wrath Pro. 29.8 Howbeit if Gods anger were so kindled against this land and people that he should bid his servants as hee bad Ieremy pray not for this people neither lift up 〈◊〉 nor prayer for them neither make intercession to me for I will not heare you mine anger and my fury shall be powred out upon man and upon beast and upon the trees of the field and upon the fruite of the gro●nd and it shall burne and shall not be quenched Ier. 7.6 20. that he should protest as he doth to him that though Moses and Samuel stood before him yet his mind could not be toward the people Ier. 15.1 yet in such a time and case Noah Daniel and Iob every righteous man amongst us should deliuer his owne soule by his righteousnesse Ezek. 14.14 God will spare them that feare him as a man spareth his owne sonne that serveth him when the day commeth that shall burne as an ●ven and all the proud yea and all that doe ●●i●loodly shall be stubble and the day that shall burne them up that it shall leave them neither roote nor branch M●l 4 1 to those that feare the Lord we will hearken and a booke of remembrance shall be written before him for them that feare him and thinks upon his name and they shall be mine saith the Lord in that day when I make up my Iewells and I will spare them as a man spareth his ow●e sonne that serveth him Mal. 3.16 If he would deliver them in sixe troubles yea in seven there should no evill touch them in 〈◊〉 he would redeeme them from death and at w●●re from the power of the sword they should bee hid from the scourge of the tongue neither ●●●●ld they be afraid of destruction when it cometh 〈◊〉 destruction and famine they should laugh neither should they bee afraid of the beasts of the earth for they should bee in league with the stones of the field and the beasts of the field should be at peace with them And they should know that their Tabernacle shall bee in peace and they visit their Tabernacle and should