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A89159	The souldiers triumph and the preachers glory. In a sermon preached to the captains and souldiers exercising arms in the artillery garden, at their generall meeting in S. Michaels Church Cornhill in London, the 31. of August, 1641. / By Matthias Milvvard, B.D. Minister of S. Hellens.	Milward, Matthias, fl. 1603-1641.	1641 (1641)	Wing M2186; Thomason E175_7; ESTC R5018	15,617	40

us to triumph in Christ THese words may be called The Triumph of the Church Militant whose Catastrophes of Sorrow being turned into Trophees of Ioy she doth in the midst of devilish malice and worldly misery lift up her head with heavenly comfort praising God who alwayes in his Son giveth victory In all these things saith S. Paul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 8.37 we are more then Conquerers If so then certainly triumphers Now thanks be to God c. In this Triumph I observe foure things 1. The Actors 2. The Author 3. The Time 4. A Thanksgiving First the Actors or Triumphers are of two sorts 1. The Preachers 2. The Hearers 1. The Preachers From whence I note the glory of the Ministerie in us for though we be made Spectaculum a gazing stock to the Angels to the world and to men yet Vs He causeth us to triumph 2. The Hearers From whence I note the comfort that comes to you for seeing your good is the cause of our joy you also are Actors in this Triumph We rejoycing in your Salvation You in our Ministration Secondly the Author is God he causeth us for seeing neither we nor you have cause to triumph in our selves Not we for we are onely Gods Labourers Not you for ye are Gods Husbandry Therefore He whose Labourers we are whose Husbandry ye are he causeth us to triumph We for you you by us both in Christ He causeth us to triumph in Christ Thirdly the time of continuance how long it lasteth Not like the Pageants or triumphs of the world a tedious toile and a quick spoile set up in a yeare and pulled downe in a day not per annos for a few yeares but perennis for ever Alwayes he causeth us to triumph Fourthly then follows a Thanksgiving like the shout of an Army after a victory like that of Israel when the Arke of God came into the Hoste Now thanks be to God which alwayes causeth us to triumph in Christ 1. The Preachers of the Word of God are Actors He causeth us to triumph Our triumph stands in three things Watching Feeding Ordering And for these the Church is compared to a City to a Flock to a Bride To a City Matth. 5. whereof they are watchmen Esay 21. To a flock Iohn 10. and they are the Shepherds Ier. 6. To a Bride and they are the Paranymphi the friends of the Bride-chamber Cant. 2. Three things therefore are due from them to the Church Munimenta Alimenta Ornamenta saith Bernard As she is a City she must be watcht for her safety As a Flock she must be fed of necessity As a Bride she must be ordered with decency In these stands our triumph First therefore ye shall see a description of this City Apoc. 21. It was all of gold it had a great wall and high twelve gates three East three West three North and three South and it lay foure square To this heavenly Ierusalem the Church may be compared Cujus murus concordia antemurale patientia Bern. in dedicat Ecclesiae Vnity of the Citizens is the wall for Civitas est civium unitas a good conscience and patience are the Bulwarks It is called holy because established in the holinesse of faith It is new because the Law dies the Ceremonies fade The Law like old Zachary is dumb and cannot speak because Iohn which signifieth Grace is borne Luke 1.20 Old things are passed away all things are become new New hearts Ezek. 36. New tongues Act. 2. A new commandement Iohn 13. It is called Hierusalem the vision of peace for Christ the Founder of it and confounder of the enemies of it is our peace The twelve gates resemble the twelve Articles of our faith through confession whereof we enter into the Church The foure parts of the world shew the amplitude thereof Lastly this City lyeth foure square which is a resemblance of our faith love hope and good works They are all of one length for how much a man beleeveth so much he hopeth what he hopeth he loveth and as he loveth he worketh And thus as saith the Prophet thou shalt be called a City sought out and not forsaken Esay 62.12 But now saith the Preacher I have seene this wisdome under the sun A little City and few men in it and a great King came and compassed it about and builded Forts against it And there was found therein a poore and wise man and he delivered this City by his wisdome but none remembred this poore man Then said I Better is wisdome then weapons of war Eccles 9.14 But I know not how this City is betrayed there is a conspiracie of the Prophets in the midst of her Ezek. 22. and a confederacy of the people Esay 8. I meane Iesuites and Separatists they craftily crept in to spie out our liberty these have wickedly gone out to betray our peace not content to drink of the sweet waters but trouble the residue with their feet Ezek. 34.17 yea like so many Saepiaes have vomited forth Inke with too much gall in it to disturbe our Churches peace and dash our triumph I wish there had not been men arising out of our selves speaking perverse things Act. 20.30 For as the sea would be quiet of it selfe if winds and vapours and exhalations did not trouble it so the people would have been tractable and peaceable enough if some seditious Orators the blustring brethren of Boreas had not set them in agitation When Ioab understood that his enemies were encamped both before and behind him he divided his Army betweene himselfe and his brother Abishai with this direction If the Aramites be stronger then I thou shalt help me but if the children of Ammon be too hard for thee I will come and succour thee Let us doe so and like those in Peters ship that beckoned to their fellows in Andrews boat aid one another against the common adversary They write of Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmond mother to King Henry the seventh that the would often say On condition that the Princes of Christendome would combine themselves and march against the common enemy the Turk she would most willingly attend them and be their Laundresse in the Camp God unite us at home among our selves that the seamelesse coat of Christ rent by schisme and faction may be made up that so we may triumph in Christ Secondly the Church is a flock and must be fed of necessity and in this also stands our triumph Feed feed feed saith Christ to Peter Earth earth earth heare the word of the Lord saith the Prophet Ieremy for that is your food You are thrice called upon to heare we thrice called upon toteach shewing thereby that your joy and our triumph are both twisted upon one threed O ter foelices amplius quos irrupta tenet copula nec malis divulsus queremoniis extrema citius solvet amor die as he said of man and wife Thrice happy shall we and you be if our unity be