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A10739	A sermon concerning the punishing of malefactors. Preached at Paules Crosse, the first of October, by Charles Richardson, preacher at Saint Katharines neere the Tower of London	Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617.	1616 (1616)	STC 21018; ESTC S115967	37,754	48

conuersation of a man wee may conclude that for the present he is in a damnable case but no man may take vpon him to affirme that he● shall be finally damned because the Lord may haue mercy vpon him and pardon his sinne And therefore to conclude this point so many as would not be accounted wicked men let them be admonished to take heede that they be not workers of iniquitie If thou wilt make a trade of swearing drinking whoring prophaning the Sabbaoth c. it is no breach of charitie at all to say that thou art a wicked man From th citie of the Lord. This the end of all that went before namely why the Prophet would be so carefull to destroy the wicked and to cut off the workers of iniquitie and that betimes euen because he would preserue the citie of the Lord from the pollution of sinne By the citie of the Lord Mat. 5 35. in this place is meant Ierusalem which is also called The citie of the great King because there the Lord appointed a place for the habitation of his name as Dauid saith speaking in the person of God The Lord hath chosen Zion Psal 132.13.14 and loued to dwell in it saying This is my rest for euer here will I dwell for I haue dilight therein It is called likwise the holy citie because it was appointed and consecrated to holy vses to the exercises of true religion and the seruice of God Mat. 4.5 For there was the temple there was the priesthood there was the law and word of God Now the Prophet promiseth to haue a speciall care of this place because it was a type of Gods Church and the chiefe citie in the Kingdome From whence wee are taught this instruction that as Magistrates must haue a care to reforme euill euery where so especially in places that are of greatest note Great cities and such like places are chiefely to bee looked vnto The reason is First because such places stand most neede because there commonly is most vngodlinesse and impietie by reason of the great consluence that is of people of all sorts and of all nations Secondly for example sake For more good or hurt redoundeth to the whole land by the example of such places The Prophet Ieremiah speaking of the wicked Priests of his time Ier. 23.15 said that From them wickednesse was gone forth into all the land As this is true of great persons so it is true also of great places And this we see by too much experience For doth not London furnish all the land with pride and vanitie where are all the strange disguises and monstrous fashions of apparell inuerted but here and from hence they are conueied into all the parts of the land Last of all sinne is a greater disgrace to great places then to others because they haue more meanes to make them good Mat. 11.20 And therefore our Sauiour Christ doth more vpbraide those cities wherein he had most preached and where he had wrought most of his miracles then any other place besides 21 Wee be to thee Corazin saith he wee be to thee Bethsaida for if the great workes which haue beene done in you had beene done in Tyrus and Sidon they would haue repented long agone in sackechoath and ashes And thou Capernaum which art lifted vp vnto heauen shall be cast downe into hell c. 23. This being so let the Magistrates of this place chiefely be exhorted to haue a speciall care of reforming sinne in this great cit●e least other places by the example thereof be hartened and encouraged in euill It is the corruption of mans nature rather to be led by the example of others then by the precepts and rules of the word of God And this place is euen as a citie set vpon an hill Mat. 5.14 all mens eyes are vpon it And therefore if this citie that should be faithfull become an harlot Isa 1.21 Naum. 3.1 if this citie be a bloody citie full of lies and robberie if London be disordered and wicked it will be a priuiledge as it were to all other places to doe the like And therefore you that are in authority here labour to purge this fountaine that all the streames in the land may be cleare and pure Thus as God hath enabled me I haue handled the principall things contained in this text There is yet another thing worthy our consideration which Caluin by way of Allegorie obserueth in this place Which I will briefely adde for a conclusion of all The Prophet Dauid as we know was a type of our Sauiour Christ And as he promiseth betimes or in the morning to destroy all the wicked of the land So though Christ Iesus doe with patience long suffer and endure vngodly persons yet there will come a morning wherein he will arise to execute iudgement and Shew himselfe from heauen with his mighty Angels in flaming fire 2. The. 17. ● to render vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christ Then Shall all the wicked be turned to hell Psal 9.17 2. Thes 1.9 and all the people that forget God Where they Shall be punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power And howsoeuer in the conceit of carnall men the Lord may seeme to deferre his comming yet in the end he will come in a day when they looke not for him Mat. 24.48 50.51 and in an houre that they are not aware of and will cut them in peeces and gi●● them their portion with hypocrites where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Knowing therefore the terrour of the Lord as the Apostle saith 2. Cor. 5.11 Psal 50.22 I will shut vp all with that exhortation of Dauid O consider this ye that forget God least he teare you in peeces and there be none to deliuer you FINIS

