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A37279 A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor and aldermen at Guild-Hall chappel on Sunday the 11th of April being the anniversary of His Majesties coronation microform / by Sir William Dawes, Baronet ... Dawes, William, Sir, 1671-1724. 1697 (1697) Wing D457; ESTC R17840 12,505 40

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Sir WILLIAM DAWES's SERMON Preach'd before the Lord-Mayor April the 11th 1697. CLARKE Mayor Martis xiii die Aprilis 1697. Annoque R. Rs. Wilhelmi Tertii Angliae c. Nono THis Court doth desire Sir William Dawes Baronet to Print his Sermon Preach'd at the Guild-Hall Chappel on Sunday last before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of this City GOODFELLOW A SERMON Preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor AND ALDERMEN AT GUILD-HALL CHAPPEL On Sunday the 11th of April being the Anniversary of His MAJESTIES CORONATION By Sir WILLIAM DAWES Baronet D. D. and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty LONDON Printed for Thomas Speed at the Three Crowns near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill MDCLXXXXVII A SERMON PREACH'D before the LORD MAYOR Proverbs Chap. IVth Vers 34. The former part of the Verse Righteousness exalteth a Nation THE word which we here translate Righteousness and which is sometimes us'd in Scripture to signifie the particular vertues of Justice or Mercy has in many places more especially of this Book of Proverbs a more large and comprehensive signification taking in the whole of Religion or the universal practice of Piety and Vertue In this sense we find it us'd no less than three times in one Chapter Chap. 11. where it is oppos'd to wickedness transgression and a persuit of evil in general and consequently ought to be generally understood of vertue obedience and a persuit of that which is good And that this is the sense in which it must be here taken is evident from the opposition of it to sin in the Verse out of which I have chosen my Text Righteousness exalteth a Nation but sin is a reproach to any People By exalting a Nation is meant the rendering it a great and a famous a flourishing and mighty nation abounding with blessings of all sorts at home and respected and reverenc'd by all abroad Z●ph ● 2● a making it as the Prophet Zephany speaks a name and a praise among all the nations of the earth that so it may be said of it as it was of old of the Children of Israel what one nation in the earth is like this People 2 Sam. 7.23 The full sense and meaning then of my Text may be brought within the compass of this single proposition viz. that Religion or the universal practise of piety and vertue in any nation will infallibly make it a great and a happy nation For the clearing and making good of which proposition I shall endeavour to prove First That Religion doth in its own nature very much tend to promote the publick good and prosperity of any nation Secondly That it gives it a secure Title to the protection favour and blessing of God who is the supreme Lord and Governour of the World and setteth up or pulleth down nations when and as he pleaseth First That Religion doth in its own nature very much tend to promote the publick good and prosperity of any nation And here if my time would give me leave it would be very easy to show how great an influence every particular vertue has towards the happiness or well-being of any people but this being too large a subiect for the present I must content my self with a short proof of these following particulars which I hope will abundantly illustrate and confirm the truth of the proposition now in hand First That Religion conduceth very much towards the preserving any nation in peace both at home and abroad Secondly Towards the making it cautious valiant and successful in war Thirdly Towards the increase of it's Riches plenty and trade And Fourthly and Lastly Towards the gaining honour and respect to it from all the nations round about it First That Religion conduceth very much towards the preserving any nation in peace both at home and abroad And First For Domestick peace which must certainly be well secur'd where ever the Laws of Religion are well observ'd because by these the very springs and fundamental causes of all intestine quarrels and divisions in any nation will be either effectually stopp'd or totally remov'd For as St. James puts the question Chap. 4. v. 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you come they not hence even of your lusts that war in your members And are not the Laws of Religion admirably well fitted for the quieting and suppressing of these Lusts Will they not effectually remove those sins which are the fruitful cause of all our Civil discords and contentions and by so doing make room for peace and quietness to come unto us and encourage and invite them to take up their abode with us But to be more particular How is it possible there should be any room for quarrels and contentions in that Nation where all Men's troublesom passions shall be carefully kept under due government and subjection where there shall be no black plots of envy nor blustering storms of rage and anger to disturb the common peace and quiet where revenge and malice pride and ambition shall have no place but an universal evenness and sweetness of temper an universal meekness and contentedness of mind shall obtain among Men where no Man shall invade another's right or property but all shall be exactly just in giving each other their dues of what nature or kind soever where Kings shall Rule their People with equity and tenderness and Subjects shall obey with Zeal and Loyalty the one enjoy his Prerogative secure and the other be undisturb'd in the possession of their Lawful Rights where the Duties of all Relations shall be nicely observ'd and every Man shall enjoy his own and not meddle with that which belongs to another In a word where Men shall heartily and sincerely love each other earnestly desire each other 's good and faithfully and industriously endeavour to promote it where they shall pity and pass by one another's Infirmities and Mistakes be cautious of doing Injuries and ready to forgive them what ground or even pretence for quarrelling can there be in such a Nation And thus it must be wheresoever true Religion bears an universal sway for this sets bounds to our Passions Col. ● 5. Rom. 12.10 Heb. 13.1 ●it 2.12 Mat. 7.12.22.21 Rom. 13.7 8.12 18. mortifyeth our inordinate lusts and affections and fills us with brotherly love and charity This it is which teacheth us to deny all worldly lusts to do to other men as we would they should do unto us to give to Caesar and every body else the things that are theirs and to endeavour if it be possible as much as lyeth in us to live peaceably with all men And then as for peace abroad Religion has already more than half obtain'd this by securing peace at home The greatest encouragement which Foreigners can possibly have to make war upon any Nation are the Civil Discords and Intestine Quarrels that devour and weaken it within They know that a Kingdom divided against it self cannot stand and that they shall obtain an easie victory