A SERMON concerning the punishing of Malefactors Preached at Paules Crosse the first of October by Charles Richardson Preacher at Saint Katharines neere the Tower of London Prouerbers 20.26 A wise King scattereth the wicked and causeth the wheele to tread ouer them EX AVARITIA 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed for William Butlar and are to bee sold at his Shoppe in the Bulwarke neere to the Tower of London 1616. To the Right Honourable Thomas Earle of Lincolne increase of grace in this life and assurance of glory in the life to come Right Honourable I Am bold to present vnto your Honour this plaine and homely Sermon beseeching you to accept it as a sincere though a poore testimonie of that most dutifull affection which I owe vnto you in regard of that great kindnesse and vndeserued respect which your Honour hath euer borne towards me for these many yeares wherin I haue beene knowne vnto you The greatest Monarches haue vouchsafed to receiue poore presents at the hands of such as were not able to afford greater gifts And I haue had so long and so good experience of your Honours noble disposition that way as I doubt not but this gift how meane soeuer shall be welcome for the affection of the giuer I confesse the Doctrine of the Sermon was chiefly applyed to the Magistrates of this city before whom it was preached But because I knowe that there is as much need of reformation in the cuntry as here especially in the matter of the Sabaoth and because God hath now aduanced your Honour to a great place of eminencie in the cuntry I hope it will not be offensiue that I haue presumed to make you the Patron of it I haue long beene a witnesse of your Lordships great zeale in this respect And therefore I doubt not but as God hath now giuen you more meanes and greater power so you will more earnestly set your selfe to reforme those grosse abuses wherby God is so much dishonoured and his holy name and Gospell so highly prophaned The Church of God hath had a long expectation of great good from your Honour Now the time by Gods mercy is come wherein you may glad the hearts of many of Gods people by countenancing and supporting the despised ministerie and by curbing repressing the pride of insolent Papists and Atheistes who daily more and more manifest their impudencie against the truth and seruants of God But I take too much vpon me You haue beene so long exercised in godlinesse as I doubt not but of your selfe you will bee forward enough to euery good worke I pray God blesse your Honour together with your most vertuous and religious Ladie the hopefull Lord Clinton your eldest sonne that right noble Theophilus and all the rest of your worthy childen And the Lord enlarge your heart that you may render vnto him according to the reward bestowed vpon you Your Honours in all humble dutie and seruice CHARLES RICHARDSON A Sermon concerning the punishing of Malefactors Psalme 101.8 Betimes or earely will I destroy all the wicked of the land that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord. THIS Psalme was penned by the Prophet Dauid as appeareth by the title for it is called A Psalme of Dauid And howsoeuer the time when it was penned bee not expressed yet the Psalme it selfe seemeth to intimate that he made it at his first comming to the Crowne For the argument of it is a solemne vow wherin the Prophet bindeth himselfe to the performance of his duetie in the due ordering and gouerning of himselfe his family and his Kingdome Now this vow is first propounded in the first verse I will sing Mercie and Iudgement to thee O Lord will I sing And then expounded in the rest of the Psalme Wherein we are to consider 1. What he promiseth for himselfe 2. What he promiseth concerning others For himselfe he promiseth two things 1. That he will endeauour to doe well namely to be an example of good vnto others both in his publike and priuate conuersation 2. I will doe wisely c. 2 That he will be carefull to preserue himselfe from euill both from occasions offered without by euill obiects euill examples 3 I will set no wicked thing c. And also from occasions within his own heart where he knew there was matter enough to corrupt him though there were no outward prouocation at all 4 A froward heart c. Concerning others we are to consider 1 What hee promiseth concerning those that should haue accesse to him And because he knew that two sorts of persons would seeke to insinuate themselues into his fauour such as were maliciously sclanderous making other mens disgrace a step for them to climbe by such as were ambitiously proud aspiring to places of honour without desert therfore he sheweth how he wil cary himselfe towards them 5 The one he wil destroy the other he will not suffer that all other wicked persons might know what entertainment they were to looke for at his hands 2 What he promiseth cōcerning such as he was to imploy either as Counsellors of Estate in the affaires of his kingdome or as seruāts in the businesses of his family where he sheweth 1 What manner of persons he wil make choice of Ver. 6. Mine eyes shal be to the faithfull of the land c. 2. Whom he would refuse vers 7. namely deceitful persons such as tel lies 3. What he promiseth concerning all his Subiects his whole Kingdome in generall And because the comfort peace of good subiects cōsisteth in taking away the wicked he promiseth to suppres all such to the vttermost of his power in this verse which I haue chosen And thus we see how these words do depēd vpon the rest of the Psal Wherein for our more orderly proceeding we are to cōsider foure things in generall 1. King Dauids iustice seuerity in punishing offenders in these words I will destroy the wicked cut off the workers of iniquity Wherein we may note 1. The action which he wil performe set out in two words destroy and cut off 2. The obiect of the action or the persons on whom he will execute Iustice in this manner namely the wicked the workers of Iniquity Where the latter phraise expoūdeth the former 2. His equall proceeding therein he wil destroy Al the wicked cut off All the workers of iniquitie without partialitie 3. His diligence he will do it betimes without delay 4. The end why he will doe it betimes without delay 4. The end why he will doe it that Ierusalem the City of the Lord may be purged from euill I wil destroy This is not so to be vnderstood as if the Prophet would inflict a like punishment vpon all offenders for that were iniustice For as there is difference of offences so there must be difference of punishments All offenders must be punished but as we shall see afterwards euery one